Performance

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.

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.

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!

Joshua Howgego will help us piece together an unexpected new history of the solar system, with implications that extend to one of the most fundamental questions we can ask: how did life on earth begin?

A bunch of local theatre makers, comedians, dancers, musicians, actors and clowns are going to try some new things – and you’re invited to experience it.

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.

This workshop will delve into creative exercises including creative writing, storytelling, singing and performance to explore themes of ‘wildness’ and our connection to nature.

Welcome to the International Women‘s Festival […]

You know the Brothers Grimm? The famous storytellers…or story stealers more like! The Grimm Sisters are here to set the record straight. Join them on the journey as they tell their twisted tales with a marvellous mix of storytelling, comedy & live music.

Mushroom Language is about the cycles that shape us – eruption, reproduction and decay. Mushrooms offer us a lens into a more sustainable future, but nature is hilarious and terrifying.

Join us for a remarkable exploration of how our bodies keep us alive – and what simple changes might allow us to live longer.

Featuring comedy and original live music, Close Enough is an autobiographical solo performance about belonging that challenges stereotypes around immigrant women from Eastern Europe.

Connected by the music of Frank Sinatra, this intimate, humorous, and deeply moving drama examines the power of music, memory, and the nature of enduring love. ★★★★ ‘Powerful’ The Sunday Times

It’s the year 2225, and the people of Mars have risen up to claim their freedom. Now is a time for heroes: you. As leaders of the Martian Revolution, the decisions you make will shape your world for generations to come. No pressure…

Imaginative young people aged 7 to 11 are invited to create a stage play with award winning PaddleBoat Theatre Company during the Easter holidays.

With live musicians, sing-a-long songs and a chance to float away as we create our own Big Dream Lullabies together.

Acclaimed performance company Platform 4 takes you on a sonic journey through the Wonderland of Alice, weaving together original music, Lewis Carroll’s text and voices from 40 contemporary Alices!

The chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times and bestselling author of ‘I am Malala’ and ‘The Girl From Aleppo’ visits the South West.

An enticingly varied set of exciting new works by renowned and upcoming international contemporary choreographers. The diverse repertoire offers audiences a refreshing mixture of gritty dance-theatre, athletic and fast-paced choreography.

12 poets will battle it out across 3 rounds of fierce but friendly competition. With feature slots from previous City Slam winner and stand-up poet Edward Tripp, as well as the brilliant published poet Bryony Littlefair (“Fresh, unexpected, surprising”” – Pascale Petite,) and an electric headline set from comedian, author, popular science endorser and now poet Robin Ince.