Living Robot Theatre Company present Real Person Fiction
People would still pay attention if I wasn’t…I’m not just an extension of Will.
Consumed by the vicious, near-constant messages being sent to her by her ex-boyfriend’s fans, the last thing Jen needs is a visit from his co-star, Eli. But with Eli insistent that she should give Will another chance, and Will and Eli’s fans convinced that she’s getting in the way of true love, Jen decides that she needs to know the reality of the two men’s feelings for each other, regardless of the consequences.
Phonic FM presents Alternative Cabaret Party IV with Whittall & Green
Asked by maverick DJ Martin Hodge to help raise funds for Phonic FM, the Alternative Cabaret part IV swings into town [Exeter] to deliver a darkly humorous night of satirical songs, gauche comedy, juggling and mysterious manipulation and a toot on a trumpet.
This newly devised theatrical event, put together over the last 9 months by experienced performers Whittall & Green and Ben Cornish.
Developed the ideas over tea and toast and through the ‘Framework In Progress’ evenings at the...
A comedy of betrayal. Following his award winning show Bravo Figaro, Mark Thomas tells his true story of how Britain’s biggest arms manufacturer (BAE Systems) came to spy on a comedian. A tale of hubris, planes, demos and undercover deceit told by an award winning performer.
Ten years ago an activist and close friend of Mark’s was exposed as a spy for BAE Systems infiltrating the movement. Now Mark wants to find him and has some questions to ask. This is a true story. The show picks up from where the award winning Bravo Figaro left off in style using interviews from friends,...
Gillie Kleiman and Sara Lindstrom present A Lyrical Dance Concert - A Pop Musical Cabaret
A Lyrical Dance Concert is a party in a comedy double act in a cabaret show in a gig in an experimental dance performance. Number-by-ridiculous-number, the lyrics of chart hits past and present are danced out – stretched, turned, lifted and thrown. With joyful irreverence and serious fun, the show insists that pop music belongs to us and can do what we want it to do. Get your glad-rags on, grab a drink and a pal, and giggle along with this mixed-up whirlwind of glamorous divas, guitar solos...
Winner of five major comedy awards. 24-hour-show luminary. Novelist. Watson (host of BBC’s We Need Answers, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week regular and star of cult Radio 4 series Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better) returns to the road.
This is his darkest, most personal show yet. Luckily, also his funniest. Book early.
Jane Mason’s work explores ways in which the movements of bodies and objects in space can create ‘image worlds’ of great affective resonance and tenderness.
The initial trigger for Life Forces came from her father’s old slide projector and his archive of slides.
Joined by writer/performer Phil Smith, Life Forces offers a meditation on memory’s place in the face of uncertain futures, and on transformation and change as the core ground of being, the ‘life force’ that links everything and everyone.
Power up your ray guns, slip on your neon legwarmers and make sure you’ve applied your dinosaur repellant liberally…
This New Year’s Eve we invite you to send yourself spinning through time. From prehistoric dinosaur days through gothic victoriana, eightie’s electronica to future space odyssey, join us for live music and time-warped happenings.
Join the Phoenix for:
Live music and DJs Nineteenth century absinthe bar Walkaround cyborgsVictorian burlesque 80’s silent disco Robot dance-off Daft as Punk Rock & Roll bands Live electronica and light show 50’s Pin-up...
Hold it Down presents Grandmaster Flash plus support
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip-hop. Theirs was a pioneering union between one DJ and five rapping MCs. Grandmaster Flash not only devised various techniques but also designed turntable and mixing equipment. Formed in the South Bronx, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were one of the first rap posses, responsible for such masterpieces as ‘The Message’, ‘Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel’, and ‘White Lines’.
The combination of Grandmaster Flash’s turntable...
The Mysterious Freakshow & Exeter Phoenix present The Steampunk Yule Ball 2
The Steampunk Yule Ball is back for its second year with the crème de la crème of the UK and US Steampunk scene. An unusual evening of Music, Comedy, Performance Art, Cabaret, and Elegant Couture. Featuring: Professor Elemental, The Mysterious Freakshow, BB Blackdog, Birthrite, Lord Montague Jacques Fromage III, The Wattingers, Miss Von Trapp, Inna Sketchi Manna, Tea Duelling, Steampunk Market, DJ’s and still more acts to be confirmed.
‘Good folk songs are like dangerous ideas, forcing us to re-imagine who we are and the institutions that support us.’
Folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Luke Daniels’ talents as a singer-songwriter are becoming widely recognised. Immaculate acoustic guitar playing and insightful, honest lyrics exploring love, life, doubt and faith and the idea that happiness and hope spring from what we have in common, rather than what we can acquire as individuals.
Over the course of a twenty-year career Daniels has already earned his place on the UK Folk scene as a virtuoso...
