Exeter

Chance to Dance 2012 at Exeter's Northcott Theatre

Event Date: 
18/11/2012 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Chance to Dance, now in its fourth year at Exeter Northcott Theatre, has once again invited dancing schools from both the local area and further afield to take part in this performance. Chance to Dance stemmed from a passion to provide opportunities for local dancers to perform on a professional stage.

Performances are non-competitive and show many styles of dance taught in and around Exeter and the wider Devon region. Each year Chance to Dance continues to grow with more dance schools and school dance clubs participating than ever before, which in turn enables Chance to Dance to...

Jasmin Vardimon Company present Freedom

Event Date: 
16/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Award-winning choreographer and Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells, Jasmin Vardimon returns to the Exeter Northcott with the world premiére tour of her hotly anticipated new work, Freedom.

Exploring notions of what keeps our imagination free, this full-length dance theatre production promises breathtaking physicality with beautifully detailed characterisation. Powered by Vardimon's beguiling theatricality and provocative daring, Freedom will be performed by a versatile company of international dancers, fusing clever animation with live action and inventive set designs.

Now...

Traditional milling at Exeter's Cricklepit Mill

Event Date: 
09/11/2012 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Cricklepit Mill, Commercial Road, Exeter

Come and see Devon Wildlife Trust's beautifully restored watermill, and watch as our volunteer millers grind wheat for flour in the traditional way.

Admission is free and there is no need to book except for groups and schools.

10am-12noon

Tel: 01392 279244

Email: contactus@devonwildlifetrust.org

http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org

A Haunted History of Cricklepit Mill

Event Date: 
30/10/2012 - 5:00pm to 31/10/2012 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Cricklepit Mill, Commercial Road, Exeter

With almost 800 years of history, Cricklepit Mill certainly has a few spooky stories to tell.

Enjoy a Halloween-themed tour of the mill as your guide reveals the history of the mill throughout the ages, along with some ghostly goings-on and local superstitions, plus other spooktacular tales from the surrounding area.

Don’t be scared - come along - you're in for a treat!

5pm-7pm both days

Tours are free but booking is essential - please call 01392 279244.

Email: contactus@devonwildlifetrust.org

http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org

Celebrate Devon Hedge Week and learn hedge laying

Event Date: 
27/10/2012 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Near Holsworthy

Celebrate Devon Hedge Week with an introductory training course on hedge-laying.

Hedge-laying is a traditional way of maintaining a stock-proof and wildlife-rich hedge.

This day is for adults and will teach the basics of hedge-laying involving the use of saws and hedging tools in the field.

For more details please contact the Working Wetlands Project on 01409 221823 or email: working.wetlands@devonwildlifetrust.org

http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org

The Secret Life of Lichens at Haldon Forest Park

Event Date: 
21/10/2012 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter

Join Devon Wildlife Trust and the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) in this family event to discover the amazing world of lichens.

Activities and artwork will be child orientated but we bet the adults will learn something too!

11.30am-1pm and 2pm-3.30pm

£2.50 per child, accompanying adults free.

Bookings and payment via CCANW on 01392 832277

Email for more information: info@ccanw.co.uk

Dunsford Nature Reserve Open Day

Event Date: 
20/10/2012 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Dunsford Nature Reserve, near Exeter

Discover the golden colours and autumn wildlife of this magnificent oak woodland on the River Teign.

Join Devon Wildlife Trust for fungus forays, guided walks and children's woodland craft activities.

11am-4pm

Booking essential for the fungus forays and walks - call 01392 279244.

Contact Email: contactus@devonwildlife

http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/

Medea - a modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy

Event Date: 
28/11/2012 - 7:30pm to 01/12/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

"If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash."

Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep, and increasingly, can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge.

This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible...

Chris Packham Goes Totally Wild at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
24/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Although known first and foremost as an impassioned naturalist, the compelling and charismatic wildlife TV presenter is also the natural world's equivalent of a photo-journalist.

Through his work he’s explored many habitats from Antarctic islands, rainforests, deserts, the Everest mountain range and the deep oceans. It’s these adventures which have afforded him the opportunity to capture some amazing images on camera – portraying the simple yet stunning beauty of the natural world.

In Chris Packham Goes Totally Wild, the popular presenter will captivate audiences with his...

Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
06/11/2012 - 7:30pm to 10/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

New Perspectives Theatre Company and Scamp Theatre present Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd.

It sometimes felt as though time had stood still on the family farm – swallows nesting in the eaves, the old Fordson Tractor quietly rusting in the back of the barn, Grandpa still tending his chickens – that is, until the summer his grandson finished school and came to stay, and the old man started telling stories of what it had been like on the farm when he was a boy.

The compelling sequel to the award-winning War Horse is a moving account of the...

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