Your guide to What's On this weekend
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (9-11 September).
THEATRE
Exeter Comedy Grove
Friday, 8pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Exeter Comedy Grove brings you the very Best in live stand up, showcasing some of the best comedians that this country has to offer. http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott Theatre
Valentine loves Silvia and Proteus loves Julia – but Proteus is fickle, and falls for Silvia too. When Valentine plots an elopement, Proteus betrays him and Valentine is banished and joins some outlaws in the forest. What are the chances that he’ll be pursued by Silvia, and Silvia by Proteus, and Proteus by Julia, and that all will be waited upon – after a fashion – by their servants Speed and Launce and even Launce’s dog, Crab? Tickets: £16-£25.50 https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
MUSIC
Showaddywaddy
Friday, 8pm, Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth
Showaddywaddy have long been established as Europe's most successful ever exponents of retro-inspired rock & roll. Tickets £19.50. https://www.ledleisure.co.uk/exmouth-pavilion
Silent Disco on the Terrace
Friday, 9pm, Exeter Phoenix
Expect a terrace party under the stars with madcap decor and two different music channels lead by a live DJ. Get your groove on to your favourite indie classics, or choose the cheesy option to shake your stuff to guilty pleasures until late. Shhh… 9pm-1am. £5. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
You’ve got a Friend: The Music of James Taylor and Carole King
Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
From the creators of the smash hit West End show ‘The Simon & Garfunkel Story’ comes a brand new theatre experience celebrating two of the World’s greatest songwriters of all time – James Taylor and Carole King. Telling the delicate story of friendship, this musical journey intertwines all the hits. Tickets £16 (£15). http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
Teignmouth Folk Concert
Saturday, 8pm, The Alice Cross Centre, Bitton Park Road, Teignmouth
Top folk artists Sally Barker and Saskia Griffith Moore artists in concert.
Borderline Madness
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
A benefit night of dancehall, breaks and jungle for refugees featuring UK heavyweight reggae artist YT, Rebel Breakz, Jamie Riddim and SubTek. Doors 8pm. £10 (£8). www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
EVENTS
Ocean Film Festival
Friday, 7pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
The Ocean Film Festival showcases the world's most amazing ocean films filmed above and below the water's surface! Immerse yourself in the wonders of the ocean without getting your feet wet! Tickets £13.50, £11.50 conc. https://sites.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
St Thomas Festival week: Community Day
Saturday, Trefoil Lodge, Buddle Lane, St Thomas, Exeter
All day breakfast, cream teas, stalls and a treasure hunt, 10am-2pm.
What's that bird?
Saturday, 2pm, Island Hide, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Road
Whatever your experience go along and improve your bird identification skills at this drop in session. Meet in the Island hide at Seaton Wetlands. Telescopes and binoculars are available for use in the hide free of charge during the session. Full details here.
Heritage Open Day
Sunday, noon, Poltimore House, Exeter
Explore the grand old mansion Poltimore House and it's lovely grounds,
open for free for Heritage Open Weekend. Try your hand at archery, enjoy the kids heritage quiz and watch tudor dancing in the courtyard. The Chapel café will be open for lunches and snacks. Noon-4pm.
mum2mum market Exeter
Sunday, 1.30pm, America Hall, Pinhoe Exeter
Pop up indoor market selling toys, books, clothes and equipment like cots, pushchairs and lot smore. Stalls must be booked in advance at www.mum2mummarket.co.uk/book-a-stall.html further details at www.facebook.co.uk/mum2mummarket
St Thomas Festival week: Festival in the Park
Sunday, noon, St Thomas Park, Exeter
Live music, stalls, activities and entertainment for all ages, noon-6pm. Free entry.
EXHIBITIONS
Kurt Jackson: Revisiting Turner’s Tourism
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
Visitors can explore changing Southwest landscapes in an exhibition featuring works by J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, and contemporary British artist Kurt Jackson. Kurt Jackson visited 12 locations in Devon and Cornwall depicted in Turner’s work. From Land’s End to Exeter he investigated and recorded the profound changes that have occurred between the 19th century and the present. The exhibition, Kurt Jackson: Revisiting Turner’s Tourism, showcases his diverse body of work in a variety of media with accompanying film, sketchbooks and other relevant material. Jackson’s new works are shown together with the Turner engravings that inspired them. The exhibition runs from 10 September to 4 December.
Fashion to dye for
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter
Killerton's latest exhibition 'Fashion to dye for', will be opening its doors to invite people into the wardrobe to discover how colours, dyes and design shaped fashion history. From a 50's red silk gown (said to have belonged to Princess Margaret), to a 70's blue denim jacket and flares and a young boys red dress - colour can reveal much about the wearer. The collection brings to life how colour can reveal much about the wearer and also looks into the origins, status and function of colour in fashion. The exhibition is open daily until Sunday 30 October. Normal admission fees apply. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton
The Beauty of Light on Dartmoor
Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown
An exhibition by international award winning photographer and film maker Jonathan Scott. Jonathan has travelled the world and has had his work featured by the likes of National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, Google, the BBC, ITN and many more. The exhibition is running from 26 August 2016 until 5 March 2017.
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