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The science comedy phenomenon returns, and this time they're off the chart. Join acclaimed stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve 'Danger' Mould and geek songstress Helen Arney for graph-a-minute fun on an unprecedented linear scale.

Last year's smash hit 'Full Frontal Nerdity' was "great, funny, clever... even the heckles at this terrific show are smart" **** (The Scotsman). Since then, the Nerds have appeared across TV and Radio, at the Hammersmith Apollo and in their own peer-reviewed DVD - recorded at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.

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This hotly anticipated debut UK tour, New Songs for Old Souls: Live, accompanies Stilgoe's third studio album, which mixes incredible new songs with his inimitable takes of jazz standards and classics from the 1950's to the present day. His live shows have seen him described as a 'musical virtuoso' (The Independent) and 'truly remarkable' (Sir Michael Parkinson), and with his band of world-call musicians, he is set to take the UK by storm.

Joe has twice topped the UK jazz chart, featured on many radio programmes including 6 appearances on Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2...

South West Christmas Without Cruelty Festival, 10am-4.15pm

Exeter's much-loved Christmas Fair with a twist is back!

Every purchase you make will be supporting a good cause. More than 40 stalls with local arts and crafts, cards, cruelty-free cosmetics, fairtrade clothes, chocolates, cakes, jewellery - plus gifts from organizations promoting human, animal and environmental causes.

And it's not just about shopping! Enjoy a warm and friendly atmosphere, the best food in town at our great-value vegetarian restaurant, special events and free gifts for the first 50...

Sean Lock, the most fertile comic mind in Britain, will be running through some new material ahead of a major UK tour.

Sean Lock is one of the UK's most highly acclaimed and original comedians. The British Comedy Award Winner is a brilliant team captain on Channel 4's show '8 Out of 10 Cats / Cats Does Countdown'. His extensive TV credits also include appearances on Sean Lock's TV Heaven Telly Hell, Live at The Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI and also writing and starring in the cult classic sitcom 15 Storeys High.

Price & booking £16 (includes £1 booking fee)...

Andy Hamilton : Change Management

Co-creator / writer of Outnumbered; What We Did On Our Holiday; Drop The Dead Donkey. Star of Old Harry's Game; radio & TV regular on The News Quiz; I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue; Have I Got News For You; Q.I.

In his 60 years on this planet, comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton has experienced many changes. For instance, he was once a 6'4"-tall professional basketball player, until a tree fell on him. But, of course, change is an inescapable part of the human condition. Why? Is that fair? Some changes are good, some bad. Why can't...

That bloke. You know. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one. The other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes. Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway. Funny chap. Has a new show!

Price & booking £20.50 (includes £1 booking fee)

8pm (doors 7.15)

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Legendary folk-rock troubadour Donovan came to prominence over 50 years ago. His eclectic and distinctive style which drew from jazz, pop, psychedelia and world music were displayed on hits like 'Catch The Wind' (for which he won an Ivor Novello Award), 'Colours', 'Sunshine Superman' and 'Mellow Yellow', among others. He famously taught John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison to finger pick the guitar on their famous trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation, while other artists who have cited him as an influence include Led Zepplin and Belle and Sebastian. Donovan was...

Eddi Reader was brought into the limelight with Fairground Attraction and their single 'Perfect' and parent album First of a Million Kisses which both topped the British charts.

However, it has been her subsequent solo albums which signalled her increasing ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her own.

From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi brings to joyous life all forms of song and what sets Reader apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance; her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her...

THE BLUES BAND - 35 Years and Back for More Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher. Many of the Blues Band's 21st century fans weren't even born when these five virtuosos, already music industry veterans, decided to fly in the face of musical fashion in 1979 and form a band 'just to play the blues'. No one could have predicted that, 35 years on, they'd still be dazzling audiences with their showmanship and virtuosity. About 20 albums and thousands of gigs later, they've earned a reputation around the world as one of the finest exponents of the blues...

The beginnings of a new show by Daniel Bye, created as part of the first Devon residency with Beaford Arts and The Bike Shed Theatre.

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