Women living in the Exeter and East Devon area are invited to Killerton estate, near Exeter, for the launch of a new cycling initiative. In conjunction with the British Cycling ‘Breeze’ campaign, the National Trust hopes to help local women feel more confident and comfortable about going on a bike ride.
The first of the free instructor-led rides starts on Friday 16 May at 10.30am and follows an almost entirely off-road route from Killerton to the 200 year old Clyston Mill in the neighbouring village of Broadclyst. Places on the ride can be booked at goskyride.com/Breeze.
WINNER – Three Weeks Editors’ Award, Edinburgh 2012. Having a baby is complicated. It's even tougher when you need another man's sperm.
Richard is infertile. Kate, a fierce-witted teenager he meets on a park bench, is an unlikely therapist. The gentle strumming of a busker underscores two people’s intimate, important stories.
Written and directed by Tom Spencer, Firing Blanks is a fresh, funny and moving play about donor conception (and ducks) with an original live score.
‘Firing Blanks is an exquisitely crafted piece of theatre’ - Three Weeks...
(Suitable for 16+) Multi-award winning theatre maker (The Beast and The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) returns with his prototype invention, a lo-fi, DIY, off-beat, sci-fi, storytelling experience. Surreal, soulful comedy about a decomposing world and a cosmic visitor. Bowden comes to Melbourne following a 5-star season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Following the international success of 'The Beast' - nominated for Best Independent Theatre Writing and Best Independent Theatre Performer (Melbourne Green Room Awards 2013) and 'The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart...
There’s a fantastic opportunity coming up to learn to draw plants in the beautiful surroundings of the Axe Estuary Wetlands near Seaton, with a Botanical Art Workshop on Friday 16 May, 10am – 4pm.
Accomplished botanical and wildlife artist Linda Hampson will be teaching drawing techniques using coloured pencils that can be applied to any plants. Linda was a prize winner at the Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition in 2013, and examples of her exceptionally beautiful drawings can be seen on the South West Society of Botanical Artists website www.swsba.org.uk
English Touring Opera visits The Bike Shed Theatre for the first time to bring to life the remarkable words of one of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson. Famous for his unique blend of jazz harmonies and folk tunes, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Copland (Of Mice and Men, Appalachian Spring) interpets Dickinson’s words in his song cycle Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Composed in 1950 before Dickinson became a household name, these songs for voice and piano echo Dickinson’s concise yet lyric language and include some of her most famous poems, such as “Heart, We Will...
Working with neurologist Jack de Havas, TheatreState have begun to create a multiple choice show where the audience are the decision makers. Inspired by fortune tellers, corporate psychology, Greek legends and Argos catalogues. Join us as we explore fate, choice and wonder in a consumerist society.
Book online at: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/scratch-multiple-choice/
In 2010 Tess sold her feet to fund an arts internship. In 1747 Fanny Hill sold her body for pleasure. And both young women want to confess all to you.
Told through performance, dance, pillow fights and teen-film montages, Tess and Fanny recount their misadventures in the world of vice. But it seems that being honest is more difficult, and confusing, than it seems. In an unexpected shift of power, they find themselves in a surreal nightmare world of exhibitionism and raunch culture where the only way to be heard is to join in.
Last week was busy on the golf course at Exeter Golf & Country Club.
Monday
The first Bank Holiday Stableford took place this past Monday with 99 players battling the course to try and trim their handicap. Winner of the event was Lauren Pearce with a stunning 40 points playing off a handicap of 3. Category 1 golfers, Scott Collins and Jack Pope came second and third with 39 points beating Aaron Lee and Neil Woolfrey with better back 9s
Wednesday
As the season is now in full swing, the first Wednesday stableford was also played last week. George...
Join Albert, the genius behind the übercoolest moustache in science, for a lecture like none you’ve ever attended. The eccentric theoretical physicist is accompanied by his two wives and mum on the piano, and by guest rapper MC Squared, as he quantum leaps us through two world wars, two theories of relativity, and the deployment of two very big bombs. Warning: features the wurst sausage joke ever. Peer reviewed by the University of Sussex. “Something close to brilliance” * The Times; “The clearest – and certainly the funniest – explanation of the Theory of...
Inspired by courageous protesters who risk everything for what they believe in, three women decided to take action. These women resolve to stop their ineffectual moaning and complaining and to find playful ways to stand up for what they believe in. Playful Acts of Rebellion questions what makes something worth the fight, what effect can an individual have? and how does trying to change the world end up changing us?
Charting the performers journeys, from unusual concepts to moments of desperation, despair and human triumph, Playful Acts of...
