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Big Fish Little Fish Jingle Bell Ball

Event Date: 
29/11/2015 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.

DJs Cakeboy (Rocstar Recordings) plus resident Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance. Craft tables with giant mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool. Licensed bar, free transfer tattoos, glowsticks and Happy Monkeys smoothies at the end. Cafe Bar serving savoury and sweet treats for ravers young and old...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend

THEATRE

The Rogues Gallery IV Friday, 7.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Award winning comedy, burlesque, music and magic come together once more in one fantastic show. The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre. Be prepared to be blown away! Tickets £12 (over 16s only). www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

A Murder is Announced Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert...

Michelmores hosts annual employment law conference

Event Date: 
12/11/2015 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter

Bookings are being taken for Michelmores' annual employment conference on 12 November 2015 in Exeter – an event aimed at businesses and organisations looking to keep up-to-date with the very latest changes in employment law.

The conference, now in its 14th year, welcomes a wide range of delegates from across the South West, including employers, HR professionals and directors from the public, private, education and charitable sectors.

This year's topics will include discrimination in the workplace, how to structure your restructure and the national living wage – as...

Meet cats in need of homes at charity event

Cat fans in Exeter will have a chance to meet some fantastic felines in need of new homes at a special cat rehoming event being held by Blue Cross pet charity on Saturday 17th October at the Isca Centre in Whipton, from noon until 3pm. Visitors to the Blue Cross event will be able to find out more about the charity’s pet rehoming centres and pet fostering schemes in Devon. Anyone who is on the lookout for a new pet will also be able to find out about the cats currently being cared for by the charity. Some of the homeless moggies will even be there on the day to meet potential new owners...

Rugby photographer talks at RAMM

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 10/12/2015 - 12:32pm

In a lunchtime talk at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum on Wednesday 14 October, award-winning photographer Michelle Sank will reveal the extraordinary, and sometimes humorous, stories behind the images in her Touch-Line exhibition.

Touch-Line (in Gallery 20 until 4 November) shows Michelle Sank’s images of the preparation, delivery and enjoyment of Rugby World Cup 2015 games. Urban and rural landscapes complement portraiture to give a comprehensive visual record of the preparation for the Rugby World Cup in Exeter. The photographs of players, spectators and fans reflect the...

Masquerade Ball for Cystic Fibrosis

Finally the Christmas ball you have all been waiting for!

For a night full of mystery, music and masks, come and join the Masquerade Ball at the Livermead Cliff Hotel in Torquay, Devon, to help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. The night will consist of a delicious festive 3-course meal, along with the band The Breaks performing live, a raffle, and a few surprises throughout the evening – oh, and did we mention there was a red carpet.

The ball is being held to raise money for Cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that is caused by a faulty gene. This gene controls the...

Kräftskiva – That’s a Crayfish Party to You and I

Event Date: 
29/10/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Circa 1924, Exeter

So you are probably thinking – what is the connection between a 1920s, prohibition-inspired, restaurant and bar, and the humble crayfish? Well, the answer is Circa 1924’s head chef Lauri Hilli, whose Swedish roots have inspired the team to celebrate the tradition of Kräftskiva on Thursday 29th October, a feast of crayfish and schnapps, and its inviting Exeter residents to join them.

Following the threat of the crayfish population being wiped out in Swedish waters around the start of the 20th century, a fishing restriction was imposed, limiting catches to just a few weeks in August...

Judi Spiers to host Audi Ladies event in Exeter

Come and Join us at our exclusive Audi Ladies Event - Wednesday 14th October 7.10pm at the Audi Exeter Dealership!

The night is set to be a great success, with over 20 local concessionaires, bringing everything from Michael Spiers Diamonds, Holly Young Millinery, St Leonards Flowers, Love Local handcrafted products, and The Oddfellows pop-up bar, to name just a few!

The night is FREE for all ladies to attend, and everyone will recieve a welcome glass of wine and delicious canapes from Posh Nosh.

Money will be raised on the night in aid of Macmillan Nurses through a...

Children's author hosts storytime session in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/04/2015 - 12:30pm

As part of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2015, Tom McLaughlin, children’s author and illustrator will be hosting a story time session at Waterstones in Exeter (High Street branch).

Tom will be showcasing showcasing two of his children’s books by Bloomsbury Publishing, as well as sharing his own personal experiences of dyslexia on Monday 5 October.

At the story session, Tom, who is local to Exeter, will be reading from The Story Machine and The Cloudspotter.

The Cloudspotter tells the story of a young boy called Franklin, but everyone calls him The Cloudspotter. He doesn’t...

Lunchtime Bite: Cathedral and Castle

Event Date: 
18/11/2015 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Wednesday 18th November 2015, 13.00-14.00

"Church and State in Exeter at the Norman Conquest" with Professor Robert Higham, University of Exeter

The Norman Conquest has recently been much in our thoughts in Exeter. In July 2014 we celebrated the foundation of the new Norman Cathedral.

A few years ago, excavations in the Norman castle produced new evidence, raising important questions about the city and late Saxon kings.

This talk examines ecclesiastical and secular authority in Exeter on either side of the Conquest, exploring the impact of the new...

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