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Tiff Stevenson brings her critically acclaimed solo show Bombshell to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/15/2018 - 1:14pm

Tiff Stevenson brings her critically acclaimed 8th solo show Bombshell on tour across the UK in 2018.

Bombshell premiered at the Edinburgh Festival’s Gilded Balloon last August and is her most political show yet. The tour starts on 1 March and includes a performance at Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre on 18 March.

Some say she oscillates wildly between Sylvia Plath & Beyonce, “like Belva Lockwood fused with your drunken Aunt.” (Edinburgh 49+3) Tiff says she’s very very funny and a right old smarty-pants. She also says she’s very, very, very modest.

So the world is on...

Journey to the Impossible

Event Date: 
06/12/2017 - 2:00pm to 06/01/2018 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A Christmas coming-of-age quest, devised by the Little Soldier company & scripted by Matt Harvey

Featuring epic songs, cinematic storytelling and hip hop dance.

Three kids are in trouble. Well, what do you expect if you knock on the door of an inter-dimensional portal and run away?

By means of bicycles, bandanas and neural space travel, we travel with them on an adventure to the impossible. We’ll take on intergalactic challenges, we’ll fight invisible forces and we may have to make some sacrifices. But what we’ll discover will be extraordinary and will open the...

The Bike Shed Theatre joins pioneering bid to end middle-class domination of arts organisation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/05/2017 - 12:30pm

The Bike Shed Theatre has been selected as one of 40 organisations across the country to take part in a flagship scheme to help end middle-class domination of the arts. The Exeter venue will join arts organisations including Turner Contemporary and Sage Gateshead on the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme which will employ graduates from lower income backgrounds.

As one of the organisations receiving funding towards a post, The Bike Shed Theatre will employ a full-time Events Organiser on a twelve-month contract. The post will be advertised in October and will be open to...

FORCE stages new autumn cycle rides

FORCE Cancer Charity is staging one of its popular fundraising cycle events this weekend (October 1) with a new twist.

There’s a different location for the charity’s autumn ride this year and for the first time there’s also a choice of two distances.

FORCE’s Autumn Series features the 55-mile Autumn Storm challenge and the Autumn Breeze, a 30-mile route to mark the charity’s 30th anniversary.

Sunday’s rides start and finish at Clyst Vale Community College in Broadclyst. Cyclists will be on staggered starts in small batches from 8-8:30am.

Both routes go via...

Force / Bike Shed Autumn Cycle Series

Event Date: 
01/10/2017 - 8:00am
Venue: 
Broadclyst Community Primary School

On Sunday 1st October, Bike Shed and Force Cancer Charity are joining forces to bring the Autumn Series to Devon.

The Autumn Series is a cycle sportive starting and finishing at Broadclyst Community Primary School, with two routes covering 30 and 55 miles respectively.

The first is a 30 mile anniversary route utilising country lanes between Broadclyst and over to Broadhembury. The route then goes to Kentisbeare on to Clyst Hydon, over to Talaton and back to Broadclyst. There is one refreshment stop.

The second also goes to Broadhembury and then heads up for a...

Leaving

Event Date: 
15/03/2017 - 7:30pm to 18/03/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Leaving home for the first time is a step into the dark. If you’re leaving the care system, the reality hits even harder.

Leaving is a new play by Paddy Campbell (writer of Wet House, one of The Guardian’s Top Ten plays 2013) and created with Amy Golding who was recently at The Bike Shed Theatre with Preggers.

It tells the real stories of care leavers and their experiences at the pivotal moment when they leave care. It also gives voice to those working within the system from staff in children’s homes to MPs and policy makers.

Using the young people’s own words, an...

Curious Monkey bring new show Leaving to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/10/2017 - 11:11pm

Curious Monkey return to Exeter this month with their new show Leaving.

Leaving home for the first time is a step into the dark. If you’re leaving the care system, the reality hits even harder.

Caroline’s dad was an alcoholic. She shared a caravan with three adults and five kids. Keira didn’t go to school. She was constantly in trouble. Tom was physically and mentally abused. Simon was moved from pillar to post. And Sadeed. Sadeed was 15 when he arrived from Afghanistan to seek asylum. He had mental health problems. All had their own issues and all had chaotic lives before...

Abandoned Quay warehouses could be transformed into pop-up venue

New developments have just been announced for The Bike Shed Theatre’s plans to create a new venue in Exeter’s historic Quayside.

For sixteen weeks this summer a new lease of life could be given to the historic Maclaines Warehouses on Exeter’s Quay. Most recently occupied by the Maritime Museum, the Grade II listed site has been empty for over eighteen years. Now though, a series of pop up events could turn the abandoned warehouses into a space for creativity, culture and cocktails.

The Bike Shed Theatre’s Director, David Lockwood, said: ‘This summer represents a vital stage...

Local dates for musician Kate Dimbleby

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 03/01/2017 - 3:24pm

Kate Dimbleby, who recently released her sixth album entitled SONGBIRDS, is coming to Exeter on March 19 and Newton Abbot on May 14.

Her album is a unique recording of eleven original self-penned songs featuring nothing other than Kate's sublime voice and some exquisite harmonies but without any musical accompaniment. Enthused by a myriad of sounds from London to the forests of Canada, the streets of New York and Bristol and using techniques inspired by singing with the vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin, Dimbleby layers her vocals to tell her story and explore the limitless potential...

Jonny & the Baptists: Eat The Poor - at the Bike Shed Theatre

Event Date: 
07/03/2017 - 7:30pm to 11/03/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike She Theatre, Exeter

Acclaimed musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists return to Exeter with a brand new show! Fresh from a smash hit Edinburgh Fringe premiere, Eat The Poor is a riotously funny musical comedy about inequality, revolution, friendship and betrayal.

Setting out to explore the gap between rich and poor, Jonny & the Baptists’ lives turn upside down when Jonny betrays Paddy for financial gain. As Jonny enjoys the highlife with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jerry Hall, Paddy falls into homelessness and despair.

Join multi-award-nominated musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists –...

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