One year on from graduating, former Exeter student Rosie Watts has set up her own charity project, Helping Paul, caring for disabled children in Ghana. Rosie graduated Exeter with a degree in Psychology in 2015 and volunteered with disadvantaged children every summer in Ghana through organisation Thrive Africa. Now running her own initiative to help […]
Review: This Is My Body at Exeter Northcott
A one-woman-play about human trafficking, lasting 75 minutes without interval, sounds intense, intimidating and even discouraging. But if you want real proof regarding the power of theatre, This Is My Body is it. Josephine is from Romania, brought over to England to sell sex. Leaving behind a loving family and small daughter, she has been bought, […]
“Paul’s playhouse” – an interview with Exeter Northcott Artistic Director Paul Jepson
Paul Jepson moved to Exeter to be beside the seaside, and then he accidentally found himself running a theatre. Still termed the ‘newly appointed’ Artistic and Executive Director of Exeter Northcott, Jepson has now been in the role for over a year, and has managed to turn the theatre around from what was a cripplingly […]
Exeter student slams Wellbeing Centre
AN EXETER student has spoken out about the lack of mental health support available at the University after being forced to drop-out. Sophie Harrison, a third year English student, has criticised the lengthy waiting times in Exeter and how her life was at risk as a result. Harrison, who suffers with anorexia nervosa and anxiety, was […]
Toby Glad-WINS Guild President election
T oby Gladwin stormed to victory at the Guild Election results night on Friday, beating off competition to become the newly elected Students’ Guild President for 2016/17. An all-male Sabbatical team are set to represent students in the next academic year. Gladwin will be joined by Tristan Gatward as VP Activities and Harry Reeve as VP […]
Students react to grant cuts
Over 3,000 Exeter students are likely to be affected by government plans to cut maintenance grants in favour of loans come September 2016. According to University data released to Exeposé, 4,540 students at the University currently benefit from government maintenance grants. Of this number, 3,072 are first and second-year students most likely to be affected […]
Exeter’s Queen of Hearts: Louisa Griffith-Jones
Louisa Griffith-Jones went on Channel 4’s First Dates “as a dare”. Little did she know that she would immediately overtake Cheryl Fernandez- Versini to become the nation’s new sweetheart. Not only did she get pride of place on the popular reality show, she was asked back a second time for ‘The Proposal’ special – and they’re […]
Review: Tom Milton’s Ebb Tide
“Idon’t think I ever want to get old,” begins 10-year-old Ruth Summers. As a mantra that no doubt strikes a chord with thespians and theatre practitioners alike, alongside the childish charm of Emma Baskeyfield, this statement grows to define the very purpose of Ebb Tide – a new piece of writing, an experiment, a reimagining […]
Don’t be a Scrooge: an interview with Derek Frood
Sarah Gough, Editor, talks to Derek Frood, star of the Northcott’s A Christmas Carol It’s not often you spend a Saturday morning scouting for Scrooge. Yet here I was, analysing members of Coffee #1’s queue on the basis of Dickensian demeanours. I eventually spotted tall, bearded Derek Frood towering over the cake counter with a […]
Corbyn’s Christmas List
D ear Santa, I don’t think I’ve been too naughty this year. Sure, people have their complaints. But it’s tough having the brains, the bod and the bubbling enthusiasm for a utopian world order. People are jel, Nick. You know the feels, they’re all like “Santa isn’t real”, you have to deal with that shit. […]