Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 April).

THEATRE

Frankenstein
Friday, Saurday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
A world premiere staging of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic. Victor Frankenstein is the tortured genius who unleashes death and destruction in his quest for eternal life! The cast includes Derek Frood (‘Poldark’), Dan Ball (‘The Mousetrap’), Will Trafford (‘Twelfth Night’) and Philip Voyzey (‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’). Special make-up effects have been created by Emmy Award-winner, David Brown who works on such incredible shows as ‘Game of Thrones’ and designs special effects for ‘Star Wars’! It’s going to be tense, but also moving.  Click here for tickets.

Daliso Chaponda: What the African Said (SOLD OUT)
Friday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
Britain’s Got Talent and Amanda Holden’s golden buzzer act comedian Daliso Chaponda brings his debut stand up tour ‘What The African Said…’ to Exeter.  https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk

Richard Herring: Oh Frig I'm 50!
Saturday, Exeter Northcott
“Podfather” (The Guardian) and star of Radio 4’s Relativity, Richard Herring gets to the half century (against all odds) and looks at how his life has changed in the last decade, from irresponsible, single kidult, literally fighting his way through a mid-life crisis, to married father who is mid-way to the telegram from the Queen (though given she will be 140 in 2067, she might forget to send it). Following on from Oh F***, I’m 40!, this is the second (and let’s face it, almost certainly penultimate) instalment in Herring’s once-a-decade examination of ageing. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/

MUSIC

Sound of the Sirens
Friday, Exeter Phoenix
A brand new album from the BBC Folk Awards winners. Exeter-based duo Abbe Martin and Hannah Wood dovetail beautifully on their debut album, For All Our Sins, a beguiling acoustic pop collection replete with lyrical sensibility. The new album was released on 26 May 2017 to wide praise including from R2 Magazine who called it a “stunning debut collection”. The girls appeared on ITV’s Weekend show with Aled Jones and have enjoyed radio play of their first single “Smokescreen” on BBC Radio 2. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Oas-is & Stereoironics
Saturday, Exeter Corn Exchange
Oas-is are the UK's BEST Tribute to Manchester's finest Rock n Roll band Oasis. Five fanatics who live and breathe Manchester's finest band and are now dedicated to giving you the best look and sound that you should expect from an Oasis Tribute Band. Reproducing the classic Oasis sound with frightening accuracy and all the attitude you would expect from the real thing.
https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/

The Ruf Records Blues Caravan
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
This is no ordinary club tour. This is the Blues Caravan 2018. If you’ve followed Ruf’s rolling revue since it started life in 2005, you’ll already know that these shows are must-see events, throwing together three stellar artists on one bill – then letting the chemistry do the rest. Tickets £19. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

EVENTS

Carnival of the Animals
Saturday, Exeter City Centre and RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
Everyone is invited to join RAMM's 150th anniversary celebrations. The Carnival of the Animals will take place exactly 150 years after the original parade through Exeter to celebrate the opening of the museum. The event will start on the Cathedral Green at 11am and continue throughout the day in the city centre, ending with events in the museum from 4-6pm. https://www.rammuseum.org.uk

SILENCE - storytelling show by Rachel Rose Reid
Saturday, 8pm, Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham 
Join Rachel Rose Reid for a night of epic and wonderful storytelling! A tale of naughty trysts and gender shifts, chivalry and shade, nature and nurture, music, mayhem, and a ravenous Merlin on the trail of a juicy bit of steak... For those spoken word, poetry, storytelling or medieval history lovers don't miss your chance to catch this captivating story!  Tickets £8.
https://www.meetup.com/Devon-Storytellers/events/248873922/

Toy Train and Collectors Fair
Sunday, Westpoint Arena, Exeter
Catering for all collectors, walk, browse and look for those elusive and hard to find models - the list is endless: Dinky, Corgi, Minichamps, Hornby Bassett Lowke, Meccano, Spot-On, Marklin, Scalextric, EFE, Actionman, Mainline Trains, Lledo, Dolls,Teddies.......and much more all under one roof! Thousands of toys and models for sale from dealers all over the country! Open 10.30am-2.30pm.  Adults: £4, children under 15 free with an accompanying adult. www.bulldogfairs.com

Machina: young people's digital art festival
Sunday, RAMM & Exeter Phoenix
A celebration of digital art created by young people across Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. The festival will include exhibitions and screenings of young people's work, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and talks at both RAMM and Exeter Phoenix. Some activities ticketed, others drop in, free. https://machinafestival.wordpress.com

Dolls House and Miniatures Fair 
Sunday, Westpoint, Exeter
Experience the exquisite world of Dolls House Miniatures at our public fair where you will find exhibitions, displays and demonstrations by some of the leading crafts people in this field.  10am-4pm.  Entry: £3 adults, £1.50 children.  www.wendysworldfairs.co.uk

Grinagog Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Torquay
Starting the festival season in style, head to Torquay to help beckon the Grinagog at a music and arts festival that celebrates creativity, diversity and hi-jinks. www.grinagogfestival.com/#booktickets

EXHIBITIONS

Branded: Fashion, Femininity and  the Right to Vote
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter
To mark 100 years since some women got the right to vote, this exhibition reflects the timeline of the campaign for women’s suffrage from 1866 until 1928 through the changing styles of fashion. The exhibition highlights the relationship between politics and dress and how this was exploited by the campaigners and supporters of women’s suffrage. Groups involved in the campaign used design and colour to identify themselves and to raise awareness and support for their cause. The exhibition runs until 4 November and entry is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

Exeter’s Fine Art Collection: Modern
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
This exhibition includes two works by the British Pop Art movement artist Brian Rice, gifted through the Art Fund and on display for the first time. This diverse selection features Barbara Hepworth’s remarkable figurative drawing Preparation, Leighton Hall Woolatt’s Post Eleven Speaking and Patrick Heron’s Two Vermilions, Green and Purple in Red. RAMM’s fine art collection is on display until 29 April.  http://bit.ly/RAMMFineArt

A Curious Turn: Moving Mechanical Sculpture
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton
Automata are moving mechanical sculptures which are brought magically to life through a sequence of cogs, cams and levers. For centuries they have delighted and bewitched people. Visitors are able to turn, push and crank to see many of the pieces in action! A Curious Turn presents automata from the leading makers of the last 40 years, ranging from the humorous to the macabre and from the playful to the satirical. Works on show take a look at key automata makers such as Rowland Emett, famous for creating the elaborate inventions of Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The exhibition runs until 19 May. https://www.thelmahulbert.com