Performance

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

A workshop for 18+, exploring womanhood and changing identities through guided movement tasks and discussion.

Featuring a broad streak of quirky comedy, playful film noir references and inspired by the art of Frida Kahlo, The Mexico Mission! is a highly interactive playable show for families.

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

Imaginative young people aged 7 to 12 are invited to create a stage play with award winning PaddleBoat Theatre Company during the Easter holidays.

Exeter UNESCO City of Literature, Spork! Poetry and Taking the Mic are joining forces once again to present the 4th annual City Slam.

James Rowland blends storytelling, music, comedy and even a genuine Viking helmet, in his comic ode to death, friendship and the beautiful absurdity of life.

Winner of the Untapped Award 2025, this dance-theatre work investigates the tools we use to predict and prophesy the future, from early meteorological devices to corporate trend forecasting and divination.

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!

The Moonlight Garden is back for another evening of cabaret delights. Escape the cold real world it a place where everyone is beautiful and our performers enchanting you with their magic.

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.

Nine Sixteenths invites you on a journey through 3 acts, exploring themes of representation and pop culture with a nostalgia for the early 00’s.

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker brings his characteristic warmth, wit and wonder to new parenthood.

South West Dance Hub presents an evening of new works in progress from Swift Dance Collective.

Premium classical ballet sessions with Birmingham Royal Ballet & Ballet Buddy’s, Jade Heusen. This event is an external hire.

Open Door Festival has been created with the aim of platforming artists who may have previously been excluded from programming opportunities.

An immersive game show to find the best “trash artist” to save all the raccoons. Compete to win a small prize, and the ultimate accolade under a system not designed for you.

Philip Kingslan John from Four of Swords invites you to join him in this practical workshop, exploring invocation, transformation and rhythm.

Grace Plant (Graceless) and Sarah McCourt (Fragments, Monstrous Love Revisited) draw on their autobiographical theatre practice in this practical workshop looking at staging your stories.

Crafted through vibrant poetry, theatre, dance, music and flourished with bird song. Performers with a 50-year age gap mutually learn by sharing wisdom, passion, and honesty.

Join Doohickie Productions and 10 emerging artists for a long table discussion exploring what emerging artists want and need to access the performance industry.