Conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens, soloist John Lill (piano)
Fingal’s Cave opens with a mesmerizing rhythmic figure that transforms a delicately embellished downward arpeggio into an undulating melody. As this theme unfolds, extended crescendos and diminuendos in the winds and brass give the impression of ocean swells before gradually giving way to an exquisitely lyrical statement sung by cellos and bassoons. A thrilling storm scene is coloured by fanfares and evocations...
Heart Loves the Movies - back by popular demand... The Drive in Movies return to Westpoint from Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th February.
If you're wanting to do something different for Valentines, or with your freinds or family why not watch a film whilst listening to it through your car radio.
This year's film line up is:
Thursday 14 February - Dirty Dancing
Friday 15 February - Grease
Saturday 16 February - Toy Story 3 (worth bringing the whole family)
Gates open each night at 5pm, the films start at 7pm.
Back by popular demand... The Drive in Movies return to Westpoint from Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th February.
If you're wanting to do something different for Valentines, or with your freinds or family why not watch a film whilst listening to it through your car radio.
This year's film line up is:
Thursday 14 February - Dirty Dancing
Friday 15 February - Grease
Saturday 16 February - Toy Story 3 (worth bringing the whole family)
Gates open each night at 5pm, the films start at 7pm.
There will be pre-film entertainment provided by...
Devon County Antiques Fairs are holding their next antiques and collectors fair at The Matford Centre, Marsh Barton on Saturday 23 February.
There will be a huge selection of quality antiques of all sorts, silver, jewellery, furniture of all periods, retro items, vintage clothing, collectables of every sort, home furnishings, books, postcards, pictures, prints, coins, medals, toys on offer.
Admission: 9am-10am £4, 10am-4.30pm £3. Accompanied children under 16 free.
Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, a hit run at the Sydney Opera House and a Time Out and Soho Theatre TOAST Award nomination, Piff the Magic Dragon comes to Tiverton, accompanied by Mr Piffles the World’s First Million Dollar Chihuahua.
Piff’s appearance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us went viral racking up over 5 million hits on YouTube and his recent role as opening act for Mumford & Sons’ on their UK tour secured his position as folk rock’s favourite mythical creature. Come see him, with the brilliant musical shenanigans of Gareth Richards as opener... and Bristolian...
It’s the time of year for poring over the seed catalogues and deciding what to grow this year. But the cost of seeds is going up fast and it can be quite daunting to realise how much it will cost to grow all the different crops we might like.
But there is an alternative! Very few people need to use a whole pack of carrot seeds, so how about swapping half your pack for half a pack of lettuce seeds?
A seed swap is an opportunity to get together with other gardeners and swap seeds that you don’t need, or that you have collected from last year’s crops. Even if you have no...
Where does our bread come from? What’s in it? How hard is it to make?
Humans have been making some kind of bread for more than five thousand years - it’s central to our culture.
Think of the importance of bread in religious stories, or in the many expressions we use – "best thing since sliced bread"; "putting bread on the table"; and so on.
Originally just ground grains and water, then later leavened (risen) with yeast, bread has been a simple staple food throughout human history. But the bread we see today in supermarkets is full of additives, enzymes and...
As part of Exeter's Extreme Imagination Festival, The Bike Shed Theatre have joined up with Cube Theatre to bring you Freddy Dare and the Ginger Robber .
Fred Andrews is short for his age, can’t play football, and making friends at his new secondary school is proving difficult. His dad died a while ago, and Fred’s mum is too sad to pay attention to him. Fred wants to change his world, and so he does. He becomes Freddy Dare - a superhero with a glamorous accomplice, the Ginger Robber! Together, they must overcome The Mistress, steal their opportunity and tap dance their way to Vegas...
Fred’s lost his Dad, and now it looks like he might be losing his Mum too. Looks like a job for... FREDDY DARE and the GINGER ROBBER!
The toe-tapping twosome must dance with destiny, take on a terrifying quest, and stop their arch-enemy before it’s too late! But as Fred sinks deeper into the world of his imagination to avoid reality, will he ever be reunited with his mum?
