Devon

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this Bank Holiday weekend (26-29 May)

THEATRE

Bubble Schmeises Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Bubbemeises is Yiddish for a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum and his Klezmer musicians invite you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam and ritual Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs. Schlapping through summer camps, barber shops and Spurs games, will...

Join Dartmoor Rangers Ella Briens and Andrea Roberts on the Dartmoor version of the successful global litter campaign #2 minute beach clean.

Bude resident, Martin Dorey, started #2 minute beach clean after becoming frustrated by the amount of litter on our beautiful south west beaches. His aim was to encourage visitors and locals to take pride in their surroundings, raise awareness of the litter problem and to be proactive in dealing with the detritus.

The solution was a very simple idea - place large A frame boards, with litter pickers, at various beachside locations and...

Visually impaired people in Devon are being invited to see if they are eligible for a free specially adapted radio from a charity.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) provides the equipment to those with sight loss across the UK to meet its criteria.

Radio is a lifeline to those who are blind and partially sighted as they often lead lonely lives, unable to read or watch the television.

A radio becomes their vital way of keeping in touch with the outside world and also provides companionship.

BWBF issues sets to those who are registered blind or...

Twelve of Exeter Junior School's Year 6 singers are looking forward to taking part in a production of Puccini's wonderful opera 'Tosca' performed by English Touring Opera at the Northcott Theatre.

They will be singing in three performances, on 23, 26 and 27 May, taking the role of the choir of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, where the story is set.

Under the guidance of Music teacher Mrs Tina Guthrie, they have worked extremely hard over the last few weeks to learn the Italian words and the music and we wish them well as they take up this exciting opportunity...

Staff from insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher’s are on track to raise £30,000.

Organised in memory of much loved colleague, Claire Jarman, a mum of two, who sadly lost her life to cancer earlier this year, cyclists from Exeter joined nearly 40 colleagues from across the company’s South-West branches for a sponsored ride on May 19 amd 20. With the initiative backed by the entire Arthur J. Gallagher business, including the executive leadership team, one of those who took part was Michael Rea, CEO of its UK Retail division — a regional UK network of client-focused branches in more...

A team of six passionate dementia researchers from the University of Exeter are uniting against dementia and cycling 350 miles from London to Paris in a bid to raise £12,000 for the charity Alzheimer’s Society.

The team will embark on their challenge on 19 July this year with a view to arriving in Paris, and crossing the Tour de France finish on the Champs D'Elysee, four days later.

Most of the team were not regular cyclists – but they are now building up to take on a gruelling 100 miles per day in the saddle for four days straight, to raise money for a cause close to all...

Hotter, cheekier and funnier than ever, touring cabaret show The Lady Boys of Bangkok bring their lavish new production Who Runs the World! to Exeter next month.

Elections and referendums may come and go, but in the stakes for the best party night out in town, there’s no doubt where the popular vote goes.

Who Runs the World! is not a political question, it’s a “positive celebration of the fair sex” performed by 16 of Thailand’s most stunning Lady Boys.

A spokesman said: "Audiences can escape the drab greyness of everyday life and luxuriate in a colourful, euphoric,...

A hay fever map of Britain – with the first ever guide to the location of plants in the UK that can trigger the allergy - has been produced to help sufferers cope, and warn them which ‘hotspots’ to avoid.

Academics at the University of Exeter’s Medical School have produced new, highly-detailed maps http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717309749 of the UK containing the location of key plants and trees known to produce pollen that triggers allergies and asthma.

The maps, produced in collaboration with the Met Office, may help acute hay-fever or asthma...

Residents of Cranbrook can now borrow a range of new books that support adult mental wellbeing from the town’s library, all of which have been paid for by the Cranbrook Healthy Town scheme.

The thirty new ‘Reading Well Books’ have been bought by Cranbrook Healthy Town and are part of a national scheme run by the Reading Agency to help support mental wellbeing.

The books valued at around £360 are on topics including common mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, phobias and some eating disorders and have been funded by NHS England’s Healthy New Town programme...