Shakespeare's wonderful fantasy comedy has always been a firm favourite for open-air production. As in the Bard's day, The Festival Players will be performing with an all-male company of skilled professional actors, and invite you to share in the colour, poetry, and magical mayhem. Summer fun for the whole family!
Tickets: £14
An open air production in the grounds of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, presented as part of the Two Rivers Festival.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault near Crediton railway station which left a man with a serious injury. The victim approached the male suspect and was lured into the bushes in Station Road, where he was hit over the head with an unknown weapon. The victim, in his 50s and from Barnstaple, sustained a deep cut to his head which required stitches. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault which happened around 9pm on Wednesday 26 June. Anyone who can help is asked to contact police on 101, quoting crime reference KC/13/486.
In 1913, the Great Suffrage Pilgrimage mapped eight connecting routes across England and Wales, mobilising one of the largest political rallies in the campaign, Votes for Women. One hundred years later what do we feel about suffrage (the right to vote) in the Twenty-First Century? Does having the vote mean democracy and equality for all?
Three brand new pieces have been written in response to this provocation. Come see them all each night at the Bike Shed in a week of debate, discussion and performance.
Samantha Peace has been appointed as the new Divisional Director for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the, South West, Wales and Midlands.
She has taken over the top job after almost four years as Head of Operations for the East Midlands, replacing Rosi Edwards who retired last month.
Mrs Peace first joined HSE in 1995 having previously worked in the Fire Service and Probation Service. She has worked in a variety of areas within the organisation including the national Paper and Printing and Agricultural and Food sectors. She has also been a Principal Inspector in...
The Magic Carpet Community Choir is performing to raise funds for Magic Carpet. This performance will take place at 7.30pm at the Hub on the Green (Cathedral Green). Doors open at 7.10pm.
There will be special guests, a raffle and refreshement available.ickets: £5 available by calling 01392 422938
Excitement is already building amongst the Exeter Chiefs family ahead of what promises to be another fantastic year of rugby at Sandy Park.
With head coach Rob Baxter having assembled another impressive looking squad for the 2013/14 campaign, we are offering you the chance to get up close and personal with all the Chiefs at our special Season Launch event.
Go along to Sandy Park on Wednesday, July 24 (6pm) for a free evening of enjoyment that includes: meet the players, corporate tag rugby, skills challenge, children's enteratinment, Chief's treasure hunt, live...
Everys Solicitors cycled between all of its nine Devon and Somerset branches in two days to raise £5,000 for the charity School in a Bag.
The team began its journey at the Bridgwater office in Somerset, finishing in Seaton, Devon, on the first day before heading off to the final finish line in Exeter the following day covering a distance of 95 miles.
On day two, the team climbed Peak Hill in Sidmouth used by the British National Hill Climb Championship in 2007. Everys’ commercial director Bruce Brooker was part of the team and said: “Peak Hill was certainly a challenge but...
Informal flutter around this local park to see which plants are causing a buzz with butterflies and bumblebees, plus a chance to pick up some wildlife gardening tips.
Weather dependent, donations suggested.
Meet at the Queen Street entrance to the gardens at 2.30pm.
Part of DWT’s Bumblebee Campaign.
Organised by Exeter DWT Local Group, contact Stephen Carroll on 07972 175340 (after 7pm).
Newcomer Tom James may only have been at Sandy Park a matter of weeks, but already the Welshman says he is settling in well to life with the Exeter Chiefs.
One of a a handful of new recruits brought in by head coach Rob Baxter during the close season, James is clearly keen to make his mark in English rugby having spent the past six seasons with the Cardiff Blues.
The challenge of tackling English rugby’s elite sides was a key factor in the 26-year-old’s decision to join the Chiefs – and he knows the hard work put in by himself and his new colleagues during the current pre-...
Bookings are now being taken for Exeter City FC’s Football in the Community roadshows, which are again running throughout the summer holidays across the region.
The events kick off with Match Mania on Friday 26 July, a full day’s festival of fun and games for children aged 5-14, and the programme then continues for the whole of August finishing with a two-day roadshow at St Luke’s Science and Sports College on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 September.
There will be three roadshow dates in Exeter, plus events in Dawlish, Exmouth, Cullompton, Honiton, Sidmouth, Crediton, Tiverton...
