If you're stuck for ideas this weekend, take a look at our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter...
THEATRE
Ignite: Exeter’s Festival of Theatre Various Venues, Exeter For one week in June, any space can be a theatre.... From pub cellars to cathedrals, libraries to synagogues, the city will be transformed for Ignite, Exeter’s festival of theatre. Taking place until Saturday 7 June, with nearly two 200 performances over six days, you can see fantastic productions from companies across the country. The full programme can be found here: http://www.igniteexeter....
Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to What's On in and around Exeter:
What the Ladybird Heard Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: The Ladybird has a plan of her own! Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful...
A love story between two women that spans a hundred years, moves across continents, occurs in a multitude of languages. A story about hope, the distances we travel, and the lengths we might go to when falling in love...
We’ll Meet in Moscow is a new collaborative performance project created by writer Natalie McGrath (Oxygen, Coasting), choreographer Jane Mason (Life Forces, Singer) and sculptor Sophia Clist (Oxygen, The World At Your Feet), and is a response to the banning of Gay Pride in Moscow, August 2012, for 100 years. As we historically celebrate equal marriage rights here in...
Rehearsals for The Day We Played Brazil are now well underway and the talented community company are already bringing the amazing musical that tells Exeter City's epic story to life.
However, there is still a chance to get involved in this once in a lifetime experience as a musical about football needs lots of young men. If you have been too shy to step forward or think you have missed the boat check out www.thedayweplayedbrazil.com to see what you are missing and e-mail weplayedbrazil@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved.
There's something for everyone in our guide to what’s happening in and around Exeter this weekend:
THEATRE
The Fanny Hill Project v2.0 Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter In 2010 Tess sold her feet to fund an arts internship. In 1747 Fanny Hill sold her body for pleasure. And both young women want to confess all to you. Tickets £12/£8. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter C.S Lewis’s classic tale of good versus evil is magically brought to life by Exeter...
A new, intimate play about Millennials and trying to get on in that 'real life' thing that everyone harps on about...
4th (6pm), 5th (8pm) and 6th (6pm) June 2014 Tickets available now from ignitexeter.org.uk £7 (or cheaper the more shows you book - 5 shows for £25)
Relationships are complicated. So is University. And so is ‘real life’ afterwards. Over a third of graduates have to move back home after University, and not by choice. Almost half remain unemployed or on minimum wage. ‘Twentysomething: a reading list’ is a new play about ‘Generation Y’ and life before...
If you missed Four of Swords Theatre’s productions of Macbeth in Beer Quarry Caves this year and Jekyll and Hyde at Poltimore House last year, both of which sold out weeks in advance, you’ll need to book early for the Exeter company’s next theatrical experience.
From 3-7 June, Exeter Cathedral hosts Four of Swords Theatre's production of Gawain and The Green Knight, adapted from one of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Exeter Cathedral is the city's most important landmark, and a spectacular example of Medieval architecture. It is a...
Join Charles Adrian Gillott as Ms Samantha Mann for stories about a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit. Part of the Ignite Festival that runs from 2nd-7th of June in Exeter (igniteexeter.org.uk)
"Wry, mischievous and strangely moving... Something like the secret life of Miss Prism imagined by Alan Bennett and performed by Hinge or Bracket" Ben Walters, nottelevision.net "A minutely-observed comic creation" The Scotsman "Delightfully feminist... a feel-good hit" The F-Word Comedy
Join Charles Adrian Gillott as Ms Samantha Mann for stories about a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit. Part of the Ignite Festival that runs from 2nd-7th of June in Exeter (igniteexeter.org.uk)
"Wry, mischievous and strangely moving... Something like the secret life of Miss Prism imagined by Alan Bennett and performed by Hinge or Bracket" Ben Walters, nottelevision.net "A minutely-observed comic creation" The Scotsman "Delightfully feminist... a feel-good hit" The F-Word Comedy
WINNER – FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2013 WINNER – MTN AWARD FOR INNOVATION 2013 ‘Fine Chisel’s Dumbstruck at Zoo Venues is terrific, layered work from young company who deserve a big audience.’ – Lyn Gardner
Fiona is losing her voice. Mal is losing his faith. Ted is losing his marbles.
Somewhere in the North Pacific, a lonely whale sings.
Armed with a stage full of instruments and a box of chalk, FINE CHISEL’s award-winning actor-musicians celebrate forgotten dances, mis-translations and unknown voices.
'Let Fine Chisel plunge you underwater and whisk you back in...
