One Night Only shows at Exeter theatre

A cracking programme of one-night-only shows will be taking place on Monday nights at The Bike Shed Theatre throughout the Spring Season – the perfect antidote to those dark winter evenings! With so much going on, we thought we would guide you through our pick of the best coming up throughout February and March.

To further sweeten the deal, the theatre has dropped adult ticket prices to £10 with all concessions at £8.

The February/March line-up includes: compelling wartime drama - Waiting for Stanley; psychological thriller exploring Stockholm Syndrome - Inside; the humorous and poetic portrayal of a homeless man - Mr Sole Abode; and the curiously named Britney Spears Custody Battle vs Zeus in Swan Rape Shocker.

Waiting for Stanley, by Finger in the Pie is a touching comedy, based entirely on real-life experiences, and described by Fest Magazine as ʻan exquisitely realised ode to the women of WWIIʼ. Taking audiences back to 1945 and a railway station platform - a wife is anxiously waiting for her husband, Stanley, to return from the front. The train arrives full of homecoming soldiers but her Stanley doesn't appear... In the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Waiting for Stanley is a poignant reminder of the crucial role women played. 


Promisingly described as “one of the most unforgettable pieces of theatre” by Broadway Baby - Inside by Stawberry Blonde Curls is a psychological drama. Inspired by true stories, the play explores the effects of Stockholm Syndrome on a victim of kidnap, desperate to keep hope alive. Locked in a basement for 12 years, she has survived physical and psychological abuse by escaping to her childhood and recording a series of video messages to her Mum. Reeling from her latest beating, and in the most critical hour of her captivity, the play unfurls as the victim discovers not everything she's been told is true. To find a way out, she'll have to break through something much stronger than just the basement door.

Mr Sole Abode by Unfinished Business is inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road. It is a humorous and poetic story of a world-renowned architect, a master chef and an outlandish inventor, who lives in a fridge under a bridge. Unable to function with the trials of contemporary urban living, Sole leaves behind the everyday world to create his own unique reality, inviting the audience to join him in seeing the world through the eyes of a homeless man.

Britney Spears Custody Battle vs Zeus in Swan Rape Shocker by Lucy Hutson – an intriguingly titled show, is an autobiographical confession in which creator Lucy draws on her own experiences of trying to find Jesus, battling with her consumerist choices, filling in mental health forms, protesting/not protesting, attempting to chat up women and watching televised talent shows. The performance is a humorous and starkly honest depiction of modern day ethics.

To book tickets or find out more about The Bike Shed Theatre one-nighters Spring Season, please visit the website, or contact the Box Office on 01392 434 169.