Three extra workshop-auditions have been announced for the upcoming community project, The Day We Played Brazil.
The new auditions will take place on at 7pm on Thursday 6 March at the Exeter Northcott Theatre and two sessions on Sunday 9th March at 10am and 2pm at Kay House on the University of Exeter Campus.
Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of this once in a lifetime experience. People of all ages are needed to take part in the production to play footballers, their wives and sweethearts, Exeter City fans and the people of Exeter over the last century.
With headlines triumphantly blasting the news from every street, the people of Exeter can hardly have failed to notice this winter’s big news: IKEA has been approved for opening in Exeter! A vast wonderland of flatpacks and meatballs will be built off the A379 near Sandy Park, raking in an estimated turnover of £52 million annually, and bringing hundreds of much-needed jobs to the area. Concerns have been raised about the viability of the infrastructure, given the vast hordes of people who are predicted to make pilgrimage to IKEA’s newest home, but overall the proposal has been met with an...
Devon County Council has received a sustainable tourism award from the Dartmoor National Park Authority.
As part of the launch of the authority’s revised National Park Management plan, a number of presentations were made to mark contributions to the previous plan.
Devon County Council was recognised for its support and promotion of sustainable tourism including the Haytor Hoppa, The Tour of Britain and cycling links in and around the National Park.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highway Management, received a certificate on...
Under Milk Wood is a work of genius; ripe with vitality, rich in humour and populated by sublime, eccentric, enchanting characters.
Come to Llareggub, a small Welsh town by the sea. Meet blind Captain Cat, Mog Edwards and his sweetheart Miss Price, Sinbad Sailor, Dai Bread, Polly Garter, Nogood Boyo and Lord Cut Glass. Walk along Coronation Street, Cockle Row and Donkey Street, down to the little fishing harbour and back to Milk Wood. Dylan Thomas explores their lives, hopes and thoughts in the dreams of a night and the rhythm of a day.
Since they teamed up as a cabaret duo a couple of years ago, Kit Hesketh Harvey (Just A Minute, Kit and the Widow) and his new fella, pianist, composer and Hugh Grantalike James McConnel have stormed in cabaret, from the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals to international tours as paid escorts to Joan Rivers.
As a songwriting partnership they won the Vivian Ellis Award and went on to study under Stephen Sondheim. They have written cabaret songs for the likes of Barry Humphries, Mary Archer and Janie Dee. Having enjoyed sell-out seasons in the burgeoning cabaret scene in the West End...
Methane bubbles are set alight to make fireballs, hydrogen balloons explode and rockets are fired into the audience. Stand back and cover your ears – theatre just got dangerously exciting!
Two futuristic science students race against time to prove their knowledge of energy. With help from the incredible virtual lab-assistant, i-nstein, and a steampunk workshop full of gadgets and chemicals, they explore, experiment and explode anything and everything they can find, live on stage.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/energyshow
Tickets: £16 Family Ticket: £42 for 3 + up to 3...
Around 100 people from community groups from attended a meeting in Exeter last night to discuss the future of the city’s parks and open spaces in the face of further government cuts to council funding. The meeting held at the Corn Exchange was called by Exeter City Council in response to a 13.6% cut in government funding for 2014/15, which is expected to be followed by further cuts to total £5m in the next three years. The cuts mean that Exeter City Council may not have the funding to run the city’s parks and open spaces in the future so is looking for volunteers and buyers to step forward...
Don’t miss everyone’s favourite brother and sister, Charlie and Lola, in their extremely everso wonderful stage show! The stars of the hit BBC TV series and books by Lauren Child are brought to life by a magical mix of puppets, live action and music.
Will Charlie ever get Lola to sleep, even though she is not sleepy and will not go to bed? It won’t be easy - the Tigers want their bedtime milk, the Dancing Dogs have borrowed Lola’s pyjamas and Lola thinks there is an ogre hiding in the wardrobe!
