Exeter

Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt

Event Date: 
23/11/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt is a spiritualist medium who currently travels the UK doing Psychic/Mediumship shows.

As a medium Nikki aims to provide evidence of life after life by giving messages to people in the audience from their loved ones in spirit along with amazing accuracy in descriptions, personalities and all sorts of information.

Tickets: £10

Box office: 01392 271808

www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Nedski and Mojo

Event Date: 
16/11/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

NEDSKI : Ned Luberecki plays banjo with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers and is an On-Air personality for SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction. He is a first call banjo instructor at banjo camps across the US and Europe and a part time journalist for Banjo Newsletter.

MOJO: Stephen Mougin plays guitar with The Sam Bush Band and owns Dark Shadow Recording. He has been producing and engineering a myriad of up-and-coming bluegrass acts as well as artists outside the genre. Stephen holds a degree in Vocal Music Education and leads many vocal workshops and private vocal coaching sessions...

Exeter Musical Society present Footloose

Event Date: 
19/11/2013 - 7:30pm to 23/11/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Footloose the musical tells the story of Ren McCormack who is forced to move from Chicago to a small town nobody has ever heard of – Bomont.
He soon finds himself at odds with the repressive atmosphere there where the spiritual life of the community is overseen by the power local minister Reverend Moore.

Ren is stunned to learn that dancing is not allowed anywhere within the town limits of Bomont, but discovers that this law dates back five years to a car accident that claimed the lives of four Bomont teenagers. In the flood of grief after the tragedy the Reverend Moore managed to...

Arabian Nights

Event Date: 
13/11/2013 - 7:00pm to 16/11/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Long, long ago in a faraway land of mystery and wonder, celebrations for the wedding night of King Shahrayer are under way. By morning the new Queen Shahrazad is to be put to death like all the king’s young brides before her. However she has one gift that could save her – the gift of storytelling. With her mischievous imagination and silver tongue, the young Queen spins magical tales night after night to captivate her vengeful husband and preserve her life. Each story must entertain the king but it must also teach him something about himself so that his heart will soften and he will learn...

A Night of Queen with the Bohemians

Event Date: 
09/11/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

The Bohemians re enact the glory days of Queen including the Craziness and Magic of the 70s and 80s proving themselves to be the most dynamic and exciting Queen Tribute Band currently touring.

They have performed all over the UK, Europe and the World at football stadiums, festivals, theatres and other prestigious venues. The Bohemians in their majestic magnificence receive standing ovations in response to their electrifying representation of a Queen Live Concert.

The show includes all the piano driven hit singles: Killer Queen; Somebody To Love; Dont Stop Me Now; We Are The...

RAW comedy presents Andrew Lawrence

Event Date: 
08/11/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

As seen on BBC1′s Live At The Apollo, star of his own BBC Radio 4 series How Did We End Up Like This? Andrew Lawrence presents his latest stand-up show of all new material.

‘Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent.’ The Guardian

‘Few people have caught the irritated, misanthropic mood of the moment better than this supreme misfit; the only wonder is that it’s taking Lawrence so long to become a national institution.’- The Telegraph

Tickets: £14 (students £12) plus booking fee....

Potential breakthrough in treating neurodegenerative conditons

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Mon, 10/14/2013 - 11:53am

Scientists may have taken the first steps in finding a treatment for conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. A study published in the journal Science Transitional Medicine claimed that researchers had managed to halt brain cell death in mice. Although potentially decades from a human application the study indicates that medicine which halts brain cell death is in the realms of possibility. The scientists induced a neurodegenerative condition in the mice using abnormal prion proteins which produces an approximation of human neurodegenerative disorders.

Prof David Allsop,...

Exeter's historic Larkbeare House to re-launch as exciting new wedding venue in November

Devon’s most historic registration office is set to be re-launched as a wedding venue in its own right.

Couples will be able to get married and hold their reception at Larkbeare House in Exeter from January.

Grand rooms of various sizes and the landscaped grounds will for the first time be available at the city centre venue, which is just off Topsham Road and close to Exeter Quay.

People will be able to find out more at the Larkbeare Launch Wedding Fair on Saturday 9 November, 11am-3pm. Entry is free.

Cllr Roger Croad, Devon County Council Cabinet...

Let’s get digital, Exeter!

People across Exeter are being challenged to try doing everyday things the digital way, in aid of national Get Online Week.

Now in its seventh year, Get Online Week takes place 14-20 October and encourages people to give online life a go at thousands of local events across the UK.

UK online centre St Loye’s Foundation on 51, New North Road is part of the campaign in Exeter, and they firmly believe computers and the internet can make everyone’s life quicker, easier and better.

Karen Clarke Head of Learning and Skills at the acclaimed Exeter-based training charity,...

Exeter's X Factor contestant saved by judges after shock 'Flash Vote' result

Following the revelation that Shelley Smith, the bubbly single mum and X Factor contestant from Farringdon, Exeter, was going to have to do battle in a sing-off due to the newly established 'Flash Vote', shell-shocked Shelley told Dermot O'Leary on Saturday night: “I’m just going to sing my little heart out and try my best, that’s all I can do. I have so much more to give.”

And sing her little heart out she did, with a powerful rendition of Jennifer Hudson's One Night Only, a song in which she could display the versitility of her voice.

The 34-year-old mum and former van...

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