What's On this weekend in and around Exeter - June 29-July 1

Stuck for ideas of what to do this weekend? Need inspiration? Find out what’s on in Exeter, Mid Devon and the surrounding area this weekend…

FRIDAY JUNE 29th

Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street: Who's Next? Widely recognised as Europe's top tribute to The Who. Performing a brilliant show which includes all the rock classics you would want to hear such as 'Who Are You' and 'Won't Get Fooled Again' along with hits from the 60's including 'My Generation', 'Pictures Of Lily', 'Substitute', 'Can't Explain', 'The Kids Are Alright' and excerpts from Tommy & Quadrophenia. 8pm-10pm. £12 per ticket.

Market Square, Guildhall Shopping Centre: Exeter Innovations Market - Find a great choice of products tempting all ages and tastes from silver jewellery incorporating semi precious stones to hand made pizzas using local ingredients and cooked in a mobile wood oven. 9am-5pm.

Barnfield Theatre, Exeter: Dream Time Traveller - In collaboration with three local schools, Greenbeans Theatre presents ‘Dream Time Traveller’.

As the Brook family suffers the trials and tribulations of a future without their father a special visitor comes in to their lives and changes it for ever. With his magical stories and life searching lessons, which burst into life on the stage, they will begin to look to a future that had once seemed bleak. 7pm-10pm. £6/£4.

The Bike Shed Theatre, Fore Street, Exeter: Self Centred is an original play written by Bare Bonds Theatre as part of Exeter's Ignite Festival. Self Centred is a fresh and original play that uses monologue interwoven with music to explore powerful themes. By laying bare the multiple aspects of the self and exploring how we deal with life changing events, the play takes you on a journey through the senses using a myriad of voices to portray inner conflict and examine the human condition. 6pm-7pm. £5 per ticket.

RAMM: Exeter's Fine Art Collection: This new display of RAMM’s own art collection includes some of the museum’s most famous paintings alongside important new acquisitions never before seen in Exeter. From 18th-century portraits, Devon and Exeter landscapes to modern abstract works, there is a rich variety on view. Free.

Barnfield Theatre, Exeter: The Cabinet Maker's Daughter - It is 1846, and the little town of Lyme Regis, Dorset is battered by howling winter-gales. Dying and increasingly dependent on Laudanum, Mary Anning embarks on a strange dream journey through a life where she challenged the world of men and shook their beliefs to the core. She is haunted by hallucinations of old friends, enemies and even the dinosaurs she spent her life hacking out of the living rock. Into this world of dreams walks a man she never thought she would see again and attempts to find a resolution to their enigmatic relationship. A spine-tingling story about: life and death; frustration and achievement; dreams and memories of long, long ago. 7.30pm-10pm. £9/£7.

New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter: Multi award nominated Epsilon Productions is thrilled to share this captivating love story as part of Exeter's Ignite Festival. The playwright is Gary Henderson. Skin Tight takes us on a journey that reveals Tom and Elizabeth's darkest secrets, deepest passions and heart breaking truths. An ordinary couple with an extraordinary love relive the physical, violent and pleasurably episodic rememberances of their first words, first date and first intimacy. A highly physical and fiercely romantic story of enduring love, told through the memories of the 1940's to the present day. 9.30pm-11pm. £8.

Kennaway House, Sidmouth: Gypsy Watkins in Concert - listen to her perform some of the greatest Opera arias like "Nessun Dorma, Ave Maria, Time To Say Goodbye and many more. Gypsy also sings some of the best popular power ballads of the last few decades Like: "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler, "Your My World" Cilla Black, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", Diana Ross. 7pm. £10.

Poltimore House, near Exeter: Shakespeare's As You Like It - Cygnet Theatre presents the Shakespeare Classic in the grounds of Poltimore House. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. If the weather is inclement, the performance will take place in the restored Chapel. 7pm-9.30pm. £10/£5.

2nd Tiverton Scouts meet 7.30pm-9pm, ages 10-and-a-half to 14, please contact 07736 362044.

Tai Chi for senior citizens, Rowe’s Orchard, Willand, 2pm-3.15pm. Call 01398 332104.

Tiverton Pannier market, general market 8.30am-4pm.

Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society rehearsals, War Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, 01884 253672 for info.

BNI morning meeting, Tiverton Hotel, 7am, 08700 550798.

Crediton Photography Club, 7.30pm, Masonic Hall, Union Road.

Calverleigh Village Hall, Exe Valley, Churches Fish Club for 5-11 year- olds, during term time. After school until 5.15pm.

Culm Valley Leisure Centre, Tai Chi class, 10.45am-12.15pm. 01398 332104.

