Following the annual RAW Platform during the Ignite Festival in June, we present a new autumn event - a programme of the best new work, created by recent graduates of the University of Exeter Drama Department.
The programme will include work from new practitioners such as Simon Dean, Viki Browne and Scratchworks.
Visit rawplatform.com for full details of the programme.
Renowned gypsy jazz guitarist Remi Harris will be performing at Hope Hall, Exeter on Sunday 7th September.
Born in Herefordshire, the gifted 26 year old is now regarded in the top handful of gypsy jazz guitarists in the UK, and is visiting Devon as part of his national summer tour.
2014 has seen him impress crowds at jazz festivals and prepare for a series of concerts across the length and breadth of Britain. After a successful tour through France and a packed month long tour of Australia last winter, Remi has been performing at prestigious venues including The Royal Albert...
The University of Exeter has strengthened its commitment to encouraging access to medicine in low income and developing countries by adopting a new approach to health-related intellectual property on products and technologies deriving from its research.
The change aims to make it as easy as possible for those in need to access medicine advances linked to the University. Working with its partners and commercial licensees in the sector, the University will, wherever possible:
only apply for and implement patent applications relating to healthcare technologies in less
The multi-award-winning musical Billy Elliot will be beamed from the stage of London's Victoria Palace Theatre to the Exeter Picturehouse
There will be 30 minutes of pre-show onscreen before each performance.
Based on the Oscar-nominated film, Billy Elliot has been dazzling London’s West End since 2005, winning more than 80 awards and captivating audiences around the world.
Set in a northern mining town against the backdrop of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy’s struggle against the odds to make his dream come true...
A community was today in mourning after the death of a 12-year-old boy following a collision with a lorry in Exeter.
Flowers were laid at the scene of the accident on the junction of Topsham Road and the Countess Wear roundabout.
Among the heartfelt messages was one which read: “The little lad with the biggest, cheesiest smile. Taken far too soon. RIP little fella. Bunches, Shannon, Alfie and Ellie xxxxx”.
Another read: “I send my love and thoughts to your family at this hard time. You were not alone in your final moments on this earth”.
There are hundreds of user-worked crossings on farmland in Britain, which see a marked increase in traffic during the harvest season. Figures collated over the past ten years reveal that the number of collisions and near misses at these types of crossings also sharply increases over the harvest months.*. Since the beginning of June, Network Rail has recorded dozens of incidents of level crossing misuse on farm crossings. Fortunately none of these have resulted in collisions or serious harm but they have caused over ten hours of delays to rail services.
A 12-year-old boy has died after after he was involved in a collision with a skip lorry on a zebra crossing in Exeter yesterday afternoon (Thursday 28 August).
Police attended a road traffic collision at around 3.10pm on Topsham Road, near Countess Wear.
The collision happened on the zebra crossing on the Topsham side of Countess Wear roundabout and involved a 12-year-old boy, who was a pedestrian, and a skip lorry.
The boy, from Exeter, sustained serious injuries and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival...
As Westpoint Exeter celebrates its 25th year it reveals the lucky winners of its free charity event giveaway at a birthday tea party held at the venue’s Wadsworth Pavilion.
The competition, which ran earlier this year, invited local and national charities to suggest an event they would like to host at the venue - one of the largest in the South West. Shortlisted from a number of hopeful entrants, Westpoint Exeter are delighted to announce that the three top charities selected for a spot on Westpoint Exeter’s events calendar are Families for Children, Dame Hannah Rogers Trust and...
Police in Newton Abbot have issued images of two suspects they wish to identify following a spate of high value shoplifting offences. The two suspects are believed to be responsible for a series of high value shoplifting offences that have occurred in Newton Abbot, Plymouth and East Devon. On each occasion they act together, with the woman initially entering the store, selecting high value cosmetics and electrical items which she places in a basket.
Her male accomplice then enters the store a short time later pushing an empty push chair. The items are then placed in the push chair...
