Patterns

Event Date: 
21/06/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Two detectives are hunting the man with the winning smile who gives lonely, middle-aged women the happiest six months of their lives.

In this haunting new musical, composer Daniel Loveday explores alienation and loneliness in modern society where, with little social cohesion, people can easily fall under the radar.

Directed by Sandra Loveday

Performed by Emma Daw and Joe McNulty

Ticket Prices: Adult £10, seniors & students £8, child £6.

Box ofice : 01392 277189

www.cygnettheatre.co.uk

Teignmouth Folk Festival

Event Date: 
21/06/2013 - 7:00pm to 23/06/2013 - 11:00pm
Venue: 
Various venues, Teignmouth

This year's folk festival provides musical enteratinment from numerous acts over three days with a fantastic atmosphere.

Performers include The Tannahill Weavers, Emma Sweeney, Matheu Watson, Andy Irvine, Jim Causley, Geoff Lakeman and Morris Sides to name just a few.

For full details and ticket information visit www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk

Otterton Mill Milling Days

Event Date: 
20/06/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Otterton Mill, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton

Visit Otterton Mill to watch milling demonstrations. Water power is used to produce stoneground wholemeal flour, continuing in a 1,000-year old tradition. Otterton's millers are happy to answer questions and show you how they produce their stoneground wholemeal flour.

The mill building itself is open every day between 10am to 5pm, and entry is free. The ancient mill workings are fully open for public viewing, and the water wheel is kept turning.

We usually mill our signature stoneground flour twice a month. On milling days, our millers are very happy to chat to visitors and...

Gwyneth Herbert

Event Date: 
20/06/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Acclaimed singer songwriter Gwyneth Herbert releases her new album, Sea Cabinet, in March.

Every day, a woman walks the beach alone. She collects each discarded or washed up object she finds and takes it home, cataloguing it with the care and rigour of a scientist. These objects are placed in ‘The Sea Cabinet’, and each one sings with the memory of a secret sea-set story – the victory of a Fishguard cobbler’s wife, a jaded seaside hotel, a sunken chapel, the shifting sands of wartime Alderney, the dangerous allure of the King’s Shilling, the loves and the losses and the stars and...

Cllr Ian Gordon elected Vice-Chairman of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority

Councillor Ian Gordon has been elected as Vice-Chairman of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority.

Cllr Gordon, former Lord Mayor of Plymouth, is a labour councillor for Ham ward on Plymouth City Council.

He said: “I am absolutely delighted and honoured not just to serve on the Authority but to represent the views and interests of the whole of the two counties, including my beloved Plymouth.”

He has served on the former Devon Fire and Rescue Authority and latterly Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority for 12 years. Cllr Gordon was Chairman...

Devon County Council supports new safety card for motorcyclists

Devon County Council's road safety team is supporting a new scheme which could help save the lives of motorcyclists if they are involved in a road traffic collision.

The Motorcycle CRASH Card is an initiative created by the Ambulance Motorcycle Club, a group of experienced paramedics and ambulance staff who are passionate about motorcycling. The scheme encourages motorcyclists to carry cards containing vital life-saving information in the event of an incident.

Motorcyclists can place the free card securely in their helmets. It comes with a green sticker to attach to the...

RAW: Emerging Arts Platform

Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced an exciting collaboration with the University of Exeter Drama Department and Arts & Culture team to present RAW: Emerging Arts Platform.

In a new initiative from the two organisations, RAW is a platform for emerging choreographers, live artists and playwrights. It is an opportunity for Exeter Drama graduates to show exciting new work to a range of audiences, professional artists, programmers and organisation representatives; a place to share knowledge, skills and ideas.

Tuesday, 11 June will showcase two works of new writing....

Summer events announced at Exeter Phoenix

This summer, Exeter Phoenix has some excellent live music ranging from a local band tipped to make it big, The Computers, to the American living legend, Lonnie Liston Smith.

Jenny Eclair returns to Exeter after a sell-out show last year and Antara, which mixes contemporary Bollywood dance with world music and urban poetry is set to be a beautifully moving performance.

One of Exeter’s most anticipated summer events, Big Screen in the Park is back with a screening of The Goonies , Skyfall , Life of Pi and The Great Gatsby , underneath the stars in Northernhay Gardens. Plus...

Councillor Bernard Hughes OBE announced as new Council Chairman

Devon County Council has announced its new Chairman for the next year.

Outgoing Chairman Councillor Jerry Brook handed over to the Council's new Chairman, Councillor Bernard Hughes OBE at the Full Council meeting.

Councillor Hughes OBE, local member for Exmouth Halsdon and Woodbury for the past 16 years, has served on many of the Council's Committees, and has a long term connection to the Devon and Somerset fire and rescue authority.

His other appointments include membership to the Exmouth Regeneration board as well as his chairmanship of both the Exe Estuary...

Get creative with Devon Libraries

Libraries across Devon are encouraging residents to ‘think differently’ this month as part of a project to inspire creativity.

A series of events and activities associated with experiment, discovery, play, learning and reflection will be held throughout June aimed getting people to try something new.

Designed for those of all ages, they include activities such as learning to use a smart phone, creating treasures at a free play table, cake decorating, knitting and discovering how e-book readers work.

Councillor Roger Croad, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for...

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