Performance

A chance to listen to published poets read from their work and perhaps read two or three of your own. Hosted by Chrissy Banks & Matt Bryden.

A space for dance artists, movers and choreographers to share, learn, grow, support and be supported, meeting on the second Friday each month.

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

Perrier Comedy and Fringe First winner Will Adamsdale presents a new autobiographical show about escape, creativity and technology.

Are you a writer for performance based in or around Exeter? Join us on the first Thursday of each month for the Exeter Playwrights Cafe.

South West Dance Hub are proud to host an evening of exciting new and developing dance in collaboration. Highlighting dance works from Swift Dance Company and emerging regional performance makers.

Join the Ukrainian servicewoman and prize-winning poet, Yaryna Chornohuz, to hear her work written under fire while saving lives as a combat medic.

This multi-media one-woman show by Jackie Juno is a journey of self-discovery, reptilian initiation and a crash course in quantum physics to discover what is really important in life.

Two best mates. One HUGE party. Luton pinned by austerity. An evening of noughties bangers and shots of gin mixed with the chaos of violence. A night to remember!

90 minutes of improv, mayhem, gaming comedy, crowdwork and songs from the UK’s most manic comic on his first-ever stand-up tour! Best known for his high-octane improvisation and game show The Dark Room, come get played with!

Want to vocalise your bare bones vision? Maybe you would like to hear people read your script out loud? New to this and have a curiosity about making something from scratch? Start here!

Step into the Christmas spirit with James B Partridge and his The Big Christmas Assembly 2025 show. This festive event promises a joyful evening of singalong classics, taking you back to the nostalgia of Christmases past.

Join The Lady Frost and the Haus of Diamond for a festive night filled with live vocals, fierce lip-syncs, comedy, and more.

Join the quiz mistress, on International Human Rights Day, as she hosts one of her playful pub quizzes to raise money for medical aid in Palestine.

Dust off your goggles, fire up the flux capacitor, and prepare for a night of chronological chaos, festive enchantment, and mechanical mischief! The Steampunk Yule Ball is back — and this year, we’re inviting you to step through the folds of time itself at the Time Travellers’ Ball.

Gecko is a singer-storyteller. His songs cover the big things in life with wit and warmth. From deep time to ignored characters in renaissance paintings, from pig fugitives to Duolingo streaks.

We are once again partnering with Quirk Theatre to bring you a special revival of one of Quirk’s most beloved, penguintastic productions!

Ciderella promises to be a magical night that you will never forget, however much you try. Featuring award-winning comedians Ed Tripp and Suzy Bennett and directed by Laura Horton.

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker loves Christmas. And he loves Exeter Phoenix so much he’s coming back for his third show here this year.

Join Spork! this December for our 6th annual Christmas Bash, featuring a stockingful of spoken-word talent, some top-notch poets, a brass band, & a partridge in a pear tree!!

Dare to believe in magic as the UK’s #1 magic show returns a brand-new production for 2025 by award-winning magician James Phelan.