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CLIC for Christmas with La La Choirs

After a hugely successful 2015, La La choirs return to Exeter Cathedral, along with some very special guests, to raise money for young cancer patients.

The concert is taking place at Exeter Cathedral on Friday 9 December and starts at 7pm.

Get your tickets Get your CLIC for Christmas tickets on the La La Choirs official website . Tickets are £12 for adults and £6 for under 16s.

Along with the La La Choir, Park Community School and Devonport High School, schools from Barnstaple and Plymouth, won the chance to perform in a cathedral after emerging victorious from the...

Cocktails and Culture launches

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/30/2016 - 4:03pm

Last week, local businesses and arts organisations gathered together to celebrate the launch of Cocktails and Culture at The Bike Shed Theatre.

Initiated by The Bike Shed Theatre, Cocktails and Culture is an event in which local businesses and arts organisations get together, learn more about each other’s plans and explore opportunities for partnership. Taking place every two months, each event is hosted by a different business which invites its contacts to meet in one of the city’s cultural spaces.

David Lockwood, Director of The Bike Shed Theatre said: ‘The way in which...

Traditional tales hatch in Exeter this January

Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Do you think people look at you strangely? That’s exactly how the Ugly Duckling felt before he learnt one very important lesson!

Devon-based performance duo, Above Bounds, are tackling issues around body-image with an exciting children’s theatre show The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales at Exeter's Bikeshed on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January 2017 as part of the theatre's 'From Devon with Love' Festival.

The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales is a theatrical re-telling of Hans Christian Anderson fairy-tales recreated for...

CLIC for Christmas with La La Choirs

Event Date: 
09/12/2016 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

After a hugely successful 2015, La La choirs return to Exeter Cathedral, along with some very special guests, to raise money for young cancer patients.

Get your tickets Get your CLIC for Christmas tickets on the La La Choirs official website. ( http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/event/clic-christmas-la-la-choirs ) Tickets are £12 for adults and £6 for under 16s.

Along with the La La Choir, Park Community School and Devonport High School, schools from Barnstaple and Plymouth, won the chance to perform in a cathedral after emerging victorious from the Devon Schools Choir...

Atlas of Horror

Event Date: 
06/12/2016 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter

A group of international MA degree students are holding an event entitled Atlas of Horror, a screening of international short horror films which aims to show differences between cultures and how fear manifests in different cultures.

Scary stories and horror themes have been present in cinema since its very beginnings.

Ever since film was rolling in the first cameras, the ability to use cinema to deceive the senses and frighten an audience has been ingeniously exploited.

The following films aim to illustrate what scares an audience in different parts of the globe -...

Exeter BID welcomes new board members

Authored by Exeter BID
Posted: Tue, 11/29/2016 - 6:27pm

Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) has recently welcomed three new members, further widening the expertise offered in this thirteen-strong leadership team. Andrew McNeilly, Daisy Otton and Andrew Wise attended their first Board meeting at the end of October and represent Exeter Chamber of Commerce; Area 4 (Cathedral Green, Yard, Close and High Street) and Area 1 (Paris Street and Sidwell Street) respectively.

Guildhall Centre Manager, Andrew McNeilly has over 15 years of retail experience and 17 years of property management. Andrew currently manages Guildhall Shopping...

Hour of Code

Event Date: 
10/12/2016 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Library

On Saturday 10 the December we will be running two one hour workshops as part of the worldwide Hour of Code event.

Session 1 (9:30 - 10:30) - using LEDs, Scratch & the Raspberry Pi.

Session 2 (11:00 - 12:00) - build an Air Piano. Places are free but limited. To book your place please contact Exeter Library on 01392 384218

or email

exeter.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk

Exeter Raspberry Jam

Event Date: 
03/12/2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Library

Exeter Raspberry Jam Saturday 3rd December The next Exeter Raspberry Jam will take place on Saturday 3rd December in the Rougemont Room at Exeter Library between 10:00 - 12:00. As usual there will be lots to do, plenty of help and advice and pis to play with, we'll also have some BBC Micro:bits and Arduinos.

Princesshay Polar Bears named

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/29/2016 - 5:10pm

Last month Princesshay launched a competition on its website to name its Christmas Polar Bears, a hugely popular feature of the city’s Christmas lights.

More than 250 entries were received, with Clarence (cub) and Hope (Mum) selected as the winning names.

The names were suggested by Joanne Allen from Exeter, who was also the lucky recipient of a £50 Princesshay Gift Card and family pass to the Winter Snow Globe.

Clarence and Hope will continue to light up Princesshay Square through the festive season. The sparkling bears are already the subject of hundreds of photos...

Feeding The Darkness

Event Date: 
28/01/2017 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Journeymen Theatre

Immersive in style, Feeding the Darkness frames verbatim and ‘faction’ monologues, duologues and poetry as a series of ‘ministries’ which challenge our ignorance and avoidance of this sensitive and disturbing subject.

It features wide-ranging material such as the experiences of the mother of Pte Lynndie England (court-marshalled for the abuse of Abu Ghraib detainees), a Kurdish asylum seeker at an appeal tribunal, and examines the role of trained medical professionals in state-sanctioned torture, amongst many others.

Feeding the Darkness both...

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