Your guide to What's On this weekend
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (31 March – 2 April).
THEATRE
Susan Calman: The Calman Before the Storm
Friday, Exeter Corn Exchange
It's Susan Calman's tenth year in comedy and she's back with a brand new show. Susan is taller than a borrower but shorter than the average thirteen year old child. The show? Well she's ready to create a storm, to set the record straight, to give it to the man (whoever he is). Incidentally she would also like to be Batman. https://exetercornexchange.co.uk
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott
This brand new comedy theatre show will take audiences on a journey across Europe from the dark and sinister Transylvanian mountains to the awkwardly charming seaside town of Whitby whilst the frantic Van Helsing and his three amateur actors try to stage a life-changing, factual theatrical production of the events of Dracula. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
Exeter Cabaret Show
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Cabaret Show returns with the cream of the international cabaret scene, featuring an amazing line up including Barbara Nice, Abi Collins, Rod Laver, Slightly Fat Features plus special guests. Tickets £12 (£10). www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Lee Nelson: Serious Joker
Sunday, 7.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
After getting into trouble for sneaking into places he shouldn't be, Lee Nelson is back where he most definitely should be: live on stage with his brand-new, laugh-out-loud, best ever stand-up show. Tickets £21. https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk
MUSIC
Critical Sound
Friday, 10pm, Exeter Phoenix
Critical Sound team up with DNB Kitchen and headliners Emperor, Kasra and Signal. Tickets £16, over 18s. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
DeciBele
Friday, 9pm, John Gandys, Exeter
DeciBelle are a 6 piece covers band who play a variety of great music from the classic soul of Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Dusty Springfield, as well as covering newer material from the likes of Pharrell Williams, Bruno Mars, Walk The Moon & Kings of Leon. Free.
EMG Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, 7.30pm, Exeter Cathedral
EMG Symphony Orchestra: Leo Geyer conductor; Leo Geyer Aruanda; Gershwin An American in Paris; Marquez Danzon No. 2; Berstein Symphonic Dances from Westside Story. Tickets £5-£16, available from 01392 665885 and online. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/318134
Indie Club Special
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
A night of the best in indie anthems with Indie Club DJs and live music from Crooked Little sons, Arizona Law + Stella Martyr. Tickets £4 in advance, over 16s. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Diamondogz
Saturday, Heart of Oak, Pinhoe, Exeter
Live music with the 70s Glam rockers, from 9pm. Free.
EVENTS
Beer Festival
Friday & Saturday, Thatched House, Exwick, Exeter
The Thatched House pub in Exeter is to host its first ever real ale festival with a bumper two-day event including live music. Starting at 5pm on Friday the ‘Alepril Fool’ beer festival will then run on into Saturday with local buskers providing entertainment on both evenings. https://www.thatchedhouse.net/
Inside Outside Craft Market
Sunday, 10am, Transit Shed, Exeter Quay
This weekend marks the start of the monthly craft markets under the undercover Transit Shed on Exeter's Quay, with lots of stalls to browse, 10am to 5pm. For more information click here. https://www.facebook.com/Inside-Outside-Craft-Markets-Exeter-Quayside-14...
GBTQ+ and Friends Ceilidh
Saturday, Exeter Phoenix
A Ceilidh, or Barn Dance, is one of the easiest to do yet most fun activities there is. Music is provided by local group Pigs Might Fly, well known for their driving beat that means you just can’t stop dancing. The caller, Jeremy Child, is internationally renowned and has many years experience at getting even complete beginners up and dancing and having fun. This dance is gender free, and all are welcome regardless of Gender or Sexual Orientation, either of birth or of expression. You don’t need to bring a partner, or to have been to a barn dance before. Just come along and have the time of your life! Tickets £7 (£5 unemployed, student, under 18) on the door. 8pm-11pm.
The Spring Quilt Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Westpoint, Exeter
The show features a large display of quilts from all over the world as well as Patchwork and Quilting suppliers stands. Quilting enthusiasts and personalities will be on hand to 'show you how'. Workshops are available, and can only be booked at the Show on a first come, first served basis. Open 10am - 4.30pm (Sunday 10am-4pm). www.grosvenorshows.co.uk
Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt
From Saturday, Killerton Estate, Broadclyst, Exeter
Follow the fun Easter trail around the blossoming garden and parkland. On your way round, explore winding paths to find the bear's hut, ice house and chapel. Tuck into a Cadbury chocolate prize at the end. A charge will apply for the trail. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton
Topsham Community Market
Saturday, Matthews Hall, Topsham
A mix of food stalls, antiques, clothes, jewellery and craft stalls, 8.30am-1pm every Saturday.
EXHIBITIONS
Queen Victoria in Paris: Watercolours from the Royal Collection
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
This exhibition shows forty four watercolours of Queen Victoria’s remarkable visit to Paris in 1855. The exhibition runs until 23 April. http://rammuseum.org.uk
Roger Mayne photography Exhibition
From Friday, THG, Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton
An exhibition of rarely seen, large-scale photographs by one of Britain's most outstanding photographers Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) who famously documented the children and young residents of Southam Street in West London in the 1950's and 60's. These photographs lead to him becoming one of Britain's most important post-war photographers. His exhibitions have included the V&A and National Portrait Gallery, London. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm, the exhibition runs until 22 April. http://thelmahulbert.com
Commemorating the First World War: Comforts for Soldiers
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
Queen Mary led a drive on the home front to knit warm woollen garments, ‘comforts’ for those on active service. Surviving garments are rare, and this small display showcases objects from the museum’s collection. Patterns and advertisements are shown alongside a part knitted pair of socks, as well as examples made from the original instructions. The exhibition runs until 17 May. http://rammuseum.org.uk
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