Eurohouse

Event Date: 
10/11/2016 - 7:00pm to 12/11/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

“Bienvenue. Kalosórisma. Welcome. We are so happy to see you all here. Some of you we know rather well, some of you we don’t. But it doesn’t matter, you all look… stunning.”

Two performers – one Greek, one French – dance and shout, cry and sing, agree and disagree, about life in the Eurohouse. A darkly comic look at the EU’s founding ideals and what got lost along the way. Suitable for 14+.

Made in transit between Greece and the UK, Eurohouse is developed with the help and support of Bios Athens, Bristol Ferment, MAYK, CPT & Arts Council England.

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Egil

Event Date: 
07/11/2016 - 7:00pm to 09/11/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

‘I woke up early with the birds to hand up sturdy planks of words to my speech-slave, my tongue, to build echoing halls of praise, light-filled….’

A Viking poet from Iceland sails around the North Sea, fighting, escaping, and delivering unforgivable insults in thunderous verse. Egil is the greatest of the Viking poets, and his adventures and poetry are recorded in one of the greatest Icelandic sagas. Peter Oswald performs his version written in English rhyming verse; it’s in three parts, of twenty minutes each. He performed the first part at Shakespeare’s Globe and York Minster –...

Beth Vyse: As Funny As Cancer

Event Date: 
06/11/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Beth Vyse is back with an extraordinary look at her battle with Breast Cancer.

‘But then, as comedians go, Beth Vyse doesn’t have much time for the expected.’ THE GUARDIAN

A bodacious and ballsy look at her battle with breast cancer. Hear the tale of her Stoke-on-Trent family; The Waltons on Alcohol, her time with Nelson Mandela, acting and thieving at the Royal Shakespeare Company, settling down with Michael Jackson and finding cancer. Not to mention her producing two football teams from her womb. And all before the age of 30!

‘A balance of surreal humour with raw...

Are You There?

Event Date: 
01/11/2016 - 7:00pm to 05/11/2016 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

By Lucy Bell Directed by Beth Shouler

The bus sign says, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”

But what if you’re not enjoying your life? What if you know, in private, that it’s a blessed nightmare? Then it’s time to connect with God, even if He has an irritating habit of keeping one on hold.

In a rural Devon town, a handful of Beta people meet in a draughty nave for the Alpha course: “food, a talk and an opportunity to chat”. They come to be shepherded by Rev Turnpenny and his enthusiastic assistant, Shirley. Except, they’re not...

Nincompoop

Event Date: 
18/12/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A face-achingly funny night of alternative comedy where anything can happen and quite often does

The South West’s best and most absurd alternative comedy event, Nincompoop showcases the very best new ideas in comedy, clowning, fooling, slapstick, mime, audience participation, mischief and tomfoolery.

Previous Nincompoops have included a man pouring a can of spaghetti hoops over his head, a biscuit eating competition (a dog in the audience won), and incredible circus and acrobatics from a man with a broken leg!

Prepare to let your nincompoop loose as we get ready for...

Nincompoop

Event Date: 
27/11/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A face-achingly funny night of alternative comedy where anything can happen and quite often does

The South West’s best and most absurd alternative comedy event, Nincompoop showcases the very best new ideas in comedy, clowning, fooling, slapstick, mime, audience participation, mischief and tomfoolery.

Previous Nincompoops have included a man pouring a can of spaghetti hoops over his head, a biscuit eating competition (a dog in the audience won), and incredible circus and acrobatics from a man with a broken leg!

Prepare to let your nincompoop loose as we get ready for...

Nincompoop

Event Date: 
30/10/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A face-achingly funny night of alternative comedy where anything can happen and quite often does

The South West’s best and most absurd alternative comedy event, Nincompoop showcases the very best new ideas in comedy, clowning, fooling, slapstick, mime, audience participation, mischief and tomfoolery.

Previous Nincompoops have included a man pouring a can of spaghetti hoops over his head, a biscuit eating competition (a dog in the audience won), and incredible circus and acrobatics from a man with a broken leg!

Prepare to let your nincompoop loose as we get ready for...

We Are Ian

Event Date: 
18/10/2016 - 7:30pm to 22/10/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

The Bike Shed Theatre Graduate Company

1989. The year that everything changed from black and white into technicolour. A frenzy of drugs, beats and bucket hats. Illegal raves and acid parties. A whole movement of young people united by one want: FUN. Just jumping up and down in a field and throwing two fingers to Thatcher. Remember it? Because we don’t. We weren’t even born. But Ian was. And Ian does remember. We’ve got fuck all now (Ian tells us). So, we’re going back to 1989. We’re gonna neck a brown biscuit. We’re gonna bounce around like idiots. And Ian’s going to show us how...

Cinderella

Event Date: 
07/12/2016 - 5:45pm to 11/12/2016 - 5:45pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Get swept away by one of the most enchanting fairy tales of all time, as Wonder Productions brings to the Barnfield Theatre, the most loved pantomime of them all – Cinderella.

This classic rags to riches story tells us of beautiful young girl who is cruelly treated by her jealous Ugly Step-sisters. If she’s to meet her Prince Charming and find true love before the clock strikes midnight, she’ll need all the magic her Fairy Godmother can muster up, along with the help from her best friend Buttons.cindersA4

Will Cinderella get her fairy-tale ending? Book your tickets before...

A Medieval Christmas

Event Date: 
08/12/2016 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Acclaimed musicians Chris Green and Sophie Matthews (with special guest Jude Rees) delve back in time to bring you “A Medieval Christmas”.

Featuring long-forgotten festive songs (plus some surprisingly familiar carols!) played on authentic instruments such as cittern, bagpipes and shawm, this celebration of Yuletide Past is sure to warm the hearts of young and old.

“A memorable and atmospheric start to the festive season…. wonderful!’” Lichfield Arts

The medieval period is also famous for its tales of magic and adventure, and “A Medieval Christmas” pays homage to...

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