Your essential guide to What’s On in around Exeter this weekend (17-19 November):
THEATRE
The Unknown Soldier Friday, 7.30pm, Crediton Arts Centre A thought provoking, moving, and even humorous solo piece that looks at the First World War from a new perspective, through the eyes of a man who has survived the carnage but remains, like many, to help build the great cemeteries. It is a story of the deep friendship that can only be found between those who fight together, of the betrayal felt by them at the end of the war, and of a world that has changed so much it has become...
Award winners from this year’s Devon Cycle Challenge have celebrated their achievements at a special presentation at County Hall.
It is the third year that Devon County Council has run the Cycle Challenge as part of Cycle September, and in that time more than 900 new riders have been encouraged to take up cycling by signing up to the scheme. In total, over 2.3 million miles have been clocked up in the past three years. The Cycle Challenge is a friendly competition among workplaces and individuals in an effort to get as many people cycling in Devon as possible. Almost 130...
On Friday 3rd November the UK’s biggest club brand came to Exeter when Sandy Park hosted its first Ministry of Sound club night with over 900 revellers in attendance.
Ministry of Sound brought two of their house DJs, Matt May and Andy Purnell, and their state-of-the-art sound and light systems for a ‘Club Classics’ night with the biggest dancefloor fillers – from 70s disco to 90s dance through to today’s chart hits.
The event was one of the biggest ever held at Sandy Park, with the venue’s Exeter Suite transformed into a nightclub for the night with a separate VIP area in...
The first of a programme of planned repair schemes is due to start on the A380 next week.
Following survey and inspection work carried out on the route earlier this year, Devon County Council has announced that day time lane closures, from 9:30am to 3:30pm, will be introduced on the northbound section of the A380 between Gappah Lane and Wapperwell Cottages from Monday 20 November for a maximum of a week. This is to enable drainage cleaning and investigation and to prepare for reconstruction work in December. Due to the depth of reconstruction needed, from Monday 4 December, this...
I am writing to thank all of the brilliant fundraisers in Exeter for joining us and taking part in wear it pink on Friday 20 October. Wear it pink, Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, takes place every year during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to raise money for vital breast cancer research. We were so thrilled that 123 fundraisers across Exeter ditched their everyday colours and pulled on some pink to help Breast Cancer Now achieve its aim that by 2050 nobody will die from breast cancer.
Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Around 105 women in Exeter are...
Tickets are still available for Saturday’s (November 18) Classics Galore! concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall.
There are more than 100 seats (£12-£18) left in the main auditorium with just a few remaining in the gallery and boxes (£15-£24.50).
It is one of the most eagerly awaited events on Exeter’s musical calendar with a total of 200 musicians including a symphony orchestra, brass band and chorus performing popular classics with a flag waving, sing-a-long Last Night of the Proms style finale.
“The programme for this year’s gala concert will feature...
A silent art auction and tea party will be held at Chagford Jubilee Hall on Saturday 18th November.
This event will be showing the creative talent of local artists (many of whom are internationally celebrated) to raise funds for Women in Gaza and breast cancer awareness.
An inspirational array of art will be on offer in many mediums and you might just get the opportunity to purchase an exceptional piece of affordable fine art, directly from the artist while supporting community outreach programmes, and you get tea and cakes. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?...
The Board of Governors of Blundell’s School, have today 13th November, announced that Mr Bart Wielenga has been appointed as the new Head of this leading co-educational day and boarding school. Mr Wielenga will take up the position with effect from September 2018.
Mr Wielenga will become the thirtieth Head of Blundell’s School and will succeed Mrs Nicola Huggett when she leaves to become Head at Cheltenham College.
Mr Wielenga is currently Second Master at Blundell’s and has made a significant contribution to the growth and reputation of Blundell’s in recent years.
Exeter Phoenix’s annual short film festival, Two Short Nights prepares to bring flocks of filmmakers, viewers and industry specialists to the city this winter in a celebration of short film and the people who make them. Now in its sixteenth year, the festival returns to Exeter Phoenix with two and a half days of cinema screenings, workshops and panel discussions. With unmissable opportunities for emerging filmmakers alongside an extraordinary range and diversity of screenings for film fans, this year’s festival has crammed in more than ever before. The carefully curated film programme on...
Thank you so much to our amazing Big Beacon Clean Team - you did an amazing job! Our lovely Beacon Community Centre in Beacon Lane, Exeter, is now safer, brighter and cleaner.
The steps and paths are jet washed, windows cleaned, the kitchen cupboards and main storeroom have had a good clear out, the giant hedge lowered and the weeds have gone!
This was our second BIg Beacon Clean - we're aiming to hold one every three months, to keep the place in good condition to welcome the hundreds of people who visit every week.
