Devon has added another success story to its books, with the announcement that Exeter girl group Wildwood Kin have won in the Open Mic UK Competition.
Open Mic UK offers entrants not only the chance to win prizes, but the opportunity to perform live to capacity audiences at some of the best venues in the country, with the Grand Final being held at The NEC in Birmingham! Huge crowds, record industry A & R and celebrity judges are there to cast their eye over the talent along the way.
Exeter girl group Wildwood Kin impressed judges at the audition stages and during a...
Colyton Grammer School in East Devon has received the best GCSE results in the country for the second year running according to the latest school league tables.
The news is perhaps no surprise as the school, which only takes in pupils in the top 25% of the abiltity range, has been named as the Sunday Time’s ‘Co—Educational School of the Year’ on no fewer four occasions.
Headteacher Paul Evans said of the school’s success: “Its a magic formula at Colyton; a group of students who are committed and clearly very able, a very hardworking and talented staff that constantly amaze...
Soap Soup re-invent the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood for a new generation. Meet Ethel and Sam as they get ready for bed, with a not so sweet bedtime story of a girl with attitude, a wolf with an appetite and a larger than life woodcutter with an axe and a very real fear of wolves. Join Red as she crosses eiderdown meadows and picks her way through the mug tree forest to Grandma’s house. Little Red Riding Hood combines the magical appeal of puppetry, and cutting edge, original music with our signature, darkly humorous and visually stunning style. Drawing inspiration from childhood...
Following their sell-out show A Little Nonsense at Exeter Ignite festival and Brighton Fringe, Juncture Theatre return to develop STUFF – a new work inspired by the things we own, the role that possessions play in our lives and the stories that they tell. The company will embark on a real life treasure hunt, meeting and documenting encounters with people who are selling, swapping or searching in the Free Ads. Through a patchwork of intricate storytelling, illustration, live music and obsessive list-making, Juncture will explore memory, security and the relationships we form with the stuff...
Acclaimed Bristol theatre company Juncture return to The Bike Shed Theatre with an original black comedy that explores the clown inside the man and the mirth hidden in the melancholy.
Through mime, slapstick, poetry and farce, A Little Nonsense is a bare-knuckle look at the sharp edge of funny. The play follows a tortured double-act as they walk the tightrope between love and loathing and question the importance of light and shade in our lives.
A Little Nonsense combines the physicality of Buster Keaton, the linguistic games of Beckett and the off-kilter world of a David...
Lewis Carroll’s classic sequel to Alice in Wonderland gets an imaginative treatment in this stage adaptation by Katherine Kingsford directed by Alistair Ganley
Alice crawls through the mirror into a looking glass world where she has to outwit Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and gets the rough end of Humpty Dumpty’s tongue on her journey to become Queen. Sofia Fernandes, Helen Kirk and Kaja Pecnik bring the tale to life with the help of puppets and costumes inspired by the original Tenniel illustrations.
Performances at 7.30pm daiy, 3pm matinee on 1 March.
Kagemusha Taiko, one of the leading groups in Europe, have a new Taiko Centre at Seale Hayne. It’s a dedicated rehearsal space for the company’s 3 performing groups, and where taiko workshops and courses are open to all.
Since their last appearance at the Barnfield Theatre, Kagemusha Taiko have performed in the USA and Japan – where they played to great acclaim in Fukushima and other cities affected by the great tsunami disaster of 2011.
The group makes a welcome return, bringing with them members of Kagemusha Junior Taiko and Tano Taiko, for a hugely enjoyable family show...
Our very own Queen of Swing celebrates the music of her heroines, the leading lights of the jazz and big band world Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Doris Day and many of their illustrious contemporaries.
The multi award winning singer and BBC Radio 2 broadcaster demonstrates also the influence these characters have had on her own acclaimed catalogue of work.
Known for her knowledge and love of the Great American Songbook and more recently The Great British Songbook. With wit and warmth Clare tells outrageous anecdotes of their extraordinary lives and points to the...
International Concert Pianist Phillip Dyson has been described as simply “brilliant”, with a “wonderfully dry, very British sense of humour” and a recent recital in New York City accredited him as nothing less than “magnificent”. A world class pianist and great entertainer, performing to ‘sell-out’ audiences around the world.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBCand Classic FM, performs with the most prestigious orchestras and has a great international reputation in Europe and America, gaining enormous...
