Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (21-23 October).

THEATRE

We Are Ian
Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
1989. The year that everything changed from black and white into technicolour. A frenzy of drugs, beats and bucket hats. Illegal raves and acid parties. A whole movement of young people united by one want: FUN. Just jumping up and down in a field and throwing two fingers to Thatcher. Remember it? Because we don’t. We weren’t even born. But Ian was. And Ian does remember. We’ve got **** all now (Ian tells us). So, we’re going back to 1989. We’re gonna neck a brown biscuit. We’re gonna bounce around like idiots. And Ian’s going to show us how…  Contains adult themes, swearing, and strobe lights. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon
Saturday, 2pm Exeter Phoenix
Some pretty odd ideas are floating around Paul’s street. There’s Mabel, whose brother hides under a brown paper bag. And Clarence the poodle who thinks he can fly. But Paul has the oddest idea of all. He thinks that the moon is a big hole in the sky and he’s going to climb into it… Anything’s possible in this warm and very funny story by David Almond, award-winning author of Skellig and My Dad’s A Birdman. For 5-11 year olds. www.exetreme.org

Graeme Swann’s “Great British Spin Off” with Henry Blofeld
Saturday, 7.30pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre
Graeme Swann, England’s greatest ever spin bowler heads out on tour with none other than cricket’s best loved commentator, Henry Blofeld. Who better to discuss the trials and tribulations of Swanny’s illustrious career than the man who commentated on it every step of the way, and who better for Henry to pass on his pearls of wisdom to after 40 years in the TMS commentary box.  Tickets £26.50, over 14s only. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Dick Tracy
Sunday, 3pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre
Newsflash! There’s been a series of high-profile crimes right across the city – but fear not… The police chief’s put his best man on the job. It’s now down to the squarejawed, hard-hitting, fast-shooting comic book detective to solve the crime the only way he knows how… the crime solving way… Will Tracy be able to save the day, get the girl and get to the bottom of who’s causing the mayhem? Or perhaps the truth is closer than he thinks… https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

MUSIC

Julio Bashmore
Friday, 10pm, Exeter Phoenix
It might seem counterintuitive for a producer to detach themselves from one of the planet’s most thriving music scenes, but in the case of Julio Bashmore, that’s exactly what he did growing up in bass music hotbed, Bristol. You see, Julio’s first love is house music. And operating just on the peripheries of the city’s scene has allowed him to quietly cultivate a take on the genre unlike any other. Tickets £16, over 18s. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk 

Handel's Messiah
Saturday, 7.30pm, Exeter Cathedral
The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, directed by Andrew Millington. Handel's Messiah is deeply rooted in the musical life of Britain and is rightly the first masterwork in our 170th Anniversary Season. Among the soloists will be the soprano, Sarah Power. www.exephil.org.uk

Wall of Floyd
Saturday, 8pm Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
The Ultimate Pink Floyd Tribute Band.  Their performance includes Wearing the Inside Out, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Brick in The Wall, Money, Arnold Lane and a spine tingling vocal solo by Ashley Austin in The Great Gig in the Sky.  Tickets £18, £16 conc. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Beyond the Barricade
Sunday, 7.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Recreating original West End/Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity, this cast of past principal performers from Les Miserables, present a blockbusting two hour show, and is now established as the nation's favourite musical theatre concert. Tickets £23/£21. https://exetercornexchange.co.uk/

EVENTS

Exeter Record Fair
Saturday, 9.30am, Exeter Corn Exchange
A host vinyl and CD dealers, all with masses of good quality vinyl records, CDs and much more to choose from. Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the early birds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289

Build Your Own Wildlife Garden
Saturday, 11am, SPB Bowling Green Marsh, Bowling Green Rd, Topsham EX3 0BG
If you could design your very own wildlife garden, what would it look like? Would it have a pond? Would it have flowers? Would it even have a bug hotel? Well, go down to Bowling Green Marsh and get stuck into the mud and build your very own mini garden. Free for RSPB Child Members, £3 per non-member child.  No booking required. 11am-3pm.

Meg Rosoff
Saturday, noon, Exeter Library
Nicolette Jones in conversation with Meg Rosoff.  Award-winning author of young adult fiction, Mal Peet was the curator of the 2014 exetreme imagination festival.  When he died last year, he left his book Beck unfinished.  Meg Rosoff, fellow author and friend of Mal, completed the book, a coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America.  Meg Rosoff will be talking to author Nicolette Jones. www.exetreme.org

United Fight Championship: #UNFC1
Saturday, 5pm, Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter
United Fight Events, a premium event, showcasing the very best in combat sports.  There has been a meteoric rise in martial arts within the last 5 years with the different arts and styles gaining huge attention. Full details and tickets:  www.unitedfightevents.co.uk/unfc1-tickets-e/

Mind Body Spirit Fayre
Sunday, 10.30am, Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham
Various stalls, readers and therapies, 10.30am-4.30pm. Free admission.

EXHIBITIONS

The Beauty of Light on Dartmoor
Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown
A stunning exhibition by international award winning photographer and film maker Jonathan Scott. Work is on show until 5 March 2017, 10am-4pm.

Exeter Contemporary Open 2016
Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Contemporary Open 2016 is an annual, open submission exhibition, which over the last eleven years has built national and international reputation as a prime opportunity for artists to showcase their work, drawing audiences and attention from across the country. Gallery open from 10am - 5.30pm daily (excluding Sundays), until  5 November.  Free. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Souvenirs from Home
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
An unlikely combination of football and craft have provided the inspiration for Souvenirs from Home. The exhibition runs until 6 November. Entry is free.