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.

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.

Comedy, physical theatre, live music and biting satire combine for a rowdy, rip-roaring holiday you won’t forget, from NotThatButThat.

Sex, secrets and bawdy tunes. The show that makes sexual health cool… sorta.

Thomas Smith from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences visits Exeter to share his experience of chasing wildfires across four continents.

Award winning environmental filmmaker Ted Simpson talks about his filmmaking journey exploring the wild edges of Britain, and shares his latest short film ‘The Pine Hunters’.

Delve into a range of local beliefs and customs around magic, consider how many of these traditions still survive, and why they remain an important part of local history and heritage.

Join the fun with Gary and Rob in this “show for all generations”, as they reflect on 60 years of growing up and reluctantly growing old.

We are pleased to announce that Exeter Phoenix’s Green Phoenix Festival will return on 6th July 2025, following a successful first event in 2024.

Step through the briars to meet the trees of these lands in this outdoor show for all ages by the Hedgesong Collective.

In a mix of poetry and lists acclaimed comedian Trevor Lock (BBCRadio 4, Channel 4, Comedy Central) reinvents Bingo, rewrites the English dictionary and explains the correct way to imbibe a glass of H2O. With support from musical comedian Will Skillington.

Obscure Desires takes you on a visually stunning journey through the depths of human emotion—told through jaw-dropping acrobatics, live music, and powerful storytelling.

Playfully exploring ritual and tradition in the modern world, The Ceremony is an improvised, interactive ritual – part sermon, part group therapy, part comedy show. Not a cult.

The Poldark Show; it’s an unforgettable evening of astonishing hypnosis, magic and mentalism, where you’re not just the audience, you’re part of the show!

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

On Midsummer’s Eve, 1925, magic collides with reality as bickering fairies, hapless actors, and runaway lovers create chaos. With love potions, power struggles and follies anything can happen!

A sun-drenched hour (and a bit) of sumptuous spoken-word, poetry, silliness, and songs, featuring some of the best Wordsmiths around.

Part of Theatre in the Park: SPLAT is a family friendly physical comedy about Art. Two artists, one neat, the other messy attempt to cover the history of art with chaotic consequences.

Professor Slug’s interactive show is packed full of colourful puppets, catchy songs, and educational info about the wonderful world of bugs.