If music be the food of love… These famous lines from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night give a flavour of Cygnet’s Summer season.
The theatre has much on the menu to tempt you:
Wren Music are bringing five much loved West Country folk musicians James Findlay and Solaference to Cygnet Theatre on 23 May and Jonny Dyer and Vicki Swan with Marilyn Ticker and Paul Wilson on 13 June.
The main course on offer is Shakespeare’s Classic comedy of wit and folly – Twelfth Night, served with renaissance style by director Jacquie Crago, which previews on 11 June and plays at Trebah...
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...
Visual artist and musician Mathew Sawyer will be performing and showcasing his work as part of 'White Male, 36 Years Old, Average Height, No Pets, Out of Shape and Anxious’ at the Spacex Gallery.
His work will be available to view from Saturday 17 May up until Saturday 12 July.
The exhibition will open at 4pm on Saturday 17 May and end at 6pm.
In ‘White Male, 36 Years Old, Average Height, No Pets, Out of Shape and Anxious’ artist and musician Mathew Sawyer presents new and existing documentary and conceptual artworks spanning the past fifteen years. Dry humour and...
Show your son that taking responsibility is what makes a man. You have to know when you screwed up, and are ready and willing to admit it without hesitation. Teach him that responsibility is one of the most important factors in life, as it will always await him; especially when it is time for him to be a father. He has to learn to keep his word at all times and to admit failure if necessary, because doing so will help you maneuver easily onto the next task.
#2 – A Firm Handshake
Every man should know how to give a firm handshake, as everyone can...
MAGIC, the first and still the best tribute to Queen, perform all of Queen's greatest hits plus some you may not have heard for a while, in their latest show for 2014.
It's refreshing that in these days of pre-recorded backing tracks, Magic perform completely live. With five vocals to back up the powerful lead vocal of the dynamic Roger Brown, Magic can recreate all the complex harmonies that are Queen's trademark recording sound. This, along with two guitars, bass, drums and the brilliant piano and keyboard skills of Dave Chapman, produces a sound that is second to none. While not...
For its 14th Choral Pilgrimage The Sixteen and Harry Christophers revisit the golden age of renaissance polyphony with a stunning programme of music by English composers John Sheppard, Richard Davy and William Mundy.
Mundy’s monumental work Vox patris caelestis, the text of which comes from the Song of Songs, can be considered as the culmination of the great antiphon tradition, while Sheppard's musical style contains all the grandness of English harmonic invention. This year’s programme includes Sheppard’s glorious seven-part work Libera nos as well as his sublime Gaude, gaude...
DJs appearing in the cafe/bar and on the terrace from 10pm until 2am include: Sharkman, Ali Monsta, Womble, Iller Instinct, Super Smash Bros, Boomjester, Shortson, The Mad Hatter, Leo, Chappy, and Cold Illusion.
For more info about all of these DJs, including set times, please visit http://www.minglemusic.co.uk/lift-off-after-party-dj-sets/ .
