Entertainment & Reviews

Seaton Wetlands Welcomes BBC Countryfile!

East Devon District Council’s Countryside Team recently hosted the BBC’s Countryfile team at Seaton Wetlands Nature Reserve for two days of filming.

Presenters Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker visited the council-owned and managed reserve to learn about its biodiversity and the important...

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Sunset Boulevard comes to Plymouth

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard starring Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and Danny Mac as Joe Gillis comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Monday 12 - Saturday 17 March. It will be a homecoming for the production’s set, which was built in Plymouth by Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Production and Learning Centre, TR2.

One of the all-time great musicals, Andrew Lloyd...

The power of 9

Nine UK-based photographers present nine perspectives in Vision 9, an exhibition at gallery@oxo this April.

What do you get if you take nine talented contemporary photographers from the UK and exhibit them under the same roof? The answer is, an extraordinary breadth of work, which demonstrates just how hard it is to pigeon hole artists.

From the vivid, abstract strokes of Doug...

Clockwork Canaries

Theatre Royal Plymouth announces the première of Christopher William Hill’s new play, Clockwork Canaries from Thursday 22 February to Saturday 10 March. Luke Kernaghan directs Richard Booth, Christopher Staines, Dominic Marsh, Charlie Cameron and Jeremy Ang Jones.

When death-fixated Tatiana Dressler rescues a cat from the River Schwartz, she little suspects how her quiet life with her...

Modern slavery photo exhibition in Plymouth

Would you recognise modern slavery if you saw it? Do you know how to spot the signs? A touring photographic exhibition which portrays the signs of slavery and exploitation is coming to Plymouth this weekend (10-11 February).

The ‘Invisible People’ exhibition is part of the National Crime Agency’s campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Slavery was...

Plymouth gears up for a ‘weekend of wooing’ with shoppers set to spend £2.9m celebrating Valentine’s Day

Shoppers in Plymouth are feeling loved-up this Valentine’s Day as new research shows they’ll splash out more than £2.9m on gifts, wining and dining, and mini-breaks.

A survey of 2,000 people by British Land, owners of Drake Circus, found that more than half (62%) of Plymouth residents will celebrate the most romantic day of the year, with one in four (26%) planning to treat their loved...

Richard Bloss: About a Dog

An Author from Devon Has Written a Wonderful and Humorous Book About Life With his Dog.

Plymouth author Richard Bloss has released his novel; About a Dog is a fantastic book about the author’s adventures with Barney, the Westie crossed Cairn terrier, a “dishevelled scrap with his own distinct personality and character”.

About a Dog is full of real-life anecdotes from the...

The Importance of Being Earnest

Gwen Taylor stars as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, alongside Susan Penhaligon as Miss Prism at Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 13 February to Saturday 17 February.

Oscar Wilde’s greatly admired and much loved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest follows Jack Worthing’s endeavours to marry Algernon’s cousin, the beautiful Gwendolen. But first he...

Royal Shakespeare Company brings Hamlet to Plymouth

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will tour its acclaimed production of Hamlet, originally seen in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2016, to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 February 2018.

Directed by Simon Godwin, the production will see RSC Associate Artist Paapa Essiedu reprise his award-winning performance in the title role as one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragic heroes...

BMX pro Matti to thrill Eden with jaw-dropping cycle stunts

Tips, tricks and jaw-dropping stunts are set to wow visitors when the Eden Project hosts a special visit from professional BMXer and Guinness World Record holder Matti Hemmings as part of its Xtreme Eden weekend (January 20-21).

Bristol-based Matti has previously starred in Nickelodeon’s Fruit Shoot Get Your Skills On campaign as Matti Axel performing a style of riding called Flatland...

5 Star Wrestling brings live TV wrestling show to Plymouth

5 Star Wrestling has announced a live TV wrestling special at the Plymouth Pavilions on Thursday, February 22.

Tickets have gone on sale for a huge event to be headlined by Plymouth wrestler 'The English Lion' Eddie Ryan and former WWE superstars Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Carlito and Jake Hager (Jack Swagger) and ITV Love Island reality star and pro wrestler Adam Maxted.

The...

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