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Wonderland

Event Date: 
31/12/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

A night of curiosity and wonder...

This New Years Eve we invite you to leave behind the humdrum of day-to-day life and explore a world where nothing is quite as it seems.

After two years of raucous sell-out revelry, Exeter’s most imaginative New Year event returns with more mind-blowing live music, DJs, zany performers and hidden surprises.

Party amidst falling snow in a winter forest, revel with the weird and wonderful at a tropical tea party for loons, and throw some shapes at the Kitty Litter Disco – meeeoooow! There’s no telling what you’ll find around the next...

Howard Marks in Conversation with Barry Ashworth

Event Date: 
16/12/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Described by the Daily Mail as ‘the most sophisticated drugs baron of all time‘, Howard Marks has worked with the British Secret Service and has been connected with the Mafia, the IRA, MI6 and the CIA. Just over a year ago Howard Marks was diagnosed with bowel cancer which had spread to two other organs, he was given 10 months to live….. .

Here we are 3 months after his predicted passing and after nearly 30 sessions of chemotherapy combined with Cannabis Oil Treatment, which is being used more and more seriously for the treatment of cancer and other illness, and everything from...

The Steampunk Yule Ball

Event Date: 
12/12/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Exeter Phoenix and The Mysterious Freakshow present their annual Steampunk Extravaganza. Bigger and Better than any before, for one day only Exeter Phoenix will be transformed into a Steampunk Utopia playing host to the UK’s best Steampunk musicians, performers, authors, traders, creators for a day and night of interesting couture, unique performance, unusual workshops, fabulous DJs, cocktails and teapots … there really is something for everyone at this year’s event.

For information on the daytime Steampunk Experience, see here >>

THE STEAMPUNK YULE BALL

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The Sixth Year

Event Date: 
09/12/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Written by Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda. Directed by Rick Alverson, Dustin Guy Defa, Loretta Fahrenholz, Nick Mauss & Ken Okiishi, Alex Ross Perry.

The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field.

The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and...

The King with Donkey's Ears

Event Date: 
09/12/2015 - 1:00pm to 03/01/2016 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Quirk Theatre and Exeter Phoenix present The King with Donkey's Ears

For everyone over 5!

For the thirteenth year running Quirk Theatre and Exeter Phoenix join together to ignite young imaginations and bring wonderfully creative live theatre to over three thousand people at Christmas time.

The king has something hidden under his hat. Something big…. He has donkey’s ears! Only the royal barber knows his secret, and if he tells another living soul he stands to lose everything that is precious to him. But the barber can’t contain himself. He can’t eat, he can’t sleep....

Exeter Respect International Festival

Event Date: 
04/12/2015 - 7:15pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Live music, stalls and performers including Barefoot Bandit, Chartwell Dutiro, Lewis Esparon and more.

We all enjoyed the free entrance Exeter Respect Festival in June 2015. The organising team met recently to start organising for the Exeter Festival 2016. On Fri 4 Dec, Exeter Phoenix has kindly offered to host Exeter Respect International Fest 2015 in order to fundraise for the Exeter Respect Festival 2016. Therefore, we call on all our communities, friends of Exeter Respect Festival and supporters, to extend their kindness and join the Exeter Phoenix in supporting the festival by...

Good Life: Exeter launch

Event Date: 
03/12/2015 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

After sellout shows across Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol and London, Good Life – the UKs most unique party – arrives in Exeter!

It’s a Bollywood special as we transform Exeter Phoenix for one night only!

As it’s the launch, expect production level like no other with installations, performers, lasers, giveaways and much more!

The night will be headlined by none other than ONEMAN. Renowned as one of the best DJs in the industry, he’s sure to bring the party vibes with an eclectic mix of hip hop, bass, garage, house and disco.

Tickets available here .

Goldfinch - Benjamin A Owen

Event Date: 
02/12/2015 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

A special event launching the 2015 Exeter Phoenix Artists’ Moving Image Commission.

Benjamin A Owen will transform the building, producing a live soundtrack to a new body of film works shown here for the first time.

Benjamin A Owen is a filmmaker whose work explores politics as it is played out in the everyday and in the commonplace. Although often working in the form of film, his practice encompasses exhibition making, performing music and working in education. Owen’s process is highly collaborative, and he often works with musical performances as a form.

Goldfinch...

Fire-risk tumble dryers safety warning

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is advising homeowners to check their tumble dryers after Indesit release a warning ‘that they may pose a fire risk.’

The three brands are Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda and include both condenser and vented dryers, which have been marketed over the last 11 years.

It has been identified that in "rare" cases a build-up of lint can come into contact with the dryer's heating element, which could pose a fire risk, resulting in users being warned not to leave their driers unattended and to clean fluff from the filter after each use....

Christmas Disco & Soul Explosion with Chris Dinnis

Event Date: 
12/12/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

It's the Christmas Party Exeter has been waiting for.

Radio Exe presenter and nationally acclaimed soul & funk club DJ Chris Dinnis with all the classic disco and soul hits with a dash of funk thrown in. Dance from 8 until 11.30 on our fantastic dance floor. Everyone gets a seat at a table and if you book for 4 or more we'll even reserve a table for you.

If night clubs just aren't your thing but you want a Christmas night out that lets you enjoy the best soul music and disco classics, this is the night for you - perfect for a Christmas celebration with friends and...

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