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TEDxExeter tickets sell out in 22 minutes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 12/03/2015 - 12:42pm

Massive demand meant that tickets to TEDxExeter 2016 sold out faster than ever before on Tuesday.

Tickets for the live event at the Exeter Northcott Theatre sold out in 20 minutes, and tickets for the simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium all went before the end of the day.

TEDxExeter is Exeter’s leading festival of ideas, and next year’s conference will be the fifth held in the city. It is also streamed online so that everyone who could not get tickets can still watch it live. Videos of all the talk will also be free to watch online after the event....

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Event Date: 
28/12/2015 - 2:00pm to 09/01/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion Theatre, Manor Road, Sidmouth

Join Ali Baba over mountains and desert to outwit the villainous Chief Thief to buy freedom of this friends. A sparkling story to make this the best panto around.

Ticket Prices £12/£6 under 16s

http://www.manorpavilion.com/

Peter Pan

Event Date: 
24/12/2015 - 12:00pm to 30/12/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

Following a hugely successful Christmas pantomime "Snow White last year Trio Entertainment will be bringing their swashbuckling version of classic J.M Barrie fairytale Peter Pan to Exmouth Pavilion this Christmas. The world renowned tale has been reimagined into a wonderful fun-filled family Pantomime.

Trio Entertainment are thrilled to announce that Louis Emerick will lead the cast as the evil Captain Hook along side Hollyoaks star Beth Kingston as Wendy, Britain's Got Talent finalist Stephen Hall as Pirate Winkle and returning by popular demand after his role as Muddles in Snow...

Jethro

Event Date: 
08/12/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

Every once in a while there comes along a true comedy genius, someone who rapidly gains cult status with the British public. Such is the case with Jethro!

Armed with nothing more than a microphone and delivered to you in a warm Cornish accent, Jethro has the rare ability to paint hilarious pictures in the mind of his audience.

Over 4 million DVD sales pay testimony to the size and dedication of his army of followers, and their love of the unpredictable, irreverent twaddle that reduces his audience to tears of laughter night after unforgettable night!

https://www....

Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk

Event Date: 
09/12/2015 - 7:00pm to 09/01/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk.

But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse.

The only way to free herself is to cook the tastiest dish in the world.

With time running out, Eloise scurries into the broken city’s underworld, undertaking extraordinary feats to gather the ingredients and discover the recipe. But with a rabble of greedy gangsters also chasing the whisk, will she succeed in evading its curse?

Served up with lashings...

Plunge

Event Date: 
01/12/2015 - 7:00pm to 05/12/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

"That's why they call it Café Nero, you know. Because you sit and fiddle with your iPad while the world outside burns."

For over 500 years the smell of coffee has seeped into our streets, our lives, our society.

Hub for gossip, romance, political tub thumping, dodgy deals, completing a new pitch, book clubs, a moment alone, escaping being alone - if walls could talk.

And in one coffee shop in a town just over the horizon, those walls can talk, time escapes us and those that visit the coffee house, dream in the coffee house, plot and scheme in the coffee house all...

Sleeping Beauty

Event Date: 
12/12/2015 - 1:00pm to 03/01/2016 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

Following the huge success of 'Cinderella', Jack & the Beanstalk', 'Aladdin', 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Dick Whittington', Exeter Corn Exchange presents one of the most loved traditional pantomimes: 'Sleeping Beauty'! From Saturday 12th December to Sunday 3rd January 2016 you can join a host of classic characters for songs, laughter and a perfect Christmas show! The cast includes stars of West End musicals, 'Billy Elliot', 'Guys & Dolls', 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert', 'Sunset Boulevard', 'Acorn Antiques' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'! The princess of all pantomimes...

Beauty and the Beast

Event Date: 
04/12/2015 - 7:00pm to 05/12/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

A fairy-tale thriller adapted by Laurence Boswell

First presented by the Young Vic Theatre, Lawrence Boswell’s enchanting adaptation of this timeless tale, tells the story of a brave young girl who leaves behind her beloved, if chaotic family to discover the bewitching splendour of the Beast’s palace. Uniting these two worlds is Beauty’s humility and sense of duty which slowly grows into transforming love.

Sibling rivalries, indulgent parents, talking furniture, a witch and of course the Beast, interspersed with original music and songs, make this an unmissable feast for...

Barnfield Bar Presents ….. December

Event Date: 
05/12/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Hosted by the Rev JD

Barnfield Bar is proud to kick off the festive season with South West legends GRIFTER with their dirty rock and LOMI with the heaviest riffs heard by mankind.

Grifter are currently promoting their latest album ‘The Return of The Bearded Brethren’ available on vinyl and CD here – http://www.grifter.bigcartel.com/

LOMI – a three piece grunge outfit from Plymouth will blow you away with their hypnotic riffs and mind blowing changes in tempo. Hear them here: https://www.reverbnation.com/lomi

Tickets £7.50

Box office: 01392 271808...

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