Start the Christmas season off with a day out at the Poltimore House Christmas Fair. Enjoy the festive atmosphere with a range of locally produced, many hand-made, gifts available to buy
This events is mainly indoors in our refurbished Chapel and Project Centre. The Hall of the House will also be open, newly painted and festively decorated.
Father Christmas will be visiting for the day with a small gift for all the children. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
The Fisherman’s Friends are shanty singers from Port Isaac who have delighted visitors and locals there for more than 15 years, with almost 300 live performances under their belts.
Down on the harbour front of the tiny fishing village of Port Isaac on the north Cornwall coast, the authentic sound of the shanty can be heard loud and clear via the mighty, brawny chorale of The Fisherman’s Friends. At around eight in the evening during the summer months, tourists and locals gather to hear this nine-man group mesh their voices in an incredibly rousing and joyful set of shanties and...
Following multiple sell-out tours, From The Jam return in all their glory for ‘The Setting Sons Tour’, taking place at specially selected UK venues, including Exeter Phoenix.
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of Setting Sons, The Jam’s fourth album, From The Jam will be performing this seminal release in its entirety.
Setting Sons is widely regarded as the band’s best album alongside All Mod Cons, and was declared by Record Mirror as “the last great album of the seventies”.
Featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and legendary guitarist Russell...
Artist Nick Davies presents a platform for an interconnected series of projects that include the launch of his latest artist’s book The Principal of Limited Sloppiness, new sculptures created entirely from Tippex, along with other works exploring how mistakes, chance, and accident can play a role in the creative process.
Artist’s talk, book launch and performance: Sat 29 Nov, 2.30pm, free
The artist will discuss the themes of the exhibition with invited guests, followed by a collaborative performance with Falmouth-based sound artist Dominick Allen, in which they attempt to...
Procession is a new moving image artwork by Plymouth based artist Ryan Curtis that makes reference to monumental architecture and religious ceremony. Curtis explores how our perception of a physical object can be augmented through its passage through space, combining video and sculptural elements within the gallery space.
Procession was produced through the 2014 Exeter Phoenix Artist’s Moving Image Commission.
Dive into the zone of Tone for a brand new show of life-affirming, life-changing comedy from the multi award-winning nonsense-maker.
As seen on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, The Alternative Comedy Experience, Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe and more. Following a sell-out tour and mammoth West End run in 2013, Mr Tony Law is striding back out on tour this Autumn with a brand new show.
Tony is an Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2012, Chortle Best Live Show Award winner 2013, Chortle Best Club Comic Award winner 2013 and Chortle Best...
Best known as one of the UK’s most respected singer-songwriters, Charlie also enjoys a multi-faceted career that includes acting in film, TV and radio, comedy-improvisation, writing for radio and composition for film and TV.
Her material is an eclectic collection of genre-defying musical styles she describes as ‘borrowed from folk, country, Django Reinhardt and the Beatles’ and has won awards for it’s poetic lyrics.
Charlie will be playing alongside the multi-instrumentalist Julian Littman, of Steeleye Span.
An evening with this multi-award winning artist plus world...
After party in the bar until 1am with Lewah and special guest
One of the most rock’n’roll acts out there, the Dub Pistols, return to promote their long awaited new album, their 6th Studio Album with their riotous blend of ska, dub, hip-hop, electro, breakbeat, punk and drum and bass. Their sense of fun, entertainment value and tireless ability to make crowds jump has carved a Dubs-shaped niche on the music circuit and has made them something of a phenomenon.
People planning a Christmas party are being urged to look before they book ahead of this year’s festivities.
Exeter City Council working in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, is urging people to check the restaurant, pub or cafe’s food hygiene ratings before making a booking.
“It’s the things you can’t see – like germs spread by bad hygiene practices - that people need to consider. There’s one easy way to set your mind at rest – check the food hygiene rating,” said Cllr Keith Owen, Lead Councillor for Environment, Health and Wellbeing.
