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wagamama Launches Soul Sessions Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Talent

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/31/2023 - 4:12pm

Throughout August, wagamama will be showcasing LGBTQIA+ artists at soulful outdoor performances titled, Soul Sessions. The live music sets will take place between 6:30-8:30pm on different weekdays, dependent on location, at some of the restaurants’ most iconic outdoor dining locations. Soul Sessions will celebrate some of the diverse and empowering voices hailing from the LGBTQIA+ community as part of their pride celebrations this year.

wagamama is also treating its’ guests to a summer cocktail or mindful drink if they quote ‘Soul Sessions’ on arrival during the events. Cocktails...

Exeter Northcott Theatre Launches Spring/Summer 2023 Season

Exeter Northcott has announced a new season of events at its Northcott and Barnfield theatres for January to August 2023, revealing a rich range of absurd comedies, cutting-edge dramas, family favourites and innovative South West-based productions:

  • 74 events across Exeter over the next eight months.
  • Olivier Award-winning West End comedy Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) .
  • Mark Gatiss directs ABBA comedy The Way Old Friends Do .
  • Bone-chilling ghost story When Darkness Falls .
  • School holiday stage adaptations of beloved children’s
  • ...

The Wind in the Willows comes to the Cygnet Theatre!

Event Date: 
08/09/2022 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Cygent Theatre, Exeter

A summer afternoon in Wild Wood, while the animals sat, ate picnics and played with their friends, a mischievous ‘poop poop’ echoed in the trees....

Join Mole, Ratty and Badger in a floor stomping, live music, hilarious re-telling of this woodland adventure as they save Toad and his shiny new motorcar from deep trouble.

Award-winning theatre company, Calf2Cow, brings you the outdoor theatrical experience of the summer in a retelling of Kenneth Grahame’s classic story: The Wind In The Willows.

Here are some audience reviews of the show so far...

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House hunters invited to a Royal Celebration with Redrow

Home builder Redrow will be ‘throne’ its doors open to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with complimentary royal afternoon tea on offer in Exeter over the bank holiday weekend.

Visitors to Saxon Brook will be greeted with a celebratory atmosphere crowned off with patriotic red, white and blue decorations. Light refreshments will be served in the majestically styled sales centres and show homes on the 3rd and 4th of June.

Before the celebrations begin, Redrow will also bestow one lucky competition winner with an ultimate street party hamper, worth £1,000, to share...

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Comedy at the Park

Event Date: 
11/02/2022 - 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Exeter's biggest comedy night returns on Friday 11th February from 7pm.

Comedians are to be confirmed, but working with the Comedy Surgery we are guaranteed a line-up of five top comics to keep you laughing all night.

Tickets for this fantastic Comedy night start from £10 or £18 with Beef Chilli, Rice, Sour Cream and Tortilla Chips (vegetarian option available - please specify when booking your tickets).

To get your tickets now, please go to the Sandy Park website !

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Question of Sport

Event Date: 
27/01/2022 - 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Six of the Westcountry's top sports stars will make up the teams for the return of our Question of Sport event, at Sandy Park on Thursday 27th January.

Based around the same successful workings of the hit BBC show, the stars will have their sporting knowledge tested during a series of fun-filled rounds that will be overseen by quizmaster Mark Tyler.

This time around we're going to be welcoming some past favourites as well as some new stars to the panel!

From the Exeter Chiefs, we've got Joe Simmonds, outside half & play maker who led the Club to their famous...

Apprentices ready to bring traditional seaside entertainment back to Devon this summer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/05/2021 - 2:28pm

Young performers in Devon are getting ready to bring traditional seaside entertainment back to the county this summer after embarking on an unusual apprenticeship.

The group have been learning the art of outdoor seaside performance such as “barking up a crowd”, escapology, blad box routines, magic and storytelling and other family fun enjoyed historically by holidaymakers. The training will ensure the skills involved in beach shows are passed down to the next generation of artists.

Beachside shows with slapstick, songs and Punch and Judy have become rare as holiday...

Lumiere Presents: The UK's Most Searched Films of All-Time

View The UK's Most Popular Animated Films of All-Time: Beauty and The Beast Puts Exeter on The Map

Authored by Reef Pearson
Posted: Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:32pm

London animation studio Lumiere S tudios has created a map of the UK showcasing the most searched animated films of all-time in different places.

Their study used Google Search Data to locate which towns and cities searched for the most popular animated films the most - and the results were rather surprising!

As you can see, over the past 12 years Exeter has searched for Beauty And The Beast more than any other place in the UK. Clearly Exonains have a soft spot for romance and dancing cutlery.

Plymouth also scored top popularity marks for Finding Nemo, which shows...

Traditional seaside entertainers set to return as beach theatre makes a resurgence during coronavirus

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 08/05/2020 - 10:44am

Traditional seaside entertainment enjoyed by families a century ago is set to return to Britain’s beaches as pierrot performers get ready to perform again following the lifting of the ban on outdoor theatre.

The socially-distant performances for small groups, sitting at an appropriate distance, will include Punch and Judy, a flea circus, music, comedy, circus skills and games such as “Codswallop” – splat-the-rat, but with fish - or hoop-la.

The new performances, twice a week this month and during the first week of September at Teignmouth and Exmouth in Devon, will be run...

Music, Food, Drink and Shopping: Spring begins in Topsham

This event has been POSTPONED due to Coronavirus and will now take place on Saturday 26 September 2020. -------------------------------------

Spring isn’t just about daffodils and longer days – it’s also about one of the biggest events of the year in a glorious part of Devon.

Spring Forward Saturday on Saturday March 28 is a feel-good family-friendly day of music, shopping, food and drink taking place across the Exe estuary town of Topsham.

Almost all Topsham’s 50 shops, cafés and restaurants are involved with special offers for visitors and locals - one store...

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