One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best known and most celebrated works, the Mikado is a light-hearted comedy set in the fictional town of Titipu, Japan.
The wandering minstrel son of the Mikado falls for and flirts with a girl who is engaged to her guardian Ko-Ko. Unfortunately the Mikado has decreed that flirting is punishable by death and Ko-Ko, who has been appointed Lord High Executioner, must find someone to execute before the Mikado’s forthcoming visit! Throw a corrupt public official into the mix and confusion and deceit abound.
Ralph McTell has enjoyed a 48 year career and Autumn 2013 sees the One More For The Road tour of this quintessential singer-songwriter-guitarist.
Ralph’s shows feature beautifully crafted narrative songs, combined with destrous fingerstyle guitar playing and evocative story telling, and will of course include the Ivor Novello award winning Streets of London.
Two of British poetry’s leading lights, together in Exeter, for one night only.
Sean O’Brien first six individual poetry collections all won awards, most recently the Drowned Book, which won both the Forward and T.S. Eliot Prizes. Sean’s work explores issues at the heart of contemporary Britain. His recent poem Oysterity , published on the eve of the Government’s last pre-budget statement, scrutinizes the topical themes of consumption and regret. The Guardian calls him ‘ a poet of unabashed political engagement, wit and humour’ . His Collected Poems was published in 2012.
A woman out running with her partner has been seriously injured after running into a rope that had been deliberately tied across the pathway on a footbridge, near to Double Locks in Exeter. The woman, aged 33, is understood to have suffered a serious neck injury and is in hospital. Her condition is being described as stable but serious. The incident took place around 8.30pm on Thursday evening on a pedestrian footbridge that leads to Salmonpool Lane from the Duck’s Marsh playing field at the back of the University of Plymouth (Exeter Campus) in Exeter. With poor light at that time of the...
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THEATRE
Lunchtime Theatre: Tangled Feet present Inflation Friday, Princesshay Square, Exeter A bouncy castle sits in a public space. On it Tangled Feet try to solve the recession, understand trading and keep the darn thing up! Every attempt at order and structure is undermined by the moving landscape and actions of others. Using an evocative soundtrack, physical theatre and slapstick comedy, award winning Tangled Feet explore the uncertain ground our world is...
English Touring Opera presents Vivaldi: Music for a Venetian Orphanage
This autumn, English Touring Opera presents a rare treat – Vivaldi’s beautiful sacred music in the beautiful setting of Holy Cross Church, Crediton.
ETO soloists and baroque orchestra, the Old Street Band join forces with the Choir of the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross for this atmospheric concert of music for the orphan musicians of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, where Vivaldi, nicknamed the 'Red Priest', worked for most of his life.
The programme features the Magnificat, whose arias...
Last Sunday, 20 Devon & Cornwall police officers cycled from Exeter to London in a day in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity.
Their own version of a Tour of Britain stage has raised over £2,000 already, so a massive thank you to everyone who took part, as well as to all of their colleagues, friends and family who have generously donated to:
Exeter Morris Men are recruiting and invite anyone who has ever enjoyed watching Morris dancers to have a go themselves. An Open Evening is being held at Ide Memorial Hall at 8pm on Thursday 3 October and everyone is welcome. Now the dancing season has come to an end, the search is on to find new members to add to the team and Exeter Morris would be especially interested to hear from younger dancers. Morris dancing may be an ancient tradition but go to any summer fete, fair or countryside gathering and these flamboyant performers will still form a major part of the day’s activities. Two...
"Most of what she told me about herself is a cover story. She is a British Intelligence Officer. How far would she go to get information out of me? The answer is, quite far."
A woman is found dead. Her sister sets out to find out what happened, and stumbles into a world of secrets and subterfuge that makes her question who Justine really was. How well can you ever know someone who lies for a living?
Dawn King's debut play Foxfinder was "thrillingly original" (TIME OUT), "a contender for new play of the year" (GUARDIAN) and a "spell-binding dystopian parable" (INDEPENDENT)....
