stories

2000 Stories

Event Date: 
29/06/2019 - 7:00pm to 30/06/2019 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

‘I’m bringing everything I ever knew- everything good, strong, kind and powerful. I bring it all with me into every situation. […] So I will take the Scandinavian story of the Little Princess, I will take the story of Heidi in the Alpine Mountains, I will take the story of O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck’s book The Good Earth, I will take them all.

I take them, and I know them, and I am them. So when I walk into a room, people know that somebody has come in- they just don’t know it’s 2,000 people!‘ – Maya Angelou during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, December 2000 This is a show about...

That's The Tour

Event Date: 
24/10/2017 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Tuesday 24th October in the Cathedral 10.30

Join us on this family friendly tour that shows you the best parts of the Cathedral with many stories to tell. Spot the very cheeky choirboy and the hungry croc. Someone will get the chance to dress as a bishop or a chorister. You will also be given trinkets to lay at Bishop Lacy’s Tomb, to bring good luck and fortune to all on the tour. Booking information 4yrs+, booking essential, £7 per child, £7.50 per adult including Cathedral admission. Book online or telephone 01392 285983

Phonic FM’s Rugby Stories

Event Date: 
15/10/2015 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Phonic FM: 106.8FM in Exeter + online at phonic.fm

Phonic FM, supported by Exeter City Council, has commissioned four special ‘audio portraits’ to mark the city’s moment on the world stage.

Rugby Stories will be broadcast on 106.8FM in Exeter and online at http://phonic.fm/

In this programme, Encounter Theatre & Therapy (in association with CEDA) follows a group of people with learning disabilities as they participate in Exeter’s host city festivities.

For more information and to listen again, see http://phonic.fm/rugbystories

Share your thoughts online using the hashtag #RugbyStories

Phonic FM’s Rugby Stories

Event Date: 
08/10/2015 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Phonic FM: 106.8FM in Exeter + online at phonic.fm

Phonic FM, supported by Exeter City Council, has commissioned four special ‘audio portraits’ to mark the city’s moment on the world stage.

Rugby Stories will be broadcast on 106.8FM in Exeter and online at http://phonic.fm/

In this programme, Chris Mockridge and Greg Newman follow a match day, from early morning until closing time, meeting the behind-the-scenes characters who make the event happen.

For more information and to listen again, see http://phonic.fm/rugbystories

Share your thoughts online using the hashtag #RugbyStories

Phonic FM’s Rugby Stories

Event Date: 
05/10/2015 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Phonic FM: 106.8FM in Exeter + online at phonic.fm

Phonic FM, supported by Exeter City Council, has commissioned four special ‘audio portraits’ to mark the city’s moment on the world stage.

Rugby Stories will be broadcast on 106.8FM in Exeter and online at http://phonic.fm/

In this programme, Neil Rose explores anticipation and preparation, comparing the rituals that competitors and spectators undertake before an important game.

For more information and to listen again, see http://phonic.fm/rugbystories

Share your thoughts online using the hashtag #RugbyStories

Phonic FM’s Rugby Stories

Event Date: 
28/09/2015 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Phonic FM: 106.8FM in Exeter + online at phonic.fm

Phonic FM, supported by Exeter City Council, has commissioned four special ‘audio portraits’ to mark the city’s moment on the world stage.

Rugby Stories will be broadcast on 106.8FM in Exeter and online at http://phonic.fm/

In this programme, Alice Armstrong and Shelley Hodgson lead you on a sonic journey from the moors into Exeter, exploring team spirit and personal achievement.

For more information and to listen again, see http://phonic.fm/rugbystories

Share your thoughts online using the hashtag #RugbyStories

Exeter filmmaker needs your support

Authored by PMM_2014
Posted: Thu, 08/28/2014 - 1:51pm

Filmmaker in Residence at the Exeter Phoenix and Founder of Puny Gods Pop Up Cinema, David Salas, needs your support for latest project - The Emotional History of Places - a film about the potential for important moments to occur in nondescript places.

To realise this film Salas needs both your stories, and crucially, your votes.

#ProjectFilmSupply is about helping winning filmmakers bring their ideas of short films to life, public voting for favorite film concepts closes on the Monday 1 September.

As well as your votes, Salas would like to hear from potential story...

New Ventures at Exeter's Dirt Pie Press - Poetry Wanted

Authored by Riptide
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2013 - 4:11pm

Dirt Pie Press is a small-scale not-for-profit publisher that has been producing the highly acclaimed Riptide ( www.riptidejournal.co.uk ) short story anthologies since 2007.

Each collection features work by established and up-and-coming authors but the aim is also to discover and encourage new writing talent.

Over the years Riptide collections have included stories by such luminaries as Michael Morpurgo, Helen Dunmore and Philip Hensher but also the first work by newer authors who have gone on to publish novels of their own, including some writers from Devon - Penny Feeney...

Creative writing workshop: Stories and Poems Inspired by Art

Event Date: 
21/02/2013 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Meeting Room A, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Train with the professionals at this one-day creative writing workshop.

Kick-start the writing process with inspiration from RAMM’s exhibitions and artefacts. Explore what is inside and beyond the frame when it comes to making writing memorable. Writers at all levels are welcome to attend.

Led by Riptide editors and award-winning writers, Dr Ginny Baily and Dr Sally Flint, as part of Exetreme Imagination 2013.

http://www.riptidejournal.co.uk/

Entry: £25, before 10 February, from RIPTIDE, editors@riptidejournal.co.uk