Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend.

THEATRE

Jim Davidson: Charlton Nil
Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
The people's favourite and one of Britain's greatest ever comedians, Jim Davidson OBE takes to the road with his brand new show Charlton Nil.   Guaranteed to be an irreverent, outrageous and truthful night. For one night only!  Adults only. Tickets £23.50. http://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

In the High and Far Off Times
Friday & Saturday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter
In the High and Far off Times brings favourite tales from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books and Just So Stories to vibrant life in a playful new production.  Tickets £10 (£6 child), family ticket £26 (4 tickets of which maximum 2 adults). http://cygnettheatre.co.uk/

Wizard of Oz… The Panto!
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Join Exeter Police & Hospital Players for an evening/afternoon of fun, song, dance and laughter when Dorothy and her Aunt Em are transported by a tornado from Exeter to the Merry Old Land of Oz! In their quest to return home, they must travel on the Yellow Brick Road, where they meet the fabled Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man, who then help Dorothy battle the Wicked Witch and other new faces. Will she meet the Wizard and make it home?  Tickets: £11 (£7.50 children & seniors). http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk/

Footlights  present Phantom of the Opera
Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
The world’s most successful musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is set in 19th century Paris and follows the captivating journey taken by ballet girl Christine as she encounters her mysterious suitor the Phantom and her childhood love Raoul. Tickets £9.50-£16.50 https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Sean McLoughlin
Sunday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
After finally clawing his career out of the toilet and towards the stars, Sean McLoughlin should be at his happiest, right? Unfortunately this long-awaited improvement in career has coincided with an astonishing collapse in his personal life (floods, divorce, cats etc). Sean has beaten the system and yet finds himself at the mercy of it. From these two conflicting circumstances a question has emerged: Can a man rise AND fall at the same time. Tickets £10. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

MUSIC

Live Music
Friday, various venues, Exeter
John Gandys, Gandy Street: K2, 9.30pm, free.
The Old Firehouse, New North Road: Baraka world music band, 10.30pm, free.
The Sorry Head, Blackboy Road: Shovelhead, 9.30pm, free.

The Simmertones
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
The Simmertones are a seasoned ska and reggae band from the southwest of the UK who regularly get audiences dancing in packed venues with their infectious live sound.  Tickets £8 standing. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Live Music
Saturday, various venues, Exeter:
The Devon Yeoman, Beacon Heath: Bullet, 9pm, free.
The King’s Arms, Cowick Street: The Shrine, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Greg Hancock, 7.30pm, free.
Prospect Inn, Exeter Quay: Banana Thieves, 9pm, free.
The Old Firehouse, New North Road: Dubclass, 10.30pm.
The Bowling Green, Blackboy Road: Interstellar Pink Floyd, 9pm, free.

International Championship of Collegiate A Capella – Exeter Quarter Finals
Sunday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
The Varsity Vocals International Championship of A Cappella is the only international tournament that showcases the art of student a cappella singing.  All seats £15 (£10 conc).  https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Live Music
Sunday, various venues
The Famous Old Barrel, Exmouth: Martin Weller, 8.30pm, free.
The Strand Inn, Exmouth: In theMidst, 4pm, free.
The Bank, Exmouth: Upside Down, 3pm, free.
First & Last Inn, Exmouth: The Shrine, 6pm, free.
Bicton Inn, Exmouth: Becky Brooks, 3pm, free.
Sidbury Village Inn, Sidbury: Eddie Reid, 8.30pm, free.

EVENTS

Comedy at the Park
Friday, Sandy Park, Exeter
MC for the evening will be Windsor. Acts include Jason Patterson, who promises to bring the house down with his relaxed style of comedy;  Pierre Hollins, who's been an audience favourite on the comedy circuit for many years and Brian Damage & Krysstal - Brian is infamously grumpy and deadpan, while his assistant Krysstal s glamorous but ditzy - a unique and very funny combination. Tickets for the evening are available at www.sandypark.co.uk/book priced at £10 or £15 to include chilli con carne (or vegetarian alternative)

Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Activities
Saturday, RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
Learn about life and death in Ancient Egypt. Learn and help with a re-enactment of the mummification of Shep en-Mut.  Have a go at the addictive Ancient Egyptian game of Senet. Join the Scribe School and learn how to write in hieroglyphs.11am-3pm. £2.50. http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

RSPB trip to Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath, Somerset
Sunday, leaving from Exeter
A day trip to Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath with the Exeter & District Local Group.  The group will be visiting Avalon hide at Ham Wall, and will hopefully be lucky enough to see Marsh Harriers, Great White Egrets and Bitterns.     Free but donations welcome.  For more information E-mail: richard.swinbank444@btinternet.com  or click here. https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/events/details....

EXHIBITIONS

Michael Calver
Exeter Phoenix Cafe Bar Gallery
Michael Calver exhibits recent work that draws on urban environments. His images evoke both pleasure and unease. They employ aspects of close observation as well as imaginative uses of perspective and abstraction. The exhibition runs until 6 February.www.michaelcalver.co.uk

Exhibition: Line Up
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey
Line Up is an exhibition of contemporary craft curated by interior stylist and author Sania Pell. She explores the relationship between monochrome objects and how they combine and interact in styled groups to present beautiful still lives that can be displayed in any home. http://www.crafts.org.uk/

Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask
Exeter Phoenix
French photographer Claude Cahun (1894–1954) achieved posthumous fame for her elusive self-portraits in which she assumed multiple personae.  This Hayward Touring exhibition is presented in collaboration with Jersey Heritage and was first exhibited at the Women of the World Festival 2015, Southbank Centre. It consists of 42 contemporary giclee prints made from scans of the original, the majority of the negatives having been lost. Gallery open from 10am - 5.30pm daily (excluding Sundays), free.