It comes with great excitement that The Gro Company, the UK’s leading baby sleep brand, announces the arrival of Amy Walker as Design Manager.
Amy’s appointment will see her create fluid collections with a unique and recognisable handwriting for the Gro brand that families have become to know and love over the past 17 years.
Amy brings with her over 10 years’ experience and joins the team from Lazy Jacks, a successful lifestyle brand in Devon, where she was the Senior Designer. Before that Amy worked for hugely influential brands including Reebok and Weird Fish. Amy’s...
A local digital marketing agency has hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising £200.95 for the cancer charity.
On Friday 29th September, MiHi Digital opened their doors at their HQ on the Devon / Cornwall border to welcome everyone for tea, coffee and a slice of cake.
The event was held as a part of The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, Macmillan’s largest annual fundraising event for those facing and fighting cancer. Each year they ask people from all over the UK to host their own Coffee Mornings, with donations on the day being made to Macmillan. Since its inception in...
Two University of Exeter a cappella groups are battling on a new primetime TV show to win the chance to record an album at the famous Abbey Road studios.
Semi-Toned and the Illuminations are taking part in a new Sky One programme to find the country’s best vocal group. If successful they will also get the chance to release a Christmas single.
Sing: Ultimate A Cappella is designed to test the power and versatility of the human voice, with 30 groups using only beatboxing, harmonies, choreography to perform songs by artists from David Bowie to the Backstreet Boys.
S.E.E.D.S Dance Company. Chapters of Diagnosis “I had people saying “it’s all in your head”. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?” A story inspired by anecdotal accounts, exploring the reality of what living with anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is really like - imagine a monkey that sits in your brain. There are potentially around 741,504 people living with OCD and serious anxiety at any one time in the UK, and Chapters of Diagnosis sets out to explore these two conditions through the eyes of three unique characters. Telling their personal stories of what it is to live...
Finding the Will in association with The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Bard Heads Inspired by Shakespeare’s most famous plays and with a nod to Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, Bard Heads imagines what might have happened next in Macbeth and Hamlet. The Third Witch From The Left – What’s done cannot be undone – or can it? Meg the witch is haunted by a night she can never forget. Call Me Oz - Sweet Prince? Confirmed bachelor Osric lampoons Hamlet.
George Crocker is keen to liven up his dull life so he decides to join the Village Drama Club. What happens then turns his world upside down. Set during the Second World War this nostalgic, funny and moving story will appeal to all, from ten years and up. It is a vivid portrait of village life with all seventeen colourful characters played by one man.
Dick Shurey writing in the Stratford Herald said : “Set during the last years of world war two, what a tour de force Into the Breach turned out to be. The whole play was a delight … a lovely and very humorous play that fully merited...
Lush Exeter customers are in for an experience like no other.
On Friday 29th September 2017, the relocated and new look Lush shop located at Unit 3, Eastgate opened its doors for the very first time.
With a trading area spread across 141m2, the new shop hosts an array of exciting features and concepts, which showcase all that is innovative and inspiring about Lush.
Anna Wiltshire, Lush Exeter Manager: "Lush has been a fragrant presence on Exeter High Street for 14 years now and during that time we have seen more and more interest in our fresh handmade cosmetics....
Local Heroes to unveil new resources that will inspire children and young people to #CallTimeOut on Hate Crime
Working with young victims of Hate Crime and prejudice, Local Heroes has produced a new Hate Crime awareness resource for children and young people that can be used in any formal or informal youth setting.
This resource consists of short films featuring young people sharing their experiences and the impact that Hate has had on their lives, as well as a call to action in the form of their views of what can be done to “Call Time Out” on prejudice and Hate Crime in...
Filmmakers, adventurers, thrill seekers and silver screen starlets are invited to take part in Exeter’s 11th annual 48 Hour Film Challenge to write, shoot and edit a 3 minute film in just 48 hours.
This year’s best films will be shown on the big screen at Exeter Phoenix during a special screening at the annual Two Short Nights Film Festival (30 Nov – 2 Dec).
The unusual format of the 48Hour Film Challenge creates an opportunity for creative discovery. With a common theme, last year’s teams produced a diverse collection of films with titles like For a Few Likes More, Love...
Are you an experienced amateur wildlife photographer who would jump at the chance to photograph Exe Estuary wildlife from the vantage point of a stationary boat? We are running a special cruise to allow for those 'once in a lifetime' shots.
Your RSPB on-board wildlife guide, Jo King, will point out species such as black-tailed godwits, dunlins, golden plovers – and of course – avocets; liaising with the skipper to stop the boat for fantastic photo opportunities.
This is a great opportunity to get up close with some stunning wildlife! Booking essential.