Pilates Class, Willand Youth Club, 9.15am-10.15am for adults of all ages and abilities. Call Sally on 01884 829249.

Bingo at Uffculme Bowling Club, Highland Terrace, 7.30pm.

Karaoke, Queen’s Head, Castle St, Tiverton, 8.30-11pm.

Badminton Club - correct telephone number is 01398 351359.

The Weary Traveller, Cullompton, karaoke, 9pm-1am.

 

SATURDAY JUNE 30th

Market Square, Guildhall Shopping Centre: Exeter Innovations Market - Find a great choice of products tempting all ages and tastes from silver jewellery incorporating semi precious stones to hand made pizzas using local ingredients and cooked in a mobile wood oven. 9am-5pm.

The Bike Shed Theatre, Fore Street, Exeter: Self Centred is an original play written by Bare Bonds Theatre as part of Exeter's Ignite Festival. Self Centred is a fresh and original play that uses monologue interwoven with music to explore powerful themes. By laying bare the multiple aspects of the self and exploring how we deal with life changing events, the play takes you on a journey through the senses using a myriad of voices to portray inner conflict and examine the human condition. 6pm-7pm. £5 per ticket.

New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter: Multi award nominated Epsilon Productions is thrilled to share this captivating love story as part of Exeter's Ignite Festival. The playwright is Gary Henderson. Skin Tight takes us on a journey that reveals Tom and Elizabeth's darkest secrets, deepest passions and heart breaking truths. An ordinary couple with an extraordinary love relive the physical, violent and pleasurably episodic rememberances of their first words, first date and first intimacy. A highly physical and fiercely romantic story of enduring love, told through the memories of the 1940's to the present day. 9.30pm-11pm. £8.

8th UK Taiko Festival: Taiko on the Quay - bringing performers from all over the UK, and this year from France and the USA, to share the rhythms and energy of taiko performance. This year's Taiko on the Quay will take place on Piazza Terracina from 1pm - 3.30pm and The Transit Shed at the Quayside on 1st July from 11am - 3pm.

Poltimore House, near Exeter: Shakespeare's As You Like It - Cygnet Theatre presents the Shakespeare Classic in the grounds of Poltimore House. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. If the weather is inclement, the performance will take place in the restored Chapel. 7pm-9.30pm. £10/£5.

Bicton College, East Budleigh: Open Day and Fair - Official opening by Benjamin Mee - the inspiration behind the hit motion picture "We Bought a Zoo". Plus many attractions.10am-4pm. £5 per adult, £3 per child, £12 per family (2 adults, 2 children)

Pecorama, Underleys, Beer: NGS Open Garden Days for Charity - the NGS currently give away more than £2.5 million each year to nursing, caring and gardening charities and they have given them a total of more than £25 million in the last 15 years. Their office and overheads are small and most of the work is done by volunteers in county teams so currently more than 80p in every £1 raised at garden openings goes directly to their beneficiaries. 10am-5pm.

Exeter Cathderal Choir Concert: Gloria! Exeter Cathedral Choir's Summer Showcase. Within the Cathedral's celebrations of its patron, St Peter, the Cathedral Choir present an exciting programme of accessible choral music. With repertoire ranging from Rutter (Gloria) and Parry (I was glad) to Allegri (Miserere) and Vivaldi (Gloria), there's guaranteed to be something for everyone. 7.30pm-11pm. £12/£10/£8/£5.

Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World Haldon Forest Park: Dr Irvine Finkel at CCANW - Dr Irving Finkel is the curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions from ancient Mesopotamia, an expert in the history of board games throughout the world. He is famous for finding the elusive rules for The Royal Game of Ur, played by the Pharaohs, while sifting through the 130, 000 pieces of the cuneiform tablet collection at the British Museum. On Sat June 30th Dr Finkel will be coming to Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Haldon Forest Park, nr Exeter to give a talk on the history of board games in a lecture of many fascinating tales. Light refreshments provided. 7.30pm-8.30pm. £5 per ticket.

Exeter Picturehouse, Bartholomew Street West: National Theatre Live: The Exeter Picturehouse is delighted to be able to present recorded Encores of all four of Wagner’s hugely popular Ring Cycle operas from the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Met seasons this summer on the big screen. 12pm. £25. Concessions available.

Exeter Northcott, Exeter University: Kagemusha Taiko with Meantime Taiko - Noted especially for their choreography and the sheer joy of their performance, Kagemusha Taiko have won praise from taiko fans in USA and Japan as well as in their native England. This performance will be their first full show at the Exeter Northcott Theatre since July 2005. 7.45pm-10pm. £18 per ticket.

