Exeter

Countrywide’s new focus on local needs in Exeter

Visitors to Countrywide in Broadclyst, formerly ‘Countrywide Town and Country’, should be impressed by its new look, layout and wider range of products - along with a brand new offer especially for Exeter’s equine enthusiasts.

Following extensive feedback, the store has been redesigned and refitted to take customers’ needs more fully into account - offering a wider choice of products, services and staff expertise.

Devon is a growing trading area for Countrywide, with Exeter now home to one of the leading rural retailer’s flagship stores, stocking as many as 4,000 new lines...

Mid Devon Show 2013

Event Date: 
27/07/2013 - 9:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
The Showground, Posthill

The best one day agricultural show in the west! The Mid Devon Show offers a fun day out for all the family - visit www.middevonshow.co.uk to view the full line up, which includes farm demonstrations, arts, rural crafts, food & drink and entertainment.

In 2013 we are celebrating our 20th year! Come along and support this special rural event, celebrating the best of Mid Devon.

Tickets are £11.00 per adult, £4.00 per child (aged 4-16) and £9.00 per Senoir Citizen.

Back To Broadway

Event Date: 
27/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Back to Broadway is a show that is a celebration of all that is best about Musical Theatre, from the heartbreaking beauty and power of Memory, Music of the Night and Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, to the feel good energy of Summer Nights and Footloose.

Let this mesmerising show take you through the world of musicals, its drama, its beauty and its sheer joy. In Back to Broadway, 30 of the best loved tunes from Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease, Lion King, West Side Story and many, many more are performed live on stage by some of the best singers and dancers...

The Spooky Men's Chorale

Event Date: 
26/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Let us present The Spooky Men's Chorale with support Lucy Wise.

Wave goodbye to choirs as you know them. This one is a macho juggernaut -zany, black-clad, big as a behemoth and show-stoppingly good. Sounding as sacred as a high church choir one minute; wickedly off the wall the next. Following their triumphant UK tours in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011

The Spooky Men’s Chorale will leave their native New South Wales to embark on their fourth tour of England, Scotland and Wales when they will regale Spooky veterans and virgins alike with rib-tickling (sometimes heart-rending)...

The Amadeus Orchestra

Event Date: 
25/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Catherdral

The Amadeus Orchestra is one of the world's foremost training orchestras for young professionals and music students.

Programme:

Janacek Sinfonietta (First movement)

Mozart Concerto for two pianos in Eb, K.365 Soloists: Michael Foyle and Malcolm Forbes Peckham

Mahler Symphony No.2 in C minor, "Resurrection" with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Soloists: Cheryle Enever soprano and Jeanette Ager contralto

Conductor: Philip Mackenzie

The Amadeus Orchestra return to Exeter Cathedral with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus for a performance of Mahler'...

Pirates and Mermaids week

Event Date: 
21/07/2013 - 9:00am to 26/07/2013 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle, Exeter

Captain Jack Sparrow and the crew have been joined by a mystical mermaid from the ocean. She can't stay on land for long so come and meet her while you have the chance.

Sessions are set times throughout the day. Pick up your session ticket on arrival. Price included with general venue admission.

www.powderham.co.uk

National Theatre Live: MacBeth

Event Date: 
20/07/2013 - 8:00pm to 23/07/2013 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Picture House, Exeter

Kenneth Branagh returns to playing Shakespeare for the first time in over a decade as Macbeth, with Alex Kingston taking the role of Lady Macbeth.

.Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, this electrifying new production of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of ambition and treachery unfolds within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester church.

Duration 120 mins.

First showing: 20/07/2013, 20:00 - 22:00

Second showing: 23/07/2013, 12:30 - 14:30

Tickets are £17.50 per adult, £14 per concession and £13 for Picture House members.

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Luke Jackson

Event Date: 
20/07/2013 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Luke Jackson is a rising 18 year old Roots singer/songwriter from Canterbury, Kent and 2013 sees him nominated for both the Horizon Award for Best Emerging Talent and the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.

With a bold, show stopping voice and honed guitar skills, Luke is a confident and captivating performer demonstrating an astonishing maturity. He has been making ripples on the live acoustic scene supporting such luminaries as Show of Hands, Paul Brady, Chris Wood, Steve Knightley, Lucy Ward and Boo Hewerdine and playing Sidmouth, Bristol and Trowbridge festivals.

His debut...

The Nightporters

Event Date: 
19/07/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Corn Exchange, Exeter

The return of the Kings Of Rockin' Rhythm & Blues - European tour summer 2013 with the original 4 members in their 20th anniversary tour.

One of the wildest and most popular touring Rockin' Rhythm & Blues acts of the past 20 years are proud and excited to announce their return to the European music scene.

The original, classic line-up will come together between July and September 2013 to perform a 30 date European tour. It's been over 10 years since the band toured, so this is one show you definitely do not want to miss!

"This makes them, to my mind, the...

Dancing At Lughnasa

Event Date: 
19/07/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Poltimore House, Exeter

Bring a picnic and enjoy the grounds of this country house and let us transport you to Ballybeg, County Donegal for the harvest time in 1936.

The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.

A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.

Tickets available in advance from Cygnet Box Office

Call 01392 277189 or purchase on the door.

£10 Adult, £5 Child, £8 Friends of Politmore House and Cygnet ACT.

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