Adam Henson is perhaps the best-known farmer in the UK, presenting his own section on BBC TV’s Countryfile to around 7 million viewers every Sunday evening. This year sees the publication of Adam’s autobiography, Like Farmer, Like Son, which tells the story about how his father, Joe Henson, opened the world’s first Farm Park, the Cotswold Farm Park, which Adam now runs.
Join Adam as he shares stories about his farming life, his TV career, and the running of the Costwold Farm Park, together with his thoughts on British...
Ballet Black’s return to Exeter Northcott sees them collaborating with three bold and inventive choreographers to present an irresistible trilogy of narrative and abstract dance. As the centrepiece, Christopher Hamspson’s Storyville is the bittersweet fable of Nola, a farm girl who falls prey to unscrupulous characters and wordly desires in 1920s New Orleans, set to the haunting music of Kurt Weill.
The programme also includes two newly devised pieces; To Begin, Begin by Christopher Marney, fresh from McQueen, and Cristaux, a duet by Arthur Pita, who previously choreographed a hit...
Aerial circus company Ockham’s Razor presents its new full length show, Tipping Point. Set in the round, the action veers from catastrophe to mastery as five performers transform simple five-metre metal poles into a rich landscape of images. Poles are balanced on fingertips, hung from the roof, lashed, climbed, swung from and walked along, they become forests, cross-roads and pendulums. The performers must decide whether to rail against the chaos, struggling to exert order on a disordered world, or ride it out, allowing life to tilt towards the tipping point.
Schubert’s Fifth Symphony is a brilliant achievement – from the breath-stoppingly original opening gesture and effervescent themes to the grand harmonic strategy and the polyphonic skill upon which the powerful development is built. Everything about it suggests a contented spirit of its youthful creator. Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.3 has a beguiling purity of melody and timbre, emphasizing the golden tone of the solo instrument supported by an understated accompaniment. This jewel-like serenade is one of Mozart’s most...
How Margaret Thatcher fatally underestimated Geoffrey Howe
The true story of how Mrs Thatcher, once the most powerful woman in the world, was brought down by Geoffrey Howe, her one time friend and political soul mate, with one of the greatest speeches ever made.
Howe, whose speaking skills saw him famously compared to a Dead Sheep, was inspired by his wife Elspeth, whose relationship with Mrs Thatcher was notoriously frosty.
Margaret, Geoffrey and Elspeth: a tale of love, honour, loyalty – and revenge.
Starring Steve Nallon as Margaret Thatcher, Paul Bradley...
Chance to Dance, now in its eighth year at Exeter Northcott Theatre, has invited dancing schools and dance groups from in and around Exeter and the wider areas of Devon, Somerset and Dorset, to showcase the many styles of dance taught and the passion the dancers have to perform on such a great stage.
Chance to Dance is non-competitive and is welcoming to both adult performers as well as children. Whilst we hope for a good standard of dance we also look for the enthusiasm to perform. In Chance to Dance we all have the same aim, to show encouragement...
Celebrating Michael Morpurgo and 40 years of Farms for City Children
Join master storyteller, and award winning author, Michael Morpurgo as he speaks about his work including his latest book Didn’t We Have a Lovely Time. It’s inspired by his charity Farms for City Children, which was founded by Michael and his wife Clare and is now celebrating its 40th year.
www.farmsforcitychildren.org
This event is part of exetreme imagination, Exeter’s festival of writing and stories. For more festival events and information, go to www.exetreme.org
Join award-winning author Anthony McGowan and meet the hapless hero of The Donut Diaries, Dermot Milligan. Expect laughter, tall tales and gross-out moments aplenty. As well as The Donut Diaries, Anthony will discuss his other books for younger children, from the grotty adventures of The Bare Bum Gang, to the useless superheroes of Einstein’s Underpants.
It’s going to be epic. And rude.
This event is part of exetreme imagination, Exeter’s festival of writing and stories. For more festival events and information, go to www.exetreme.org
A collaboration between The Bike Shed Theatre and The Wardrobe Ensemble with Farms for City Children
On a farm in the heart of the country In a rusty red shed Lies a machine with a mysterious power It buzzes and clicks and whirs It’s waiting for you…
Join the Wardrobe Ensemble for a wild sci-fi adventure. Leap through vortexes in time and space! Fight demons in the past! Dance disco in the future!
Returning to The Bike Shed Theatre after the huge success of Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk, The Wardrobe Ensemble will use the power of electro-beats, bold...
Youngsters who love singing are being offered a wonderful chance to spend a day with Exeter Cathedral’s Choristers at a special event next month. The day-long taster session, which takes place on Saturday 26thNovember 2016, is a free event offered by the music department at the Cathedral and gives children an opportunity to get a taste of life in the Cathedral Choir and sing with the current Choristers. Timothy Noon, the Cathedral’s Director of Music and conductor of the Cathedral Choir, will lead the singing workshops on the day. He said: “Singing in a choir is not only really enjoyable...
