Ablutions at The Bike Shed Theatre

24th to 28th February, tickets from £5

Ablutions by the award-winning FellSwoop visits The Bike Shed Theatre from 24th to 28th February following its sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival 2014. Adapted from the novel, by Man Booker Prize shortlisted author, Patrick deWitt – it is an inventive fusion of music and theatre. A heady mix of vice, violence and debauchery - Ablutions is a whiskey-soaked portrait of a bartenders descent into drink and divorce, the ultimate in dark modern drama.

Picture yourself as a Los Angeles bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you - leaving the whiskey aside, you hatch a devious, unthinkable plan of escape...

Charlie Parker, Executive Director at The Bike Shed Theatre said, “I’ve seen this show develop from an early scratch performance at Bristol Old Vic to the fully formed, deep and powerful piece of theatre we are about to present. FellSwoop are a very exciting company whom we’re thrilled to be bringing back to Exeter”

A grimly funny tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, Ablutions blends a live soundtrack with detailed mime and deWitt’s heart wrenching humour. “It is a beautifully sleazy tale of personal decay and domestic despair...” The Skinny.

Ablutions will be at The Bike Shed Theatre from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th February. Tickets are available from £5 and can be purchased from the Box Office or website.

Quotes and Awards

“Ablutions is a beautiful sleazy tale of personal decay and domestic 
despair’
★★★★★ THE SKINNY



“a captivating postcard of intoxicated America.”
★★★★ EXEUNT MAGAZINE


“warmth & inventiveness that are wholly satisfying”
★★★★ THE STAGE


“Fascinating fusion of music and theatre from a company with a clear style of their own”
★★★★ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE



CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD - IGNITE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2014