Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend.

THEATRE

Ablutions
Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour. Tickets: £10/ £8 conc. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

The Mist in the Mirror
Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, this tense and atmospheric new production is an otherworldly mystery that leaves a terrifying eeriness suspended in the air.  A ghostly chill falls over the Exeter Northcott Theatre with a traveller's strange tale of threats from beyond the grave. Tickets: £14.50-£24.50. www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Read All About It!
Saturday, 7pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Extra, extra! University of Exeter Dance Society presents their annual dance showcase, Read All About It  With a piece from every class in the society, including both beginner and advanced members, and dances from the Performance Squad and Competition Squad, the society presents to you a news story related showcase of this year’s work and talent. From a current affairs themed contemporary routine to a travel section themed Irish piece, along with Street, Commercial, Ballet, Tap and Jazz styles the Dance Society brings you their very latest news. £8  (£6 conc). www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Woodbury Dance Studio presents Suite Provencal et al
Saturday & Sunday, Manor Pavilon, Sidmouth
WDS present the "The Train" to music composed by Matthew Jackson, winner of the under 16 category in BBC'S Young Composer 2014. Ticket Prices £9/£8 conc. www.manorpavilion.com

MUSIC

The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter
IVFDF is the Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival – The country’s longest continually running folk festival.  A weekend of dancing, concerts, and over 40 music and dance workshop. The Festival is particularly aimed at students, but it is open to everyone. www.ivfdf2015.org.uk

Live Music – Friday
Various venues, Exeter
The Duke of York, Sidwell Stret: Upside Down, 9pm, free.
John Gandys, Gandy Street: Fab Beatles, 9.30pm, free.
The Ship & Pelican, Heavitree: Booster, 9pm, free.
The Sorry Head, Blackboy Road: WalkHards, 9pm, free.
The Old Firehouse, New North Road: Hazaar – Klezmer folk band, 10.30pm, £1.
Mama Stone’s, Mary Arches Street:  The Mama Stone’s House Band, 10pm, £5.

Phil Murray's Diamond Dogz
Saturday, 8pm, The Bowd Inn, Sidmouth
Phil Murray's Diamond Dogz take you on a trip through the glittering 70s, featuring early Bowie hits, along with other glam rock hits from the era. https://www.facebook.com/diamonddogzband

Land of the Giants
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Land of the Giants are a funky upbeat, highly addictive six piece band from Plymouth in Devon, UK. Their music fuses many musical styles, from rock to reggae, ska to blues, with a sub heavy helping of dub in the mix. Tickets £9 (£7)* standing. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live Music – Saturday
Various venues, Exeter
The Bishop Blaize, Commercial Road: Kiss This! 9.30pm, free.
The Prospect, Exeter Quay: The BobKatZ, 9.30pm, free.
The King’s Arms, Cowick Street: K2, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Mark James Acoustics, 7pm, free.
The Sorry Head, Blackboy Road: The Flamin Ratrods, 9pm, free.
The Bowling Green, Blackboy Road: the Embezzlers, 9.15pm, free.
Mama Stone’s, Mary Arches Street: Dave Can’t Dance, 10pm, £5.
Heart of Oak, Pinhoe: Better Luck Next Time (UK), 9pm, free.

Sivu
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Sivu is a singer-songwriter known for his tremulous quaver and was last seen supporting Nick Mulvey on tour in Exeter. Sounding like a one-man Wild Beasts, Sivu’s music captures the soaring, wide-screen quality of Arcade Fire, and the distorted, aggressive guitars of Radiohead circa-‘Creep’. Definitely one to watch this year. Tickets £8. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live Music – Sunday
Various venues
The Old Firehouse, New North Road, Exeter: ExTunes student bands, 8pm, free.
The Bishop Blaize, Commercial Road, Exeter: The Hot House Four, 6pm, free.
Teign House Inn, Christow: Chris Austin, Tony Green & Chris Hill, 2pm, free.
Buccaneers Bar, Crediton: Open mic, 7pm, free.
The Bank, Exmouth: Shovelhead, 3pm, free.
First & Last Inn, Exmouth: Eventine, 6pm, free.
Sidbury Village Inn: Will Kinn, 8.30pm, free.

EVENTS

Topsham Community Market
Saturday, 8.30am, Matthew’s Hall, Topsham, Exeter
The Topsham Community Market runs from 8.30am till 1pm every Saturday. You'll find a good mix of food stalls including food, antiques, clothes, jewellery and craft stalls.

Why Not? What If?
Studio 36, 7pm, St Leonard’s, Exeter
Studio 36 in the unlikely setting of an artist’s studio in St Leonards, Exeter, will host a lively tongue in cheek performance by skilful musicians, song writers, poets, & artists of various kinds challenging authoritarian notices on Saturday. Do Not Do This! Watch Out for That! No guns, drugs, biking, ball games, jumping from bridges, dogs, parrots or balloons. Look out too for lethal electrics, biting donkeys, vertical drops, heavy seas and submerged objects! These notices which have inspired the ‘ Why Not? What If?’ event have poured in from family and friends in various corners of the world, who have been suddenly alerted to what must not be done. Song, verse, film, photos, paintings, and drama will burst into action for an evening of entertainment & fun.  The performance is on Saturday February 28 at 7pm. Tickets £5, bring a picnic.  Bookings and enquiries 01392 256 206 or email gallery36exeter@gmail.com  A related exhibition will be at the studio, including open garden and gallery until March 8th, during which time there will be 2 evening workshops.  www.studio36exeter.co.uk

EXHIBITONS

The Faces of Conflict
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter
New exhibition reveals the impact of the First World War on art and facial reconstructive surgery. The ‘Faces of Conflict’ exhibition is a collaboration between the University of Exeter and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, and brings together historical objects such as surgical instruments and masks and works by artists such as Otto Dix, Wyndham Lewis, René Apallec and Paddy Hartley. The Faces of Conflict exhibition is free-of-charge at the RAMM from January 17 to April 4.

Oliver Raymond-Barker
Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter
CCANW presents three distinctive yet intertwining projects from Oliver Raymond-Barker. Oliver’s work encompasses photography in its broadest sense, working with the raw potential of light and the mechanism of taking pictures, producing images and objects that expand upon our notions of what photography is or can be. Aesthetic and cultural concerns contribute to the shaping of ideas, but haptic perception remains fundamental to creation; with traces left by immersion in wild environments playing out through the work. The exhibition runs until 16 April. www.ccanw.co.uk/oliver

Landscapes of East Devon by Mariangela Williams
A la Ronde, Exmouth
Mariangela is constantly impressed by the very special natural beauty of the East Devon countryside. The colours of the land change with the passing of the seasons and its shapes and shadows are enhanced or subdued by the new light. It provides a never ending visual feast, as the same old landscape repeatedly transforms itself into an exciting new vision. Open daily 10.30am-5.30pm, work is on show from 28 February until 13 March.

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