Your guide to What's On this weekend

Mary Youlden
Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted Friday, March 6, 2015 - 10:44am

Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter.

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Club
Friday, 8.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Exeter Comedy Club continues to feature the best comedy talent around. Tonight’s line-up features Tom Deacon, Peter White, Carly Smallman and Jamali Maddix. Over 16s only. http://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

Infinity Pool: A re-telling of Madame Bovary
Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
Emails unopened, cup-a-soup undrunk, a secret in the stock room; Emma Barnicott’s life is leaking as she pines for a world beyond her trading estate office. When she meets a man online who wants to talk to her about more than boilers and two port valves Emma must decide if the chance of a fantastic love is worth trading for an imperfect life – or will there always be dead woodlice in the infinity pool? Inspired by the novel Madame Bovary, Infinity Pool is a tragi-comic love story of dreaming and upgrading told through a collage of karaoke, cassettes, party rings and powerpoint. Tickets: £10/£8. http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/

Four of Swords Theatre: Jekyll & Hyde
Friday & Saturday, Poltimore House, Exeter
Four of Swords Theatre invites you on a daring expedition into the deepest darkness of the human soul with ambitious stagecraft, spectacular video projection and haunting live music set within the House. Pre-performance drinks in the Chapel from 6pm and 8pm. Ticktes £12. www.four-of-swords.com

The Rogues Gallery
Saturday, 7.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Following its hugely successful début back in October 2014, The Rogues Gallery Tour returns to The Barnfield Theatre with its award winning comedy, burlesque, music and magic. Featuring
Cerys Nelmes, Angelique Dominique,Marc Lobb, Luna L’Amour, Miss Von Trapp, The Wattingers, Fantastic Ms Fanny, The Copperfield Ensemble, Poppy Raine, GurdyBird and Cherry Ve’Dore. This show contains adult themes and strong language. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Down to Earth: An Evening with Monty Don * Sold Out *
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Renowned gardening writer and BBC television presenter, Monty Don speaks about his life and travels visiting gardens all over the world, what really happens behind the scenes when filming, about how he made his own organic garden from a bare field and how understanding and working with nature enriches and empowers us all. Tickets £16. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

MUSIC

King King
Friday, 7pm, Exeter Phoenix
Plus special guest Laurence Jones Band. Energetic and dynamic Soulful Blues/Rock! The meteoric rise to prominence of British blues breakers King King, has seen the racking up a host of accolades culminating in 2012’s Best Band and Best Album at the British Blues Awards.  Tickets £16. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live music
Friday, Various Venues, Exeter
John Gandys, Gandy Street: Filta, 9.30pm, free.
The Old Firehouse, New North Road: Iscatels, free, £1 after 10.30pm.
The Sorry Head, Blackboy Road: Raspberry Fish, 9pm, free.

Jazz with the Neil Todd Quartet
Saturday, 7pm, Exeter Phoenix
Phonic FM present a live jazz session with the acclaimed Neil Todd Quartet.  Led by bass player Neil Todd, currently based in Manchester, this is a rare West Country performance from a group of pedigree musicians brought together to record an album in the Sound Gallery studios.  Don’t miss this this rare chance to hear these great musicians playing together for Phonic FM, Exeter’s sound alternative radio station. Tickets £5. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

ABBAgirls the Band
Saturday, 7.30pm, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
Mama Mia! the Abbagirls are back! This International act which had fans dancing in the aisles on two previous visits return by popular demand. Ticket Prices £14.50. www.manorpavilion.com

Dreadzone
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Seen by some as forerunners of today’s dub and bass driven music, Dreadzone have been building an impressive body of work since their early days. Tickets £16. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live music
Saturday, Various Venues, Exeter
The Devon Yeoman, Beacon Heath: A Total Stranger, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Mark James Acoustics, 7pm, free.
The Old Firehouse, New North Road: The Pookas,  free before 10.30pm, £1 after.
The Bowling Green, Black boy Road: Sugar Shakers, 9pm, fee.
The Sorry Head, Blackboy Road: Shhb, 9pm, free.

Martha Tilson
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Martha is a captivating performer, an enchanting young singer-songwriter blessed with a gloriously clear and seductive voice. Her songs are exquisitely melodic and rooted in environmental, human and social issues as well as celebrating love, inner peace and the natural world. Tickets £12. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live music
Sunday, Various Venues
The Old Firehouse, New North Road, Exeer: ExTues Live, 8pm, free.
The Maltsters Arms, Woodbury: Bluesbury Jam Night, 7pm, free.
Sidbury Village Inn, Sidbury: Colin Shore, 8.30pm, free.
The Rising Sun, Sidford: Adam Sweet, 3pm. Free.
Ship Inn, Teignmouth: Go Tell Alice, 6pm, free.
The Ferry Boat Inn, Shaldon: Scott & Louisa, 9pm, free.

EVENTS

Pop up cinema in Heavitree
Friday, 7pm, The Scout Hut, South Lawn Terrace, Exeter
Come along to the next Scout's Pop-Up cinema screenings at the Scout Hut in Heavitree, Exeter. A popular classic sci-fi film will be showing, suitable for all the family, which will be followed by a later film starting at 9pm. The first film is a PG, the later film is a certificate 12. Any donations will be used to fund our Scout's trip to Haarlem, Holland this summer. All welcome!

Exeter Record Fair
Saturday, Exeter Corn Exchange
A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with a couple of returning dealers that have not attended for a while.  Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 4pm. Further information here.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289

Clothes Swap
Saturday, 2pm, 2nd Exeter Scout Hut, South Lawn Terrace, Heavitree, Exeter
Clothes swap supporting the 2nd Exeter Scout's trip to Holland.  Entry is £5. Donations and ticket sales at 7:30pm on Thursday 5th March or on the day between 10am and noon. Raffle and refreshments available.

EXHIBITONS

The F-Word: the changing language of fashion
From Saturday, Killerton House, Broadclyst
From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion. Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ opens on Saturday 14 February and explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries. For more information and opening times visit  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton or telephone 01392 881345.

The Faces of Conflict
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter
New exhibition reveals the impact of the First World War on art and facial reconstructive surgery. The ‘Faces of Conflict’ exhibition is a collaboration between the University of Exeter and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, and brings together historical objects such as surgical instruments and masks and works by artists such as Otto Dix, Wyndham Lewis, René Apallec and Paddy Hartley. The Faces of Conflict exhibition is free-of-charge at the RAMM until April 4.

Oliver Raymond-Barker
Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter
CCANW presents three distinctive yet intertwining projects from Oliver Raymond-Barker. Oliver’s work encompasses photography in its broadest sense, working with the raw potential of light and the mechanism of taking pictures, producing images and objects that expand upon our notions of what photography is or can be. Aesthetic and cultural concerns contribute to the shaping of ideas, but haptic perception remains fundamental to creation; with traces left by immersion in wild environments playing out through the work. The exhibition runs until 16 April. www.ccanw.co.uk/oliver

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