Exeter

How do you know if you are living the life of a good person? How do you act to make people like you and how do you dress to make people fancy you? Britney Spears custody battle vs Zeus in swan rape shocker is a show about external validation and self-indulgence.

Through a mix of audience interaction, autobiographical confession and a touch of spiritual cleansing, Lucy Hutson draws on her experiences of trying to find Jesus, battling with my her consumerist choices, filling in mental health forms, protesting/not bothering to protest, attempting to chat up women and watching...

Award-winning FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour.

‘Sexy, intriguing, intelligent, confident, FellSwoop's take on DeWitt's tragi-comic novel is a rock'n'roll riff on the poetry of addiction’ ★★★★★ (Venue Magazine).

‘Elegantly structured and consummately performed, this highly accomplished production reminds you why theatre is so bloody brilliant’ (Wildfire...

Mr Sole Abode is a world-renowned architect, a master chef and an outlandish inventor, who lives in a fridge under a bridge. Unable to function under the strains of contemporary urban living, Sole leaves behind the everyday world to create his own unique reality. Infused with explosive physicality and touching humour, Mr Sole Abode is a poetic tale which explores sanity and madness, inviting you to see the world through the eyes of a homeless man.

Inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road and David Bohm’s writings on the nature of reality, Leo Kay created the...

Highly accessible and utterly engrossing, this award winning drama takes you on a highly charged journey where forgiveness and redemption are set against guilt, rage and despair.

Through brilliant storytelling and recognisable characters, experience a fascinating insight into Restorative Justice; a process which tries to repair something of the harmful consequences of crime.

This riveting production will draw you in quickly - its powerful language and thought-provoking themes uncovering layer after layer with courage and compassion. Can we ever truly forgive those who harm...

Inspired by astonishing true stories, INSIDE is a psychological drama that explores the effects of Stockholm Syndrome on a kidnap victim desperate to keep hope. Locked in a basement for 12 years, she has survived physical and psychological abuse by escaping to her childhood and recording video messages to her Mum. Now, reeling from her latest beating and in the most critical hour of her captivity, the victim discovers that not everything she's been told is true. But to find a way out, she'll have to break through something much stronger than just the basement door.

Ages 14+...

In 2000 director Ridley Scott brought you the epic Hollywood film “Gladiator”; now, fourteen-and-a-half years later, world-renowned French actress Gloria Delaneuf and her UK tour manager Josephine Cunningham bring you Gloriator - an awe-inspiring production of bravery, honour, and costumes made out of cardboard.

Russell Crowe may not be available and their budget is limited, but they are determined it will be a show you’ll never forget…

Winner – Critics’ Choice Award – Exeter Ignite 2014 “Belly-achingly funny” -Gloucester Citizen “I hooted. I snorted. I exploded with such...

DryWrite and Soho Theatre present the multi award-winning and Olivier Award nominated show FLEABAG - winner of a 2013 Fringe First Award, an Off West End Award and Critics Circle Award for Most Promising New Playwright and nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Most Promising New Playwright.



Today I am going to be a new person. No more slutty pizzas. No more porny wanks. Lots more lovely threesomes. GO.



Welcome to the world of Fleabag where the rules are out the window and she’s getting confused. She’s angry, pervy, cruel, forgetful, unforgiving, flippant,...

Marie was no ordinary woman… at fifteen, when her mother died, she raised her siblings, learnt 4 different languages including Esperanto, got a degree, became a prize-winning cook, dancer, gymnast, swimmer, fencer, bob-sledder and canoed from Paris to Germany. However, she longed for something more. She longed to fly. Come on an odyssey of the skies and discover the incredible life and adventures of one of France's first female aviators, otherwise known as 'The Fiancée of Danger.'

This is a magical tale of a young woman's yearning for unbound freedom. The greatest story that...

Open Couple (7pm)

Hannah Brook

Dario Fo’s Farcical Drama “The Open Couple” is a play of boundaries; whether that is within the characters’ own inhibitions, or the literal playing area of the stage in which the fourth wall is tested rigorously. ‘The open couple’ mixes mind games, miscommunication and emotional blackmail with hilarious consequences in this draughty, open marriage. Using minimal set and utilizing their training from Cygnet Theatre where the emphasis is on character driven story telling, Exeter based actors, Hannah and Scott wish to draw attention to the text...

Grim Tales (7pm)

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Strange Matters (8.15pm)

Dave's House Theatre Company

Dave only goes to see nice plays with nice stories. So he’s taken it upon himself to write one. Strange Matters. A riveting tale of love, death, betrayal and birds. But how will Dave’s evening of “tolerable, top-notch, moderately significant drama with a nice story” fare when Frank, the lead actor, fails to turn up?

As Dave’s House Theatre Company’s original script threatens to morph into something terrifyingly more original than...