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This six-month course has been designed to increase your writing confidence, help you find your voice, and start writing your novel. You’ll find the beating heart of your story and begin working on your first draft.

This is a great opportunity to network with South West based artists for projects & collaborations.

A monthly evening of have-a-go magic, hosted by spoken word artist and pandemic Bard of Exeter Tim King.

Freefall is a youth arts group for young people aged between 13-16 years run by Exeter Phoenix. The group aims to create a space to socialize, share ideas and opinions and develop creative projects together. 

A place where you can write in silence with others. Make time to work on your novel, memoir, short story, play or poetry in this warm and supportive space.

Work from a model and explore the principles of life drawing. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to improve their skills.

A solo exhibition of textile sculptures, collage, sound, and film, that addresses the impact of colonialism, migration and patriarchy. Co-commissioned by Exeter Phoenix and Phoenix Art Space (Brighton) the exhibition follows two years of intensive research to uncover the facts behind the story of the artist’s Great Aunt – the first Indian woman to be sentenced to be hanged in British colonial Kenya 1949.

Charlie Lewis Marffy’s practice focuses on his interest in building a visual language free-associatively through his paintings and drawings. Marffy explores combinations, references, interactions, networks, and idiosyncrasies across a vast array of sources. For this particular project Charlie has chosen four diverse books from a charity shop and responded to their content with a drawing installation.

From the creative team behind Prevenge comes a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future.

Depicting one’s life story with LEGO pieces might sound crazy, but for Pharrell Williams it was the only way – employing a medium that could mirror his musical career and creative spirit, defying all genre trappings and allowing audiences to be transported to wonderful places with limitless possibilities.

Get into the festive mood and make a beautiful aromatic wreath using 100% natural materials.

Work with willow and other natural materials to weave a star to use for seasonal festive occasions.

This year, Brit Rock presents three superb films which capture all the action, wild characters and stunning locations in what are truly inspiring stories.

Exeter’s poetry platform presented by Alasdair Paterson and Liz Adams.

A trio of magical performances by Devon based artists. Dance, costume, sound and moving image combine to create evocative dance theatre, taking inspiration from the natural world.

Since the mid-late 1990s, Kenny Anderson’s DIY pop alter-ego King Creosote has released over 100 records (at a relatively conservative guess), and his songs have been covered and performed by artists including Simple Minds and Patti Smith.

Want to vocalise your bare bones vision? Give it a try! Need to stand up and show without a ticketed audience? Go for it! Maybe you would like to hear people read your script out loud? Just ask! New to this and have a curiosity about making something from scratch? Start here!

With over 15 million streams and sold out shows across five continents, Talisk have amassed a global following whilst redefining the folk genre.

Professor Robin May takes us on an investigative safari to take a closer look at what happens when pathogens enter the human body.

Mungo’s love soundsystem culture to the core – from its Jamaican roots to raves, club and festivals.

Turns out, Chad and Brad suck at robbing banks. They tried it once. It didn’t end well. This is the hilarious and unbelievable true story of two bumbling Aussie boys’ calamitous bank robbery, and the stories left behind in their wake.