Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (7-9 August).
THEATRE
Granny Eyeball Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Granny Eyeball doesn’t like people. Generally speaking, people don’t like her back. Actually, they’re not too keen on her front, sides or top either... and definitely not her bottom! Locked away in a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of Ballskirk Joanna Gormley dreams of a better life, free from the clutches of her wicked guardian - the dreaded Granny Eyeball. Wandering Tiger...
South Devon’s Glazebrook House Hotel’s utterly outstanding Alice in Wonderland charity event earlier this month was a resounding success. The creative and imaginative team at the Glazebrook raised £2,057 for their chosen charity, the inspirational Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
Families for Children are looking for adopters to come forward now.
There is no upper age limit for adoption, you can be married or single and you don’t have to own your own home.
The organiation is looking for people who have the room in their hearts and can offer a loving and secure family to children most in need. They are especially looking for those who may consider older children (over 4 years), sibling groups and children with disabilities.
If you have ever considered adoption please come and talk to us at our next information event is on Saturday 1 August,...
Cross the threshold of Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s Grade 1 Listed longhouse and step back in time to medieval Dartmoor. On 2 August 2015 Dartmoor National Park has arranged an opportunity for the public to visit this unique building in the company of a knowledgeable guide.
A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof. Higher Uppacott is rare and of national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or shippon end (cattle shelter) in its...
Get hands on experience of Dartmoor’s archaeology at Bellever Day, Dartmoor National Park’s celebration of the Festival of British Archaeology on Saturday 25 July 2015.
Visit the National Park Visitor Centre, Postbridge between 11am – 4pm and get involved in a variety of family friendly activities with plenty of hands on opportunities. These include basketry and weaving workshops, using natural materials collected from Dartmoor, demonstrations of jewellery making, including prehistoric beads and tin studs, learning how to grind corn in a prehistoric fashion and wood turning....
The distinctive sound of Libera has travelled the world in the last few years. The group's albums have topped both mainstream and classical charts in many countries, and their recordings hold their place in top-tens alongside major artists like Bocelli.
The boys who make up the vocal band Libera have been described as “normal” and “ordinary”. However, as their recordings and performances demonstrate, the music they produce is truly extraordinary. With shimmering, mystical chords and ecstatic harmonies, they are unlike any other group you have ever heard. These are truly sounds...
It’s the 150th anniversary of the launch of Lewis Carroll’s renowned novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and very coincidentally also the Glazebrook House Hotel’s, which itself was built in 1865. So what better way to celebrate this very important date in a suitably eccentric style at the Glazebrook House Hotel’s Alice in Wonderland Fundraising Event in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance on Saturday 4th July 2015.
ROLL UP, ROLL UP FOLKS - It's Toot Garook's 20TH BIRTHDAY on FRIDAY 31st JULY! So for that whole weekend (Fri, Sat & Sun) we are offering our lovely customers 10% OFF all purchases and 20% OFF purchases over £50. So come and help us celebrate with a glass (or two!) of fizz, sweet treats, bubbles and balloons as after all, we wouldn't still be here after all these years without you guys!
Our upcoming fundraising Summer Fete is due to take place on sat 4th July in St Thomas Pleasure Grounds:
Our annual fundraising Summer Fete is going to be even bigger and better this year with live music, entertainment, children's activities, delicious cakes, craft and plant stalls.
There will also be a bouncy castle & toddler play area, food & drink plus a beer tent, classic bikes, face painting, badge making and games.
A great value day out for all the family and you will be supporting your local Age UK to provide support and services for older people...
Heinrich Wimmer was born in 1964 and studied with Prof. Klemens Schnorr at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich.
For over 20 years he has been organist at the church of St. Jacob to Burghausen, Salzach , where he initiated the construction of the church's Rieger organ.
He has given recitals across Europe and the Far East including all the major organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Max Reger.
Heinrich Wimmer's programme in Exeter include's Reubke's Sonata on the 94th...
