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Groups welcome Exeter Northcott deal

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

THEATRE groups have expressed their delight that the Exeter Northcott has been saved from immediate closure.
As reported in the Echo, the Arts Council has provided £100,000, which will enable the theatre to complete most of its ...

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Ducks line up for race

SEAFRONT: The start of last year's charity duck race

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

PREPARATIONS have begun for the Exmouth Lions Club annual duck race on Easter Sunday, April 4, on the boating lake at Exmouth Fun Park. Anyone wishing...

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Society prescribes thrill of murder mystery show

GUESSING GAME: Pictured back, from the left, Paul Revell as Dr Richard Forth, Mark Donne-Davis as Eric Dawson, John Griswold as Allan Haigh, Margaret Smith as Dorothy Livingstone. Front, Karen MacGarvie as Barbara Forth, Julie Salmon as Julia Moore and Pam Eves as Mary Haigh

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

THE audience will be kept guessing right to the end in the latest production by Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society. The society is staging Prescriptio...

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Music poetry mix

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

AN evening of poetry and jazz at Sidmouth's Kennaway House is taking place on Friday. Performers will include Chris Gradwell, Andrew Daldorph,...

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Life spirals out of control for Susan in Players' shows

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

EXMOUTH Player's latest week-long production, Being Sound of Mind, is under way at The Blackmore Theatre. The thriller, by Brian J Burton, is centred...

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Jewels in fashionable exhibition

SPARKLING: Killerton costume curator Shelly Tobin with a silver filigree necklace

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

ALL that glitters is not gold at a stately home near Exeter. Rather it is jewels, sparkling semi-precious stones and some fascinating glass on show...

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Painting of city view is up for sale

HISTORIC: The view of St Martin's Church and Mol's Coffee House by John Gendall. Inset: the view today

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

ART lovers are preparing to bid for this striking portrait of a city landmark. The 19th century depiction of part of Cathedral Close is expected to...

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Northcott is worth giving another try

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I WAS recruited to Exeter Northcott at the beginning of 2009. It has been a privilege to work with the staff there, colleagues in the local arts...

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Arts Council should bail city theatre out

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

YOUR correspondent BJ Anthony, Echo, March 15, says Exeter Northcott should go for popular shows. He is quite right. It was the Arts Council which...

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Our beautiful city is lacking in some ways

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I FEEL that I have to write following the comments made by Cllr Adrian Fullam regarding the Exeter Northcott theatre, Echo, March 15. I love going to...

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