the bike shed theatre

Regeneration

Event Date: 
01/03/2016 - 7:30pm to 05/03/2016 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Award-winning theatre company, and associate artists at the Bike Shed Theatre, Write By Numbers return to Exeter with their play Regeneration, exploring urban regeneration, gentrification and how we might create the cities of the future. This multi-stranded epic story mixes real stories of regeneration with imagined ones in a playful and urgent production which is touring England in 2016.

It’s Brixton in 1981 and a family’s home is about to be repossessed. It’s Leeds in 2017 and an architect has designed the tallest building the city has ever seen. It’s Newfoundland in 1903 and a...

Bike Shed Theatre awarded Clore Prize Fund

Authored by PMM_2014
Posted: Mon, 11/10/2014 - 3:04pm

The Bike Shed Theatre is delighted to announce that it has received a major award from the Clore Prize Fund, at a prestigious ceremony in London’s Natural History Museum on Tuesday 4th November. The £50,000 award follows the theatre’s recent success in being added to the Arts Council England’s National Portfolio - and will be used to support the next generation of emerging South West and beyond theatre companies to develop and produce nationally recognised work.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Clore Duffield Foundation, a total prize fund of £500,000 was made available....

Bike Shed Theatre needs your vote

Authored by PMM_2014
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 9:41am

Vote for The Bike Shed Theatre here to be your Most Welcoming Theatre of 2014: http://www.smoothradio.com/events/vote-for-your-favourite-theatre/

Nestled at the end of an alley in the heart of Exeter, you'll find the Bike Shed Theatre. With a 60 seat subterranean auditorium and adjacent vintage cocktail tavern, the venue has regular performances from some of the country's most exciting emerging companies.

Championing new work and innovation, the theatre has gained national acclaim for its shows, winning the UK Theatre's Most Welcoming Theatre award in 2013...

The Acoustica Festival Weekend

Event Date: 
12/09/2014 - 12:00pm to 14/09/2014 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Various

The annual Acoustica Festival is back again this year and it’s bigger than ever! From 12th-14th September the festival is taking over the city playing at venues around the city including The Phoenix Arts Centre, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Old Firehouse.

The festival will showcase genres such as Alt Folk, Folktronica and Americana which are the roots of Folk music. Students from the Academy of Music will perform also.

On the 11th September at the Globe Inn, Newtown, there will be a warm up event for the festival from 8pm which is FREE!

Tickets for the main event...

Dark Comedy Gym Party comes to Exeter Phoenix

Gym Party is a razor sharp and slightly dark comic exploration of hopeless determination and the universal desire to win.

Three intrepid contestants compete in a series of games that range from hilariously stupid to uncomfortable, arbitrary, and downright heartbreaking.

The contestants are fearless in their commitment to do whatever it takes to win. But they also wish to please the audience and influence the course of the show by sharing their stories and perspectives.

Increasingly, the contestants pepper the audience with comic, uneasy personal questions about...

She Was Probably Not a Robot

Event Date: 
19/05/2014 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter

(Suitable for 16+) Multi-award winning theatre maker (The Beast and The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) returns with his prototype invention, a lo-fi, DIY, off-beat, sci-fi, storytelling experience. Surreal, soulful comedy about a decomposing world and a cosmic visitor. Bowden comes to Melbourne following a 5-star season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Following the international success of 'The Beast' - nominated for Best Independent Theatre Writing and Best Independent Theatre Performer (Melbourne Green Room Awards 2013) and 'The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart...