Opening day box office sales were at a record high, eclipsing the previous record by over 30%.
It is encouraging to see ticket sales doing so well, with year on year growth. Audiences near and far clearly have an appetite for live performance at the theatre.
The Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, hosts the longest running Repertory Theatre season in the UK. Paul Smith, who is...
Spring has sprung at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, making it the ideal free family day out this Easter.
Alongside the resident donkeys, The Donkey Sanctuary is also home to a host of native wildlife, and the new Easter Nature Trail gives visitors the opportunity to win an Easter Egg while discovering some of the animals that share the sanctuary.
This February half term is the ideal time to wrap up warm, get out in the fresh air and meet some of the four-legged residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth.
Set in the East Devon countryside, the sanctuary is free to visit and park, and dog friendly too. For the younger visitors there’s a natural play area and a maze, as well as scenic walks, engaging exhibits and talks and a...
Apples In Winter tells the story of an American mother, Miriam, whose son is on death row for a terrible crime. His last request is his mother's apple pie. As Miriam shows the audience how to make the perfect apple pie, she tries to understand what happened to her son.
Winner of the Susan Gaspell Award, The Smith Prize for Political Theatre and nominated for Best Solo Performance at...
The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has just received a runners-up award in the Primary Times Star Awards.
Nominated by readers of the Devon edition of Primary Times, the runners-up accolade in the ‘Best Value for Money’ category in their 2024 Star Awards comes hot on the heels of a clutch of awards for the sanctuary as 2024 came to a close.
With winter just around the corner, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth is gearing up to make the season sparkle.
Set in the heart of the East Devon countryside, there are lots of resident donkeys to meet, play areas, engaging exhibits and scenic walks. The sanctuary is free to visit and park, and it’s dog friendly too.
The sanctuary’s miniature donkeys, who have recently moved...
For £2, from Friday 1 November 2024 to Monday 31 March 2025, you can park for up to four hours in most short stay car parks, or up until midnight in all other East Devon District Council (EDDC) car parks*.
Listening to feedback from residents about the winter offer in previous years, EDDC is introducing changes at some of the council’s busiest car parks. At short-stay car parks in...
A pair of miniature donkey foals, who were born to mares following The Donkey Sanctuary’s biggest ever rescue operation, are part of the herd enjoying life in a new nature inspired enrichment paddock in the heart of the Sidmouth sanctuary.
Close companions Peanut and Maverick were born at the animal-welfare charity’s donkey hospital near Honiton, in April 2021. Their mums, Sharon and...
A kind gesture by an East Devon football team means residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth can enjoy continued wellbeing through exercise and play.
Feniton Football Club donated 60 used footballs to the sanctuary after hearing that the resident donkeys often play with footballs as part of their enrichment activities.
Enrichment is incredibly important for the resident...
