Your guide to What's On this weekend
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (30 September – 2 October).
THEATRE
A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott Theatre
An all-singing, all-dancing examination of life with a cancer diagnosis. This brand new musical takes you on a whistle-stop tour through five unconventional stories about cancer, confronting the highs and lows of the scariest word we know. Tickets: £18-£25.50. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
There Shall Be Fireworks
Friday and Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
Inspired by the path to Afghanistan, well trodden down the ages whether by Western merchants, missionaries, Hippies or soldiers, There Shall Be Fireworks unearths a startling true story from a two hundred-year-old cemetery in Kabul known as the Kabre Gora (‘the Graveyard of Foreigners’). Tickets: £12 (£10). www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
MUSIC
The New Jersey Boys: Oh What a Night!
Friday, 7.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Your chance to join in the celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tickets £17. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
The Blockheads
Saturday, 7.30pm, RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
See The Blockheads playing live. The band behind Ian Dury’s poetic lyrics, is famous for songs such as Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste, Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3), and many others. http://rammuseum.org.uk
Supreme Queen
Saturday, Exmouth Pavilion
Supreme Queen have been paying homage to the world’s most theatrical and dramatic Rock band, Queen since 1995, and in that time have had a huge impact on audiences across the UK, Europe and Asia. Tickets £19/£21. https://www.ledleisure.co.uk/exmouth-pavilion/whats-on
EVENTS
Powderham Food Festival
Saturday & Sunday, Powderham Castle, Kenton
Now in its 5th year this has become a well-established event in the 'foodies' calendar. A fun family festival showcasing Westcountry food and drink producers. Discover their stories and indulge in some fine local produce. www.powderhamfoodfestival.com
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.
Yeocider 2016
Saturday, noon, New Community Hall, Yeoford
Come and join us at our ever popular annual cider festival. This year we have 16 ciders and perries plus real ale and ginger beer. As always, some tasty hot and cold food to wash it all down. All proceeds go towards Yeoford Village Community Hall. Yeoford is on the Exeter to Barnstaple train line so no one needs to drive.
Wild about Killerton
Saturday, 10am, Killerton Estate, Broadclyst
Join the rangers for seasonal outdoor activities and discover the different habitats and wildlife of the Killerton estate with your children. A family friendly way to start your weekend. First Saturday of the month. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton
Inside Outside Craft Market
Sunday, 10am, Transit Shed, Exeter Quay
Lots of arts crafts and gifts all by local makers as well as spinning and weaving demonstrations, Devon fudge and Face Painting. 10am-5pm.
EXHIBITIONS
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 runs 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. 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 until 4 December.
