Sock Puppet Theatre: Scottish Falsetto

Event Date: 
13/04/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Once again the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre return to the Barnfield Theatre with a hosiery-based stage show that tours theatres and clubs in the UK and beyond.

Kev F is proud to be assisting hit comedy double act The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre.

Tickets: £8.50, £7.50 conc.

Box office: 01392 270891.

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

Exeter Gang Show 2013

Event Date: 
10/04/2013 - 7:15pm to 13/04/2013 - 7:15pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Started in 1983 the Exeter & District Scout & Guide Gang Show return once again to the Exeter Barnfield Theatre with their 30th annual variety show.

With a cast of over 60 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorer Scouts, Rangers and Leaders taking to the stage, in a show packed with songs, dance, comedy and celebration that all the family will enjoy.

7.15pm (2.15pm Saturday Matinee)

Tickets: £8.50, £7 conc.

Box office: 01392 270891

www.barnfieldtheatre.com

Exeter Musical Society present Guys & Dolls

Event Date: 
29/04/2013 - 7:30pm to 04/05/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

A musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

Set in 1950s New York, Guys and Dolls follows high roller Sky Masterson in his plight to win the heart of Salvation Army Sergeant Sarah Brown. But is it only for a bet or has he really fallen in love?

His opponent Nathan Detroit is having similar problems with Adelaide, his long suffering partner of 14 years. So, will Sarah ever curb Sky's gambling and will Adelaide ever pin down Nathan?

This Tony Award winning musical...

The Misanthrope

Event Date: 
23/04/2013 - 7:30pm to 27/04/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

How to lose friends and infuriate people...!

Master wordsmith Roger McGough dips his quill into a Molière classic in this mockery of manners and morals set amid 17th century French aristocracy.

Considered by many to be Molière's best work, The Misanthrope will again join the creative forces of McGough, director Gemma Bodinetz and English Touring Theatre to complete a tricolour of Molière comedies following the huge successes of Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac.

Poet Alceste is disgusted with French society. Powdered fops gossip in code and bejewelled coquettes whisper...

Jasmin Vardimon Company presents JV2 – Tomorrow

Event Date: 
16/04/2013 - 7:30pm to 17/04/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

With the mission to develop, encourage and cultivate young talent and young audiences, Jasmin Vardimon Company has formed JV2, delivering a new one-year further education certificate. Tomorrow presents the debut tour of this year's JV2, a vibrant and fresh new group of 10 young international dancers, hand-picked by Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon.

Showcasing the performing talent of tomorrow, this triple bill stages three new works. Former JVC dancer Mafalda Deville creates athletically challenging work with an alluring visual style.

Fellow JVC dancer Tim Casson presents...

TEDxExeter - Living the Questions

Event Date: 
12/03/2013 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

TEDx events are all about ideas worth spreading and TEDxExeter will be an inspirational day conference of talks, performance and films.

The invited guests, speakers and performers are people who are changing the world through their ground-breaking work and ideas.

They include Jonathon Porritt, sustainable development campaigner; Patrick Holden, founder of the Sustainable Food Trust; Stewart Wallis, executive director of the New Economics Foundation; Jo Royle, ocean advocate, explorer and marine conservationist; Pam Warhurst, local food campaigner; Peter Owen-Jones, author,...

Letter to My Father / CRUSH

Event Date: 
06/04/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, Bolham Road, Tiverton

Appetite Dance Productions present a powerful and beautiful double bill of contemporary dance, with hypnotically intricate body poetry, high-energy pirouettes and complex rhythmic body movement.

Choreographer and artistic director Apple Yang merges techniques from Chinese theatre, martial arts and calligraphy to symbolise the turbulent meeting between East and West.

Letter to My Father Shaped through experiences as a Chinese woman living in contemporary Britain, the story explores her relationship with her loving, ambitious and authoritarian father through its challenges...

Families Exhibition at Topsham Museum

Event Date: 
27/03/2013 - 11:00am to 29/05/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Topsham Museum, The Strand, Topsham

Topsham Museum holds over 80 family trees kindly donated by members, visitors and local residents and the first exhibition of the 2013 season will explore some of the many families with Topsham connections, show archive photographs and memories of their lives.

A seminar is taking place for those wishing to begin researching their family history and also some help sessions for more experienced researchers:

Family History - how do I start? with Mike Mayo (DFHS) - a seminar at the museum on Tuesday 16 April, 5.30pm, £7.50 per person, including tea and cake.

Individual...

Exeter Pride 2013 events

Event Date: 
19/03/2013 - 9:00pm to 24/03/2013 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Various, Exeter

Exeter Pride, the region's biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parade takes place on 23 March. Here is a complete guide to what's on in the run up to and on the day of the parade:

Tuesday 19 March

Fusion Club Night Vaults Bar & Club, Gandy Street, Exeter A club night to kick off Exeter Pride. Free entry and drinks promos, 9pm-2am.

Thursday 21 March

University Pride Think and Action Day The Forum, University of Exeter Performances by student groups, accapella singers, dance, music, plus a series of mini lectures, all welcome, free,...

Curious Carousel - budding young scientists wanted

Event Date: 
22/03/2013 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
Belmont Hut, Belmont Park, Exeter

Budding scientists wanted!

To celebrate National Science and Engineering Week The Devon Carousel Project are running an afternoon of science play for under 5s and their families.

Working with the theme of "Invention and Discovery" they be exploring the wonders of the natural world through experience, experiment, movement and art. Through fun activities find out why plants are amazing…

The Carousel Project is an Exeter-based social enterprise bringing creative learning, new experiences and outdoor adventure to early years children and their families.

The...

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