Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):

THEATRE

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk
Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott
Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s production is drawn in a theatrical language as fluid as Chagall’s paintings, and woven throughout with music and dance inspired by Russian Jewish tradition. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/the-flying-lovers-of-vitebsk/

Medea
Friday & Saturday, Beer Quarry Caves
Having toured Devon and Somerset during the autumn, Four of Swords are returning to Beer Quarry Caves to perform again their adaptation of the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea. The production left a lasting impression with audiences who described the production as “hugely gripping” and “absolutely the best performance art in the most stunning location”. www.four-of-swords.com

The Exmouth Amateur One Act Play Festival 2018
Friday & Saturday, The Blackmore Theatre, 10 Bicton Street, Exmouth
The Exmouth Players host The 39th  Exmouth Amateur One Act Play Festival as part of The All England Theatre Festival 2018.  This year’s participating drama societies are: Mezzalchemy, Ottery Community Theatre, Mezzamorphoses, The Exmouth Players, SADS Youth and SADS Juniors (from  Sidmouth), TIPPS (from Tipton), Salterton Drama Club, Exton Drama Group and Broadclyst Theatre Group, all who have taken part in previous Festivals.  The plays range from Shakespeare to comedy and drama to entirely new plays in some cases written by the directors themselves. Click here for further details.    

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, Exeter Corn Exchange
This time last year, it seemed highly unlikely the UK would vote to leave the EU; we had a reasonable opposition to the Tory Government; Donald Trump was a buffoon who surely wasn’t going to beat Hilary Clinton and Mark was living the married suburban ideal, a year later it’s all gone to absolute shit! But don’t worry, as Mark thinks Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.  https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk

MUSIC

Ferocious Dog
Friday, Exeter Phoenix
During 2017 the band played slots at some of the UK’s and European favourite festivals. Headlining a few of them along the way.  Ferocious Dog are a full-on six-piece band that encompass folk infused with rock, reggae and Celtic vibrations. The combination of instruments creates a palette of sound that offers infinite variations: going in hard to get the audience up and moving, or slipping into melodic passages and dub-like fusions. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Sam Carter in Concert
Saturday, 7.30pm, St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter
Since being named Best Newcomer at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Sam Carter has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, via an attention grabbing appearance on Later ... with Jools Holland ​and a dreams-really-do-come-true performance in a specially assembled band to back Richard Thompson at Shrewsbury Folk Festival.  Tickets £12, BYO alcohol. Tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/429594 or call 07508 169 049.

John Buckley
Saturday, Exeter Phoenix
John Buckley is a 20 year old singer songwriter from Padstow, Cornwall. Whilst studying music at Truro College, John began uploading song covers to his Facebook page which quickly saw a devoted following grow. After uploading his own material to BBC introducing Cornwall he caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 where his music was broadcast nationwide. After impressing on a sold out festival circuit last year John is now excited to venture out on a debut tour of his own in April 2018. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

EVENTS

Coffee Morning at The Blackmore
Saturday, 10am, The Blackmore Theatre, 10 Bicton Street, Exmouth
Jon The Exmouth Players for tea, coffee and some very lovely home-made cakes at their monthly coffee moring. There will be a raffle and there will be books, cards, DVD’s and much more on sale. www.blackmoretheatre.co.uk 

A Very Vintage Afternoon Tea Party
Saturday, 2.30pm, The Guildhall, High Street, Exeter
Enjoy an afternoon out with friends or family, young or old, in the company of the Lord Mayor of Exeter, to enjoy all things vintage, especially a traditional afternoon tea, with locally produced sandwiches, cakes and scones. This is a fundraising event for the Lord Mayor's charity, Age UK Exeter. The afternoon will include musical entertainment and a stunning raffle.  Tickets are just £8 each in advance from Exeter Visitor Information Centre, Dix's Field, Exeter (behind the Shopmobility shop) 01392 665885, or from Age UK Exeter. Everyone is welcome

Ancient Egyptian Tours
Saturday, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter
30-minute tours of the Egyptian Collection. Learn about the background to the collection and visit the Tomb of Shep en-Mut.   https://www.rammuseum.org.uk

Cullompton Spring Fest
Saturday, High Street Cullompton
Food, Craft and Music Festival! Bring along the family to enjoy great entertainment, food and activities! Experience a great community festival and indulge yourself in some delicious local produce from some of the best food and drink producers in the Culm Valley.   https://www.facebook.com/Cullompton.Springfest/

EXHIBITIONS

Branded: Fashion, Femininity and the Right to Vote
Killerton House, Broadclyst
To o mark 100 years since some women got the right to vote, this exhibition reflects the timeline of the campaign for women’s suffrage from 1866 until 1928 through the changing styles of fashion. The exhibition highlights the relationship between politics and dress and how this was exploited by the campaigners and supporters of women’s suffrage. Groups involved in the campaign used design and colour to identify themselves and to raise awareness and support for their cause. The exhibition runs until 4 November and entry is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

Dartmoor’s Hidden Depths
Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown
A new exhibition by two Dartmoor based artists, Dave Peake and Rosemary Bonney focusing on the influence of water on the Dartmoor landscape as well as providing a glimpse of what lies beneath! The exhibition runs until 15 April, admission free. 

Exeter’s Fine Art Collection: Modern
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
This exhibition includes two works by the British Pop Art movement artist Brian Rice, gifted through the Art Fund and on display for the first time. This diverse selection features Barbara Hepworth’s remarkable figurative drawing Preparation, Leighton Hall Woolatt’s Post Eleven Speaking and Patrick Heron’s Two Vermilions, Green and Purple in Red. RAMM’s fine art collection is on display until 29 April.  http://bit.ly/RAMMFineArt

A Curious Turn: Moving, mechanical sculpture
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton
Automata are moving mechanical sculptures which are brought magically to life through a sequence of cogs, cams and levers. For centuries they have delighted and bewitched people. Visitors are able to turn, push and crank to see many of the pieces in action! A Curious Turn presents automata from the leading makers of the last 40 years, ranging from the humorous to the macabre and from the playful to the satirical. Works on show take a look at key automata makers such as Rowland Emett, famous for creating the elaborate inventions of Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The exhibition runs until 19 May. https://www.thelmahulbert.com