Performance

Score

Event Date: 
16/01/2015 - 8:15pm to 17/01/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Score is a musical play from Documental Theatre about friendship, dognapping and two-part harmonies. It’s inspired by the frank and funny accounts of parents using Bournemouth drug treatment services.

Hannah is an X Factor aficionado with a mile-a-minute mouth, a ten year-old daughter and a low-level Heroin habit.

Her childhood friend, Kirsty, who has never “picked up”, is pulled along in her slipstream days before giving birth.

Two years later they meet at a child contact centre. Hannah’s joined a choir to replace one kind of score with another, but she’s the last...

midnight.dream.sleep

Event Date: 
14/01/2015 - 12:00am to 30/01/2015 - 12:00am
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

You. Me. Us. You do not know me and I do not know you. We will walk through the city on the cusp of two days; a time that presents a place where our thoughts and imaginations are tempted to run wild -- from the summits of love to the depths of fear, and back again.

This is a one-on-one walking performance taking place at midnight.

Audience are advised to wear warm and waterproof clothing in case of bad weather.

Performances at midnight on the following dates:

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 14, 15 &16 January.

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday...

An Alternative Cabaret

Event Date: 
28/11/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Phonic FM presents Alternative Cabaret Party IV with Whittall & Green

Asked by maverick DJ Martin Hodge to help raise funds for Phonic FM, the Alternative Cabaret part IV swings into town [Exeter] to deliver a darkly humorous night of satirical songs, gauche comedy, juggling and mysterious manipulation and a toot on a trumpet.

This newly devised theatrical event, put together over the last 9 months by experienced performers Whittall & Green and Ben Cornish.

Developed the ideas over tea and toast and through the ‘Framework In Progress’ evenings at the...

exetreme family fun day

Event Date: 
01/11/2014 - 9:00am to 8:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter

As part of exetreme imagination, there will be a day of activities specially for families on Saturday 1 November.

Young children and parents can visit Exeter Northcott Theatre for a thrilling show by the authors of Dennis the Menace and Horrid Henry, experience live story making by Theatre Rush and The Story Exchange at the Forum, University of Exeter, meet local authors and attend free creative writing sessions to inspire the imagination.

For more information and booking visit: http://exetreme.org/familyfun/

Passion

Event Date: 
06/11/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Introducing award winning AsOne Theatre Company’s next new piece of writing, the play PASSION By Stephanie Dale

True stories of War and Love 100 years apart

Playwright – Stephanie Dale Director – Peter Leslie Wild Composer/Arranger/MD Tim Laycock

A Lieutenant commanding his platoon in the Royal Marines died in 2008 – his family learn to live without him. A 19 year old Private Infantryman deployed witnessed the death of an Afghan child, and missed the birth of his own. 100 years earlier a father and soldier returned home from the desert of Mesopotamia only to...

Real Person Fiction

Event Date: 
02/12/2014 - 7:30pm to 05/12/2014 - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

'People would still pay attention if I wasn’t…I’m not just an extension of Will.'

Consumed by the vicious, near-constant messages being sent to her by her ex-boyfriend’s fans, the last thing Jen needs is a visit from his co-star, Eli. But with Eli insistent that she should give Will another chance, and Will and Eli’s fans convinced that she’s getting in the way of true love, Jen decides that she needs to know the reality of the two men’s feelings for each other, regardless of the consequences.

Real Person Fiction is an intense new play from Living Robot Theatre...

Where to build the walls that protect us: 5 Cities in 5 Days

Event Date: 
09/09/2014 - 11:30am to 13/09/2014 - 11:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter City Centre (Locations will be revealed upon booking)

Where to build the walls that protect us is an opportunity for us all to imagine a future city. Our city of Exeter. We’ll try not to get too distracted by Utopian visions or logistics. But, with one eye on the persistent fiscal crisis and the challenges of climate change, and the other on Hope, let’s look again at the fundamental fabric of our city and envisage it afresh.

Each day, we’ll pop up unexpectedly in a central Exeter location. Each day, one physical model of a possible future Exeter will evolve through seriously playful interactions between invited experts and Exeter’s...

We'll Meet in Moscow

Event Date: 
06/06/2014 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Unit 22, Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter

A love story between two women that spans a hundred years, moves across continents, occurs in a multitude of languages. A story about hope, the distances we travel, and the lengths we might go to when falling in love...

We’ll Meet in Moscow is a new collaborative performance project created by writer Natalie McGrath (Oxygen, Coasting), choreographer Jane Mason (Life Forces, Singer) and sculptor Sophia Clist (Oxygen, The World At Your Feet), and is a response to the banning of Gay Pride in Moscow, August 2012, for 100 years. As we historically celebrate equal marriage rights here in...

An Evening of Romance at Cadhay

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Sun, 05/18/2014 - 7:58am

Cadhay is opening its doors for an afternoon and evening of entertainment for all to enjoy.

The gardens of Cadhay, Ottery St. Mary, will be open from 2pm- 5pm on May 28. There will be delicious cream teas available for the public.

During the evening Cadhay will be hosting a performance of ‘All for Love’ by Words 4 Voices. The evening starts with a delicious two course buffet with wine.

Once the guests have had a chance to relax and enjoy their freshly prepared buffet meal they will be entertained by a light hearted performance of songs, music and readings on the...

DUMBSTRUCK

Event Date: 
26/05/2014 - 7:30pm to 31/05/2014 - 8:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter

WINNER – FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2013 WINNER – MTN AWARD FOR INNOVATION 2013 ‘Fine Chisel’s Dumbstruck at Zoo Venues is terrific, layered work from young company who deserve a big audience.’ – Lyn Gardner

Fiona is losing her voice. Mal is losing his faith. Ted is losing his marbles.

Somewhere in the North Pacific, a lonely whale sings.

Armed with a stage full of instruments and a box of chalk, FINE CHISEL’s award-winning actor-musicians celebrate forgotten dances, mis-translations and unknown voices.

'Let Fine Chisel plunge you underwater and whisk you back in...

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