comedy

Local filmmaker is Seeing Red

Authored by lukejeffery
Posted: Sun, 05/25/2014 - 7:37am

Newton Abbot writer/director, Luke Jeffery, 22, has been commissioned to make his film Seeing Red by Exeter Phoenix as part of their Devon Short Film Commission scheme, and is currently auditioning actors and crew.

Set in the 1960s, the surreal comedy is about a straight-laced wedding photographer who is prescribed LSD in a misguided attempt to cure his colour blindness, and will be filmed in and around Exeter and Newton Abbot. The film willpremiere at the Exeter Phoenix’s Two Short Nights film festival on December 12th.

Playing the role of photographer Drake Dalton is...

Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit

Event Date: 
05/06/2014 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
The Rusty Bike, 67 Howell Street, Exeter, EX4 4LZ

Join Charles Adrian Gillott as Ms Samantha Mann for stories about a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit. Part of the Ignite Festival that runs from 2nd-7th of June in Exeter (igniteexeter.org.uk)

"Wry, mischievous and strangely moving... Something like the secret life of Miss Prism imagined by Alan Bennett and performed by Hinge or Bracket" Ben Walters, nottelevision.net "A minutely-observed comic creation" The Scotsman "Delightfully feminist... a feel-good hit" The F-Word Comedy

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Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit

Event Date: 
03/06/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Rusty Bike, 67 Howell Street, Exeter, EX4 4LZ

Join Charles Adrian Gillott as Ms Samantha Mann for stories about a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit. Part of the Ignite Festival that runs from 2nd-7th of June in Exeter (igniteexeter.org.uk)

"Wry, mischievous and strangely moving... Something like the secret life of Miss Prism imagined by Alan Bennett and performed by Hinge or Bracket" Ben Walters, nottelevision.net "A minutely-observed comic creation" The Scotsman "Delightfully feminist... a feel-good hit" The F-Word Comedy

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4 plays from and inspired by Le Théatre du GRAND-GUIGNOL

Event Date: 
22/05/2014 - 8:00pm to 24/05/2014 - 10:15pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

For 65 years people from all over the world walked the streets of Pigalle, the notorious red light district of Paris, in search of thrills & titillation. At the end of the Cité Chaptal stood a building that would give them all they were looking for, & more: Le Théatre du Grand Guignol. EAT invite you to an evening of frights & delights as they take you on a journey into this unique theatrical genre.

THE MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL by Gaston Leroux Based on the short story ‘L’homme qui a vu le diable’ by the author of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’. A group of hunters seek shelter...

The Rogues Gallery - A Neo-Vaudeville Night of Delights

Event Date: 
11/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Award winning comedy, burlesque, music & magic come together for the first time in one show.

The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre. Coming to Exeter for the first time, the show stars top performers from around the UK and also showcases the best of local acts.

Be prepared to be blown away by our award winning MC – comedian Cerys Nelmes – she is a leading MC on the comedy circuit, working for major UK clubs and has appeared on national television and radio. Marc Lobb has been dubbed ‘The next Derren...

Weir wows Foundation dinner crowd

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Wed, 04/02/2014 - 10:03am

The coffers of the Exeter Foundation have again been boosted by almost £2,000 following the success of the charity’s latest Sportsman’s Dinner held at Sandy Park last week (20 March).

Star attraction for the night was former Scotland and British Lions star Doddie Weir, who entertained the audience of nearly 200 people with a number of anecdotes from his playing days, as well as further amusing stories about his life away from the game.

Weir was also not afraid to have the odd joke or two at the expense of some of the audience members, including his former Borders team-mate...

Eminent Comedy Club @ The Tobacco House

Event Date: 
06/04/2014 - 8:00pm to 11:00pm

Eminent Comedy Club is returning to The Tobacco House on the 6th April, bringing another night of laughs and Pro UK stand-up talent, as seen on Russell Howard's good News, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Live at The Electric!

The night will be featuring the Elis James, Mike Wosniak and Paul F Taylor who will all be sure to have you in stitches! To take you through this comedy adventure will be resident MC Luke Honorary.

The Tobacco House also serves food, so come an make and evening of it!

Buy your Tickets here: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/97157

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Him With His Foot in His Mouth

Event Date: 
25/03/2014 - 7:30pm to 29/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre, 162/3 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT

Harry Shawmut is a man who often says things he shouldn't. He once made an unkind comment to a lady in passing and now, years later, he has decided to apologise. But saying sorry isn't always that straightforward. Harry uses us, the theatre audience, to help rehearse the most elaborate apology in history, taking us through the contours of his hilarious, shocking and uniquely moving life story.

Brought to you by New Perspectives, the East Midlands leading touring theatre company, this heart warming one-man show marks the first ever UK stage adaptation of a work by the...

Tony Hawks: Fridges, Frolics and Films

Event Date: 
09/03/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

In this entertaining show, Tony Hawks combines storytelling, stand up, musical comedy and film clips to create two hours of fun. Amongst other things Tony will recount the amusing and sometimes fraught story of how he went from being ‘Comedian and author’ to ‘Comedian, author and film-maker’. His hilarious tales of how he became an independent film maker - producing both Round Ireland With A Fridge and Playing The Moldovans At Tennis - will be peppered with the wry observations that have made him such a hit on Radio 4’s Just A Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.

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Local author shortlised for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2014

Local author Margaret James is one of the contenders shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) most prestigious award - the Romantic Novel of the Year 2014. This year the overall winner of the Award will receive a cheque for £5000 in addition to a trophy to mark the occasion.

Darcey Bussell CBE will announce the winner of each of five categories at the Gladstone Library, One Whitehall Place, London SW1 on 17th March at 6.45 p.m.

The categories from which the 30 final books have been drawn are: Contemporary Romantic Novel, Epic Romantic Novel, Historical...

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