Dunsford Nature Reserve Open Day

Event Date: 
20/10/2012 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Dunsford Nature Reserve, near Exeter

Discover the golden colours and autumn wildlife of this magnificent oak woodland on the River Teign.

Join Devon Wildlife Trust for fungus forays, guided walks and children's woodland craft activities.

11am-4pm

Booking essential for the fungus forays and walks - call 01392 279244.

Contact Email: contactus@devonwildlife

http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/

Medea - a modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy

Event Date: 
28/11/2012 - 7:30pm to 01/12/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

"If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash."

Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep, and increasingly, can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge.

This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible...

Chris Packham Goes Totally Wild at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
24/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Although known first and foremost as an impassioned naturalist, the compelling and charismatic wildlife TV presenter is also the natural world's equivalent of a photo-journalist.

Through his work he’s explored many habitats from Antarctic islands, rainforests, deserts, the Everest mountain range and the deep oceans. It’s these adventures which have afforded him the opportunity to capture some amazing images on camera – portraying the simple yet stunning beauty of the natural world.

In Chris Packham Goes Totally Wild, the popular presenter will captivate audiences with his...

Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
06/11/2012 - 7:30pm to 10/11/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

New Perspectives Theatre Company and Scamp Theatre present Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd.

It sometimes felt as though time had stood still on the family farm – swallows nesting in the eaves, the old Fordson Tractor quietly rusting in the back of the barn, Grandpa still tending his chickens – that is, until the summer his grandson finished school and came to stay, and the old man started telling stories of what it had been like on the farm when he was a boy.

The compelling sequel to the award-winning War Horse is a moving account of the...

Lovers’ Vows (1795), a play in five acts by Elizabeth Inchbald

Event Date: 
18/10/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

A stirring romantic tale of past wrongs haunting victim and perpetrator

This hugely popular play, written by Bury St Edmunds playwright Elizabeth Inchbald, is best known as the one which causes all the moral consternation in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

The cast of Mansfield Park will perform a rehearsed reading with the actors performing their character's roles as cast in Jane Austen's novel. The reading will be followed by a post-show discussion.

Tickets: £8 with a £2 discount for concessions.

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

New play equipment for Exeter youngsters to enjoy

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 10/17/2012 - 10:50am

Summer may be over but children still have reason to smile this autumn – new play equipment at Great Hill View Play Area! Children can now enjoy a wider range of play equipment at the site, thanks to Exeter City Council.

A new basket swing, and exciting spinning and rocking roundabout has been provided, along with a goal end incorporating football and basketball provision . These items add to the existing equipment which includes the longest slide in any of Exeter’s parks.

The site has also been generally tidied up, and the previously crumbling and slippery footpath has...

Heartland Old Books at Knightshayes Court

Event Date: 
27/10/2012 - 11:00am to 28/10/2012 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Knightshayes Court

Come and have a browse at the book sale in the Stables courtyard from the local second-hand bookshop in Tiverton.

Open both days 11am-5pm

Free admission (normal admission charges apply)

Devon's Hilary Mantel wins 2nd Man Booker Prize

The whittling has finished. The judges of this year's Man Booker Prize started with a daunting 145 novels and have winnowed, sifted, culled, and in some cases hurled, until there was only one left: Budleigh Salterton-based Hilary Mantel 's Bring up the Bodies .

Hers is a story unique in Man Booker history. She becomes only the third author, after Peter Carey and J.M. Coetzee , to win the prize twice, which puts her in the empyrean. But she is also the first to win with a sequel ( Wolf Hall won in 2009) and the first to win with such a brief interlude between books. Her...

New cycle hire scheme launched at Exeter St Davids

In partnership with First Great Western a Brompton folding bike hire scheme, Brompton Dock, has now launched at Exeter St Davids station.

The Exeter Daily was invited to the launch of this exciting new service, where Brompton Dock Managing Director Mark Antwis teamed up with First Great Western General Manager (West) David Crone to demonstrate the simplicity of the system and just how quick it was to assemble the foldaway bikes - 7.7 seconds is the record.

The cycle hire schemes provide members with 24-hour access to Brompton folding bikes, which can be...

WEAR A HAT DAY Friday 7th December 2012

Event Date: 
17/10/2012 - 12:00pm to 08/12/2012 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Devon

Help to support Age UK Exeter by raising vital funds. All we ask is that you encourage your employees, friends or colleagues to don a silly hat for the day for a suggested donation of £2 for adults and 50p for children. For an information pack call Corinne on 01392 455605.

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