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New West Country gay play, Open Door comes to Exeter

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Museum talks and tours mark new art exhibition, local history and Chinese New Year

Visitors to the City Museum and Art Gallery this January can enjoy a busy programme of lunchtime lectures and Art Bite tours.

The Museum’s popular Lunchtime Talks programme re-starts after the festive break with a presentation called ‘Get Your Skates On!’ on Tuesday 21 January. Local author and history enthusiast Di Lawer will discuss how the leisure activity of roller skating was...

X Factor comrades Luke Friend and Nicholas McDonald join forces for exclusive Torquay gig

Teignmouth lad Luke Friend and Scotland’s Nicholas McDonald will join forces for a one-off gig at Torquay’s Riviera Centre this Saturday 18 January.

This is the first time Luke and Nicholas, who came third and second on The X Factor respectively, will have shared the stage since the show ended in December last year. Since then, these incredibly popular teens have remained great...

Museum’s family events go from South Pole to Wild Wild West

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is travelling the globe with its family-friendly events in late January and early February.

Children and their adults can discover some of the strange creatures that live in the coldest places on the planet in ‘A Cold World’ on Saturday 18 January. From giant sea spiders to woolly rhinoceros teeth fossils there will be many different things to see...

Lee Evans adds unprecedented 6th date in Plymouth

Plymouth Pavilions are kicking those January blues into touch with the announcement that Lee Evans will now play a massive six nights in Plymouth this August, adding another date to his already sold out run of 5 nights, breaking his own records at the city centre venue!

Established as one of Britain’s best-loved and biggest comedy stars, Lee Evans has captured audiences’ and critics’...

Open call to Plymouth artists

Plymouth artists are once again being given the chance to showcase their work in an exhibition at the Council House.

Applications are being invited from artists living and practicing in the city and will be selected by a panel of councillors, senior HE Arts specialists and Council Arts and Heritage staff.

Cabinet member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor...

Could the next 'Man'Bassador be from Plymouth?

If you know a man that's all about ' having fun' and ' building new friendships', then get him to enter Round Table's ' Man of the Year' Competition.

Round Table is calling for professional men from Plymouth to get in touch with their bravest New Year’s resolutions, to be in with a chance of winning its first ever ‘Man of the Year’.

During January or what the organisation is...

Would You 'Beliebe' it

Justin Bieber fans have come together through social media to demand a UK screening of his new film Believe, which lands in the US on Christmas day.

Now, following over 5,000 tweets and 2,000 emails, Vue Entertainment will screen it exclusively from Boxing day at all its sites including Vue Plymouth, for one week only. Tickets are available now on site and from www.myvue.com .

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Audiences wowed as College is transformed into 'Land of Fantasy'

More than 3,000 members of the public were this week wowed by Fantasy – a spectacular three-hour show at Ivybridge Community College – showcasing a magical mixture of the performing arts.

The dazzling event – with performances from gymnasts, dancers, actors and singers – took place in the College’s Sports Hall, which was transformed into a universe of 24 interlinked fantasy worlds....

A servants’ Christmas returns to Saltram

This year, visitors to National Trust’s Saltram Estate in Plympton will have the chance to experience Christmas with the servants. For this special family event on 14 and 15 December, the domestic areas of this Palladian mansion will be brought to life with tours that see the hustle and bustle of a whole host of servants preparing to celebrate the festive season.

Families joining in...

Festive fun for families at City Museum and Art Gallery

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s Make and Take'programme for December has a decidedly festive feel, with two creative workshops for all the family.

On Saturday 14 December there's a chance to make a variety of Christmas-themed keepsakes to take home, including spiral hats, candy cones, pom-pom decorations and wrist bands.

The ‘Santa Stops Here’ sessions will run from 11am...

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