Entertainment & Reviews

Whether you fancy rocking along to Cliff Richard, sampling delicious food and drink at one of the food festivals in the area or treating Dad to a day out for Father's Day, there's lots on offer to keep the whole family amused this weekend!

THEATRE

Keep Calm and Carry On! Friday, Killerton House, Broadclyst Broadclyst Primary School and Killerton have partnered up once again to put on a show stopping performance of Keep Calm and Carry On! The play is set in the days following the Exeter Blitz and explores life as an evacuee at Killerton House. The production takes place as...

Exeter School of Samba put on a magnificent display of sizzling samba beats outside John Lewis on Thursday 13 June in celebration of the store's summer customer event. Run by music graduate and drum-kit teacher Scott Craig, who uses Brazilian-made instruments to teach the traditional Brazilian rhythms characteristic of the Baterias (Drum School) of Rio and Sao Paulo, the Exeter School of Samba provides an opportunity for anyone with an interest in percussion, music and/or rhythmic movement to develop their musical skill and abilities within the framework of this vital, traditional art form...

Exeter's Northcott Theatre is to play host to Devon-based theatre company Jammy Voo, which is set to explore the far edge of madness in Birdhouse an homage to Hitchcock’s iconic classic The Birds .

Bringing to the fore the unsung stars of Hitchcock’s infamous avian horror, Jammy Voo tell the story of four holidaying ‘twitchers’ caught up in the terrible events of the film’s suburban setting, through a blend of physical theatre, puppetry, live music, high drama and surreal comedy. The performances, created in collaboration with Bush associate director Omar Elerian and Dark Clown...

The University of Exeter is hosting a free festival of arts, music, food and sports at their Forum Piazzas on the Streatham Campus in Exeter this weekend.

The festival includes a range of activities and performance for all the family. Today you can see cookery demonstrations, listen to a variety of music on the external stage and be thrilled by performances by the award-winning clowning troupe Le Navet Bete.

The festival includes a music stage with a wide variety of music starting at noon on each day – including choirs, rock bands and acoustic performers. The music will be...