Cygnet Theatre: Christmas In Venice - II Campiello

Event Date: 
07/12/2012 - 7:30pm to 12/01/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Far from St Mark’s Square and the Gran Turismo is the Venice that Venetians live in - this is where the greatest Italian dramatist, Carlo Goldoni, sets this charming and observant comedy of love and everyday life. Come to this bustling Venetian square at Christmas time!

Evening and matinee performances

Tickets £6-£10, £26 family (family of four)

Box office: 01392 277189

www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

An Evening Without James Taylor and The Holy Host Of Others

Event Date: 
16/11/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Nigel Challis (guitar and vocals) and Dave Sanderson (piano and vocals) make a welcome return to the New Theatre.

Together they perform classic James Taylor songs such as Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James and Carolina in My Mind among a wide selection of other songs spanning his whole career.

James Taylor is a five-time Grammy award winner as well as an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and to this day, audiences still flock to his performances around the world.

Tickets £8

Box office: 01392 277189

www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

Folk, swing and blues with Simon Mayor & Hilary James

Event Date: 
09/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

A witty and captivating mix of folk, swing, blues and classical showstoppers spiced with Simon Mayor’s unique brand of off-beat humour and Hilary’s honey-dripping voice. Simon is one of the world's leading mandolin virtuosos as well as a fine guitarist and fiddle player.

Tickets £12 (£10)

Box office: 01392 277189

www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

Amuse - Bouche by Sylvia Hunt at Exeter's New Theatre

Event Date: 
08/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Food! Love it or loathe it, worship or abuse it, none of us can live without it! One-woman Physical Theatre piece, Amuse-Bouche, explores our relationship with food, the theatrical world of food culture and the media circus that surrounds it.

This original, new show, devised and performed by Sylvia Hunt, dishes up an impactful mix of dark comedy and searing poignancy.

Over the hour duration the piece fuses a tasty blend of movement and larger than life characters with a side serving of verse and social comment.

Tickets £7.50 (£5)

Box office: 01392 277189...

Singer songwriter Nicky Swann peforms at The New Theatre

Event Date: 
02/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

One of the very best of a new generation of female singer songwriters, Nicky Swann performs new material from her second album How Does your Land Lie?

Tickets £8

Box office: 01392 277189

www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

Salem Players present Changing Times

Event Date: 
26/10/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

With humour, drama and rhyme through poetry, song and story we explore changes in our environment, relationships and in our society.

Tickets £6 Box office: 01392 277189

www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

Chiefs mauled as wounded Leicester Tigers restore pride

Authored by skein
Posted: Sun, 09/30/2012 - 1:20pm

They have a warning around these parts 'Beware of the Wounded Tiger'.

Having come unstuck at home to defending Aviva Premiership champions Harlequins on home soil the week previous, Leicester Tigers clearly had no intentions of suffering a similar fate as they welcome Exeter Chiefs into town.

Undone twice in the top flight by Rob Baxter's side last term, there would be no repeat this time round for the Tigers, who ran in three tries through winger Adam Thompstone, plus a further 15 points from the boot of fly-half Toby Flood.

In reply, the Chiefs countered with a...

Exeter Business Expo gets of to a flying start

The inaugural Business Expo ‘Business Gives Back’ held at Exeter Racecourse in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) during ‘National Air Ambulance Week’ is confirmed as a resounding success by organisers, thebestofexeter.

More than 400 delegates had the opportunity to visit local business exhibition stands and seminars presented by key-note speakers chaired by Derek Philips, with one-to-one business clinics in The Business Advice Centre. The day kicked-off with an early morning Big Breakfast chaired by Nick Agg-Manning, while Exeter Chamber of Commerce hosted a...

Shinedown come to Exeter

Event Date: 
25/10/2012 - 7:30pm

Rock radio giants Shinedown come to Exeter from Jacksonville after a packed-to-the-rafters gig at London’s Roundhouse and a triumphant slot at this year's Download Festival.

Exeter Great Hall

Tickets £17 from Exeter Phoenix, 01392 667080

Newton Faulkner to play Exeter Great Hall

Event Date: 
20/10/2012 - 7:30pm

Newton Faulkner has sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut Hands Built By Robots spent over 10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.

Exeter Great Hall

Tickets £19 from Exeter Phoenix, 01392 667080

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