Birdhouse

Group of cafe workers

Birdhouse café flies high!

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Mon, 07/15/2024 - 8:39am

The Birdhouse café in Exeter’s Pinces Gardens has soared to success since new management took over in April.

Visitors are flocking there to enjoy the delicious takeaway food and drink on offer, taking advantage of the longer opening hours.

Owned by Exeter City Council, the café was originally a derelict gatehouse, transformed in 2022 by singer songwriter Abbe Martin into a takeaway and community hub. After Abbe decided to leave due to commitments to her family and career, the Birdhouse was swooped on by Exeter based specialist care provider Garland Support, which set up...

Birdhouse

Event Date: 
17/11/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

A surreal comedy horror by the ‘joyously anarchic’ Lecoq-trained Jammy Voo.

Meet four forgotten survivors of the infamous bird attack in Hitchcock’s The Birds.

After taking refuge in the Coronet Cinema, the women have been stuck there ever since, caught in a state of post-traumatic bird shock. With doomsday forever lurking just outside, can they now survive their own personal apocalypses?

Sublime visual theatre, featuring puppetry and an original live music score.

Tickets £10 (£8)

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

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