Would you like to walk on fire? Take your chance at an MS Society Firewalk, where you'll walk 20 feet across burning embers.
On the night, participants will undergo a two hour training session to prepare them for the challenge of stepping onto embers burning at around 1200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Event details The registration fee is £25 per person, and we ask you to raise a minimum £125 to help support people with MS.
Once you have signed up, you'll be sent a free fundraising pack. Places are limited, so book today to avoid disappointment.
From playing Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott’s to miming on children’s television, musician turned comedian Rosie Wilby looks back at the emotional rollercoaster of chasing stardom at the heady height of Britpop in How (not) to make it in Britpop – a revised version of her acclaimed 2011 Edinburgh Fringe show Rosie’s Pop Diary . Mixing stand up, storytelling and songs, Rosie delves into a personal treasure trove of old photos, fan letters, lyrics and reviews to trace the weird and wonderful story of a singer that nearly made it - from bizarre auditions, supporting Bob Geldof and Jamie Cullum...
Gift ideas? New designs and handmade crafts feature at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen's Christmas exhibition.
The Devon Guild gallery is showcasing beautiful, distinctive craft work by over 60 makers in its popular Christmas selling exhibition, ‘MAKE’. Over a third of exhibitors are South West based, while artists from London and other regions are selected to input new design ideas with their latest creations. It’s well worth visiting Bovey Tracey to choose from the craft gallery’s wide range of affordable and luxury gifts by designers such as Jane Cox (ceramics), and Corrine...
Riverside Mill shop and gallery are open late to co-incide with festivities and late night shopping in Bovey Tracey.
A great opportunity to buy local and get some crafty Christmas shopping done!
Choose from truly unique hand-crafted cermics, textiles, jewellry by local makers plus huigh quality designer crafts from our Christmas exhibition MAKE - where all the quirky and beautiful products on display are for immediate sale.
Join us for a family all day drop-in and draw event as part of the national Campaign for Drawing. Activities relate to our current exhibition of photography and are based on ideas of navigating, mapping and exploring as we create 2D and 3D land and waterscapes. Free drop-in.
This event runs from 11am-4pm on Tuesday 30 October and Wednesday 31 October.
Admission free, no booking required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
In The work between the lines, John Court’s first UK solo exhibition, new works will be shown alongside drawings and performances produced over the last fifteen years. His output includes performance, sculpture and video, but he considers all his work to be fundamentally concerned with drawing, in that drawing connects the elements of line, movement, space and time.
Court is severely dyslexic. He began drawing at the age of nineteen, using it as a means to comprehend and come to terms with the difficulties and negative experiences he had gone through at school. During this...
Three green champions from the hospitality world were celebrating last night after completing an epic bike ride for charity which covered 200kms in just 2 days and raised £5,000 to benefit Springboard , which helps young, unemployed and disadvantaged young people into careers in hospitality, and Action Against Hunger , the organisation committed to ending child hunger.
At 8.30am on Sunday 7th October, Mark Linehan, Managing Director of The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), Mike Mellor, Managing Director of Space Catering and Shaldon-based Andy Cook, Partner at Ease...
Exeter Chamber Choir sings an uplifting programme of new music by Nigel Walsh, Matthias Schmitt and Andrew Daldorph.
Featuring Edward Scull - marimba, Chris Gradwell - saxophone and Andrew Daldorph - director/piano.
Tickets are £10, students £5, children free, available by calling 01392 851207 in advance or on the door subject to availability. Price includes a glass of wine.
La La Choirs are hosting a Gala concert at the Great Hall at the University of Exeter featuring the Military Wives Choir. Other local acts are also taking part including the Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band and Lucy Bray, an up and coming classical soprano from Exeter.
La La Choirs began in Lympstone in September 2008 and is run by Sam Abrahams. The first sessions consisted of Sam and just a few friends. There are now four choirs with over 250 members on the books, who meet every week. The music is three or four part harmony, generally modern, pop, jazz, world, soul, motown...
