Your guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend (19-21 June).
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Grandad and the Machine Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A story for anyone who ever dreamed of a different world. A 100-year-old mechanical monster emerges from the waves. Everyday objects turn on their makers and the Empire is plunged into chaos. No one knows why. No one can stop it. Except maybe Grandad. He always was good with a spanner. That’s why Imogen and her father head north to find him. Their journey becomes an epic quest across England that leads to the heart of a...
Staff from Musicroom Exeter are preparing to head to Cheltenham this weekend for the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain for the fifth time.
The festival which attracts ukulele enthusiasts from all over the world is a celebration of all things uke, with a range of workshops, performances and demonstrations by some of the world’s leading ukulele players.
The staff at Musicroom, which can be found at 154 Sidwell Street, are all big fans of the quirky instrument, and in the past have partnered with local ‘Uke Groups’ to run a range of free in store classes and performances....
In our most ambitious concert so far, our ten-piece ensemble play quiet music for grand piano, strings, wind, coffee cups, bottles and other sonic delights in the lovely acoustic of St Matthew's Church (Newtown, Exeter).
Hugh Nankivell is making a new piece especially for us.
We welcome clarinettist Charlie Sheppard-Vine all the way from Glasgow.
Alex Wilson will play some of Howard Skempton's lucid piano music.
We'll also perform James Saunders' revelatory music with its different textures of quietness, create 'Artificial...
Andrew Millington has been Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral since September 1999. He studied the organ at Worcester Cathedral before gaining an Organ Scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge. In 1975 he became Assistant Organist at Gloucester Cathedral and in 1983 he succeeded Philip Moore as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral. He has worked with several leading orchestras and he is well known as a recitalist. He has made several recordings as an organ soloist, including a highly-acclaimed DVD on the organ of Exeter...
ANUP & FRIENDS will be coming to Exeter next week on their annual tour.
This year the FREE lunchtime recital will take place on Wednesday 17th June in St Stephen’s Church (next to House of Fraser) on the High Street where delicious fresh and Fairtrade refreshments will be served throughout the day.
So why not pop in & listen to the varied programme (East Meets West) and discover Anup’s fascinating history and his ambitious plans.
EVERYONE WELCOME.
Recital commences 1pm.
You can observe masterclasses with local music students during the day...
Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to what's on in and around Exeter.
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Figs in Wigs: Show Off Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Figs in Wigs are out to reinvent themselves. Witness this playful five-piece find their calling as comedians, dancers, visual artists, musicians and circus entertainers in 'Show Off', a tongue-in-cheek variety show (without the variety). Tickets £10 (£8). www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
The retiring musical director of Exeter Cathedral, Andrew Millington, has called for more investment in children’s musical education, saying it can transform lives.
Andrew, who has been made a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his contribution to church music over the last 40 years, said the increasing interest in choirs and singing, that has given birth to the Military Wives choirs and others, showed there were some ‘green shoots’ but that many church choirs were struggling.
“We know from the outreach work we do with the Cathedral choir how so...
