Bingo

Event Date: 
09/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

PEOPLE in Exeter are being invited to Bingo nights at Tiverton Golf Club, which are now open to the public.

The club's first bingo night of 2015 is on Friday 9 January (7.30pm).

Jim Bray, social committee chairman, said: "We've recently been granted a premises licence by the district council and this offers a great opportunity to open some of our events to the public and let them sample our excellent facilities. "If you enjoy a game of bingo, we'd be delighted to welcome you for a fun, friendly and relaxing evening."

The club's next two Friday bingo nights are on...

Burns Supper

Event Date: 
23/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Golf Club, Devon

People in Exeter are being invited to a Burns Supper at Tiverton Golf Club.

The event – a traditional celebration of the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns – takes place on Friday 23 January (7pm for 7.30pm).

Tickets cost £25, to include an aperitif, starter, haggis taster, main course and sweet, followed by tea or coffee and mints.

To book, fill in a booking form at the club or call Jim Bray on 07425 133606.

Get your tickets before 20 January.

City's Matt Grimes signs for Swansea City

Exeter City midfielder Matt Grimes has completed a transfer to Barclays Premier League side Swansea City.

The 19-year-old moves for an undisclosed but substantial transfer fee, which makes him comfortably the record sale in Exeter City’s history.

Exminster-born Grimes, who first joined club’s the Academy system at the Cat & Fiddle at the age of 10, was offered a professional contract in the summer of 2013 after working his way through the age-groups.

He made his debut in last season’s 2-0 home win against AFC Wimbledon and went on to play a total of 62 times in...

Cell

Event Date: 
16/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime...and so does his pet fish.

As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes towards experiencing a world that is outside of his comfort zone; from the streets of Lille to the romance of Venice.

Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime.

CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the...

Streaming

Event Date: 
17/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 28/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Rosa, 15, naive, privately educated, has lost her mother; her father has lost his house and business. Leaving behind a life of ease, they find themselves in cheap rented accommodation with a reclusive new neighbour - Candy, late 30s, webcamming in her bed-room; £3.50 a minute, 20 punters a night.

Unexpected life lessons are about to be learnt.

Streaming looks at the normalising of internet porn and the sexual objectification of women. It explores a cultural mismatch between a middle-class father and daughter, used to choice and privilege, and one with no choices. It’s a...

Milked

Event Date: 
10/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 14/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Paul can’t find a job. Snowy can’t find himself.

A black comedy about friendship, unemployment – and a cow called Sandy.

Book now for this hilarious and moving tale from Channel 4 Playwright Simon Longman.

Advised 15+. Contains strong language. Running time 1 hour 15 mins.

‘Brilliant.’ -Audience member

‘Powerful, thought provoking, darkly humorous. Go see it!’ -Audience Member

‘Milked was brilliant. Moving, tender story about badly needing direction in life’. - Audience Member

‘Pentabus Theatre Company skillfully shatters any...

Infinity Pool: A re-telling of Madame Bovary

Event Date: 
03/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 07/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A play with no actors, a love story with free snacks written and performed by award winning writer Bea Roberts.

Emails unopened, cup-a-soup undrunk, a secret in the stock room; Emma Barnicott’s life is leaking as she pines for a world beyond her trading estate office. When she meets a man online who wants to talk to her about more than boilers and two port valves Emma must decide if the chance of a fantastic love is worth trading for an imperfect life – or will there always be dead woodlice in the infinity pool? Inspired by the novel Madame Bovary, Infinity Pool is a tragi-comic...

Britney Spears custody battle vs Zeus in swan rape shocker

Event Date: 
02/03/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

How do you know if you are living the life of a good person? How do you act to make people like you and how do you dress to make people fancy you? Britney Spears custody battle vs Zeus in swan rape shocker is a show about external validation and self-indulgence.

Through a mix of audience interaction, autobiographical confession and a touch of spiritual cleansing, Lucy Hutson draws on her experiences of trying to find Jesus, battling with my her consumerist choices, filling in mental health forms, protesting/not bothering to protest, attempting to chat up women and watching...

Ablutions

Event Date: 
24/02/2015 - 7:30pm to 28/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Award-winning FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour.

‘Sexy, intriguing, intelligent, confident, FellSwoop's take on DeWitt's tragi-comic novel is a rock'n'roll riff on the poetry of addiction’ ★★★★★ (Venue Magazine).

‘Elegantly structured and consummately performed, this highly accomplished production reminds you why theatre is so bloody brilliant’ (Wildfire...

Mr Sole Abode

Event Date: 
23/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

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 create 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 a homeless man.

Inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road and David Bohm’s writings on the nature of reality, Leo Kay created the...

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