Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this Bank Holiday weekend (26-29 May)
THEATRE
Bubble Schmeises Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Bubbemeises is Yiddish for a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum and his Klezmer musicians invite you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam and ritual Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs. Schlapping through summer camps, barber shops and Spurs games, will...
JSLN Dance Company return to The Blackmore Theatre with a brand new show –Variations of Point II – A Triple Bill Synopsis: Variations of Pointe II is a new triple bill program. It includes stunning Repertoire Ballet, a hilarious new age twist inspired by Austin Powers as well as Niewelt’s new and breathtaking neo-classical creation ”Consequential Gaps”. The dancers come from Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Hungary and Germany and this international cast of stars will move you with every step they take. In the first part the audience will see sections of famous, yet not widely seen...
Best Foot Forward is an ambitious county-wide dance project for older people.
The project is one of five competing in the West Country for £50k of National Lottery funding in the People’s Projects competition. Voting opened at 9am on Monday 20 March at www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk .
The Big Lottery Fund, ITV and The National Lottery have teamed up to give the UK public the chance to decide how £3 million of National Lottery funding will make a difference in their local area. The three projects with the most public votes will receive grants of up to £50,000 to help them...
Selected students spanning all age ranges and from the different dance genres of DanSci Dance Studio had the opportunity to learn from the sensational, multi-award winning James Wilton Dance today.
A workshop held at the studio enabled the dancers to experience working with a professional choreographer. James Wilton himself who is energetic, engaging and inspiring led the workshop which included repertoire from Wilton's current touring work LEVIATHAN, and invited questions from the studio’s dancers. The physicality of the movement, demonstrated by James’ unique style was accessible...
The South West will be one of the first places in the country to offer a new and joyful cardio fitness workout from a BBC Dragons’ Den success.
SwingTrain is an elating exercise experience accompanied by the vintage vibes of swing, gospel, rhythm & blues and jazz – a marked difference to the electronic music that dominates the majority of cardio exercise classes. The fitness regime has been developed by Scott Cupit, the award winning dance teacher and entrepreneur whose pitch for Swing Patrol – the dance school and events company – secured investment on BBC Dragons’ Den. Duncan...
DeNada Dance Theatre present a gender-bending evening of seductive and provocative dance choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra.
From a dingy cabaret in Civil War Barcelona, where a drag artiste murders her fascist lover backstage, passing through a lustful duel of seduction between two machos, and ending with a divine apparition in a kitchen of 1950’s Seville, Ham and Passion is an exhilarating and filmic spectacle that promises to subvert the senses - a true feast of meaty dance soaked in a salsa of passion.
“Perverse, sexy and flamboyant.” The Observer “Extraordinarily...
Chance to Dance, now in its eighth year at Exeter Northcott Theatre, has invited dancing schools and dance groups from in and around Exeter and the wider areas of Devon, Somerset and Dorset, to showcase the many styles of dance taught and the passion the dancers have to perform on such a great stage.
Chance to Dance is non-competitive and is welcoming to both adult performers as well as children. Whilst we hope for a good standard of dance we also look for the enthusiasm to perform. In Chance to Dance we all have the same aim, to show encouragement...
Etch - Exim Dance Etch is a piece of Dance Theatre devised by the company with Claire Summers (Choreographer). The piece is about memory and its connection to our senses. An exploration into the things we remember, and the things we choose to forget. This piece is a abstract engaging piece of work developed with inclusivity at the heart of it with careful consideration to often marginalized groups of people who may normally find accessing contemporary dance difficult.
There was a real delicacy throughout. It was layered with intimacy and of these very real relationships between...
Exeter Morris Men and Glory of the West Morris invite everyone who has ever enjoyed watching Morris Dancers to come along and try it out for themselves. No previous experience is necessary, though a sense of rhythm is an advantage. You will be made very welcome and you may even decide to take it up regularly. Find us on Facebook or email c.burhouse@btinternet.com or call 07752 907774
