Sun 18 May 2014 | 8pm | £18 | Standing

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Plus Support

On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon, that it’s hard to believe there is anything left. It’s been twenty years since The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion first pressed ‘record’, and twenty years since Spencer and his A-Team of sonic terrorists tore up the indie-rock landscape with fever and a visceral, untouchable vision of rock’n’roll that did for a new wave of blues-punk primitivists what Helen of Troy’s face did...

Sat 17 May 2014 | 8pm | £10 | Standing

Zappatika Zappatika, leading interpreters of the music of Frank Zappa, join forces with legendary Zappa frontman Ike Willis, hero of Joe’s Garage. Ike sang lead vocals and played guitar on many classic albums and toured extensively with Frank. Hear Ike on Joe’s Garage, You are what you is, Tinseltown Rebellion, Ship Arriving, Man from Utopia and more. Expect a punishing two and a half hour set of 100 percent Zappa! Amsterdam based quartet Zappatika are a heavily Zappa influenced band, known for their diverse and dynamic live shows. The band...

Tue 13 May 2014 - Sat 12 Jul 2014 A new, site specific, sculptural installation by Anne Deeming who designs and makes objects that look familiar and usable in some way – and yet are not. Her works exist as amalgamations of everyday utilitarian objects with features that can trigger multiple associations with something the viewer has used or seen before. She is interested in the areas of slippage between the familiar and foreign, domestic and industrial, the useful and useless. By examining the role that expectation and memory plays in our reading and understanding of objects, the pieces...

Sun 11 May 2014 | 8pm | £23

Fish – Moveable Feast UK Tour Fish, the critically acclaimed progressive rock singer/songwriter, and former lead singer of Marillion, brings his extensive 13-date tour to Exeter. Billed as The Moveable Feast Tour this nationwide trek is named after his new album A Feast Of Consequences. Fish will perform songs from the new album, as well as his solo album tracks, including early Marillion classics. Fish operates outside of ‘the industry’ and so this new release will be available via www.fishheadsclub.com only and can be ordered from 14th September 2014...

Wed 07 May 2014 | 7:30pm | In advance £20.50 | On the door £23 | Standin

The Rutles ‘Neil Innes’ Beatles pastiche band is a spoof crafted with rare affection – and still has some great tunes’ ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

Originally a fictional band first created by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), for 1970s television programming, The Rutles leapt to fame and international sensation for their slick pastiches and parodies of The Beatles.

The group have since become the real deal, touring and recording, and releasing many songs and albums,...

Tue 06 May 2014 | 8pm | £10 (£8)

Miracle Theatre presents The Case of the Frightened Lady Written and directed by Bill Scott with music by Jim Carey

As part of its special 35th anniversary program Miracle revisits one of its most popular productions to date, complete with original cast. It’s 1932 and Edgar Wallace, the Fleet Street editor widely known for his hugely popular and successful whodunits, gets a desperate call from his publisher. With only a weekend to produce a new novel, the indefatigable Wallace leaps into action. The Case of the Frightened Lady is a hilarious...

Sun 04 May 2014 | 8pm | £8 (£6)

Rosie Wilby – Nineties Woman Nineties Woman is a new show from award winning comedian Rosie Wilby using live interactive storytelling interspersed with video interviews, music and photo archive to trace a journey through early 90s feminism, refracted through a very personal lens. Rosie studied at York University in the early 90’s against a backdrop of John Major and riotgrrrl. She discovered the University feminist newspaper ‘Matrix’ (Greek for ‘womb’) and decided to join the collective. And, yet, as a geeky Electronics undergrad with an unfortunate...

Sun 04 May 2014 | 8pm | £13 (£11) | 16+

Mark Grist Rogue Teacher In 2012, millions watched an ex-English teacher defeat a teenage grime artist in a rap battle. But it’s a lot more complicated than that. Mark Grist (Dead Poets) has been walking the fine line between stupidity and bravery. Mid-recession, he quit his teaching job to embark on a series of challenges, leading him to become ‘an internet sensation’ (Sun) and ‘unlikely heart-throb’ (Guardian). But when teachers expressed concern about having him in to meet the kids, Mark began to wonder if in all the excitement he’d left...

Fri 02 May 2014 | 7.30pm | £7.50 Wide ranging, eclectic and progressive musical outlook has always been the Lack of Afro approach. Harnessing disparate musical styles including funk, soul and hip-hop to create a contemporary yet vintage musical escapade of superb songs, he has DJ’d across the world, producing and remixing everyone from The Pharcyde to Tom Jones.

VENUE: THEEXETERDAILY.CO.UK AUDITORIUM BUY TICKETS: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/lack-of-afro/

Sun 27 Apr 2014 | 8pm | £10 (£8) | Seated Krystle Warren is a singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri, currently touring the world with Rufus Wainwright, blessed not only with a voice that slides effortlessly from smoky depths to gilded heights, but also the ability to craft intoxicating songs of love and its loss, and to convey them to an audience with warmth and wit. On her last solo UK dates she was backed by Bluegrass virtuosi, The Wagon Tales review, but the November jaunt will feature her voice and guitar unadorned – and with a vocal approach that has been likened to those of...