Two folk and roots duos emerging from the South West folk are joining forces to perform in East Budleigh’s Salem Chapel.
Solarference create sublime and mysterious music, combining traditional folk songs together with laptops. Their innovative live sampling techniques create a unique musical palette of atmosphere and melody. Nick Janaway and Sarah Owen have been performing together as Solarference since 2007, gathering a growing critical acclaim, and have been described as "Arresting, atmospheric and thrilling ... Solarference are one of the most original acts playing English folk...
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
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...
Soom T is the Glaswegian wonder known to many for her eclectic vocal stylings and mass collaborations having shared a studio and over 50 record releases since 1999 with the likes of The Orb, T. Raumschmiere, King Creosote, Miss Kittin, The Bug, Mungos Hifi, Bus, Asian Dub Foundation and many other style defining artists, securing Soom T’s coveted position as an innovator of originally developed music discipline.
After supporting Enter Shikari on their 2012 tour, Canada’s favourite good-time metallers Cancer Bats have announced that they will be returning to the UK for a mammoth headline tour in March 2013, which will see them playing here, at Exeter Phoenix.
To say that the tour with Enter Shikari has been a success would be a gross understatement. The band saw a packed out Roundhouse erupt into a human whirlpool of hyped up moshers and sweaty flailing limbs in response to an relentless collection of Cancer Bats’ finest.
The stunning evening's baroque programme will feature: Vivaldi – Gloria Pergolesi – Magnificat Handel – Chandos Anthem No. 9: O praise the Lord Conductor: Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir has performed concerts in the City every year since its foundation in 1846. It continues to delight audiences with its performances of both well loved and lesser known works under Andrew Millington, Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral and the Choir’s current Director of Music.
Tickets are £12 and are available from The Exeter Philharmonic Choir 01392 499211(or online on link)...
Helen Rappaport, author and historian, takes a close-up view of the murder of the Romanovs in Ekaterinburg in July 1918, examining the nature of the family’s captivity inside the Ipatiev House, the botched and hasty disposal of the bodies afterwards and the subsequent search to uncover the remains and subject them to DNA testing. She will also bring the story up to date by explaining how the Romanovs, now elevated to sainthood, are at the heart of a massive revival of the Orthodox Church in Russia.
The National Theatre Live Screening from London of 'This House' - a new play by James Graham It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. Biting and energetic, This House strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments
