The Best in UK live stand up, every month at The Barnfield.
An exciting partnership begins this autumn – The Barnfield will host Komedia’s Krater Comedy Club. The Krater Comedy Club has run for 15 years at Komedia Brighton and five years at Komedia Bath. In that time it has hosted the biggest names UK comedy and Komedia has won more Chortle Comedy Awards for the Best Venue than any UK operator (eclipsing even The Comedy Store). From this Autumn Komedia’s Krater Comedy Club will extend to a third city becoming a monthly fixture in Exeter at The Barnfield. The line- up this month is...
Alison Rayner – bass Deirdre Cartwright – guitar Buster Birch – drums Diane McLoughlin – saxophone Steve Lodder piano
A new band led by bassist and composer Alison Rayner, encompassing the talents of five talented and exciting jazz musicians. They combine diverse influences from American swing and funk and Afro Cuban dance music to contemporary jazz and European folk. The music is accessible and broad in its reach; the compositions are melodic with killer...
After their sensationally successful ‘An Evening with the Humour of Bob Newhart and Tom Lehrer’ at the Barnfield theatre, Peter Gill and Andrew Meller make a welcome return with more songs and sketches from the catalogue of two of America’s greatest satirists of the 50’s and 60’s.
Expect such gems as Newhart’s The Nudist Camp Exposed, The Daddy of all Hangovers and Superman and the Dry Cleaners as well as Lehrer’s Pollution, Smut and Oedipus Rex. An unmissable and hilarious evening of classics that re visits a golden age of comedy.
After the immense success of The Addams Family in March, Clyst Vale Community College is once again returning to present the quirky musical comedy Sweet Charity.
Sweet Charity is a tender, poignant and consistently funny look at the adventures, or rather; misadventures in the ways of love encountered by the gullible but incredibly loveable character known as Charity Agnes Valentine – “the lady of the evening” who always gives her heart, and her earnings, to the wrong man. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances in this classic American musical. With hits...
The Leonard School of Dramatic Art present The Wolves of Willoughby Chase .Adapted for the stage by Russ Tunney.
“Once upon a time that never was..”
A thrilling adventure set in an alternative history of England, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase tells the story of two brave and determined girls as they fight against ferocious wolves, snowy wastelands and their very evil guardian, Miss Slighcarp. During the fictional reign of King James 111, the opening of the Channel Tunnel has led to dangerous wolves roaming Britain. However, this is not the only danger that plucky cousins,...
10 years after becoming the first winner of The X Factor. Soul singer, Steve Brookstein is coming to the Barnfield Theatre with a new acoustic show featuring guitarist Luca Boscagin. Remembering the Legends of Soul, Forgotten Man recalls the great songs and singers of the past. Including classic from Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Sam Cooke, Freddie Scott Al Green and many more. “Brilliant” – Sir Tom Jones.
Another sensational show from the producers of ‘Memory Lane’, Memories are made of This’ and ‘All our Yesterdays’. A stunning roller coaster ride of nostalgia.
Featuring tributes to some of the world’s greatest stars, including Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Jersey Boys, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Showaddywaddy, Abba and many more.
Also including a taste of the some of the greatest movies and musical numbers of all time. All beautifully choreographed along with stunning costumes.
Commanding demons and controlling storms, a lone man walks out of the desert and, gathering a nation around him, he walks towards certain death in an occupied land. Ridding the tale of two thousand years of religious baggage, Applecart presents Mark’s Gospel combining drama, storytelling, music and film to tell a story of revolution and courage.
Applecart’s creative team is headed up by Peter Moreton and Phil Summers. Peter has extensive experience as performer and Musical Director in the West End, working with companies such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, RSC,...
Wisconsin native Willy Porter is a guitar virtuoso with an insinuating voice that sneaks past your defenses and gets under your skin. The Washington Post has called him “a dazzling acoustic guitarist with a moody baritone,” while the Boston Globe describes him as “an acoustic picker with the Olympian speed of Leo Kottke bolstered by rootsy vocals and twisting, offbeat lyrics.”
Willy has toured with Tori Amos, Paul Simon, and Jethro Tull, whose leader, Ian Anderson, said of him: “Willy Porter’s music demonstrates admirably that the technical excellence of his guitar-playing will...
Butterfly Psyche Theatre & Livewire Theatre present: The Brontë Season
Whether you’re a hard-core Brontë fan or if you’ve never had the pleasure, these fresh new adaptations by West Country theatre companies Butterfly Psyche Theatre & Livewire Theatre will invigorate, inspire and melt hearts around the South West this autumn.
Performed in rep, with only one and two actors, there’s a chance to mix-and-match an old favourite along with a new acquaintance, as well as the chance to see all three. The Brontë Season is made up of:
