Unexpected Exeter - Fri 29th - Sunday 31st

Friday 29 August - Sunday 31 August
The UnExpected Exeter Festival is a riot!

Unexpected, is a new festival for the city produced by Exeter City Council that takes performance and art out of venues and into unexpected locations across the city, featuring a range of free and affordable ticketed events for the family.

Full programme available via the weblink......

FRIDAY 29 AUGUST
12 NOON–4.30PM FREE
XPLOSION!
Princesshay & Blue Boy Square, EX1 1QA
Produced by Fools Paradise www.foolsparadise.co.uk
Compere: Goronwy Thom is a juggler, unicyclist and
all round showman.
SHOWS:
TURBO JONES – RECKLESS INVENTION
This blazin’ show from Reckless Invention is a totally
unique comedy fusing breakdance, physical comedy,
audience participation and 80’s rap.
LE NAVET BETE – RUMPUS
Join Exeter’s favourite clowns for a ‘Rumpus’ expect
a high-energy ridiculous, madcap and utterly hilarious
show.
ANGIE MACK - HULA HOOP SHOW
Join Angie Mack on her hula hoop journey through the
ages and across the globe.
CIRCADIAN - SCHMUTTER BROS
The Brothers are hungry and in need of some
food. Using nothing but their portable kitchen
and a bag of the finest ingredients, they serve up a
smorgasbord of culinary chaos.
UPSWING – LOVED UP
Don’t miss this unique mix of dancehall, acrobatics and
street dance blended with stunning aerial techniques.
WALKABOUTS:
VAMOS THEATRE - MIDWIVES ON CALL
Our 1940s midwives hit the streets averting ‘medical
emergencies’, delivering babies, and making sure that
the public are in tip top health.
CIRCADIAN - ART CRITICS
The Art Critics are two flamboyant lovies who find the
beauty in everything. To them everything is a piece of art.
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST & SATURDAY 30 AUGUST
7PM
BURN THE CURTAIN present
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES
Based on the stories by Angela Carter
Riverside Valley Park, Exeter, EX2 4RY
The meeting point will be confirmed after booking
Adults: £8 Children (U18): £5 Family Ticket: £24 (two
children, two adults) Minimum age 8+

SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST
12 NOON–4.30PM FREE
Produced by Fools Paradise www.foolsparadise.co.uk
XPLOSION!
Princesshay and Blue Boy Square, EX1 1QA
Compere: Goronwy Thom
SHOWS:
CIRCO RUM BA BA - L’HOTEL
The ‘smallest hotel in the world’ is shrouded but watch
as it comes alive.
ANDREW ELLIOTT - JAARDU THE
MAGIC OF INDIA
Drawing on his eastern & western heritage, Jaardu
presents a show combining traditional Indian magic
with comedy.
RECKLESS INVENTION – COMEDY WAITERS
This dinner service delight combines silent comedy and
graceful slapstick to great effect.
JASON MAVERICK
High-energy shows for street events or cabaret which
are set almost entirely to music, combining superb
mime and robotics with a huge range of circus skills.
SATURDAY 30 AUGUST
4.30PM-7.30PM FREE
THE GREAT FÉTE
RAMM Garden and Rougemont Gardens, EX4 3PT
Artistic Director: Tony Lidington
Raise Morale! Do Your Bit!
Exeter Unexpected Expects You

SUNDAY 31 AUGUST
11AM–12.30PM & 2PM–3.30PM FREE
OPEN HOUSE NO FIT STATE
Princesshay. EX1 1QA
Directed by Orit Azaz, Open House is an immersive,
ever-evolving large-scale circus installation where
anything can happen and everything becomes an
excuse for performance and spectacle. Flowing
through the town, setting up in a city square, unfolding
washing lines, flags, umbrellas and piles of bric-a-brac,
there is no big top but a colony of musicians, acrobats
and aerialists exploding out of caravans - a joyous
menagerie of circus chaos setting the town alive. www.
nofitstate.org
Supported through funding from the National Lottery
via Arts Council England and from Arts Council Wales
and The Welsh Government.
12.45-1.30 PM
CAN’T SIT STILL -
A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS
Blue Boy Square, Princesshay
A journey of rain and storms, weather reports and
wellies!
www.cantsitstill.net

12.30-2.30PM PROMENADE PROMOTIONS
UNCLE TACKOS IMAGINARIUM
Exeter Guildhall Shopping Centre
Enter the exotic world of Uncle Tacko’s Imaginarium
where any extraordinary act might be on show!
www.prom-prom.com
GRAND FINALE:
THE UNEXPECTED CIRCUS PARADE
Designed by Iola Weir
Music: Samba Marcianas
Leaving Exeter Guildhall at 3.45pm
Did you ever dream of joining the circus? If you haven’t
done so yet, now’s your chance - you won’t look back!
Wear your beard with style, bounce on the back of an
acrobat and hide behind a ferocious lion … it’s all yours
for the taking - and the making! Unexpected Carnival
costumes, made by local people throughout the
summer, will parade with No Fit State and live music to
provide a colourful and stunning finale to Unexpected
2014.
Come and join in! The Express & Echo are media
sponsors for the UnExpected grand finalé.

Full Programme via the link......

For more information visit http://creativetorbay.com/networks/creative-torbay/documents/unexpected-exeter.pdf?1409048904