University of Exeter, Alumni Forum Lecture Theatre, Streatham Campus: Dartmoor's Wildlife - a Photographic Exhibitions and Lecture - Charles Tyler is a Professor in Environmental Biology and Deputy Head of Biosciences at the University of Exeter. His research work is focused on the impacts of chemicals on wildlife populations, most notably fish. He has a passion for wildlife and is a lifelong naturalist. Any ‘free’ time that he can find, he spends on Dartmoor. 2.30pp-4pm. Free.

RAMM: James Ravilious: Reflecting the Rural - Seeing James Ravilious captivating photographs of North Devon is an unmissable experience. The Beaford Archive originally commissioned them as a photographic record of life in a largely unspoilt, but vulnerable, country area. The result is the most intensive record of any rural area in England. But it is more than that. James pictures are composed with the eye of an artist. Above all, they are warmed by his affection and admiration for the people whose lives he recorded. His pictures reveal real life as it was being lived in late 20th century rural England when the country traditions that have been handed down for hundreds, if not thousands, of years were still part of everyday existence. Free. Until July 29th.

Tribal Belly Dance classes. Exe Valley Leisure Centre, Tiverton, 10.30am - 11.30am. Call Kelley 01398 331143 or info at www.kalash-tribal.com

Tiverton Pannier market, general market 8.30am-3pm.

Tiverton, under-5s story, Ottakars, 11am, 01884 242511.

Tiverton Rowing Club, rowing sessions at Petroc, 9.30am. More info on club website www.tivertonrowingclub.org.

Soccer Sixes, Exe Valley Leisure Centre, Tiverton, 2pm- 5pm. Call Steve Roach on 07717 112476 or www.soccersixes.net.

SUNDAY JULY 1st

8th UK Taiko Festival: Taiko on the Quay - bringing performers from all over the UK, and this year from France and the USA, to share the rhythms and energy of taiko performance. This year's Taiko on the Quay will take place on Piazza Terracina from 1pm - 3.30pm and The Transit Shed at the Quayside on 1st July from 11am - 3pm.

Market Square, Guildhall Shopping Centre: Exeter Innovations Market - Find a great choice of products tempting all ages and tastes from silver jewellery incorporating semi precious stones to hand made pizzas using local ingredients and cooked in a mobile wood oven. 10am-4pm.

Pecorama, Underleys, Beer: NGS Open Garden Days for Charity - the NGS currently give away more than £2.5 million each year to nursing, caring and gardening charities and they have given them a total of more than £25 million in the last 15 years. Their office and overheads are small and most of the work is done by volunteers in county teams so currently more than 80p in every £1 raised at garden openings goes directly to their beneficiaries. 10am-5pm.

Matthews Hall, Topsham: Summer of Love Craft Fair - more than 40 of the best contemporary designer-makers from Devon and beyond, showcasing amazing work. An indoor makers area in the main hall and an outdoor market space with gazebo's full of more fantastic handmade loveliness. 10am-4pm. £1 entry.

Exeter Picturehouse, Bartholomew Street West: National Theatre Live: The Exeter Picturehouse is delighted to be able to present recorded Encores of all four of Wagner’s hugely popular Ring Cycle operas from the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Met seasons this summer on the big screen. 12pm. £25. Concessions available.

Kennaway House, Sidmouth: Gypsy Watkins in Concert - listen to her perform some of the greatest Opera arias like "Nessun Dorma, Ave Maria, Time To Say Goodbye and many more. Gypsy also sings some of the best popular power ballads of the last few decades Like: "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler, "Your My World" Cilla Black, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", Diana Ross. 7pm. £10.

RAMM: James Ravilious: Reflecting the Rural - Seeing James Ravilious captivating photographs of North Devon is an unmissable experience. The Beaford Archive originally commissioned them as a photographic record of life in a largely unspoilt, but vulnerable, country area. The result is the most intensive record of any rural area in England. But it is more than that. James pictures are composed with the eye of an artist. Above all, they are warmed by his affection and admiration for the people whose lives he recorded. His pictures reveal real life as it was being lived in late 20th century rural England when the country traditions that have been handed down for hundreds, if not thousands, of years were still part of everyday existence. Free.

RAMM: Exeter's Fine Art Collection: This new display of RAMM’s own art collection includes some of the museum’s most famous paintings alongside important new acquisitions never before seen in Exeter. From 18th-century portraits, Devon and Exeter landscapes to modern abstract works, there is a rich variety on view. Free.

Cullompton, Padbrook Park karaoke with Big Mac, 7.30pm-11pm.

Halberton Petanque (Boules), 2pm. Telephone 01884 253173 for more details.

Bingo, Culm Valley Bowling Club, Cullompton, 7pm. Non members welcome.