Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (7-9 October).

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Grove
Friday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Exeter Comedy Grove brings you the very best in stand up comedy, promising a fantastic night of fun and laughter for everyone. http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Mr Popper’s Penguins
Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre
A family musical, based on the novel by Richard and Florence Atwater.  Painter and decorator by day, Mr Popper spends his time dreaming of Antarctic adventures. He is astounded when one day a packing crate arrives on his doorstep, out of which waddles a penguin!  Tickets £14. Shows at 10am, noon & 2.30pm. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Cream Pie
Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
A two-woman show about internet porn and its impact on sexual education, health, and relationships. Mixing together comedy with verbatim theatre, Cream Pie showcases the opinions of porn-consumers, academics, industry professionals, and the voices of the millennial generation. Tickets £10. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

MUSIC

The Turbans, Mr Tea & The Minions and Buffo’s Wake
Friday, 9pm, Exeter Phoenix
Bare Safe presents a triple headliner of live music and DJs with a gypsy folk frenzy from The Turbans, a bit of cheeky ska, dub and swing from Mr Tea & The Minions and gypsy punk lunatics from Buffo’s Wake.  Over 18s. Tickets £14.50. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Jimmy Osmond presents Moon River and Me
Saturday, 7.30pm, The Great Hall, Exeter University
Direct from the USA, the only official Andy Williams tribute show starring Jimmy Osmond.  This brand new show full of award-winning music, nostalgic footage and special memories of Andy Williams will touch your heart.    https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Banco de Gaia
Saturday, Exeter Phoenix
Mercury Prize nominated world music-infused dance and ambient/chill-out styles, Banco De Gaia tours with a three piece band and video artist. Support from electro acoustic art-rockers Grice. Tickets £15. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Boxes 36
Saturday, 7pm, Mill on the Exe, Bonhay Road, Exeter
Chris Dinnis and a host of the original djs revive Boxes nightclub on the occasion of its 36th anniversary. Expect a night of soul and jazz funk as played at Boxes in the 80s. It's all raising money for Cancer Research UK. Pay on the door.

Mordrake
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Mordrake are a Dark Melodic Metal from Bristol influenced by bands such as Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Pantera, and Wintersun, they have sculpted a sound that incorporates e lements of Black, Melodic Death, Groove and Doom Metal. Over 16s, tickets £6. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

EVENTS

Topsham Community Market
Saturday, 8.30am, Matthew’s Hall, Topsham, Exeter
A good mix food stalls, antiques, clothes, jewellery and craft stalls, every Saturday, 8.30am-1pm.

The big pick up
Saturday & Sunday, Killerton Estate, Broadclyst
Help harvest the apples which make the famous Killerton cider! Families and dogs on leads welcome (wear suitable shoes, warm clothes; gloves useful). 11am-4pm. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

Exmouth Carnival Fun Day
Saturday, 9am, The Strand, Exmouth
Over 60 stalls selling plants, hand-made crafts and jewellery, toys, cakes, clothing, ceramics and lots, lots more. In addition there will be owls and birds of prey, animals from The World of Country Life,  children’s entertainer, inflatable slide, toddler soft play area and lots more! 9am-5pm. Illuminated Carnival Procession starts at 7.30pm from Imperial road.

Cullompton Food and Drink Festival
Saturday, Cullompton
You’ll find a host of exciting demonstrations and suppliers at this year’s festival, with celebrity chef Tim Maddams starting off the demonstrations. Festival venues are taking part across the town promoting our local produce - something for everyone.
https://en-gb.facebook.com/Cullompton-Food-Drink-Festival-473519229482785/

Exmouth Illuminated Carnival Procession
Saturdaty, 7.30pm, The Strand, Exmouth
This year’s procession is set to be bigger and better than last year!   The procession will start 7.30pm from Imperial Road. It will then travel along Marine Way into Exeter Road then the Parade before finishing at the roundabout by KFC & Capels. The best and least crowded viewing areas are usually along Marine Way. http://www.exmouth.gov.uk/exmouth-carnival/

Autumn Family Craft Fair
Sunday, 10am, The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth
Plenty of activities to keep the whole family entertained, along with a fantastic range of crafts, gifts and edible treats.  Event admission: £2 per person, which includes entry into the Sanctuary’s prize draw, under 12s free. 10am-3pm. www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/events

Pro Wrestling Pride
Sunday, 6.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Pro Wrestling Pride returns with a live pro wrestling event featuring WWE legend The Boogeyman for one night. Spend the night on the edge of your seat experiencing a night of non stop high flying, hard hitting, adrenaline filled action from the very best professional wrestlers in the South West.  Tickets £13, £9 under 16s. https://sites.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

EXHIBITIONS

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.

Exeter Contemporary Open 2016
Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Contemporary Open 2016 is an annual, open submission exhibition, which over the last eleven years has built national and international reputation as a prime opportunity for artists to showcase their work, drawing audiences and attention from across the country. The exhibition runs until 5 November. Gallery open from 10am-5.30pm daily (excluding Sundays). Free.  http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

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. The exhibition runs from 10 September to 4 December.