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New West Country gay play, Open Door comes to Exeter

On a dark February night in 1954, a young man catches the Exeter to Bristol express. He never completes his journey. What happens to him on the train changes the life of every queer person in the land...

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Dancing on Ice 2014 stars revealed

The stars taking part in the very last series of Dancing On Ice have been revealed.

Series nine of the ice dancing programme, which will be on our screens in January, will feature past winners and favourites of the show from its entire run competing to be Dancing on Ice Champion.

Those taking part in Dancing On Ice 2014 are:

Bonnie Langford (came third in series 1)...

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New works on show in City Museum and Art Gallery’s ‘Women in Art’

A new selection of paintings can now been seen in Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s popular ‘Women in Art’ exhibition.

The exhibition, which will remain on display until 12 April 2014, showcases paintings, prints, ceramics and other works from the city’s permanent art collection. The works either portray or were created by women and cover a time period that spans the Renaissance...

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Christmas at Honicknowle Youth Centre

Share in some festive cheer at a cracking Christmas event for the whole community at Honicknowle Youth Centre on Saturday 14 December.

Youth workers at the Centre on Honicknowle Lane are supporting young people to organise and hold the Christmas event, which is not only for young people, but open to the whole community.

The event will bring local partners together including...

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Little Mix bring their major UK tour to Plymouth Pavilions

Global pop sensations Little Mix will be embarking on their biggest UK tour to date in May-June of next year, with date at Plymouth Pavilions on Friday 30 May 2014. The tour sees them headline some of the UK’s biggest Arenas and we’re sure Plymouth will be excited to welcome the girls back after their sold out gig back in February 2013!

Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock...

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National Trust house features local bequests in Victorian Christmas

Two recent bequests are to be displayed as part of Buckland Abbey, Garden & Estate’s Victorian Christmas this December.

The National Trust property, closely associated with Sir Francis Drake, is using Christmas to highlight the continuation of Drake’s descendants at Buckland right into the 20th century.

Both bequests will play their part in recreating a typical Victorian...

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You Me at Six bring their spring tour to Plymouth

British rock band You Me At Six have just confirmed a date at Plymouth Pavilions on their newly announced Spring 2014 tour.

They will be heading to the city on Wednesday 2 April, hot on the heels of their second single release early in the New Year from their forthcoming album Cavalier Youth.

Fresh Start Fever is released on 20 January and is the follow up to the band’s biggest...

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An Evening with Mark Hines and Debra Searle

Team Hope have arranged ‘An Evening with Mark Hines & Debra Searle’ to be held at Marjons University in Plymouth on the 16th of December 2013 at 7pm.

Mark Hines

Mark Hines is an Ultra Endurance Adventure Racer, Academic and Writer. He is an exercise physiologist and biomechanist who competes in the toughest ultra-endurance races in the world. He has raced in rainforests,...

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A world of enchantment at Mount Edgcumbe this Christmas

A winter wonderland of entertainment and activities await visitors to Mount Edgcumbe’s 10th annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December.

From the past to the future, they have something to delight all tastes. The Victorian Magic Lantern Show will whisk you back in time and mesmerise you with its beauty. Or, if you have more of a passion for sci-fi, then see if you are...

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Looking Back at Looe Street at Plymouth Arts Centre

Austerity and ‘make do and mend’ necessitated by the war years are being celebrated at an event at Plymouth Arts Centre.

The event, on Saturday 14 December, is the opening celebration of the Looe Street Detectives exhibition at the Arts Centre. Artist, Sara Bowler has worked with a team of Plymouth residents, the ‘Detectives’, aged from nine to over 70.

Together they have...

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City Museum acquires painting by Turner Prize nominee

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s permanent art collection has received a prestigious boost thanks to the acquisition of a new painting by current Turner Prize nominee, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

To Tell Them Where It’s Got To (2013) has been purchased with a grant from the Contemporary Art Society and the support of London based Corvi-Mora Gallery.

The painting shows a woman...

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