Toy Train and Collectors Fair

Event Date: 
28/04/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Westpoint, Exeter

Catering for all collectors, walk, browse and look for those elusive and hard to find models - the list is endless: Dinky, Corgi, Minichamps, Hornby Bassett Lowke, Meccano, Spot-On, Marklin, Scalextric, EFE, Action Man, dolls,Teddies... and much more all under one roof.

10.30am-3pm

Admission: £3.50, children under 15 free with an accompanying adult.

For more information visit www.bulldogfairs.com

A great day out at the Devon County Show

Event Date: 
16/05/2013 - 9:00am to 18/05/2013 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Westpoint, Exeter

The Devon County Show on May 16-18 at Westpoint, Exeter, is a fabulous celebration of our great British countryside and a brilliant day out to boot.

There’s magnificent livestock, wonderful food and drink, inspiring flower and garden displays, marvellous crafts, a huge country life area, and lots of traditional entertainmentand avenues of trade stands offering a wealth of goods.

Diggerland JCB Stunt Team will be strutting their stuff in the Mole Valley Farmers Main Arena performing amazing routines, including ‘hand stands’.

In the woodland area Savage Skills – the...

Botany Course Series: Wildflowers of the Exe and beyond

Event Date: 
15/05/2013 - 5:15pm
Venue: 
Exeter

Nigel Pinhorn from the Devon Nature Walks Group gives an introductory course on "Wildflowers of the Exe & beyond".

The series of walks and talks take place on either Sundays or Wednesdays. They are all outdoor walks and each session will be at a different venue, introducing the wonderful world of botany.

There will be particular focus on the identification, folklore, habitat preferences, medicinal and culinary uses of our wild flora. We will look at trees, wild flowers, grasses, sedges and rushes, ferns, mosses, lichens and galls. The associated wildlife will also be...

Magic Mayhem with Kalcano and friends

Event Date: 
30/05/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Prepared to be dazzled by a variety of Magic tricks complete with live rabbit!

Kalcano is a young new age performer based in Devon. His shows uniquely blend the the romance of the Victorian 'golden age' of magic with more modern magic. This is all mixed together with a little twist of comedy for a truly magical experience.

Tickets £11.50, £10 conc.

Box office: 01392 270891

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

Wadaiko Tokara presents Kazakoshi

Event Date: 
25/05/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

'Kazakoshi' is a new production touring 12 countries throughout the world for two years celebrating Wadaiko Artist Art Lee's 20th Anniversary in 2013,and Wadaiko Tokara's 10th Anniversary in 2014.

'Kazakoshi' is the mountain wind which flows across the mountaintop Mt. Fuetsu, bringing a billowing mist onto the Inadani valley from which we gather our strength and determination to share throughout the world.

Not simply a taiko performance, 'Kazakoshi' is an expression of the powerfully flowing, yet jazzy style of performance for which Tokara has become known.

Tickets...

The Ringmaster

Event Date: 
18/05/2013 - 7:30pm to 19/05/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Come to the carnival, come be entertained, come see things you wont believe, but beware...... at this circus not everything is smoke and mirrors.

A community performance by Telephone Box Performance Co.

Tickets: £5, £3 conc.

Box office: 01392 270891

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston

Event Date: 
18/05/2013 - 8:00pm to 19/05/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

After a fourth sell-out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in April 2012, concert and festival favourites Show of Hands - 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards double winners - come to insert name of venue in 2013 showing just why they have been showered with accolades.

Accompanied by striking double bass player/ vocalist Miranda Sykes, England’s finest acoustic roots act will be showcasing their new album Wake the Union, a journey through the heart of two landscapes (UK & North America) united by a common tongue and musical heritage.

Their inimitable music, crossing from folk...

Limehouse Lizzy: Thunder & Lightening Tour 2013

Event Date: 
10/05/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Limehouse Lizzy have been officially named one of the hardest working acts in the UK, alongside some of the country's biggest and most popular performers.

They were accredited for their live shows by the Performing Rights Society, and received their award from PRS Chairman and Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Tom Jones) Guy Fletcher OBE.

Renowned for an action-packed pyrotechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages...

Middle-Weight Theatre Company presents Sound Bite

Event Date: 
08/05/2013 - 8:00pm to 11/05/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

The day is July 20th 1969.

Two men have been given the almighty task of composing the immortal words to be spoken by Neil Armstrong.

There is only one problem... Writers Block.

Tickets: £7, £5 conc.

Box office: 01392 270891.

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

Edge Comedy Club

Event Date: 
04/05/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Edge Comedy – Nationally acclaimed comedy club bringing you an eclectic mix live stand-up comedy from the best of the UK comedy circuit returns to The Barnfield Theatre on the first Saturday of every month.

From the finest up and comers to top professional circuit acts, expect a rip roaring, side splitting showcase of comedic talent from around the globe.

Tickets £10

www.edgecomedy.co.uk

Box office: 01392 270891

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

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