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Comic opera The Pirates of Penzance at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
12/02/2013 - 7:30pm to 16/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Following the success of Patience in March 2012, Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society return to celebrate their 45th year with one of the most famous comic operas of all time, The Pirates of Penzance.

Follow the thrilling story of young Frederic, who has to remain faithful to the pirate trade until his 21st birthday.

However, he longs to pursue his dreams elsewhere and find true love.The pirates find a flaw in his contract and all becomes more complicated than Frederic could have ever imagined...

With fantastically famous music, delicious humour and the...

Exeter University Gilbert & Sullivan Society: The Pirates of Penzance

Event Date: 
12/02/2013 - 7:30pm to 16/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Following the success of Patience in March 2012, Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society return to celebrate their 45th year with one of the most famous comic operas of all time, The Pirates of Penzance.

Follow the thrilling story of young Frederic, who has to remain faithful to the pirate trade until his 21st birthday.

However, he longs to pursue his dreams elsewhere and find true love.The pirates find a flaw in his contract and all becomes more complicated than Frederic could have ever imagined...

With fantastically famous music, delicious humour and the...

Students can enjoy discounts galore on UNiDAYS

As a student, money is tight. Bargains are treated like gold. Your pocket money or loan is spent on Tesco value toilet paper or recycled lined paper from Wilkinsons. But what happens when you have the urge to buy something new and out of the price range? Miscellaneous items such as clothes and pencil cases that students want will be heartbreaking for them if they are fully priced.

This is why the online website www.myunidays.com is available to students thanks to major brands providing student discounts. Students live in tough times since money matters nowadays, and they need their...

Exeter Uni has acquired Ronald Duncan archive

Authored by Babs Walker
Posted: Sun, 10/07/2012 - 11:34pm

Dr Christine Faunch, Head of Heritage Collections at the University of Exeter, said: “I am delighted that we are taking the Ronald Duncan papers on deposit. This contributes greatly to our established archive and library collections of Westcountry writers, including Henry Williamson, who knew Ronald Duncan; Ted Hughes; Charles Causley; John Betjeman; and Daphne du Maurier.’

The collection is a record of the life of Ronald Duncan who came to Welcombe in North Devon in the 1930s and farmed pigs and horses until his death in 1982.

He was a pacifist who...

Devon writer’s collection at Exeter Poetry Festival

The archive of a West Country author, Ronald Duncan, who lived in north Devon all his writing life, has been acquired by the University of Exeter. Its arrival will be celebrated by a special display at Exeter library during this year’s Poetry festival on 5 October.

The collection is a record of the life of Ronald Duncan who came to Welcombe in the 1930s and lived and farmed breeding pigs and horses until his death in 1982. He was a wartime pacifist who travelled to visit Gandhi in India in 1937 aged only 22. While there he met the mystic Rabindranath Tagore. Duncan wrote...

University of Exeter tops new Sunday Times guide

The University of Exeter has been named University of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013. In the South West, the University is also ranked as best in the region for teaching. The 64-page guide, now in its 15th year, is published this Sunday, September 30, with The Sunday Times.

After being shortlisted four times in the past decade for the University of the Year title, Exeter has finally claimed the top prize, while rising to 7th, its highest-ever position in The Sunday Times University Guide’s new league table.

The University of Exeter has...

New South Devon University Technical College bid out for public consultation

A proposal for a new University Technical College (UTC), based in Newton Abbot, focusing on the Engineering, Water and Environmental sectors is out for public consultation during October.

University Technical Colleges are a new concept in education. UTCs will be equipped to the highest standards to provide top quality, technically-orientated courses. Starting at the age of 14, students will study technical subjects alongside the core GCSE subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and IT, integrating academic requirements with practical learning. The South Devon UTC will have places...

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