Exeter-based comedy duo O'shea & O'Gaukroger are steaming ahead with plans to get their comic writing transferred to the big screen, with the release of their most recent comedy short film Beauty Contest . As seen in the attached YouTube video, two well-known female characters engage in a fight to the death over who really is the fairest of them all!
O'Shea & O'Gaukroger are steaming ahead with plans to get their comic writing transferred to the big screen, with the release of their most recent comedy short film Beauty Contest .
The comedy scene is one much dominated by men, but O’Shea & O’Gaukroger, comprising Marina O’Shea and Tessa O’Gaukroger, are a young, female duo based in Exeter and conquering the world of comedy.
With one successful national tour under their belts already they are now in full swing of their latest tour 'What will we do when we grow up - A Comedy of Careers' and are due to appear at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 2nd February.
O’Shea & O’Gaukroger are dazzling entertainment and laugh out loud funny. With even more dates and venues booked for this tour than last year's ‘...
A light-hearted survey of some of the more unusual characters to hold ecclesiastical office in the Diocese of Exeter. Using papers from the Cathedral Archive and the County Record Office, Paul Evans, who is giving the lecture, explores the lives some of Devon's clergy who have not merely erred and strayed from the social, cultural and liturgical norms of the Church of England, but also those who naughtily followed the devices and desires of their own hearts. From Bishops to unbeneficed preachers (sometimes not without reason), this lecture aims to explore a broad and colourful...
Exeter Comedy Club seems to be proof that we all enjoy a good laugh in difficult times. The club which is hosted at the city’s Corn Exchange continues to sell-out show after show and the Christmas specials are heading the same way.
Instead of just one performance on one night the venue is staging four comedy clubs on the run up to Christmas; on Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th December. Already the Thursday and Friday performances have completely sold out and very few tickets remain for the Wednesday evening show.
Mark Farley who is one of the club’s organisers said: “We...
Fresh from performing two critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Award-winning comedian, Sean Hughes, brings his hilarious comedy to Exeter's Corn Exchange as part of a 34-date national tour.
From the moment the lights come up on Life Becomes Noises , revealing a hospital bed and Sean dressed in a slightly inappropriate costume, it is apparent that this is going to be no ordinary comedy show.
It has been over a year since his father died, and Sean...
This show is a new style variety show aimed at families, it features magician Michael Jordan and guests with a mix of magic, Illusion, escapology, juggling, music and laughs It is a very fast paced show designed to keep everyone's attention from 6 year olds to grandmas and granddads.
Doug Segal I Can Make You A Mentalist Award winning entertainer Doug Segal’s new comedy mind reading show turns the audience into mind reading mentalists. Expect comedy, interaction and mind blowing miracles performed by you, the audience. Come on the ride of your life as Doug opens the doors to his Brain Academy. There’s nothing spooky or supernatural about this show, everything is achieved using one or more of the following skills from Doug’s background in psychology & advertising: persuasion techniques, statistics, reading body...
Mon 02 Jun 2014 | 8pm | £7 | Tickets go on sale in early May Victoria Melody presents Major Tom This one-woman, one-dog show features Victoria and her Basset Hound, Major Tom. Major Tom is the story of how an average 34-year-old became a beauty queen and how her unruly pet basset hound, Major Tom, became a championship show dog. Major Tom and Victoria increasingly immerse themselves in the obsessive and confusing realm of personal scrutiny as they participate as genuine contestants, determined to win. Victoria, accompanied on stage by documentary film footage and her dog, tells this true...
Alfie Moore Born and raised on a council estate in Sheffield Alfie Moore was an apprentice in the steelworks before joining the police. Now he’s an original and distinctive comedian with a wealth of insights and comedy moments from his eighteen years on the beat. Alfie was inspired to take up stand-up comedy in 2007 after his first taste of performing live at a local comedy club. He quickly became well and truly hooked and was soon performing regularly up and down the country. He was one of the stars of ITV1′s Show Me The Funny and wrote and presented...
Wed 07 May 2014 | 7:30pm | In advance £20.50 | On the door £23 | Standin
The Rutles ‘Neil Innes’ Beatles pastiche band is a spoof crafted with rare affection – and still has some great tunes’ ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN
Originally a fictional band first created by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), for 1970s television programming, The Rutles leapt to fame and international sensation for their slick pastiches and parodies of The Beatles.
The group have since become the real deal, touring and recording, and releasing many songs and albums,...
