If you're wondering what's on in Exeter this weekend then you've come to the right place. Whatever the weather, don't make any plans at all until you've checked out what's on offer:
THEATRE
Strawberries in January Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, The New Theatre, Exeter Do you ever wish love could be more like the movies? Strawberries in January is a biting heartwarming comedy about four romantically challenged singletons you stumble through contemporary Montréal in search of in search for love. Tickets: £12 on Friday (with champagne), £10 on Saturday. Box office: 01392...
Join us for the ultimate retro party night! Saturday 22ns March 2014 7pm until 1am Retro cocktail on arrival Hot buffet Dance the night away to your fav 80s tunes! Cost : £19.80 per person
Chagstock Festival have announced that million-selling alt-rock legends, The Waterboys, will headline their main stage on Saturday night.
Formed 30 years ago by Mike Scott, The Waterboys became famous for their powerful live performances and majestic albums such as A Pagan Place and This Is The Sea, which included their biggest hit The Whole Of The Moon.
After the recruitment of Irish fiddle maestro Steve Wickham, the band created their million-selling Fisherman's Blues album, on which Scott's original and unusual songwriting was merged with older musics - country, trad,...
Top local and national artists will headline at the 37th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on 8, 9 and 10 August.
Artists announced, to date, include: New Rope String Band (Friday), Lady Maisery, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (winners of the BBC Young Folk Awards 2013), Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, The Old Fashioned, Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher, Chalktown and Pete White's Suitcase Circus.
Other artists attending include Trevor Organ's Cracking Crockery, The Dartmoor Pixie Band, Tony Beard, Entertainingly Different, Dave Wills,...
Don't make any plans for this weekend until you've checked out our guide to the best of What's On in and around Exeter:
THEATRE
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pantomime Friday & Saturday, Broadclyst Victory Hall Hi Ho ... Hi Ho ... It's off to the panto we go! Join Broadclyst Theatre Group for an exciting show with slapstick fun, singing, dancing and plenty of laughter. Whilst Snow White and her friends do battle with Evilena the wicked Queen, poor Muddles gets into lots of trouble. Tickets £8 adults, £5 children from Broadclyst Post Office or via the Box office on...
Running from Wednesday 29th January to Saturday 1st February at Exeter Northcott Theatre, the University of Exeter's musical theatre society, Footlights, presents a fantastic performance of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.
A modern-day take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, this is one of the most well-loved and well-known musicals of all time. Footlights handles the atmosphere, accents and tension of Upper West Side New York beautifully, bringing it to the Northcott stage in a completely believable performance.
The musical tells the immortal story of two star-...
The Cut Purse Rascals are launching their debut EP on Sunday 26th January at the Bike Shed Theare. Pre release reviews have favourable with music blogger Listen with Monger comparing CPR to Midlake and The Band.
You can read the full review here - http://listenwithmonger.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-cut-purse-rascals-ep-...
The doors open at 7.30 and the Rascals are supported by the highly talented Mr Alex Kumar.
International Concert Pianist Phillip Dyson has been described as simply “brilliant”, with a “wonderfully dry, very British sense of humour” and a recent recital in New York City accredited him as nothing less than “magnificent”. A world class pianist and great entertainer, performing to ‘sell-out’ audiences around the world.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBCand Classic FM, performs with the most prestigious orchestras and has a great international reputation in Europe and America, gaining enormous...
An exciting new jazz orchestra will be “locking horns” in public for the first time at a charity gig in Exeter on Sunday 2nd February.
Formed in Autumn 2013, the Locked Horns Jazz Orchestra features musicians from all over the county and plays a range of jazz from across the ages.
This, their first ever live performance, will take place at the Monkey Suit on Sidwell Street from 8pm and will be a great opportunity to relax and catch up with friends while enjoying some great live music. Entry will be £2.00 each with profits being donated to Headway Devon – the local brain...
