Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 May).
THEATRE
Travels with My Aunt Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre Four actors take on over 20 characters in this hilarious mad cap dash around the world with Henry Pulling, a retired suburban bank manager with a penchant for dahlias. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
Jonny & the Baptists: The End is Nigh Friday & Saturday, Exeter Bike Shed Theatre Last year, Jonny accidentally told his four-year-old niece climate change would end the world. To stop her crying,...
Rathbones Spring Concert Series 2016: during 2014/15, Michael gave recitals in concert halls throughout Europe and also appeared at Wigmore Hall and the Bath International Festival. This season he made his concerto debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and appeared as soloist with the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Erdem Misirlioglu was a Concerto Finalist in the 2008 BBC Young Musicians Competition and has won numerous awards. He was a prize winner in the 2006 International Rachmaninov Competition and in 2011 was awarded 1st prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of...
Every new album from Dar Williams represents her thoughts and feelings about both her own life and larger forces in the world. But her ninth studio record, Emerald, marks a particularly dramatic confluence between her experiences and broader contemporary culture—and what it means to be a songwriter at this moment in history.
Recorded in Nashville; Los Angeles; Philadelphia; Beacon, New York; and Weehawken, New Jersey, the album features a remarkable list of guest musicians and co-writers, including guitar virtuoso Richard Thompson, Jim Lauderdale, Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman of the...
Retrolicious is a themed club experience, where the old world fuses with the new world in a perfect dance floor union. A genre bending experience including Electro Swing, Ghetto Funk, Balkan Beats, Reggae Remix, Electro Rock n Roll and so much more.
TEDDY THOMPSON WITH SPECIAL GUEST KELLY JONES + SUNNY OZELL On their debut collaboration, Little Windows, Teddy Thompson and American singer Kelly Jones give audiences engaging views of the joys and sorrows of love and the vagaries of the human heart.
Longtime mutual admirers, Teddy and Kelly first sang together at LA’s Club Largo in 2011. The songs that they’ve written since capture complex emotions with simple honesty. You can hear the give and take, the dynamics, the occasional imperfections, the deep human soul of performances.
RONI SIZE & KRUST B2B WITH DYNAMITE MC The original junglists and Drum and Bass pioneers present Full Cycle at Exeter Phoenix: Roni Size and DJ Krust, play a three hour back to back set joined by Dynamite MC.
Very few record labels can claim to have had the same impact on the UK music scene as significantly as Full Cycle Recordings. Often mentioned in the same breath as other iconic labels such as Good Looking Records, Metalheadz, RAM, Dope Dragon, Talkin’ Loud and V Recordings, the label has gone onto shape the current sound of UK dance music from the mid 90’s onwards. Getting...
Martin Carthy and daughter Eliza join forces to perform songs from their first duo album of traditional material.
For more than forty years Martin has been one of Folk music’s greatest innovators, enjoying musical partnerships with Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick, Norma Waterson and many more.
Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation, performing with a diverse array of artists including Paul Weller and Rufus Wainwright. She has revitalised modern folk music with her intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing...
Join us for South West promoters SW1 Productions first ‘introducing’ night on Sat 14 May.
HAUNT THE WOODS Fresh from supporting Sunset Sons, Haunt The Woods are looking forward to an exciting 2016. Last year’s highlights included supporting Dry the River, a main stage performance at Boardmasters festival, packing out monthly residency shows at the Plymouth Bbar, and an appearance on Chris Evans TFI Friday.
Haunt the Woods are an alternative folk rock band hailing from Devon and Cornwall. With a new and unique sound that combines their love of traditional and modern folk...
Fans of Pink Floyd will be flocking to Exeter Corn Exchange on Saturday 28 May when UK Pink Floyd Experience visits the venue on a national tour.
UK Pink Floyd Experience was formed in 2008 and features top class musicians recreating the music and atmosphere of the great Pink Floyd in concert.
The band draws widely on the whole Floyd back catalogue performing songs from all of the iconic albums including Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall.
