“Matilda is my Grandma. She migrated from Jamaica to England in 1962. Now all of her memories have faded. I need to remember for her, for me, for us”
A woman makes a decision that will change the course of her family’s future. Five decades later this performance considers the eminence and consequence of that choice voiced through the third generation granddaughter who is speaking from both perspectives of herself and Matilda.
Reflecting on the history of the two islands, Great Britain and Jamaica, the storyteller is faced with contradictions in her in-betweeness as she...
"Art is a cupboard! We are not cakes!" Kharms Award winning Clout Theatre invite you to dive head first into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms. Three bouffonesque characters intent on telling ‘The Old Woman’ story let narrative escape them as comic vignettes, metaphysical ponderings and bouts of senseless violence provide constant distraction. Expressionist silent film meets grotesque slapstick in a world where clocks have no hands and a cucumber can kill a man.
When all is quiet on the farm, when everyone is asleep, when the snow coversthe ground and stars twinkle in the frosty sky -that’s when Tomten wakes up. He looks after everyone on the farm while they are sleeping.
No-one has ever seen the Tomten, but sometimes you can see his footprints in the snow.That’s how you know he is real.
Tomten has seen generations come, and generations go. But where do they come from, and where do they go? A deep riddle plays on Tomten’s mind…
One thing he knows for sure is that spring is coming; soon cows will be grazing in the fields and...
How do we express our spleen? Whose business do we stick our noses into? When did we start wearing our hearts on our sleeves, and why are we up to our elbows in heels and bums? BBC R4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor takes you on a stand-up poetry and music fuelled tour around the body, attempting to get the measure of modern life. With sounds, beats, beeps and whistles by Dan Steele.
Anthropoetry is inspired by anthropometry, the study of measuring the human body. Informed by science, politics, comedy and hip hop, combined with searing social and political commentary and some personal...
1980. Wimbledon. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe face each other across the net: the self-controlled champion and the impassioned upstart. An epic rivalry comes to a head. A six-year old boy watches and learns.
Bjorn Borg epitomised tennis cool. He was everything Jamie and his brother wanted to be. Then John McEnroe came along and Jamie was beaten, along with Borg. Thirty years of torment and self-questioning later, Jamie is ready to face his greatest opponent. Beating McEnroe is a new solo show from award-winning theatre maker Jamie Wood about a pivotal moment. With the help of his...
Wildlife Around the Exe Estuary by Dave Smallshire
From the estuary’s famous Avocets to its tiny Warren Crocus and from Hairy Dragonflies to dune-loving Sand Lizards, a great variety of wildlife can be found in and around the Exe Estaury.
Go along and learn more about the astonishing species that live in this amazing place.
Tickets £5 including complementary glass of wine and nibbles.
Tickets available from Poppy’s, Topsham Road or by calling 01392 682550
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28th March at 7.30pm.
Prices: Tickets are £12 (full) £10 (under 18s) available from Cygnet Theatre 01392 277189, Exeter Visitor Information Centre or on-line from www.wegottickets.com
‘Wren presents . . .’ is financially supported by Exeter Arts Council.
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28 March at 7.30pm.
Award winning singer songwriter Mairi Campbell makes a welcome return to Devon, and she blends her distinctive vocals and skilled fiddle playing to create a haunting collection of songs and tunes for her concert. Mairi may be best remembered for her rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’...
