Emerging theatre company Get Out Of My Space, in collaboration with Theatre with Teeth, will be taking over Exeter's historic Poltimore House with new production Umbra, an immersive theatrical experience inspired by Woyzeck, Christian Shaw and the Peaky Blinders opening this May. Stepping inside the crumbling hallways of Poltimore House, audiences will be taken back to 1919 and immersed in a dark world of drinking, religion and organised crime as twisted demonic forces gradually worm their way into the minds of its inhabitants.
The Exeter Book Fair, in the historic seaport of Topsham, is now the only dedicated book fair in Devon.
This is first of three events run annually by the PBFA at Matthews Hall offering a wide selection of antiquarian, rare and second-hand books and ephemera.
Featuring over 20 independent booksellers, there will be something to appeal to all tastes and interests, from novels by classic writers such as VIrginia Woolf, JRR Tolkien and Lewis Carroll to history books, biographies and atlases!
A five-year-old boy from Exeter, who has spina bifida and hydrocephalus, conditions that affect his mobility, has received a specialist tricycle that will allow him to ride outside with his friends and family for the first time. Arthur Alderson is unable to walk unaided and is a part-time wheelchair user. Although he is a confident child, with lots of friends, his poor balance means that he is unable to ride a standard bicycle leaving him a spectator when his friends cycle outside. But thanks to Caudwell Children, the national charity that provides practical and emotional support to...
Since 2014, RGB Building Supplies has donated £23,000 worth of building materials to clubs, charities, schools and groups through its Well Built Community Fund and it’s delighted to announce the fund is returning for another 12-months.
For the next giveaway, RGB will be donating £1,000 worth of building materials to a group that’s taking part in a carnival or festival. So, whether materials are needed to help build a float, decorate a stall, or build a Carnival Queen’s throne, RGB would like to hear about it.
From all the nominations received, three will be chosen to go...
Home furnishings retailer, IKEA, yesterday hosted its own unique take on a Devonshire tradition – the cream tea. The event came as part of IKEA’s “Wonderful Everyday Tour”, a series of ten exciting mini-events and installations designed to surprise and delight the people of Exeter and Devon ahead of the new store opening on 10th May 2018.
On Sunday 22nd April between 2.30-5pm, over 2,000 local residents flocked to Exeter’s quayside to enjoy IKEA’s mouth-watering Big Cream Tea Break. Attendees were in awe when Exeter Rowing Club delivered IKEA’s iconic lingonberry jam to the...
The start of enabling works needed to redevelop Exeter Bus Station means some services will relocate from the current site in June, the City Council and Stagecoach have revealed.
From Sunday, June 17, some services will temporarily relocate to nearby dedicated stands on street.
Seven bays will remain in use at the bus station.
Details of the relocated services are highlighted below.
This arrangement will stay in place throughout the period of construction to create a new Exeter Bus Station, which is expected to open in the winter of 2020.
Students from Honiton Tae Kwon Do attended the TAGB South West Championships and the TAGB English Championships, bagging an impressive 12 trophies from the two events.
At the South West Championships, Ben Snaith continued his medal success by winning gold in Boys Blue and Red Belt Heavyweight Sparring and becoming South West Champion. Roxy Spiller won gold in Girls Blue Belt Patterns, adding South West Champion to her list of titles. Roxy also obtained silver in her sparring division, narrowly missing out on becoming a double champion.
The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink is introducing new ways to reduce single-use plastic at the 2018 event at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens on the early May bank holiday weekend (Saturday 5th- Monday 7th May).
Visitors to the 2018 Exeter Food Festival will be drinking from reusable glasses and can save money on coffee if they bring their own reusable coffee cups.
Michael Caines, co-founder of the Exeter Food Festival, says, “For over 10 years, the Exeter Food Festival has stuck to a strict environmental policy with our food traders and exhibitors only...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 April).
THEATRE
Frankenstein Friday, Saurday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter A world premiere staging of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic. Victor Frankenstein is the tortured genius who unleashes death and destruction in his quest for eternal life! The cast includes Derek Frood (‘Poldark’), Dan Ball (‘The Mousetrap’), Will Trafford (‘Twelfth Night’) and Philip Voyzey (‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’). Special make-up effects have been created by Emmy Award-winner, David Brown who works on such...
The UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative team have given the RD&E’s Maternity and Neonatal services fresh accreditation after a three-day visit to interview parents and staff and review standards.
Both services have held the accolade for several years and recently invited UNICEF back to RD&E to review the care provided by the Trust to ensure that high standards are being maintained.
The assessment, held in late January, comes after Maternity first achieved the UNICEF ‘Baby Friendly’ standard in 2012 and Neonatal becoming the first neonatal unit in the country to achieve...
