Exeter

Exeter Comedy Club

Event Date: 
06/05/2016 - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Exeter's longest running and largest comedy club returns for the fourth show this spring. Showcasing seasoned and rising stars from the national comedy circuit. Tonight's line up (subject to possible amendment) includes Rob Deering and Matt Green

Price & booking Cabaret style at reserved tables. £13

Sorry 16+ only

https://sites.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange/

Population Boom

Event Date: 
07/05/2016 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Austria, 2013, 90 mins, dir. Werner Boote

A well-known nightmarish vision of the future: The Earth’s population reaches seven billion. Dwindling resources, mountains of toxic waste, hunger and climate change—the results of overpopulation? Who says that the world’s overpopulated? And who’s one too many?

After the box-office success of Plastic Planet, in Population Boom curious documentary filmmaker Werner Boote travels the globe and examines a stubborn view of the world that has existed for decades. But he sees a completely different question: Who or what is driving this...

Exeter Pride 2016

Event Date: 
07/05/2016 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter/Exeter Phoenix

Exeter Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ communities and diversity within Exeter and the surrounding area. We are delighted that Exeter Pride is returning for its 8th year and this year will be bigger and brighter than ever before!

The parade starts at 12noon from St Sidwell’s Centre, Sidwell Street and will feature favourites and new acts for this year, such as; Street Heat, a fire engine, a pink double decker bus, circus performers and many more! We will of course, see the return of our infamous 50m rainbow flag. Gather from 11:30am at St Sidwell’s Centre to be a part of it...

Barnfield Bar Presents … Marnie

Event Date: 
07/05/2016 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Sidmouth Folk Festival headliner MARNIE comes to Barnfield Bar Presents with their acoustic rock, soul, funk and blues. Support from the sassy Aunt Fanny’s Handbag, sultry vocals, eclectic tunes with swagger and swing!

MARNIE Perform an infusion of Acoustic Roots Rock Soul Funk & Blues (Covers & Originals)

Marnie are a duo but call themseles a band by swapping instruments and operating foot pedals and gadgets to get a full-range sound. There is no backing tape, with an adept use of ‘live’ loops, the Marnie band bring another dimension to their raw, pure sound. With...

BSO: Enigma

Event Date: 
07/05/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Kirill Karabits, conductor

Vilde Frang, violin

The BSO under Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits again finishes its season with a visit to the glorious Exeter Cathedral.

A work dazzling in its ingenuity, technical skill and range of expression Enigma Variations was an immediate popular success and transformed Elgar from a moderately successful provincial composer to a national and international figure. Musically, the original theme is remarkable in that it has the same rhythm whether it is played backwards or forwards.

Brahms’ Violin Concerto stands as one of...

Exeter solar car parks in running for national award

Two Exeter City Council solar carports have been recognized by independent industry experts this month, who have shortlisted them for a national Business Green Leaders Award.

Designed and installed by Exeter company SunGift Solar in September last year, the solar carports – on the top decks of John Lewis and Mary Arches carparks – have been recognized as an example to other local authorities across the country.

“Being shortlisted for a Business Green Leaders Award is a tremendous honour, because it covers companies in all environmental industries,” said Gabriel Wondrausch,...

Pioneering spin-out company secures major investment

A pioneering Bioscience spin-out company founded by experts from the University of Exeter has secured a major investment to help develop the business.

The ground-breaking company, BioSystems Technology, received £200,000 from private backers, who in addition to the finance, will also provide support and guidance to help the Company realise its full potential across the UK and Europe.

The innovative spin-out was co-founded by Dr Olivia Champion, an infectious diseases expert and Professor Richard Titball, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis. Together they have pioneered a...

Age UK Exeter Summer Fete

Event Date: 
02/07/2016 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
St Thomas Pleasure Ground, Exeter

Come along and share in the fun at our annual Summer Fete.

A great day out for the whole family.

Live music and entertainment, a Bake Off competition, bar and hot food, craft stalls, bouncy castle, vintage motorbikes and lots lots more......

Entry is free Come along and support your local charity. All monies raised stay locally to provide services and advice for older people in Exeter.

Noon-4pm.

British Schools silver medals for Honiton gymnasts

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 05/04/2016 - 12:10pm

Two Honiton Gymnastics Club gymnasts have made their mark on the national stage, winning silver medals in the British Schools Gymnastics Finals at the weekend.

Catie Lee and Erin Blackmore, pupils at Littletown Primary School, came second in the Under 11 Girls’ Pair category at the competition in Stoke-on-Trent

The tough competition, which saw the 14 best partnerships competing against each from other regions across the UK, rewards those gymnasts who perform fundamental acrobatic gymnastics with flawless execution and artistic merit.

Both girls are usually the ones...

Get baking to beat MS

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 05/04/2016 - 11:16am

Great British Bake Off finalist Kimberley Wilson is urging people in Exeter to raise ‘lots of dough’ for the MS Society by getting involved in Cake Break on 20 May, a mouth-watering event aiming to raise over £250,000 to support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK.

Everyone who takes part will be in with a chance of winning a baking master class with none other than the Bake Off star herself, as well as a selection of award winning gourmet jams from Kimberley’s own The Glamourous Jam Co. Speaking about her support for Cake Break, Kimberley says: “A close family...

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