With over 65 members in over 60 years, the brand continues today with the only official line up in the world. This high-energy show brings many of the greatest hits along with newer material, guaranteed to bring a musical extravaganza along with a world-class band, production and some very smooth moves!
The Drifters were founded in June 1953, 60 years ago by George Treadwell and Ahmet Ertegun - founder of Atlantic Records. Since their creation the band has featured over 65 vocalists, including icons such as Clyde McPhatter, Ben E King and Johnny Moore. Some of the legends returned...
Barnfield Bar is proud to kick off the festive season with South West legends GRIFTER with their dirty rock and LOMI with the heaviest riffs heard by mankind.
Grifter are currently promoting their latest album ‘The Return of The Bearded Brethren’ available on vinyl and CD here – http://www.grifter.bigcartel.com/
LOMI – a three piece grunge outfit from Plymouth will blow you away with their hypnotic riffs and mind blowing changes in tempo. Hear them here: https://www.reverbnation.com/lomi
The ever popular Stan Hacking Band Christmas Spectacular Concerts return to the Barnfield Theatre this year. This woodwind, brass and percussion band will entertain you with a wide variety of music including marches, classical favourites, music from film and stage and of course plenty of Christmas classics. Join the band for a lively evening of wonderful music to get you into the Christmas mood!
Over the years the band has raised over £320,000 for local charities. This Christmas the band will be supporting Devon Air Ambulance and The South West Multiple Sclerosis Centre.
The Westbrook company returns to the Barnfield for its annual
Xmas Special. 2015 has seen the band reach new heights with a bigger band than ever, a brand new jazz entertainment and extensive touring. This year’s Xmas concert, at its home base, will be a celebration with Exeter friends and supporters of a remarkable year and the release of the orchestra’s first album “A Bigger Show”.
Supported by Airshaft Trust www.westbrookjazz.co.uk
In the auditorium
Tickets £12 (concs£10) on the door £10 (£8) in advance
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (27-29 November 2015).
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Plunge Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter "That's why they call it Café Nero, you know. Because you sit and fiddle with your iPad while the world outside burns." For over 500 years the smell of coffee has seeped into our streets, our lives, our society. Hub for gossip, romance, political tub thumping, dodgy deals, completing a new pitch, book clubs, a moment alone, escaping being alone - if walls could talk. And in one coffee shop in a town just over the horizon...
It was in 1983 that Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene with his very English songwriting, pioneering synthesizers and thought provoking lyrics.
He set out his manifesto in his very first single ‘ New Song’. The lyrics called on the listener to challenge their preconceived ideas, to see both sides and ‘throw off your mental chains’. New Song was recently used in a pivotal scene in ‘Breaking Bad’ where Aaron Paul’s character Jessie Pinkman questions if he wants to ‘play by the rules’. New Song peaked at number 3 in the UK singles charts.
This year, the Exeter Big Noise Chorus annual Christmas Concert, on Thursday 3rd December, will raise deaf awareness by teaching audience members to sign popular Christmas songs alongside their usual toe-tapping musical score. Big Noise Chorus believe everyone should be able to enjoy Christmas to the fullest and have applied this approach to their upcoming performance. The concert will not only be raising money for Exeter Deaf Academy, but also raising deaf awareness by teaching the audience how to sign songs in British Sign Language and incorporating a signing choir. This means the...
An evening of musical innovation is in store on Friday 20th of November, when 3 of the hottest tal-ents on the folk and acoustic scene play at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter.
Fabian Holland is a singer-songwriter-guitarist “with tremendous command of fingers and fretboard with a natural vocal technique informed by long-time exposure to, and serious consideration of, the blues masters” - fRoots magazine. Less than 18 months after releasing his self-titled debut, Fabian’s second album garnered rave reviews and 4-stars from the Daily Telegraph.
With references to the brilliant warmth and light of Italy and the rugged grandeur of the Cornish coast, Elgar’s Second Symphony is far more complex and deeply personal than his First. Riddled with doubts, questioning and conflict it reflects not only the true spirit of the age but also the personality of the composer as it meanders from extrovert exuberance to melancholy introversion.
Elgar himself stated that “I have written out my soul”. In this most lyrical, poetic and fantastical of his concertos, Beethoven does not abandon Mozartian concerto form but imbues it with a...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 November).
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Russell Maliphant Company Conceal | Reveal Friday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Russell Maliphant Company present both new and classic work, including the iconic Broken Fall with music by Barry Adamson – originally performed by Sylvie Guillem and the BalletBoyz. It will be presented in this programme by Maliphant’s own company of exceptional dancers who will also perform new creations including a quintet and a solo for former Royal Ballet dancer Dana Fouras. With a...
