Kamatala

Event Date: 
20/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Join us in our journey as we bridge the mystery and mystique of the Orient with the might and majesty of the Occident in this first of its kind theatre production to hit the UK, right here in the heart of Exeter.

From the ancient traditions of the truly refined and thought provoking depth discovered in Classical Indian Raga, featuring many of our favourite instruments such as Sitar, Tabla and Surbahar, the feminine grace of Odissi Indian Temple Dance, the strong lines, elaborate footwork and hand mudras of Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance and the trance inducing whirling of...

Tribes and Tribulations

Event Date: 
12/06/2015 - 8:00pm to 13/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

In the Clifford Room

Tribes and Tribulations is an original play written by Midge and Rosie Mullin and is set against the bleak political landscape of Thatcher’s Britain in the early 80’s.

It tells the story of four diverse characters who momentarily escape the tribulations of their everyday lives when they descend upon the anarchic, vibrant, multicultural madness of a free festival.

In a muddy field in deepest, darkest Wales, the tribes are gathering to exercise their right to party and four individuals embark on a unique journey, each of them searching for...

Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr

Event Date: 
10/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Comprising three of Britain’s finest musicians and interpreters of songs and tunes, each member of this trio is an acknowledged virtuoso in their own right. Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr have come together for the joy of playing and exploring the possibilities of music together, after appearing together on stages in various combinations over recent years and thoroughly enjoying it!

Nancy Kerr has been a major part of the acoustic music scene since she was a teenager and has always been a distinctive and impressive talent, turning heads everywhere she’s played or sung...

An Evening of Mediumship with Nikki Kitt

Event Date: 
06/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt is a spiritualist medium who currently travels the UK doing

Psychic/Mediumship Evenings..

As a medium Nikki Kitt aims to provide evidence of life after life by giving messages to people in the audience from their loved ones in spirit along with amazing accuracy in descriptions, personalities and all sorts of personal information.

www.psychicmediumnikkikitt.co.uk

Tickets £10

www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Paul Daniels and Dbbie McGee Intimate Magic Show

Event Date: 
11/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

TV Superstars and King and Queen of Magic Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee bring their new ‘Intimate’ show to our theatre. Paul says ‘Our last shows have featured large illusions and we wanted to show the audiences a much more close up and interactive kind of magic. Via Twitter we asked the public which effects they wanted to see and this show has been decided by them. I promise you this show will both baffle you and make you laugh. It’s a party!’.

There will be a collection at the end of the show in aid of RNIB

£17.00 (£15.00 Child/Students/Disabled)

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Out of Isca

Event Date: 
30/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Out of Isca is a stunning new rock electronica band which took to the stage at the end of 2013, and have been wowing audiences in venues all over the South West.

They have already made a storming entrance to the live music scene in 2014 and are showcasing their energetic live show in pubs, theatres and open-air festivals with a full diary in 2015.

The band perform a variety of their original material with a blend of thick guitars, heavy drums, pumping bass lines and catchy melodies. The twists of electronica are refreshing and modern to the music scene of now!

Their...

Clare Teal sings the Doris Day Songbook

Event Date: 
30/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, exeter

As Part of the Barnfield Music Festival 2015

Award winning Jazz and Big Band Singer and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal has always championed the music of the most beloved female singers of the 20th Century. In 2014 she turned her attention to one of the world’s greatest musical stars who was celebrating her 90th birthday, the iconic and much loved Doris Day.

Clare’s tribute to Doris on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night, in honour of this milestone birthday, was a huge success. So it was decided that this was a show that really needed to be taken on tour. Clare has...

A Bigger Show

Event Date: 
29/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, exeter

Part of the Barnfield Music Festival 2015

Composer/bandleader Mike Westbrook is back at the Barnfield this summer with an even bigger band and a brand new jazz entertainment. A Bigger Show has been described as a Jazz/Rock Oratorio. Kate Westbrook’s scenario uses the image of the fairground to examine, with irony, humour and high drama , the lot of Humankind in the age of the World-Wide-Web. The 22 piece ensemble involves 3 vocalists/actors, acoustic brass and saxophones, electronics and a double rhythm section.

Kate is joined by fellow vocalists Martine Waltier and Billy...

The FAB Beatles

Event Date: 
28/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, exeter

Formed in 1991 – turning fully professional in 2000.

The faB Beatles are widely regarded as the most authentic ‘live’ tribute to the Beatles performing professionally all round the world today.

Chosen by the BBC as ‘the best’ in the UK and commissioned by EMI to promote the ‘Beatles1’ CD.

Also after working with Paul Gallagher (brother of ‘Liam’ and ‘Noel’) are now acknowledged by the famous ‘Beatle-mad’ brothers themselves.

Each instrument and costume used is an exact replica of the real thing, even down to the drum kit used by the Fab Beatles which was...

Devon Cub Scouts first to earn re-launched police badge

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 05/10/2015 - 12:21pm

Cub Scouts in Devon well and truly did their best to become the first owners of a re-launched police badge in Devon and Cornwall.

More than 30 Cub Scouts from Highweek and Kingskerswell studied personal safety and detective skills to earn the newly-restored Devon and Cornwall Police Cub Scout Badge.

The badge was first presented some years ago but was not being awarded very often. Now thanks to the support of Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and Assistant Cub Scout Commissioner Sandra Johnson, the badge has been re-launched.

The Newton Abbot Cub Scouts were the first to...

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