Autumn at Exeter's Cygnet Theatre

Cygnet Theatre are very delighted to announce our first full season of visiting shows to our theatre since the beginning of the pandemic. It has been a tough year for the Arts, so we are thrilled to be able to offer a line-up of visiting shows for all audiences; from family shows and storytelling to compelling drama. We are especially excited to be able to welcome The Dong with a Luminous Nose for the October half-term, brought to you by the designer/director and composer partnership behind Little Angel Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland and The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me.

Full show details and tickets can be found at cygnettheatre.co.uk

All Is Mended Friday 8th October 7:30pm

Living Room Theatre in association with Crediton Arts Centre

A comedy with heart, All is Mended is a retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A new story of life in a care home about magic and remembering, resilience and forgetting, old age and young dreams.Accompanied by our free art exhibition “Old Hands @ Art”, works created by our care home residents.

Blodeuwedd Untold Saturday 9th October 7:30pm

Artemis Storytelling presents Jo Blake and Dr Martin Shaw.

Unearth the unwritten Blodeuwedd, the Frankenstein of flowers. Captured in the pages of a medieval book, the ancient myth of Blodeuwedd describes a woman made out of flowers who was turned into an owl as punishment for adultery. The 1 hour performance will be followed by a chance to hear Jo Blake in conversation with mythologist Dr Martin Shaw.

“A tour de force of beauty and Welsh Mythology” The Wee Review

Strictly Sherlock Thursday 14th October 7:30pm

Join the king of the detectives as he brings to life some of his greatest and most baffling cases. This original one-man show has been adapted from the originals written by Arthur Conan Doyle. We eschew the excesses and deviations of other adaptations and return to the original source material. Expect nothing but Strictly Sherlock! Jonathan Goodwin returns as Sherlock Holmes, in a show scripted by himself and co-directed by Goodwin and Gary Archer.

Undermined Friday 15th October 7:30pm

Based on true stories and actual events from the 1984 miners’ strike. One man, one chair and one pint. Undermined vividly evokes a year when friendships werestrengthened and communities came together in the face of adversity. This powerful and deeply human story, brings together the personal and the political, against the ever present backdrop of the strike.

The Dong with a Luminous Nose

28th & 29th October 1:30pm & 4:00pm

Edward is a bit of an oddball. A shy and troubled boy, he is always watching the horizon, waiting for something to happen. Then one day “the Jumblies” arrive, and his life is turned upside down… then shaken about a bit… and then a bit more! With a huge and colourful cast of abstract and figurative puppets, this absurd take on Lear’s nonsense classic explores that difficult age between being a child and becoming an adult. Dancing chairs, a troublesome telephone and a swarm of shape-shifters all play their part in this tale of a lonely boy who has difficulty facing up to the facts.
“This is a deliciously visceral experience that leaves the young audience with their skin tingling and their curiosity piqued”

– THE GUARDIAN

Women Who Gave No F**ks Thursday 18th November 7:30pm

Brace yourselves for no-holds-barred tales to make you want to rip up the rule book and riot! From Magyar domestic warrior and Irish pirate queen, to naughty Greek pig-wife belly goddess, Japanese Sun deity, and Sumerian sword-wielding nemesis, we present myths and legends of females outgunning adversity. Wielding wit, brains, cunning, courage, righteous rage and the occasional superpower, these imperfect women embody what can be achieved when we give absolutely no f**ks.

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter Friday 3rd December 7:30pm

Radio 4 playwright and storyteller Ian Pearce returns to Exeter with this sell out Edinburgh Fringe show from 2019. A funny, touching, and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton. A world of awkward romantic relationships, Sex Pistols, Crossroads and Angel Delight. An honest and clear-eyed view of his younger self. Yes, he freely admits, I really was that stupid. “Pearce is a charming raconteur” The Wee Review.