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!

Come along to this talk and hear Dr. Abby Russel discuss nine things you never knew about neurodiversity (or maybe you did!).

Exquisite Noise honours the art of assembly. Choreographer Dam Van Huynh explores alternative methods of dissent, drawing on noise to embody defiance and celebrating the power of coming together.

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.

Imagine going to the cinema and becoming part of a pop-up orchestra who create sound FX and a musical soundtrack! After a fun warm up, you’ll use instruments or your voice to help create the magical soundtrack.

MEAT is an electrifying roar of fury, a rallying cry of protest and a unifying celebration of strength packed with heroism & heart. A playful and poignant exploration of identity written by published poet, and multi-award winner Elle Dillon-Reams, ‘Best Newcomer’ The Scotsman.

What would you do with an hour? What if it was your last hour ever? Critically acclaimed storyteller James Rowland returns, with a story full of laughter, music and joy.

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.

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.

They call it ‘the incident’ now. What happened when they first met. He always said it was part of his ‘romantic plan’ but they both know that’s rubbish.

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.

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!

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.