Mr Sole Abode is a world-renowned architect, a master chef and an outlandish inventor, who lives in a fridge under a bridge. Unable to function under the strains of contemporary urban living, Sole leaves behind the everyday world to inhabit his own unique reality.
Infused with explosive physicality and touching humour, Mr Sole Abode is a poetic tale which explores sanity and madness, inviting you to see the world through the eyes of an outsider.
Inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road and David Bohm’s writings on the nature of reality, Leo Kay created...
Leading charity Action for Children is teaming up with The World of Eric Carle™ and encouraging children’s centres, nurseries and groups for under fives in the South West to host a Giant Wiggle on Thursday 19 March 2015 to celebrate the UK’s most read children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar™. The event will bring together under-5s to wiggle along in giant caterpillar conga lines, encouraging them to help others, and opening up their imaginations through storytelling and creative activities. Brigitte Gater, UK West Director of Children's Services at Action for Children, said: “We want...
Cara Dillon has one of those rare talents you only come across a handful times in your life. Her crystalline, angelic voice has the ability to reach inside the soul of a song with profound sweetness, poignancy and depth.
A former member of the folk group Equation, who also sang with De Danaan, this young Irish singer from Dungiven, County Derry, sings with clarity, beauty and style. Winner of 2010’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Album (Hill of Thieves) and winner of 2010’s Spiral Awards for Best Female Singer and Best Traditional Song (Jimmy Mó Mhile Stór).
Featuring music by Matthew North’s Department Factory
Folk and fairytales of love, longing and downright idiocy! Does the path of true love ever run smooth? Not when your lover’s been turned into a pigeon, been fool enough to invite a ghost to your wedding or happens to be a serial killer, it doesn’t! Find out how intrepid princesses and wily brides save the day and their marriages, in this fabulous kaleidoscope of funny and feel-good tales for Valentine’s Day.
The show includes free marriage guidance, love heart...
Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor have been making music together since they were children, growing up in Watford, UK, England. Brought up in a house that echoed to the sounds of Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Beatles, singing in perfect 3-part harmony came naturally to these three sisters. Having started gigging in local pubs and cafes, The Staves are now captivating audiences on much bigger stages – earning rapturous encores with their exquisite songs of love & longing. Guaranteed to give you...
Ahead of headlining the upcoming NME Awards tour, Palma Violets are coming to the South West to play a series of intimate gigs.
Palma Violets are an English band from London, formed in 2011, based on the musical partnership of frontmen Sam Fryer and Chilli Jesson and the band’s musical output is primarily based around the rock genre, with some Garage rock and psychedelic influences.
In September 2011 if you wanted to hear the most exciting new band in Britain, rather than searching online you knocked on a tall black door off the Lambeth Road. Part art studio, part squat –...
Luke Jermay is the most incredible man you’ve probably never heard of. He can read your mind. No really; he can read your mind.
He doesn’t use mind games or psychological tricks; he is not a trickster, there are no smoke and mirrors.
He can simply read your mind. His awe inspiring intuitive abilities have gained him high profile fans such as Derren Brown, Dynamo and Uri Geller who all agree Jermay is astonishing. Luke Jermay’s – Sixth Sense has gained critical acclaim with 5 Star reviews from Edinburgh to London’s West End.
Told by two performers with hundreds of fresh flowers and some great gypsy-inspired music, the piece tells the story of an accident happening to a young girl, revealing in the process the relationship between the performers – a tragic story told with gentle humour and impressive energy.
The award-winning Edinburgh Fringe show played to sell-out audiences.
Gruff Rhys celebrates the release of American Interior – a bold and ambitious multiplatform tale of adventure. The show is performed with a full band featuring Y Niwl, Kliph Scurlock (Flaming Lips) and John Evans.
Gruff explaisn the project…
‘In 2012 I embarked on an investigative concert tour of the American Interior, retracing the steps, and looking for the grave of a relative called John Evans.
John Evans left Wales for Baltimore in 1792 and walked into the wilderness of the Allegheny mountains in search of a lost tribe of Welsh-...
Uninformed Opinions is pure stand-up comedy. There are no gimmicks – simply Jo Caulfield and her biting acerbic tongue. This is the show for anyone who has ever wanted to scream: ‘Please shut up – YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT!’
Expect razor-sharp observations and scandalous one-liners as she shares her opinions on everything from women who always pick the wrong partner and men who continually quote gangster films, to families arguing on trains and the growth of passive-aggressive corporate friendliness.
But don’t worry. It’s not all one-sided. Audiences WILL be...
