Your guide to What's On this weekend

Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (7-9 August).

THEATRE

Granny Eyeball
Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
Granny Eyeball doesn’t like people. Generally speaking, people don’t like her back. Actually, they’re not too keen on her front, sides or top either... and definitely not her bottom! Locked away in a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of Ballskirk Joanna Gormley dreams of a better life, free from the clutches of her wicked guardian - the dreaded Granny Eyeball. Wandering Tiger presents a riotous, anarchic show that is guaranteed to appeal to the whole family, complete with singing dinner ladies and white knuckle car chases.  www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

The Dreamboys
Friday, 7.45pnm, Exeter Corn Exchange
The Dreamboys are back and hotter than ever with a brand new show and UK tour for 2015.  This is one action packed 2 hour show full of music, muscle, magic and mayhem that will leave you breathless. Tickets £23.50. http://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

Sidmouth Rep: Out of Order
Friday & Saturday, 8pm, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
Set in a suite at the Westminster Hotel in London, just around the corner from the House of Commons, Out of Order is a classic farce full of hilariously disastrous twists and turns. Richard Willey, a government minister, plans to spend the evening with Jane Worthington, one of the opposition's typists. Under the cover of an all-night commons sitting, Richard thinks he will have no problem slipping away to Suite 648 at the Westminster Hotel. But things quickly start to unravel, and Richard summons his trusty private secretary George Pigden to help get him out of a very sticky situation. Tickets: Adults £15 and £14, under 16s £8. www.manorpavilion.com

Much Ado About Nothing
Sunday, 7pm, Manor Gardens, Exmouth
A joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens. Adults tickets from £12 with concessions, child and family tickets available.  www.thepantaloons.co.uk

MUSIC

Dartmoor Folk Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, South Zeal, near Okehampton
The Dartmoor Folk Festival is one of the top family-friendly folk events in the South West. It provides the perfect opportunity to catch bright new folk acts, high-calibre national and local artists and established performers. Festival events and activities are suitable for all ages, and there is a hugely-successful dedicated children's festival run alongside the main event. Full details can be found here: www.dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk

Live Music
Friday, various venues, Exeter
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Annika Skoogh Trio, 8pm, free.
The Duke of York, Sidwell Street: The Dissenters Bluesband, 9pm, free.
John Gandys, Gandy Street: Carnaby Street, 9.30pm, free.

Exeter Northern Soul alldayer
Saturday, 3pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Local soul enthusiast Wayne Sibthorpe of Crazy 4 Soul presents a fantastic and exciting night of the very best sounds from the 60s and 70s played on original vinyl only with great dancing and top DJs from the North of England and the South West. This is a not to be missed event and will suit both old and younger people alike. Licensed bar, bar snacks and Buffet City voucher. 3pm-1am. Full details and ticket information can be found at www.crazy4soul.com or www.facebook.com/groups/Crazy4Soul/

Teignmouth Folk Concerts
Saturday, 8pm, The Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth
Folk Awards nominee Jim Causley, Amanda Diamond and Eddie Richards are just some of the artists performing at this fabulous night of folk music.   www.teignmouthfolkconcerts.co.uk

House Trap
Saturday, 9.15pm, Exeter Phoenix
House Trap are back for their third summer party of the year with special guests Che & Nick Manning from Housenation. 8pm-2am, free before 9pm, £5 after. Full details and line-up: www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live Music
Saturday, various venues
Heart of Oak, Pinhoe: Jack The Lad, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Mark James Acoustics, 7pm, free.
The Mitre, Crediton: Ged Scott, 9.30pm, free.
The Famous Old Barrel, Exmouth: Sugar Shakers, free.
New Quay Inn, Teignmouth: Shovelhead, 9pm, free.
The Bowd Inn, Sidmouth: Phil Murray’s Diadmond Dogz, 8pm, free.
Black Horse Inn, Sidmouth: The EDGe, 9.30pm, free.

Soupstock
Sunday, noon, Knightshayes Court, Tiverton
Knightshayes is hosting its third annual celebration of local food and music in the parkland on every Sunday during August. These are free events for the whole family.  Gates will open as usual from 10am, with live music on the Stables lawn from noon. There will be a barbecue  and visitors can also sample the delights of the walled garden with some home-made soup.   http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/knightshayes/

Live Music
Sunday, various venues
The Bishop Blaize, Commercial Road, Exeter: The Gage Band, 6pm, free.
The Malsters Arms, Woodbury: Bluesbury Jam Night, 7.30pm, free.
The Famous Old Barrel, Exmouth: Pete Burrows, 8.30pm, free.
First & Last Inn, Exmouth: Dave Can’t Dance, 6pm, free.
The Rising Sun, Sidford: Adam Sweet, 3pm, free.
Sidbury Village Hall, Sidbury: Will Kinn, 8.30pm, free.

EVENTS

Family Fun Day
Saturday, GO Outdoors, Marsh Barton Road, Exeter.
GO Outdoors Exeter opens it's doors to the local community for a day of fun and celebration. Kicking off from 9am the family fun day will include a variety of activities and entertainment including climbing wall, scavenger hunt, bouncy castle, giant jenga and connect 4, face painting and cakes!

Dawlish Carnival week
From Saturday, Dawlish
Dawlish Carnival week is one of Devon's largest seaside carnivals, taking place over seven days. Lots of free fun and entertainment for the whole family!  Full details can be found here  http://www.dawlishwarren.info/things-to-do-at-dawlish-warren/dawlish-car...

Robin Hood Week
Sunday, Powderham Castle, Kenton
Get ready for some swashbuckling Pocketwatch action with the merry men… and women! What silly taxes will the dreadful Sheriff of Powderham levy this week? Will you help Robin Hood and Maid Marian as they try to spoil his plans?  http://www.powderham.co.uk/

EXHIBITIONS

Sophie Willoughby
Exeter Phoenix Cafe Bar Gallery
Sophie Willoughby is a visual artist based in Bristol who specialises in photography, printmaking and bookmaking. Her art practice is process driven. She works creatively with photography and printmaking employing experimental methods and combining processes, which enables her the scope to try out different approaches to image making. Inspiration is drawn from familiar and foreign places, often discovering the most interesting subjects come from day to day life, noticing fresh things in a familiar background and looking at places which are generally overlooked yet finding beauty and intrigue within them. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Celebrate - summer craft exhibition
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey
Celebrating 60 years of supporting South West makers the Devon Guild’s annual summer exhibition articulates notions of festivity and reflection that such milestones bring. This exhibition allows Members to showcase a real diversity of new craftwork. Along with storyboards, road signs and a new App, themes of heritage are combined with new trends in making.
Look out for free craft demos and drop ins at weekends through the summer. www.crafts.org.uk

Exeter’s Fine Art Collection
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
An exhibition of paintings by Francis Hayman, important Devon born artist of the 18th century, alongside topographical prints and drawings of 18th- and 19th- century Exeter.