Inspired by the path to Afghanistan, well trodden down the ages whether by Western merchants, missionaries, Hippies or soldiers, There Shall Be Fireworks unearths a startling true story from a two hundred-year-old cemetery in Kabul known as the Kabre Gora (‘the Graveyard of Foreigners’).
It’s a send off. An American stockbroker turned statesman, thwarted in one wildly ambitious plan to change the world for good, bids farewell once again to the land that he loves. Your host is played by Martin Bonger (Fat Man, NIE’s Around the World in 80 Days), with composition and sound design by...
Join your effervescent host Deirdre Me, and let your Nincompoop loose on the stage or off as we get ready for some of the newest, nakedest, gorgeousest, wonderfully ridiculous, often heart-warming, sometimes, side-splitting offerings, performed live in front of your eyes.
Nincompoop is a monthly night where brave people try out new ideas on other brave people to see if they are good ideas or bad ones. And as we all know, sometimes the worst ideas are the best ones of all.
A silly night stuffed full of laughs, laughing, confusion and ludicrous nonsense; where anything can...
Buddy Holly & The Crickets are brought back to life as they looked and sounded on their first tour of the UK in 1958 by the outstanding Spencer J & the Copy-Cat Crickets. Taking you back to the age of the soda shop, the drive through diner and the record hop, this is a non-stop rock ‘n’ roll concert straight from the fifties with the songs that Buddy recorded such as ‘Peggy Sue’, ‘That’ll Be The Day’, ‘Oh Boy’ and ‘Heartbeat’, but also other rock n roll hits such as ‘La Bamba’, ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘Rip It Up’ and ‘Shake Rattle & Roll’ which Buddy performed time and again....
Exeter Little Theatre Company proudly presents the Exeter premier for ‘the most hilarious comic evening in the theatre since Noises Off’ (The Stage). In the seaside town of Brighton in 1963, Francis Henshall has just been fired from his skiffle band. Despondent and desperate for fish and chips, Francis becomes separately employed by two men – Roscoe Crabbe, a local gangster, and Stanley Stubbers, an upper class criminal. As fate would have it, it turns out that Roscoe is really Rachel Crabbe in disguise, her twin brother Roscoe having been murdered by her lover, who is none other than...
Following a complete sell-out spring tour professional grumpy old woman, Splash survivor, amateur soup maker, and novice knitter Jenny Eclair extends her hit tour into the autumn. Jenny is younger than Madonna but eats crisps and likes wine. Semi-bearded and suffering from outbreaks of gout and hysteria, Eclair puts middle age under the microscope and decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund! You are most welcome to join her, just button your cardi up properly and wipe that lipstick off your teeth.
On 5th September, Exeter’s cultural venues will celebrate a new season of events taking place in the city.
The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Cathedral, The Cygnet Theatre, Devon Libraries, Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter Phoenix and RAMM, will officially announce an exciting programme of events taking place between September and December at a launch party held at The Bike Shed Theatre.
This is the first time the city’s venues have collaborated on such an event and, to mark the occasion, they are opening the launch to the public. Anyone who wishes to find out about the range of...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (12-14 August).
CINEMA
Big Screen in the Park Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter With Mexican street food, local ale and ciders and delicious coffees from the BikeCaffe, grab your friends and celebrate the biggest Exeter Big Screen in The Park ever. Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the gate. It costs an additional £1 to bring your own chair chair. Line up: Friday – Jaws (12A); Saturday – The Martian (12); Sunday – Stand By Me (15). Gates open at 7.30pm with films starting at...
Norwich-based Baroque Theatre Company has announced full details of its 15th national tour.
The chilling thriller Veronica’s Room, by American playwright, the late Ira Levin, is directed by Adam Morley and will tour to venues across England between 5th August and 28th October, arriving in Exeter on Tuesday 11th October at the Cygnet Theatre.
Veronica’s Room, by the author who also penned horror classics Rosemary’s Baby and Deathtrap, promises to take audiences into a spider’s web of fantasy, reality and danger.
Veronica’s Room tells the story of Susan Kerner, a...
To honour the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare, The Festival Players Theatre Company is bringing one of the Bard’s most famous plays, Hamlet, to Powderham Castle on Wednesday 17 August.
Thought to have been first performed in 1600, Hamlet is considered the greatest tragedy in the English language. The gripping production will be performed in the atmospheric courtyard of Powderham Castle, by The Festival Players Theatre Company, a professional theatre company from Gloucestershire who have been touring Shakespeare’s plays for 30 years. For this production, musical...
To honour the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare, The Festival Players Theatre Company is bringing one of the Bard’s most famous plays, Hamlet, to Powderham Castle on Wednesday 17 August.
Thought to have been first performed in 1600, Hamlet is considered the greatest tragedy in the English language. The gripping production will be performed in the atmospheric courtyard of Powderham Castle, by The Festival Players Theatre Company, a professional theatre company from Gloucestershire who have been touring Shakespeare’s plays for 30 years. For this production, musical...
