Entertainment & Reviews

Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter:

Twelfth Night Friday & Saturday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter The world order is turned upside down: servants dress up as their masters, and men as women. Amid such confusions, what happens to Love and Fancy? Wit changes place with Folly, as Malvolio, Lady Olivia’s puritanical steward, gets ideas above his station, donning ‘yellow stockings, cross-gartered‘ and shipwreck brings handsome twins to shore… Tickets: £10, £8 child. www.cygnettheatre.co.uk

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Exeter Club Arena will be hosted this weekend by TV personality Gaz Beadle from Geordie Shore as he makes a guest appearance on Saturday 28 June.

One of the most well known and loved stars of MTV’s Geordie Shore will meet and greet clubbers at the Summerland Street venue and pose for pictures with his army of fans.

There will be a free entry guest list run through the nightclub’s Facebook page and all that they ask you to do to get in for free is to make a donation to Echo charity. Echo's aim is to help as many sick children and young adults in the UK as possible by...

Frankland & Sons Friday, 7.30pm, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A true story created by three generations of the same family about parents, children and falling in love. When theatre-maker Tom Frankland’s aunt died in 2006, he and his father inherited suitcases containing letters written by his grandparents across twenty-five years. They reveal the astonishing life and love of a couple living through two world wars and a recession. As an excuse to spend time together, Tom suggested they create a performance inspired by the letters. In creating their debut performance together,...

British rock legend Ian McLagan will release United States, his first new studio album in five years, via Yep Roc Records on 7 July and will be touring throughout the UK during July.

His UK tour will see him perform at Exeter Phoenix on Tuesday 8 July.

The album, his first since being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of the Faces, alternates between lusty grooves and reflective musings, showcasing McLagan's beguiling charm and timeless gift for crafting memorable hooks. Yearning standout “Love Letter” leads into the smooth and moody take-...