John Thorp, an expert on ornamental plasterwork, will describe the history of decorative plasterwork in Devon from 1550 to 1720, tracing its spread from aristocratic houses to the lower gentry and eventually the more prosperous farmers.
Tickets £4.50 (£3) are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening museum opening hours.
A rare opportunity to explore the fascinating world of Native North American warfare and ritual.
The exhibition focuses on the material culture of Native North American Indians of the Plains between 1800 and the present, and the importance of the objects in a social and ceremonial context.
The archive of a West Country author, Ronald Duncan, who lived in north Devon all his writing life, has been acquired by the University of Exeter. Its arrival will be celebrated by a special display at Exeter library during this year’s Poetry festival on 5 October.
The collection is a record of the life of Ronald Duncan who came to Welcombe in the 1930s and lived and farmed breeding pigs and horses until his death in 1982. He was a wartime pacifist who travelled to visit Gandhi in India in 1937 aged only 22. While there he met the mystic Rabindranath Tagore. Duncan wrote...
The Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner takes his most outrageous show yet, the brand new Posturing Delivery Tour, on the road.
Russell considers that he might be one of the guys who never has a baby, why is this not a 'male subject' and plans to give birth, live on stage, then raise it - in front of you. Come along!
Squashbox Theatre’s new show is a marvellous mix of history and mystery!
Find out all about archaeology and fossils, say hello to one of your stone-age ancestors, hear stories of giants and wizards, see a volcano erupting before your very eyes, and maybe even glimpse a dinosaur or two...
There will be thrills and spills galore, but also lots of laughs, plenty of puppets, songs, slapstick, tall tales and crazy characters – all presented in unique Squashbox style!
Tickets: £10, family ticket: £24 for 3 + up to 3 more £8 each. Suitable for children aged four-plus....
Widely regarded as one the finest musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber has crafted one of today’s most successful careers in classical music.
He has premiered more than 50 works for cello and inspired new compositions from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold, Joaquin Rodrigo and Philip Glass. He has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians and his many recordings have met wide acclaim.
Julian has been vice-president of the Delius Society since dedicating himself to performing the cello works in 1971 at his London recital debut.
Poor Anna Karenina (Knightley). One minute she seems to have everything: a worthy but boring husband Karenin (Law), an excellent range of furry hats and – in stark contrast to her troubled sister in law (Kelly MacDonald), one of the happiest family lives in 1870s imperial Russia. Or so it seems. But beneath the surface all is not well. Within the space of a few scenes, her life is thrown into chaos by the prospect of an extremely dangerous liaison with dashing young cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson). Soon she can barely pop down to the theatre without people tutting or waving...
Mansfield Park is an elegant and spellbinding re-telling of Jane Austen's captivating novel.
Unceremoniously uprooted from her humble family home, intelligent young Fanny Price is dropped into the bustling, aristocratic household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, where she finds herself buffeted from one crisis to the next. Yet throughout this turmoil one thing remains a constant – her love for the generous, worthy and steadfast Edmund Bertram.
But will this love be her salvation? Or will she be forced to marry the charismatic Henry Crawford for connections and wealth alone...
