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:

THEATRE

The Recruiting Officer
Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre
Kiss the prettiest wenches, and you are sure of 'listing the lustiest fellows. The dashing Captain Plume has arrived in Shrewsbury to enlist the local men into the King's army using every trick in the book. He's also got his eye on the heiress Sylvia – but will he and the other men realise that the women are doing some recruiting of their own? Heavens!  7.30pm daily, matinee at 2.30pm on Saturday. Tickets: £11.50-£21.50. Box office  01392 493493.  www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Kid Carpet presents Blast Off!
Saturday, 11am, The Exeter Daily Auditorium, Exeter Phoenix
The Noisy Animals are THE biggest band in the world. They are about to blast off into outer space on a mission to find their brand new sound for their latest hit album. In a super duper really, really fast adventure around a rock ‘n’ roll musical universe, our friends encounter noisy planets, cheesed-off nursery rhyme characters, shooting stars and Shakespeare. Ages 4-plus. Tickets: £8 (£5). www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Once Upon a Time
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Exeter Police & Hospital Players present Once Upon A Time, taking you into the world of Panto Land, where Cinderella’s daughter Lottie is to marry Snow White’s son Prince Marvellous. There are, of course, the baddies, Evelyn the Wicked Witch – desperate for a holiday, with her helpers Nick and Nack. Also appearing is the dame Wishie Washie, and lots of favourites – including Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Dick Whittington and the cat and lots more! Will Lottie make it to marry her handsome Prince? To find out come along and enjoy this family show and help raise money for this years nominated charity FORCE. 7.30pm daily, 2pm matinee on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: £10/£7. Box office 01392  271808. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

MUSIC

The Steampunk Yule Ball
Friday, 8pm, The Exeter Daily Auditorium, Exeter Phoenix
The Mysterious Freakshow brings you an unusual and creative night of Steampunkery.  With live music from Professor Elemental, Mysterious Freakshow, Miss Von Trapp, and The Wattingers; plus lots more surprises under our bustles it promises to be an evening to remember and an outstanding way to kick off the Yule festivities. Over 18s. Tickets: £10.  www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

The Waxroom plus Lion The Weak
Saturday, 9.30pm, The Revelry, Exeter Quay
Following their Prague debut in 2007, The WaxRoom have established firm roots in the Southwest, delighting audiences with their mixture of power and poetry . "Imagine Led Zeppelin playing Bee Gees songs with sponge guitars. That’s almost, but not quite entirely unlike The Waxroom” - Occasionally Trousers Magazine.

Craig Ogden, Guitar
Sunday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation.  One of the UK's most recorded guitarists his recordings have received wide acclaim and his Classic FM albums The Guitarist and Summertime both shot straight to no.1 in the UK classical chart in summer 2010 and 2011 respectively.  Tickets: £16. Box office 01392 493493. www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

EVENTS

Festive family fun with Devon Wildlife Trust
Cricklepit Mill, Exeter Quay
Christmas at Cricklepit runs from 10.30am to 3.30pm and is a day of free family activities. Visitors will have the chance to make their own willow star Christmas decorations ready to hang up on their tree at home. There will be seasonal storytelling and the chance to meet Father Christmas. Mince pies and hot drinks will be available, while visitors can also buy from the charity’s wonderful range of Christmas cards, calendars and other wildlife-related gifts. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.   www.devonwildlifetrust.org

Festive Stitching with Madeleine Millington
Saturday, 2pm, Exeter Cathedral Education Centre
Handstitch a festive heart or bird, using beautiful wool fabric. Lovely to decorate the tree or make as a gift, 2pm-4pm. Suitable for all levels of experience. £5. Booking is essential: 01392 413174.

Ironbridge Runners Charity Exeter Santa Run
Sunday, 9.45am, Piazza Terracina, Exeter Quay
A 5k fun run of a mile and a half on Exeter's Quayside on a flat traffic free route – dressed as Santa. Go along and cheer on the runners and help raise money for children's charity Dream-A-Way. The race starts at 9.45am from Piazza Terracina, Exeter Quay. www.ironbridgerunnerevents.co.uk/santarun

Festive Fun in Fore Street
Fore Street, Exeter
On Saturday  from 10am to 5pm there will be a carol singers, a string quartet, the seven swans a swimming, a special festive wrapping station, the chance of children to find the Festive Ferret in all participating shops in order to win a prize and much more.    The Bike Shed is offering mince pies and mulled wine all day in its cafe as well as discounted tickets to Eliza and Arietty will be offering hot spicy apple juice too. There will be Carol Singers outside the Mint Methodist Church and outside Tuckers Hall there will be a string quartet. All participating shops will have an offer, discount or freebie available.

Pretty Posh Christmas Fair
Sunday, 10am, Exeter Golf & Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter
This is a one day event for the public to come and do their Christmas shopping under one roof and to buy something which is slightly different as a special gift for your family or friends. Items you’ll find on  sale include jewellery, clothes, scarves, bags, ornaments, mirrors, wool blankets, Alpaca, hats, toys, drift wood, furniture and lots more. This fair has a mix range of items for sell new, old or vintage items. 10am - 3.30pm. Free entry.  www.prettyposhlocal.co.uk

A Bygone Christmas
Sunday, 10am, Honiton
Honiton is hosting a spectacular christmas event with live music, entertainment, shopping, festive food and a market. 10am-4pm.

EXHIBITIONS

Have you ever played Brazil? Special viewing
Saturday, noon, Exeter City Fooball Club, St James Park, Exeter
Exeter City Football Club have arranged an opportunity for a special public viewing of the new exhibition Have you ever played Brazil? The exhibition will be open from noon until 2pm in the Capital Suite in the St James Centre. The exhibition, tells the story of Exeter City’s 1914 South American tour, where the team made history by becoming the first opponents of the Brazil national team. All are welcome and entrance is free.

Awake Through Years: Four Southwest Wood Engravers
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
Land and seascapes; antiquities and historic buildings; composite topographical townscapes; and monumental figures and book illustrations from four contemporary South West wood engravers: Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps. Work is on show until 23 March. www.rammuseum.org.uk

Kit Poulson: After the Enlightenment
Exeter Phoenix
Kit Poulson’spractice meanders back and forth from painting, paying visits to installation, video and performance making, via writing fiction, to explore parallels and connections between materiality, imagery and thought. The exhibition runs until 11 January and admission is free.  www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/kit-poulson/