Powderham Castle presents an original show called 'Millennium of Monarchs involving puppets and live action. We will tell you the exciting facts about all of England's monarchs - one thousand years of history reduced to 45 manic minutes!
Sessions at set times throughout the day. Simply pick up a session ticket on arrival. Price is included in General Admission charge to the castle and grounds.
£10.50 adult, £8.50 child, £9.50 senior, under fours free, family £32.
If you’ve got a budding donkey groom in the family, why not bring them along for a special one-on-one session with one of the donkeys in our events team. A 20 minute session will introduce under 16s to the basics of donkey care, after which the Donkey Dudes will leave with a certificate detailing what they’ve learnt.
Not suitable for children under 5 years old.
Booking desirable, first come first served bewteen 10.30am and 1pm on the following dates 26 May, 28 May and 30 May.
Spring is finally doing it’s thing at Knightshayes, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton in Devon. It has come not a moment too soon, as Friday 10 May sees the property hosting its annual National Gardens Scheme open day.
The gardens team at Knightshayes are delivering a series of introductory tours of the Kitchen, Formal and Woodland Gardens throughout the day to help people understand their significance, and why the continued work on their conservation is so important. The tours will be running at 12 noon, 2pm and 3pm, and will be free to join.
Devon County Council will be raising the European flag at County Hall to mark international Europe Day. The ceremony will take place at 12.30pm on Thursday 9 May.
Exactly 63 years ago the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, took the first steps in a speech that held out a hand of friendship to Germany, towards the creation of the European Economic Community, which developed to become the European Union.
Mr Schuman spoke of their two countries cooperating with each other to pool their economic resources, and to no longer be enemies.
The eighth Devon Wine Week special event this year takes place from 25 May-2 June.
Organised by the Yearlstone Vineyard near Exeter, Devon's oldest vineyard, decerning wine lovers will have the choice to visit several places around the county celebrating the very best that we have to offer with our award winning Englsih wines.
Participating vineyards this year include: Yearlstone, Bickleigh; Sharpham, Totnes; Pebblebed, Topsham; Manstree, Shillingford St George; Lily Farm, Budleigh Salterton and Castlewood. Axminster.
Participating Devon Food Venues during the week...
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
The stunning evening's baroque programme will feature: Vivaldi – Gloria Pergolesi – Magnificat Handel – Chandos Anthem No. 9: O praise the Lord Conductor: Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir has performed concerts in the City every year since its foundation in 1846. It continues to delight audiences with its performances of both well loved and lesser known works under Andrew Millington, Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral and the Choir’s current Director of Music.
Tickets are £12 and are available from The Exeter Philharmonic Choir 01392 499211(or online on link)...
John Spiers & Jon Boden are well known for their involvement as founding members of the big band folk phenomenon that is Bellowhead. They have played together as a duo for over 10 years now and have established themselves as a very well respected act on the English traditional music scene.
Together they play fiddle, guitar, assorted squeezebox instruments, a stomp box and they both sing – a combination which sounds like a two-man-one-man-band! Their music is equally at home playing to 50 people in the intimate setting of the back room of a pub, or 10,000 on the main stage at...
British artist Layla Curtis presents a solo exhibition of work at Spacex in central Exeter, including a new commission entitled Antipodes (working title), 2013 and Tong Tana, 2012. Curtis’s work has a focus on mapping and the ways we represent terrain and locate ourselves and our movements through space.
Layla Curtis received her BA Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art (1998) and her MA Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (2000). Her work, featuring in collections including the Tate Collection, and the Government Art Collection, is exhibited widely.
