Local author Margaret James is one of the contenders shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) most prestigious award - the Romantic Novel of the Year 2014. This year the overall winner of the Award will receive a cheque for £5000 in addition to a trophy to mark the occasion.
Darcey Bussell CBE will announce the winner of each of five categories at the Gladstone Library, One Whitehall Place, London SW1 on 17th March at 6.45 p.m.
The categories from which the 30 final books have been drawn are: Contemporary Romantic Novel, Epic Romantic Novel, Historical...
This fizzy concoction takes the classic ingredients of romantic comedy, love, humour, coincidence and fantasy and serves them up with a surprisingly touching twist... Strawberries in January is a biting heartwarming comedy about four romantically challenged singletons who stumble through contemporary Montréal in search of love.
Originally written in Québec French the play won the Masque Award for Best Original Script. This version by Scottish writer Rona Munro, author of Iron and Bold Girls, was commissioned as part of the Traverse Playwrights in Partnership scheme.
Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh festival. Yorkshire man, Sony Award Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Chortle & Time Out Award winner and Star of Radio 4 (Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters) and BBC 2, Tom Wrigglesworth returns with an exquisite new show.
In turns, poignant and hilarious, Tom takes an emotional journey exploring his profound relationship with his granddad. Throughout childhood, they would frequently make tape recordings of themselves interviewing each other. Reflecting on these early conversations, Tom comes to fully understand the influence...
Now in its fourth year, the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival is back for another groundbreaking, outstanding, hilariously funny, unbelievably sidesplitting, non-stop chortling and descriptively extravagant comedy filled time!
The festival takes place from the 25th January to 7th February 2014 across a multitude of venues in the city of Exeter and features top-billing, award winning comedy acts.
Events at The Bikeshed Theatre :
Friday 31st January 6.00pm Tiernan Douieb - Tiernan's Tour 2014
What do you think about opinions? Tiernan isn’t sure, even though...
He is the author of the top 10 Sunday Times bestseller Round Ireland with a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, both of which have been released as films and serialised on BBC radio.
You'll know him from TV comedy programmes such as: Have I Got News For You, They Think It's All Over, Paul Merton, A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Red Dwarf. He also hosted the BBC1 programme, The Best Show in the World Ever ... Probably.
He's a regular guest on radio programmes including The News Quiz, Would I Lie to You, Just a Minute, and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, and recently he...
Laugh Out Loud Festival brings you an array of comedians from all over the country for a city-wide comedy festival. Expect plenty of stand-up, sketch comedy and open mic sessions.
Back for another groundbreaking, outstanding, hilariously funny, unbelievably sidesplitting, non-stop chortling and descriptively extravagant comedy filled time!
The festival takes place from 25 January to 7 February 2014 across a multitude of venues in the city of Exeter and features top-billing, award winning comedy acts.
The first acts to be confirmed for the 2014 festival are all high...
Meet the fools, clowns and ordinary folk of Shakespeare’s plays on Friday 13 December in Exeter city centre.
Masters students from the University of Exeter’s Staging Shakespeare course will be in costume outside the Elizabethan Guildhall in Exeter High Street at 5.30pm ready to parade down to St Nicholas Priory (The Mint, off Fore Street), where followers will be met with a glass of punch and promenade drama performances between 6pm and 7pm.
Admission is free-of-charge and all are welcome. They will be presenting comic Shakespearean scenes in St Nicholas Priory, an...
Andrew Lawrence is one the country's leading stand up comedians with appearences on Live at the Apollo and Stand up for the week as well as primetime comedy shows on BBC Radio 4
Andrew is bringing his unique mix of whimsy and misanthrophy to Exeter's Barnfield Theatre, TED caught up with him ahaed of the show.
Andrew you’re playing at the Barnfield Theatre this Friday are you looking forward to the show? Yeah whenever I’ve been down here in the past its always sold well with a good crowd, so yeah Exeter is a bit of a comedy town. This time of year it seems like there’s a...
