After more than a decade in Britain, the German Comedy Ambassador has 'groan' to like puns.... though he still couldn't eat a whole one. As Henning's assimilation is not yet complete he hasn't lost his sense of Westphalian wonderment at the foibles of British society. Expect an evening-long crash course in personal accountability and have a right old laugh at the same time! Wunderbar!
The partnership of John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett was never going to be smooth. Willy was a musical prodigy having learned to play at the age of four and mastering the guitar, piano, banjo and fiddle by the time Otway gave his first performance - drinking a bottle of ink in-one in the school playground, to an audience of 100 fellow school-children who did not believe anyone would go to such ridiculous extremes just to get attention.
The first place Otway and Barrett did not work together was their first gig - John was heckled off stage during his solo number and both Willy and...
He's back on tour with a new show, following a sell-out four week West-End residency and a sold-out season at the Edinburgh Festival.
A firm favourite with his legendary performances, Omid's stand-up awards include; 'Time Out Award' and 'EMMA Award' for Best Stand Up and nominated for the 'South Bank Award'
Omid was the winner of the "Best Actor" Award for his lead performance in The Infidel at the Turin Film Festival (won the previous year by Bill Murray). The Infidel also picked up a Loaded LAFTA award for "Funniest film" and Omid was short listed for "Peter Sellers Award...
Join a great day at Exeter's Comic & Toy Convention.
There's something for Sci-Fi Fans & everyone else. A great family day out. Come along dressed as your favourite super hero or Star Wars character & enjoy a chance to meet the Storm Troopers, Darth Vader & many more.
A wide range of comics, toys, gifts, signings by popular comic artists and much more.
JOHN ILLSLEY & HIS BAND: A brand new album Testing The Water and the music of Dire Straits Founding member and bass guitarist of Dire Straits, John Illsley will be performing songs from his latest album "Testing the Water" and some classic Dire Straits songs, including Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing and Brothers in Arms .
Mark Knopfler and John are the only founding members of Dire Straits to remain in the line up from 1977 -1995 during which time they sold over 120 million albums .They are still good friends and recently produced the TV program 'Guitar Stories" for Sky...
Off The Kerb Productions presents Mark Steel's Back In Town
The 'Mark Steel's in Town' show, based on the Radio 4 series in which I write a show centred around each town, has now been to at least 5 million places. It's a sparkling verdict on humanity that I've mocked them all and somehow am still alive.
I've stood behind a Londoner on a cliff in Dorset, who said to his wife "That lighthouse is getting on my bloody wick." I've seen rivalries such as that in Corby, when I thanked a librarian for finding me a book and she replied 'Yes, because here we're not like those...
'House of The Rising Sun'... 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place'....'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' and 'Boom Boom' (as featured in the James Bond movie, 'Skyfall').
Featuring from the original Animals - JOHN STEEL & MICK GALLAGHER (The Blockheads), Danny Handley (performed with Spencer Davis, Bobby Elliott, Ric Lee of Ten Years After) and Pete Barton. The Animals were the second British band to top the American charts after The Beatles with the now multi-million selling and legendary anthem, 'House of the Rising Sun'. The band subsequently achieved over twenty global Top Ten hit...
Immerse yourself in the wonders of the ocean without getting your feet wet!
The festival brings you the world's most amazing ocean films, both above and below the surface. From it's Australian origins, the World Tour will feature the world's most captivating ocean-themed short films.
This extraordinary collection of films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea's salt spray; who chase the crests of waves; and who marvel at the mysteries of the big blue. A truly inspiring and thought-...
The cost to council taxpayers of tackling obesity is set to rise by tens of millions of pounds in just one year, according to new figures released by local government leaders.
Spending on the growing obesity epidemic is expected this year to reach over £127 million, a 21 per cent increase on the previous year's figures when councils in England spent £105 million.
Local government leaders are now warning that we need immediate action to tackle the problem and effectively support the country's three and a half million overweight or obese children.
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is holding the Mid Devon Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair on Friday 4th October at Tiverton High School in association with the National Apprenticeship Service and Jobs Centre Plus. The Jobs fair will help school leavers and job seekers find work and get careers advice to give young people the experience and skills they need to enter the workplace.
It follows a hugely successful Jobs Fair held in Honiton organised by Neil Parish earlier this year.
A number of different employers and training providers will be holding stands at the Jobs...
