Shop for Christmas at Powderham Castle's Michaelmas Fair

Event Date: 
08/11/2012 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Powderham Castle, Kenton

A chance to do some early Christmas shopping!

Browse an array of stalls around the castle rooms selling Christmas puddings, decorations, books, jewellery and many unusual things you won't find on the High Street.

If you have silver, watches or jewellery you would like valued bring them along for a free verbal valuation by Jethro Marles of Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood.

Fair open 10am to 3pm

Admission £4

Tickets are £3 in advance available from Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets from 15 September. Tel 01392 665885 or contact ABF Soldiers'...

A true story about parents, children and falling in love

Event Date: 
01/12/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Gittisham Village Hall, Gittisham

Frankland & Sons, a true story about parents, children and falling in love

A true story created by three generations of the same family about parents, children and falling in love.

When theatre-maker Tom Frankland's aunt died in 2006, he and his father inherited suitcases of letters written by his grandparents across 25 years. They reveal the astonishing life and love of a couple living through two world wars and recession. Tom suggested they create a performance inspired by the letters, but in creating their debut show...

Frankland & Sons, award-winning drama at Clayhidon

Event Date: 
28/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Clayhidon Parish Hall, Clayhidon

A true story created by three generations of the same family about parents, children and falling in love.

When theatre-maker Tom Frankland's aunt died in 2006, he and his father inherited suitcases of letters written by his grandparents across 25 years. They reveal the astonishing life and love of a couple living through two world wars and recession. Tom suggested they create a performance inspired by the letters, but in creating their debut show together, father and son uncovered more than they bargained for.

For tickets, please call: 01823 80347

www.tomfrankland....

The Adventures of Perseus at Lympstone Village Hall

Event Date: 
01/12/2012 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Lympstone Village Hall

The story of a woman with snaky hair, a sea-slime monster and a boy determined to protect his mother.

One of the most exciting stories from Ancient Greece as told by two professors who have very different ideas about where the story should begin. Starting with Perseus as a boy, the story takes us through all the twists and turns of how he sets out on his great quest to capture the head of Medusa, the snake haired Gorgon. How he tricks the grumpy Graeae, meets the beautiful Hesperides and finally defeats the cruel King Polydectes – rescuing young maiden, Andromeda,...

A Cottage on Dartmoor: a silent film with live orchestra

Event Date: 
30/11/2012 - 3:30pm
Venue: 
Lympstone Village Hall

A little known gem, A Cottage on Dartmoor was one of the very last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionised cinema. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who later became known as one of this country’s leading filmmakers, for such features as The Browning Version and The Importance of Being Earnest.

Starring Norah Baring and Ugo Henning, it is an exciting melodrama, a tale of love and revenge set on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. In the words of one reviewer, it “out-Hitchcocks Hitchock”. It has been restored from materials in the BFI National Archive...

One Darke Night at Lympstone Village Hall

Event Date: 
22/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Lympstone Village Hall

Actors from Kneehigh Theatre Company and from the Eden Project have created a show from the plays, correspondence and diaries of Nick Darke, the much-loved Cornish playwright, poet, lobster fisherman, environmentalist, beachcomber, broadcaster, film-maker and chairman of St Eval Parish Council.

Fusing extracts from lesser-known works with firm audience favourites such as The King of Prussia and Hell’s Mouth, and featuring exclusive extracts from Nick’s private journals, this imaginative show explores the creative process of the writer and creates an exciting new showcase for Nick’s...

Rosie Carson & Kevin Dempsey at The Red Lion, Shobrooke

Event Date: 
14/11/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Red Lion, Shobrooke

Kevin Dempsey has music in his soul. In his long performing career, he has played and sung solo and in dozens of bands and line-ups from Percy Sledge to Whippersnapper. Kev is not only a talented solo performer but also an outstanding ensemble player.

Rosie Carson began playing the fiddle at the Riley School of Irish music in Cincinnati USA when she was 8 years old (she is now 19) and went on to study with Seamus Connelly, Liz Caroll & Liz Kane. She has won national competitions for both fiddle and voice.

For tickets, please call: 01363 77546

http://www....

Angel Heart Theatre present Mazymeg and the Honeybees

Event Date: 
11/11/2012 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Kenn Centre, Kennford, Kenn

Tis said on Dartmoor that to get lost is to be 'pisky led'.

So join Angel Heart and lose your way with Mazymeg and all the characters she meets as she tries to bring home Albert's Bees. Weaving threads of Devon Folklore, an original soundtrack by Dartmoor musicians and shape-shifting puppetry this is Angel Heart's most enchanted show yet.

For tickets, please call: 01392 83358

http://www.angelhearttheatre.com/

Devon Contractors get to work for Chulmleigh School

Devon Contractors, which is based in Clyst St Mary, celebrates work beginning on a new £1.8 million build for Chulmleigh Community College. The project will be a fantastic addition to the facilities at Chulmleigh both for the students and the wider community.

Students will take Drama, Music, Science, Modern Foreign Languages and Humanities lessons in the new building. Year 7 twins Andrea and Nicholas Robinson (pictured), whose favourite subjects are Art and Drama respectively will be some of the first to benefit from the new facilities.

Their Head Teacher...

Exeter Netball coach shortlisted for national prize

Hilary Edwards, of the Exeter and District Netball League, has been shortlisted as one of three final candidates for the Sports Coach UK Children's Coach of the Year 2012.

400 nominations were received and Hilary has been selected out of all of those candidates across 35 different sports to represent netball.

Hilary has coached High Five netball for Exeter Netball NC's U12 and U14 teams, as well as the England Netball 'Back to Netball' scheme that encourages adults back into the sport. She is a hugely talented and appreciated coach in Exeter, with her...

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