Merlyn and Claudia get the fear; here they try to describe it in another way. The theme of withdrawal influences this exploration in three chapters:
+9 A fifteen minute aural meditation on the themes of distance and anxiety. Journeying from sparse soundscapes to hyperactive rhythms, it merges heavily processed field recordings with meandering electronica.
Solo A dance about being solo. Claudia looks at her ability to control, to lose control, to be out of control. In a live physical performance born from a lifetime of getting carried away.
An engaging physical theatre production combining acro-balance, movement and live music. Gypsy Ghetto Game dissects and explores the truth, and the lies, surrounding Eastern European migration to the UK.
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O&O have alter egos. Several. There’s Wolfgang, an American jazz poet with a penchant for vegetables, an over zealous parking attendant called Betty, and Trevor, a man who fails to understand the necessity of trousers in public places. All part of their whole new show, O&O Don’t Do Edinburgh. Because they’re not doing Edinburgh. Instead, this up and coming comedy duo are storming their way back round the UK in 2014 fresh from two UK tours in 2013. Catch them on their first stop here in Exeter.
Expect a show of sketch comedy, audience interaction, songs, breathing and...
Becky is a rebel without a cause; Jo is in it for laughs. Friends and feminist activists, they are clearly out of their depths. Jo’s brother Tommy has been accused of war crimes but old soldier Martin is having none of it.
This multimedia production is a heady mix of emotional conflict, heart-warming friendships and a challenging examination of issues very much of our times.
Inspired by Pussy Riot and exploring the theme of protest, the production incorporates physical theatre and dance. It is a multi-media performance that explores the relationship of two modern day...
How do you tell whether an idea is worth salvaging? How do you update a past philosopher’s ideas, embedded in another historical time, for our own age, where some things have changed out of recognition? You come to the Idea Breaker’s Yard, that’s how! Watch ideas as they are salvaged, gutted, revamped, reassessed and retreaded for the road, live on stage.
Matthew Hammond The Stand Up Philosopher played to a packed audience during the From Devon With Love Festival, and now comes fresh from Bristol back to Exeter, with a new version of his latest show even bigger and better than...
A razor sharp and slightly dark exploration of our universal desire to win. Three intrepid contestants compete in a series of games that range from hilariously stupid to uncomfortable, arbitrary, and downright heartbreaking. Chris, Jess and Ira fearlessly do whatever it takes to win – to please you, the audience. They are also eager to share their stories, perspectives and awkward dances in between.
Anarchic, thoughtful and ultimately moving, Gym Party speaks to anyone who frets about the state of the world and how we treat each other – then gets distracted by a dumb celebrity...
The Bridge Jazz Club is the base for Exeter’s jazz scene. Special guests each month.
Pete Canter & Friends + Jam Session. First set from the house band followed by jam session. All welcome. Bring charts for the rhythm section. Entrance fee includes a free raffle.
An absurdist comedy about two coats subjected to the fickle fancies of fate. Featuring conspiracy, a talking bin, and The Carpenters; anthropomorphism has never been so fun.
Poncho Theatre Company are a new emerging theatre company consisting of University of Exeter (soon-to-be) graduates, who use imaginative storytelling, playful antics and whimsical notions to navigate their way around the world.
Coated in Love was previously performed at the Bike Shed Theatre as part of the Winter Warmed Festival by the student theatre company Theatre with Teeth. A sell-out show, it...
When seven close friends escape to a country estate for a weekend of fun, things begin to fall apart as the group crosses the boundaries of friendship and love.
Dirty Decadence is a modern ballet that indulges the idea of pleasure taking over logic. Taking inspiration from Laura Wade’s Posh and Karl Largefeld’s drawings of imperialist Russian parties, Theatre With Teeth present a show set to a score of classical music and remixed with dubstep tracks, that creates a vibrant and charged atmosphere.
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1985, Harare, Zimbabwe. Robert Gabriel Mugabe is carving a new African vision, Michael Jackson’s Thriller is shredding the charts and Radio Gaga is all we hear.
At school, in order to avoid the boredom of learning by rote and the casual dispensation of corporal punishment, a young boy tells the folk tale Peter and The Wolf to his class. In his telling of it, Russia is replaced with Africa, the duck with a rooster. As his story of The Wolf unfolds, the boundaries between Peter’s world and the boy’s life at home, with his stepfather, begin to blur and merge.
