Bridge Jazz Club

Event Date: 
05/02/2014 - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

The Bridge Jazz Club is the base for Exeter’s jazz scene. Special guests each month.

Pete Canter & Friends + Jam Session. First set from the house band followed by jam session. All welcome. Bring charts for the rhythm section. Entrance fee includes a free raffle.

www.bridgejazzclub.com

£5, £3 for jammers - on the door.

http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Going Dark

Event Date: 
27/02/2014 - 7:30pm to 01/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

How far can you see? A mile? A hundred miles? Or to the furthest shores of the universe to a faraway galaxy? It's Max's job to ask the cosmic questions. Passionate about astronomy, he works as the narrator at the city's Planetarium where he challenges his audiences with the mysteries of stars and science.

When his own life takes an unexpected turn, Max discovers that understanding the universe requires a different kind of vision...

Sound&Fury use their innovative theatre vocabulary of immersive surround sound design, total darkness and imaginative lighting in Going Dark...

A Tale of Two Cellos

Event Date: 
20/02/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Julian Lloyd Webber is one of the finest musicians of his generation.

Together with his wife, fellow cellist Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, they present a brand-new concert featuring world premiere performances of duets for two cellos with piano as well as featuring music from the great composers across the classical spectrum from Monteverdi to Arvo Pärt, Dvořák, Bach,Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and many more.

Julian Lloyd Webber has worked tirelessly to expand the cello repertoire and has now extended that vision to repertoire for two cellos featured in this show. Appearing...

Love & Sex aka Per-Mission

Event Date: 
19/02/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Aiming to go where other shows have feared to tread, Love&Sex aka Per-Mission turns the concept of sex education on its head, facing up to the joys, perils and pressures of sex, love and consent. State of Emergency is a company at the forefront of pushing the boundaries of dance from the African Diaspora in the UK. Created for young people, this latest initiative is an 'in your face' dance theatre production that exposes myths and challenges perceptions. Featuring choreography by Colin Poole and an original soundtrack by Steve Marshall.

www.stateofemergencyltd.com

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Earworms – live music for all the family

Event Date: 
16/02/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Hosted by Mervyn Bedford (Musikgarten)

njoy, discover and experience music in a family-friendly atmosphere, featuring a wide range of musicians and music.

www.earwormsexeter.blogspot.co.uk

Tickets: £4.50, £3 children over two.

Age: families with children aged 0 - 11

Running Time: 1 hour

Box office: 01392 493493 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Splosh!

Event Date: 
16/02/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Pull up a bath mat and join Little Lost Duck, Syd the Sponge and the rest of the Bathtub Gang for the bubbliest birthday party anyone has ever thrown, ever! It’s Mr Bath’s birthday and you are invited to his Splishy, Splashy, Sploshy party. But first, his friends are treating him to a very special bath of his own to make him look spick and span and as shiny as a rainbow fish!

This enchanting production for very young children uses dance, music and puppetry to help children and families explore communicative play at bath time.

www.sixthsensetyp.co.uk/splosh-national-tour...

Finding Joy

Event Date: 
13/02/2014 - 7:30pm to 15/02/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Joy is creative, funny, loves to dance, and is losing her memory: her grandson Danny is rebellious, fearless, bright, and always getting into trouble. When out of the blue Danny decides to become Joy’s carer, they discover a shared playfulness and a mutual affection. But is that enough to take on the challenges ahead? Finding Joy is based on life events and true stories, and brims with all the visual inventiveness, music, puppetry, dexterity and hilarity that we have come to expect from one of the UK’s foremost full mask theatre companies.

www.vamostheatre.co.uk

Tickets: £...

Antarctic’s Pine Island Glacier in ‘irreversible retreat’

New models predict 3.5-10 mm sea-level rise over the next 20 years. An international team of scientists has shown that Pine Island Glacier, the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica, has entered a period of irreversible, self-sustained retreat and is likely to increase its discharge into the ocean in comparison to the last decade.

The current imbalance of the West Antarctic ice sheet and its related contribution to ongoing sea-level rise is well established. In particular, Pine Island Glacier has receded by about 10km during the last decade and alone...

Find your soulmate this Valentines day

Find your soul mate this Valentine’s Day at Exeter Axhayes!!!

We have lots of adorable cats and kittens looking for love! Come along to meet them at our Valentine’s Coffee morning.

It will be held from 11am on Saturday 15 February at the Centre. Please come along and enjoy a cup of coffee and a Valentine's themed cakes.

We'd love volunteers to come and help. Bakers to bake their yummy cakes, and everyone else to come and support us! Please call 01395 232377 for more details or to put your name on our list of helpers. Or join us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/...

Artists Remake the Tarot

Outrageous Fortune is a Hayward Touring exhibition set to open at Exeter Phoenix on Friday 24th January. The show is curated by Andrew Hunt the new Spacex director, and showcases contemporary artists’ interpretations of the classic Tarot de Marseille deck of cards. Tarot playing cards originated in Italy in the 15th century. Used in most of Europe to play games, in the English-speaking world the tarot is generally associated with divination and fortune telling. A rich source of imagery, it includes such archetypes as The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Lovers, The Wheel of...

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