Exeter

Police appeal for help to identify body

Police in Exeter are appealing for information to help identify a woman whose body was found in Topsham earlier today (Friday 2 January).

Police were called at around noon to the dock area near to St Margaret’s Church on Ferry Road, in Topsham, following the discovery of a woman’s body.

It is believed that the woman had been in the water for sometime but the death is being treated as unexplained.

The woman is described as being, approximately 60-75 years of age white, approximately 5’4” in height and medium to large build with blue/hazel eyes.

Her hair was...

Norovirus warning to hospital visitors

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital is urging anyone who has suffered from symptoms of the highly infectious Norovirus bug to stay away from the hospital until they have been free of the symptoms for at least 48 hours. Cases of Norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea and is more common in the winter months, have been rising at the RD&E over the Christmas and New Year period, placing extra pressure on hospital bed capacity at a very busy time for the hospital. At the current time the hospital has closed Lowman and Okement wards and isolated areas in three other wards – Torridge,...

Bingo

Event Date: 
13/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

PEOPLE in Exeter are being invited to Bingo nights at Tiverton Golf Club, which are now open to the public.

Jim Bray, social committee chairman, said: "We've recently been granted a premises licence by the district council and this offers a great opportunity to open some of our events to the public and let them sample our excellent facilities.

"If you enjoy a game of bingo, we'd be delighted to welcome you for a fun, friendly and relaxing evening."

Eyes down 7.30pm.

Bingo

Event Date: 
06/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

PEOPLE in Exeter are being invited to Bingo nights at Tiverton Golf Club, which are now open to the public.

Jim Bray, social committee chairman, said: "We've recently been granted a premises licence by the district council and this offers a great opportunity to open some of our events to the public and let them sample our excellent facilities. "If you enjoy a game of bingo, we'd be delighted to welcome you for a fun, friendly and relaxing evening."

The club's next Friday bingo nights is on 13 March.

Bingo

Event Date: 
09/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

PEOPLE in Exeter are being invited to Bingo nights at Tiverton Golf Club, which are now open to the public.

The club's first bingo night of 2015 is on Friday 9 January (7.30pm).

Jim Bray, social committee chairman, said: "We've recently been granted a premises licence by the district council and this offers a great opportunity to open some of our events to the public and let them sample our excellent facilities. "If you enjoy a game of bingo, we'd be delighted to welcome you for a fun, friendly and relaxing evening."

The club's next two Friday bingo nights are on...

Burns Supper

Event Date: 
23/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

People in Exeter are being invited to a Burns Supper at Tiverton Golf Club.

The event – a traditional celebration of the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns – takes place on Friday 23 January (7pm for 7.30pm).

Tickets cost £25, to include an aperitif, starter, haggis taster, main course and sweet, followed by tea or coffee and mints.

To book, fill in a booking form at the club or call Jim Bray on 07425 133606.

Get your tickets before 20 January.

Cell

Event Date: 
16/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime...and so does his pet fish.

As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes towards experiencing a world that is outside of his comfort zone; from the streets of Lille to the romance of Venice.

Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime.

CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the...

Streaming

Event Date: 
17/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 28/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Rosa, 15, naive, privately educated, has lost her mother; her father has lost his house and business. Leaving behind a life of ease, they find themselves in cheap rented accommodation with a reclusive new neighbour - Candy, late 30s, webcamming in her bed-room; £3.50 a minute, 20 punters a night.

Unexpected life lessons are about to be learnt.

Streaming looks at the normalising of internet porn and the sexual objectification of women. It explores a cultural mismatch between a middle-class father and daughter, used to choice and privilege, and one with no choices. It’s a...

Milked

Event Date: 
10/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 14/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Paul can’t find a job. Snowy can’t find himself.

A black comedy about friendship, unemployment – and a cow called Sandy.

Book now for this hilarious and moving tale from Channel 4 Playwright Simon Longman.

Advised 15+. Contains strong language. Running time 1 hour 15 mins.

‘Brilliant.’ -Audience member

‘Powerful, thought provoking, darkly humorous. Go see it!’ -Audience Member

‘Milked was brilliant. Moving, tender story about badly needing direction in life’. - Audience Member

‘Pentabus Theatre Company skillfully shatters any...

Infinity Pool: A re-telling of Madame Bovary

Event Date: 
03/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 07/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A play with no actors, a love story with free snacks written and performed by award winning writer Bea Roberts.

Emails unopened, cup-a-soup undrunk, a secret in the stock room; Emma Barnicott’s life is leaking as she pines for a world beyond her trading estate office. When she meets a man online who wants to talk to her about more than boilers and two port valves Emma must decide if the chance of a fantastic love is worth trading for an imperfect life – or will there always be dead woodlice in the infinity pool? Inspired by the novel Madame Bovary, Infinity Pool is a tragi-comic...

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