Rachel Parris – It’s Fun to Pretend

Event Date: 
24/03/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

LIVE NATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROIKA PRESENTS

Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with stand-up, song, sketch, and inevitably a sideways swipe at society. In this tour show she showcases some of her best bits, from her trademark comic anthems, to her all-too relatable, bittersweet stand-up, alongside brand new material looking at the insane events of this year.

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Buses, Ballads and Broken Bones

Event Date: 
30/12/2018 - 8:45pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Exeter College Performing Arts Academy

Long queues, fixing upon dopamine with head phones inserted – avoiding eye contact at all costs – today’s congregation of the antisocial gather.

Night and day they gather, trapped in routine and circumstance, each one of them longing for a new destination.

Under protective shelters with built in seats they long for chance encounters – a checkpoint that that takes them from here to there. Sometimes they wait for two minutes, sometimes up to twenty. As long as they feel secure, it doesn’t matter, as someone will come. But don’t...

The Book of Genesis

Event Date: 
23/02/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Be prepared for a totally immersive experience when we take you back to the 1970s and celebrate the songs of the influential progressive rock band Genesis. The show accurately recreates the music and songs from 1970 – 1977 complete with period musical instruments, reproduction Gabriel masks and costumes, animated slide show, and atmospheric synchronised lighting in a packed 3-hour show.

The performance features two exceptional drummers who recreate the double drumming experience from Seconds Out and later Genesis shows.

An absolute must for lovers of early Genesis music!...

Annie

Event Date: 
23/01/2019 - 7:00pm to 26/01/2019 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Clyst Vale Community College present: Annie

Everyone’s favourite orphan is back! This wonderful, heart- warming show is brought to life by the extraordinary talented students of Clyst Vale Community College as they hit the Barnfield stage once more; bringing the same energy, professionalism and passion that has become a hallmark of their productions.

“In the depths of the 1930’s Annie, a fiery young orphan girl, sees her hopeless situation change dramatically when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the wealthy industrialist Oliver Warbucks.”

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The Little Mermaid - The Panto

Event Date: 
30/01/2019 - 7:30pm to 03/02/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Exeter Police and Hospital Players are proud to announce our pantomime for 2019 – Little Mermaid….. the panto!

The story of a young mermaid, Ariel, and how she falls for the dashing Prince Marvellous. Ariel lives with her parents, brother and sisters near Torquay, and after seeing the Prince on board his ship on a trip to Brixham, she falls for him and he for her. Standing in the way of true love and happiness is the evil Sea Witch who, seeing Ariel’s plight, offers to exchange her voice for some legs in order to become human …. but only for 2 days! In a race against time, will the...

Counterfeit Sixties

Event Date: 
18/01/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No. 1 tribute show brings alive the magic of the sixties, with their tribute to over twenty five bands of that era. The show encompasses everything from that period, from the clothes that were worn, to flashbacks from television history, including: TV programmes, adverts and even clips from the original bands.

The Counterfeit Sixties presents a showcase of the great bands of this unforgettable time. The fantastic music of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The Monkees – to name but a...

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999 service gears up for the busiest night of the year

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 12/30/2018 - 2:52pm

The emergency services 999 line has provided a lifeline for members of the public to contact the Police, Fire, Ambulance or Coastguard for the last 80 years. It is the most memorable number in the UK and provides a vital service. Six BT call centres handle the nation’s 999 calls in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the North of England, passing calls to the relevant emergency service. In the past year, BT’s committed team handled more than 34 million calls at an average of 93,000 per day. Of those calls connected to the emergency services, 49% were for the Police, 47% Ambulance, 4%...

Resurfacing to resume on North Devon Link Road near Tiverton in January

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 12/30/2018 - 11:15am

Major resurfacing work will resume on the A361 North Devon Link Road near Tiverton early in the New Year.

Work on the current phase of the £5 million project ended yesterday (Thursday 20 December) and lane closures have been removed from the A361 for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

When the scheme resumes on Monday 7 January, the outside lanes of both the eastbound and westbound carriageway will be closed, from east of Gornhay Cross to west of Sampford Peverell, for one week.

There will also be overnight closures from 7pm until 7am each evening during this...

Tesco customers in Exeter donate more than 11,000 meals this Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 12/30/2018 - 11:01am

Kind-hearted customers at Tesco stores across Exeter have donated thousands of meals to people in need this Christmas.

Shoppers gave 11,171 meals for food charities FareShare and The Trussell Trust during the Tesco Food Collection, which ran in stores in Exeter from 29 November to 1 December.

Customers were asked to donate long-life items to help people in need as part of their usual shop. With this year’s UK-wide total of 3.5 million meals donated to the charities, the overall total given by shoppers since the Tesco Food Collection scheme began in 2012 is more than 52...

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