Winner of over 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awardsfor Best New Play, Alan Bennett’s comic masterpiece was voted the nations favourite play in a recent national survey.
Set in the 1980’s, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables. Staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence overflow, provoking insistent questions...
Following a smash hit West End season, Scamp Theatre's delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's hugely popular children's book Stick Man in coming to Exeter Northcott Theatre!
Touching, funny and utterly original, this award-winning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at! www.scamptheatre.com
Performances: Saturday 2pm, Sunday 11am and 2pm.
Tickets: £13 Family Ticket: £36 Suitable for children aged three-plus
Ballet Black presents a triple bill featuring Mark Bruce's The Second Coming.
Following acclaimed performances in 2014, Cassa Pancho's company of black and Asian classically-trained dancers returns with a stunning new programme. Founded in 2001, Ballet Black has achieved great success and garnered numerous awards, including the 2012 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Best Independent Company, and a further nomination for 2014.
The company is delighted to present a triple bill of exciting works by Kit Holder (Birmingham Royal Ballet) and Will Tuckett (Royal Ballet)....
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance return to Exeter with a radical re-imagining of the celebrated ballet, La Bayadère,for the 21st century. Moving between fact and fantasy, the original story is interwoven with the first ever visit of Indian dancers to Europe in 1838.
The many-layered narrative presents a fresh new vision of dance that belongs to both India and Europe and features originally commissioned music by Gabriel Prokofiev, the London-based composer, producer and DJ. Expect a visually stunning performance packed with visceral energy and choreographic virtuosity from an international...
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage Northcott Theatre Exeter 5-9 May 7.30pm "I was doing something nobody had done before, and if you're the first to do something, you have to be prepared to take the sh*t for it." On the eve of one of the most important games of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas received a warning: The Sun newspaper was going to "out" him as gay. This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth Thomas, 100 caps for Wales, now the world's most prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown, Bridgend, itself a victim of intrusion...
Honiton Town Council and East Devon District Council have worked together to provide Honiton residents with a brand new sports activity wall.
The £15,000 sports wall is due to be put into Allhallows recreation field before the end of June and will be free of charge to users. The wall will have markings and a goal for five-a-side football, basketball or netball and cricket.
The project has been funded by Section 106 money, which has been collected by the council from the developers responsible for several new housing schemes in Honiton. We then involve the community in how...
Two of the UK'S leading Tributes together on one night to bring you a great night of live music.
All the hits of music legends Blondie & David Bowie including Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, Call Me plus Jean Genie, Starman, Rebel Rebel and more! Not to be missed!
Tickets £15 in advance, £17 on the door, £10 under 16s (accompanied by an adult).
A new screening method can detect twice as many women with ovarian cancer as conventional strategies, according to the latest results from the largest trial of its kind.
The method uses a statistical calculation to interpret changing levels in women’s blood of a protein called CA125, which is linked to ovarian cancer. This gives a more accurate prediction of a woman’s individual risk of developing cancer, compared to the conventional screening method which uses a fixed ‘cut-off’ point for CA125.
The new method detected cancer in 86 per cent of women with invasive epithelial...
What does sitting down with a cup of tea mean to you?
For Mum of three, Bev Roberts, from Sidbury, it’s the highlight of her respite stay at Children’s Hospice South West – care that is funded through its Exeter Rainbow Run.
Amelia Roberts, aged 10, has Batten’s Disease. It’s extremely rare and is life-limiting. Already, Amelia has affected sight and mobility and requires round the clock care and, as a result, Children’s Hospice South West’s Little Bridge House has become a haven for the family.
Bev says: ‘We come to stay at Little Bridge House every eight weeks or...
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) has received £16,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for an exciting project focused on the natural and cultural heritage of soils in the South West.
This is part of CCANW's wider 'Soil Culture' programme organised in collaboration with Falmouth University and supported by Arts Council England. It is an important UK contribution to the United Nations International Year of Soils 2015.
Healthy soils are not only essential for the production of our food, timber and fibres but are a vital part of our...
