Performance

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.

This is a great opportunity to network with South West based artists for projects & collaborations.

Described as England’s most beautiful Decorated Gothic cathedral by English Heritage, Exeter Cathedral is a striking example of this style of Gothic architecture.

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 award-winning poet Bryony Littlefair and UK Slam Champion Bradley Taylor.

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!

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back and more full of wonder than ever. Wonderful 2.0 will make you cry with laughter, laugh through tears, or dream scenario both.

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.

If the Two Ronnies were cast as the Gravediggers in Hamlet re-written by Samuel Beckett you might have something like Ridiculusmus’s “Alas! Poor Yorick”. A fresh take on Shakespeare’s much-loved clowns, re-enacting all the preceding acts of the original and meticulously staging the famous graveyard scene in all its 420 year-old glory.

A hilarious and heart-warming kaleidoscopic one-creature spoken word show. It’s a story about creativity and identity, of queerness and self-expression and one person’s rage and resilience, amongst existential curiosity, mental chaos and cat-calling.

World record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo makes mad music with his mouth. Become one of this sonic superhero’s sidekicks in a world of funny sounds, brilliant noises and cool music, whether you’re aged 1 or 101!

Ridiculous mishaps, outlandish love stories and a barnyard full of animals that won’t stop talking await in this riotous, rebellious comedy.

Did you know that swearing can help us relieve pain and feel physically stronger – if momentarily? Or that it is a crucial aspect of navigating our identities and relationships to other?

In this workshop, designed alongside Assembleth Theatre’s fantastical show Fairytales, Fables & Other Assorted Nonsense, you will be taken on a magical journey through fairytales as you create your very own stories with all your favourite fairytale characters.

In an offbeat mashup of storytelling, movement, existential angst and one outrageous musical number, this award-winning solo show sees artist Miranda Prag attempt to deconstruct and rebuild her own perception of time (and yours!).

ITV Tour de France commentator Matt Rendell shares stories from his 25 years’ covering the Tour – and his dealings with cycling’s big names from Eddy Merckx to Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish to Chris Froome.

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