Dive into the majestic mythology of Persia’s mountains and gardens – where supersized heroes and magical horses challenge kings; where father and son meet as strangers on the battlefield and where love blossoms.
The Shahnameh was written over 1,000 years ago, here, tales of the Persian Empire are brought to life by dazzling performance storyteller, Xanthe Gresham Knight and the sublime, rhythms of virtuoso Kurdish Iranian musician, Arash Moradi, on daf, setar and shurangiz.
Enjoy these treasured stories wrapped up in an intimate, enchanting and powerful performance....
Dive into the majestic mythology of Persia’s mountains and gardens – where supersized heroes and magical horses challenge kings; where father and son meet as strangers on the battlefield and where love blossoms.
The Shahnameh was written over 1,000 years ago, here, tales of the Persian Empire are brought to life by dazzling performance storyteller, Xanthe Gresham Knight and the sublime, rhythms of virtuoso Kurdish Iranian musician, Arash Moradi, on daf, setar and shurangiz.
Enjoy these treasured stories wrapped up in an intimate, enchanting and powerful performance....
This Autumn, Graeme Swann, England’s greatest ever spin bowler is heading out on a UK theatre tour with none other than cricket’s best loved commentator, Henry Blofeld. Who better to discuss the trials and tribulations of Swanny’s illustrious career than the man who commentated on it every step of the way, and who better for Henry to pass on his pearls of wisdom to after 40 years in the TMS commentary box.
Expect the sprinkler, expect red trousers, and expect to be laughing but keep your wits about you as you might be called upon to join the gents on stage. This is a not to miss...
Some pretty odd ideas are floating around Paul’s street. There’s Mabel, whose brother hides under a brown paper bag. And Clarence the poodle who thinks he can fly. But Paul has the oddest idea of all. He thinks that the moon is a big hole in the sky and he’s going to climb into it… Anything’s possible in this warm and very funny story by David Almond, award-winning author of Skellig and My Dad’s A Birdman.
**A Relaxed performance is aimed at families who would benefit from a more informal...
Award-winning author of young adult fiction, Mal Peet was the curator of the 2014 exetreme imagination festival. When he died last year, he left his book Beck unfinished. Meg Rosoff, fellow author and friend of Mal, completed the book, a coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Meg Rosoff will be talking to author Nicolette Jones about this experience.
This event is part of exetreme imagination, Exeter’s festival of writing and stories. For more festival events and information, go to www....
Written in the summer of 1919, the Cello Concerto represented, for Elgar, the angst, despair and disillusionment he felt after the Great War, and an introspective look at death and mortality. He had been deeply saddened by the war, was suffering from a painful chronic ear condition, and the recent deaths of several old friends had made him acutely aware of his own advancing years. It signified Elgar’s farewell to the way of life as he had known it. “Everything good and nice and clean and fresh and sweet is far away – never to return” he...
This Autumn be charmed by Jasmin Vardimon’s innovative take on the classic Collodi fairytale – a brand new family-friendly dance show, performed by Jasmin Vardimon company’s breathtakingly physical dancers.
Bringing to life the famous marionette, the show follows Pinocchio as he embarks on a fantastic journey to become a human boy. Showcasing Vardimon’s trademark theatrical style, the piece combines physical theatre, quirky characterisation and innovative technologies with text and dance to explore the idea of what it means to be human.
Can this much-loved book be viewed as profoundly racist? Tanya Landman discusses the novel in the context of Harper Lee’s recently published earlier work Go Set a Watchman. “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she says, “gives an insight into the subject [of racism] but the way in which it is still read demonstrates that we have a very long way to go before we can declare ourselves to be truly colour blind.”
This event is part of exetreme imagination, Exeter’s festival of writing and stories. For more festival events and information, go to...
An Exeter business has donated funds for essential building work at Child Hope Ministries, an orphanage in Uganda, as it helps put a roof over the heads of the charity’s growing number of vulnerable children.
Exeter-based waste management business Devon Contract Waste connected with the charity three years ago through a mutual friend who volunteered at the orphanage. Since then, the business has helped Child Hope Ministries founder Joram Muwanguzi develop a business plan to generate money, construct a school house, employ a full time teacher, and cover rent during difficult times...
Told by the Wind is a performance of movement and text that ‘dances’ an inner landscape and invites the audience to enter an imaginative space of possibilities. Critics have described the performance as ‘hypnotic’, ‘contemplative’, ‘mesmerizing,’ and ‘hauntingly poetic’.
Told by the Wind previewed at the Evora, Portugal festival, premiered in the UK, and has toured internationally to Berlin, Chicago, Poland, and most recently Tokyo. The show was co-created by an interdisciplinary team of artists working internationally including award-winning playwright/dramaturg Kaite O’Reilly (...
