Performance

Are you a writer for performance based in or around Exeter? Join us on the dates below for the Exeter Playwrights Cafe.

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

This cabaret from critically acclaimed ensemble The Ruby Dolls, accompanied by Benjamin Cox (Operation Mincemeat), weaves the story of a shocking 1940s murder through an eclectic mix of music.

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

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

Award-winning Devon-based director Selwin Hulme-Teague presents a contemporary adaptation of Radclyffe Hall’s scandalous queer classic novel.

An Edinburgh Fringe Preview: immerse yourself in two timeless tales by Edgar Allan Poe: In The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum.

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.

Headlining our annual Green Phoenix Festival is acclaimed climate scientist, comedian and author of the best seller ‘Hot Mess’, Dr Matt Winning.

Exeter Laughter Lab returns to Exeter Phoenix this July with another huge night of live stand-up comedy, headlined by one of the UK’s most recognisable and consistently brilliant comedians, Marcus Brigstocke.

Allegory is a stand-up comedy show about the stories we tell ourselves while locating identity among colleagues, friends, family—and a pet octopus with digestive issues.

A life-affirming, charming acrobatic spectacle co-produced by Hoxton Hall. Don’t miss the show that brings light joy in heavy times.

Disguise and deception collide with propriety and desire in this vibrant, hilarious and emotional production. Suitable for all ages, featuring love, laughter, wit, music, mistaken identities.

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

A rat-astic and realistic look into refuse and recycling. Rummage through the rubble with Bin Rat to discover where all the junk goes! Find out what literally happens to litter in this outdoor interactive puppetry 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.

The story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. Expect raucous laughter, tear-stained cheeks, and a little smattering of drum n bass.

Step inside A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy – a funny and fearless dark comedy where fantasy tangles with reality. With sharks, cardboard cut-outs and a rap about Devon, acclaimed autistic artists Cian Binchy and Anna Constable invite you into a world that’s playful, surprising and quietly profound.

Newly widowed, Mrs Lovett ‘recalibrates’ her relationship with God. The scales of social justice may be tipped against her, but Eleanor has counterweights of her own: creativity, a can-do spirit, and a dream of joys to come. A fascinating, darkly comic tale of her life before she met Sweeney Todd.

Solo-storyteller Liz revisits her childhood memories and home in an attempt to understand whether she still belongs there, or ever did. This new LR Production takes us from laughter to tears and back again as Liz reconnects with voices from the past and her young family now, unearthing painful home truths.

‘Paper Swans’ draws on absurdist theatre, visual symbolism and the playwright’s personal experience, as a woman from a post-Soviet country coming to the UK.