Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are now benefiting from improved cycling facilities to encourage them to get on their bikes and enjoy a greener and cheaper commute to work.
The hospital has just unveiled a new state of the art cycle shelter in the grounds of its Wonford site, just outside Bowmoor House. The shelter offers a secure and dry place for staff to keep their bikes while they are in work and includes swipe card access and armoured underground cabling to prevent thieves cutting the power supply to the gate and roof. The shelter has been funded by the RD&E...
To celebrate National Volunteering week, the team at A la Ronde, the quirky sixteen-sided house near Exmouth, presented three of its 200 volunteers with long service awards.
Peter Mitchell has been filling the house with music by volunteering to play piano on a regular basis, Maureen Cook has spent five years welcoming visitors and explaining about the house as a Room Guide. And Jenny George received a special certificate from the National Trust Director-General Helen Ghosh for 20 years of volunteering at A la Ronde.
Emma Kay, Volunteer Manager at A la Ronde, said: “We have...
Viki is not coping. Taking you from the dairy aisle of Sainsbury’s to the green turf of Ascot, via a disco of dirty secrets with a euro-pop soundtrack; HELP! is about falling apart and pulling yourself together again. This moving, joyous show is for anyone who has ever struggled.
Award-winning performer Viki Browne returns to The Bike Shed with her collagic performance style which borrows from live art, stand-up comedy, spoken word and cabaret.
We Are Brontë is a piece of comic visual theatre inspired by the real and imaginery worlds of Yorkshire’s literary siblings, presented in Publick Transport’s irreverent style. Physical theatre collides with clowning and improvisation as two performers deconstruct not only gothic themes of love, madness, repression and revenge, but also themselves. Part play, part enquiry into the act of putting on a play, this promises to be no ordinary Brontë adaptation.
Performances and tickets: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/we-are-bronte/
Dark physical comedy, Beyond Cragporth Rock, invites the audience to ride a rollercoaster of bleak laughs and horror. The lights rise upon a bizarre sprawl of bodies. A dystopian world, unseen by the reclusive Cragporth sisters for some years, has emerged following a financial and social crisis. The six sisters reside in a ramshackle cottage on the edge of an eroding cliff. Afraid of what might lie beyond the walls of their cottage, they live in constant fear of faceless foes and unspecified attacks.
Haste Theatre and Director Ally Cologna create a heightened and witty microcosm of...
A story for anyone who ever dreamed of a different world.
A hundred-year-old mechanical monster emerges from the waves. Everyday objects turn on their makers and the Empire is plunged into chaos. No one knows why. No one can stop it. Except maybe Grandad. He always was good with a spanner.
That’s why Imogen and her father head north to find him. Their journey becomes an epic quest across England that leads to the heart of a dark family secret.
A brand new steampunk fairytale for grownups, mixing vivid storytelling with an original score. There will be Zeppelins. It...
Inspired by Doris Lessing’s 'The Memoirs of a Survivor', Beyond Cragporth Rock is a black comedy following the story of six sisters who explain differing versions of their total demise. Devised by the award-winning Haste Theatre with director Ally Cologna, the show is a witty microcosm of humdrum family life put under intolerable pressure. Ally Cologna explains: ‘I’m interested in capturing the moment when human beings permit themselves to fall off the edge of all things decent.’ Beyond the four walls of their cottage lies a nightmarish, futuristic world plunged into dystopia by economic...
ANUP & FRIENDS will be coming to Exeter next week on their annual tour.
This year the FREE lunchtime recital will take place on Wednesday 17th June in St Stephen’s Church (next to House of Fraser) on the High Street where delicious fresh and Fairtrade refreshments will be served throughout the day.
So why not pop in & listen to the varied programme (East Meets West) and discover Anup’s fascinating history and his ambitious plans.
EVERYONE WELCOME.
Recital commences 1pm.
You can observe masterclasses with local music students during the day...
On Friday 15th May, the kitchen design team at Bradburys Exeter held a charity event in their showroom, in memory of the late owner, Andy Bradbury.
The Bradburys team organised a fantastic fashion show to raise money for Andy’s preferred charities ‘Force’ Cancer Charity and ‘Sands’ Neonatal and Stillbirth Charity, and raised a staggering amount - in excess of £5,400!
Guests included family, friends, work colleagues and customers past and present who enjoyed live music with a glass of fizz and canapés put together by renowned chef and friend of Andy’s - Sylvain Peltier - as...
Nearly 1,000 people took part in the 16th Michelmores Charity Run on 11 June, raising over £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support – and beating last year's fundraising total.
The fastest male was Owen Walpole who ran the distance in just 16 minutes and 6 seconds − followed in second place by James Denne who finished in 16 minutes and 15 seconds. Third place went to Michelmores' Nathaniel Lane who covered the course in 16 minutes and 55 seconds.
The fastest woman was Cathy Newman with a time of 18 minutes and 32 seconds, followed by Emma Sharples who ran the distance...
