Exeter

Johnny Marr

Event Date: 
28/06/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

A rare chance to see the co-songwriter and guitarist of The Smiths who was recently awarded NME’s Godlike Genius award.

Tickets £18.

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

An evening with Lola Lamour

Event Date: 
22/06/2013 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Killerton Estate, Broadclyst, Exeter

An evening with Lola Lamour

Enjoy an evening of vintage luxury at an open air concert with 1940's singer Lola Lamour and her blue light boys.

Be entertained by Lola Lamour's vintage glamour and stunning vocal talents. Enjoy the cheely burlesque dancers and vintage DJ. Browse stalls selling fashion of the time and visit the pop up beauty parlor.

Tickets: £18.50 adult, £10 child.

More Information: Killerton, 01392 881345.

The Monkey & Crocodile Family Show

Event Date: 
26/06/2013 - 11:00am to 28/06/2013 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Belmont Park, Newtown, Exeter

Metta Theatre takes over Belmont Park playground with Monkey & Crocodile, featuring aerial circus, acrobatics, live music, skateboards and 100 fresh apples. Based on a classic Indian fable of friendship, betrayal and cunning, this is a show for children and adults alike. The show opens following the success of Metta’s recent production Arab Nights (at the Bikeshed Theatre) and previous family show, puppet opera The Elephant's Child (Arcola Theatre/Trafalgar Studios).

Audiences enter a playground forest to find friendly Monkey monkeying around on the monkey bars with her new...

Tea with an Architect - meet Gabrielle Omar of The Apprentice

Don’t miss the chance to get free impartial advice and ideas for your build project over a cup of tea and a slice of cake at the Magdalen Chapter Hotel in Exeter. Meet RIBA architects who are offering complimentary design consultations as part of the National ‘Tea with an Architect’ scheme founded by Gabrielle Omar, RIBA architect and previous contestant on The Apprentice . Gabrielle will join the architects and give a talk at 5.15 pm on the profile of modern architecture as part of ‘Love Architecture’. Around 10 local architects are giving their time to offer help and advice on everything...

Exeter’s Judith Hamer selected as part of Standard Life GB Women’s Team for European Championships

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/07/2013 - 11:55am

The Standard Life GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team is ready to send the world a warning signal at the 2013 European Championships (Frankfurt, 28 June-8 July 2013) with a young team selected to build upon last year’s Paralympic success.

The current European Bronze Medallists, Great Britain heads to Frankfurt at the end of the month with Head Coaches Nigel Smith and Joe Jayaratne having combined a strong mix of experience and fresh blood to create a formidable future threat.

With an average age of 24, the team includes three new faces from that of London 2012 with 14...

St Nicholas Catholic Primary School June Fayre

Event Date: 
22/06/2013 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School, Ringswell Avenue, Exeter

St Nicholas Catholic Primary School's fayre takes place between noon and 2.30pm.

Entertainment includes a bouncy castle, face painting, stalls, cupcake decorating, ice-cream, barbecue, toys, drinks and much more.

If you are able to help with donations for the fayre, the school are looking for good quality toys and books, new items for the rainbow stall, new summer items for hampers, bottles of wine and boxes of chocolates; or if any businesses can donate something for the promise auction, please email Michelle Johnson aamjohnson@btinternet.com

Children at WESC Foundation say a MASSIVE "Thank You" to all of the volunteers!

During National Volunteers' Week, the children and young people at WESC wanted to extend a MASSIVE thanks to the scores of volunteers that work with WESC.

Take a look at the video and if you feel inspired to give some of your time or want to find out how you can help WESC, then please do get in touch - we are always looking for more volunteers to join our happy team!

For more information, please contact Helen Smith : hsmith@wescfoundation.ac.uk or call 01392 454 208.

Thank you.

From fun on the farm to dancing in the streets... what's on this weekend

There's something to suit all tastes in our editor's pick of what's on this weekend...

Ignite Festival Until Sunday, various venues, Exeter Ignite is a 6 day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond. It will host events in a number of venues across the city. It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme. www.igniteexeter.org.uk

Two Gentlemen of Verona Friday...

Nuffield Health Exeter removes time limits on aftercare for patients

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is set to launch a unique service to local patients who require common surgical procedures.

For the first time, patients choosing to have their care outside of the NHS will have no time limits placed on their aftercare following procedures like hip replacements or hernia repair.

The Exeter hospital, part of the Nuffield Health Charity, is launching the service in light of recent high profile concerns about patient care, both in the Independent sector and the NHS. Nuffield Health says it is simply making official its ethos of always putting...

Win free family tickets to Bicton Fest 2013

Authored by OTME
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:43am

On Track Music Events have collaborated with those lovely guys and gals at Bicton College to bring you Devon’s brand new music festival ... Introducing Bicton Fest 2013!

A sensational one-day music festival featuring two stages packed with some of the very best up-and-coming unsigned artists in the UK. Set overlooking a lake in the stunning grounds of a Georgian manor house… Don’t be fooled by the word ‘College’ as there is nothing ‘Grange Hill’ about this venue what so ever!

With Early Bird Tickets available from as little as £5.00 be sure to get your hands on some ASAP...

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