This July Exeter Phoenix presents a stunning line-up of new and exciting theatre, performance, cabaret and workshops. The Summer Showcase will run from Wednesday 18th – Sunday 22 July. This July Showcase opens with a free cabaret workshop for beginners with local performance artist Rhys Slade-Jones, who will also be performing his new show The Land Of My Fathers And Mothers And Some Other People. Exeter Phoenix’s associate artist Willy Hudson presents a free LGBTQ+ writing workshop, alongside a preview of his Edinburgh Fringe-bound show Bottom. Following on from their Edinburgh Fringe...
Roll up, roll up! Big Screen In The Park is coming to town for seven nights of outdoor cinema this summer.
The city’s largest outdoor cinema event returns to Northernhay Gardens from Monday 6th to Sunday 12th August.
Visitors to the annual event can expect al fresco films, bars, picnics and on-site entertainment. This is a unique opportunity to experience the magic of the movies on a huge 10m screen, with the illuminated Cathedral city as a stunning backdrop.
Throughout the summer months, big changes are happening at the city-centre arts venue with major refurbishments being made to the venue’s foyer, galleries, auditorium seating and toilets. The venue is looking for input from the creative community to help make these changes a reality.
A Design & Build Commission is being offered for the creation of a striking, robust and practical design feature to welcome visitors into the building. The new box office and reception feature will reflect the venue’s character as a...
Exeter Phoenix is pleased to present Another Spring, an exhibition curated by art historian, critic and curator Dr Jean Wainwright. The show brings together work by an outstanding group of internationally recognised artists. There will be a special exhibition preview from 6-8pm on Thursday 3rd May, and the exhibition will open on Thursday 4th May.
The exhibition reflects on the current trends and broader developments of nationalist impulses in Western society, where the debated question of citizenship, the foundation for identity and political governance is tied to ultranationalist...
This spring, Exeter Phoenix and Exeter Pride are celebrating love, life and LGBT+ with Cine Queer – a new film season at Studio 74 as part of Exeter Pride’s 10th Anniversary.
In a cinematic celebration of diversity and acceptance, this special film season will feature new releases, cult classics, documentary, panel discussions and more. Cine Queer season opens on Friday 20th April with French film 120 BPM, an exhilarating drama following the actions of Parisian AIDS activists in the early 1990s. This screening will be accompanied by a special introduction about those living with or...
Wild nightingales will be among the guest artists when the Mercury Prize-nominated folk star Sam Lee brings his acclaimed SINGING WITH NIGHTINGALES event to Exeter's The Phoenix arts centre on Wednesday 9 May (8pm) - combining music and story-telling with a live link to woods where the birds are in full courtship sing.
The evening is a concert version of the campfire nights which the roots music promoter, The Nest Collective, has been running at nightingale sites in south east England since 2015 and which are happening again this Spring in Kent and Sussex.
The Right Now Film Festival is coming to the Exeter Phoenix.
The festival puts a spotlight on documentaries which focus on the global power structure and inequalities from all over the globe.
Festival director Tom Vaughan says “We were compelled to create a programme that brings together some of today’s biggest talking points, from the beginning of vital movements such as Black Lives Matter to the future of welfare and of course, the UK’s very own Brexit.
We believe in the power film has in educating and raising awareness, and that the best films can be an...
This summer Exeter Phoenix are offering local performers the chance to perform at a specially showcase of work celebrating the best that Exeter has to offer. This creative showcase will include performances from comedians and emerging theatre companies from the region. The season will celebrate Exeter’s rich creative scene by offering audiences the opportunity to experience new and experimental work. Local performers who are interested in performing are invited to apply for a performance slot. Applications are encouraged from performers in genres spanning theatre, comedy, new writing,...
Visible Girls: Revisited, is a photography commission and national travelling exhibition of female portraits by photographer Anita Corbin. The exhibition brings together original images of women from different subcultures of the early 1980s and newly commissioned portraits of the same women now.
The work will reunite women with their adolescent selves, exploring the ways in which photography can reveal and reflect upon identity and society at various stages of women's lives.
In 1981, as a young female photographer at the beginning of her career, Corbin made 28 double...
This festive season, Devon’s buzzing multi-disciplinary arts organisation Exeter Phoenix is inviting families and party-goers to sample an alternative Christmas. From mid November, the venue will be hosting a festive flurry of cultural events from family theatre, to workshops and art markets with flowing mulled cider, to get Exeter residents feeling warm and fuzzy in the season of good will. For anyone who dreads the high street at this time of year, there are ample opportunities for a more laid back and locally-focused shopping environment, with Paper Phoenix Indie Art and Design Market,...
