Music

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 03/10/2018 - 12:58pm

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (9-11 March).

THEATRE

‘Aint’ I A Woman Friday, 7.30pm, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter A new show is touring venues in Devon and Dorset to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, after an appeal for women to join the choir led to 63 arriving for rehearsals! ‘Aint’ I A Woman’ is the third ‘Her Story’ show organised and written by Devon-based arts charity, Wren Music, and featuring women from across the South West. Tickets £10. www.wrenmusic.co.uk

Police Cops in Space Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Bike...

63 voices sing out for ‘unsung heroes’ of women’s movement

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 03/04/2018 - 12:51pm

A new show is touring venues in Devon and Dorset to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, after an appeal for women to join the choir led to 63 arriving for rehearsals!

‘Aint’ I A Woman’ is the third ‘Her Story’ show organised and written by Devon-based arts charity, Wren Music, and featuring women from across the South West. For some of the 63, this will be their first experience of singing on a stage.

The show is coming to the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter on Friday 9 March as part of a tour of four venues in the space of a week. It’s also visiting All Saints Church Hall,...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 March).

THEATRE

A Tomb With A View Friday & Saturday, The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth This play is set in a sinister, old library. There, a lawyer reads a will to an equally sinister family. One family member has werewolf tendencies, another wanders around in a toga of Julius Caesar, and a third, a gentle old lady, who plants more than seeds! By Act 3, there are more corpses than live cast members left. The whole plot heads towards a surprising conclusion! This is the first of the Tomb trilogy....

Exeter Philharmonic Choir shines the spotlight on five talented young soloists in Lord Mayor’s Concert

Five outstanding young soloists, who have already had considerable success, will be joining Exeter Philharmonic Choir for the Lord Mayor’s Concert, Mozart Requiem, on March 10th.

The Choir is excited to welcome vocalists Natalya Romaniw, Oliver Johnston, Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Tristan Hambleton whose voices are sure to excite individually and together as a quartet. The talented singers will be joining more than one hundred members of Exeter Philharmonic Choir to perform Mozart’s Requiem, one of the most cherished and well-known works in the choral repertoire. The programme...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 February).

THEATRE

Soldier On Friday, Exeter Northcott Theatre What happens when a company of ex-soldiers becomes a company of actors? A theatrical band of brothers. Although it’s not a cure all, the bonding, the humour, the theatre of war helps to put them back together again - as a company of veterans and actors rehearse a play about a company of veterans and actors. Although worlds apart they begin to realise there are more similarities between military life and the theatre than they bargained...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (16-18 February).

THEATRE

The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott A magical tale of big ideas and sky-high courage… Some pretty odd ideas are floating around Paul’s street. There’s Mabel, whose brother hides under a brown paper bag. And Clarence the poodle who thinks he can fly. But Paul has the oddest idea of all. He thinks that the moon is a hole in the sky and he’s going to climb into it. Anything’s possible in this warm and very funny story by David Almond. https://...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (9-11 February).

THEATRE

Twelfth Night Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Set twelve days after Christmas, perhaps the party has gone on too long? Perhaps the guests are a little hungover? Perhaps they’ve left it a little late to find true love? Director Ian Berry promises, ‘This stellar cast brings so much comic energy and fizz it will feel like Christmas has come again!” http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Queen C*nt: Sacred or Profane Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre,...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 February).

THEATRE

Exeter Police & Hospital Players: The Princess and the Ogre Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Poor Princess Fiona is banished to the castle tower, guarded by a dragon, after having a spell cast on her as a baby. Thankfully, she is not alone as she has her Nanny for company while she awaits the kiss from her saviour to break the spell. In the meantime, in the forest lives the Ogre with his best friend, Donkey, but his swamp home invaded by the fairy tale...

The lionel Richie Songbook

Event Date: 
03/02/2018 - 3:30pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

'Dancing On The Ceiling' The Lionel Richie Songbook From the creators of... ‘Talon – The Best of Eagles’ Endorsed by Lionel Richie, this brand-new production features a stellar line-up of world class musicians including Talon's own Jonny Miller and the awesome talent of Malcolm Pitt as the voice of Lionel Richie in this high octane show which includes all the greatest hits... ‘Easy’, ‘Say You Say Me’, ‘Stuck On You’, Dancing On The Ceiling’, ‘Three Times A Lady’, ‘Hello’, ‘All Night Long’ and many more…

Following his recent T.V. appearances on the BBC’s 'Graham Norton Show' and ITV...

Bye, Bye Baby

Event Date: 
09/03/2018 - 3:15pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

A CELEBRATION OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS PRESENTED BY EUROPE’S NO 1 TRIBUTE BYE BYE BABY

Bye Bye Baby is more than your average tribute band. They deliver a full theatre show covering the journey of the Four Seasons from the very beginning up until the Disco era and the rock and roll hall of fame.

In fact a musical journey through the sounds of one of the most successful bands of all time.

They perform 31 numbers in close 4 part harmony, with slick choreography and the recognisable falsetto this really sets the scene for a great night.

The show...

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