Entertainment & Reviews

This June an Exeter venue sees a first full concert by a new group from Okehampton based Wren Music. MenSing is a 20 strong choir of all male voices who have been singing together for just over a year and have already caused a stir with their first few performances.

On Friday 16th June in Cygnet Theatre, Friar’s Gate, Exeter, MenSing will present a full concert of English folk songs, new songs and songs which have caught their imagination. This special concert for Father’s Day is part of the DoubleBill series of folk events at the Cygnet and balances the popular Herstory women’s...

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery will be the first venue outside London to host the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition.

Following its initial showing at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 22 June to 24 September, the exhibition will be at RAMM from 4 October to 3 December followed by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and then Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.

The three shortlisted artists were announced last week and all prize winners will be announced at an award ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Tuesday 20 June...

This summer The Boat Shed Pop Up will transform two derelict warehouses on Exeter’s quayside into a new creative venue for the city.

Alongside a programme of theatre, comedy, art and music, The Boat Shed will house a cocktail bar, a goats milk ice-cream parlour and a mini golf course.

Local artist Fi Russell has been commissioned to design the golf course which will be inspired by the stories and heritage of Exeter.

With nine holes to complete, players will be challenged by Exeter’s ancient Roman wall, they’ll skirt around the sleepers of the city’s first railway...

Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 June):

THEATRE

Death of a Salesman Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Willy Loman is not as young as he once was, and boy is he feeling it. After half a lifetime on the road, this once successful travelling salesman is unable to keep up in a changing workplace; he’s on the brink of unemployment, and he and his wife have got bills to pay. When his drop out son Biff moves home again, Willy decides to give success one last shot. Can he prove to everyone he’s got what it takes? https://exeternorthcott.co.uk...