Bike Shed

Mr Sole Abode

Event Date: 
23/02/2015 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre

Mr Sole Abode is a world-renowned architect, a master chef and an outlandish inventor, who lives in a fridge under a bridge. Unable to function under the strains of contemporary urban living, Sole leaves behind the everyday world to inhabit his own unique reality.

Infused with explosive physicality and touching humour, Mr Sole Abode is a poetic tale which explores sanity and madness, inviting you to see the world through the eyes of an outsider.

Inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road and David Bohm’s writings on the nature of reality, Leo Kay created...

Cell

Event Date: 
16/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime...and so does his pet fish.

As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes towards experiencing a world that is outside of his comfort zone; from the streets of Lille to the romance of Venice.

Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime.

CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the...

Streaming

Event Date: 
17/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 28/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Rosa, 15, naive, privately educated, has lost her mother; her father has lost his house and business. Leaving behind a life of ease, they find themselves in cheap rented accommodation with a reclusive new neighbour - Candy, late 30s, webcamming in her bed-room; £3.50 a minute, 20 punters a night.

Unexpected life lessons are about to be learnt.

Streaming looks at the normalising of internet porn and the sexual objectification of women. It explores a cultural mismatch between a middle-class father and daughter, used to choice and privilege, and one with no choices. It’s a...

Milked

Event Date: 
10/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 14/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Paul can’t find a job. Snowy can’t find himself.

A black comedy about friendship, unemployment – and a cow called Sandy.

Book now for this hilarious and moving tale from Channel 4 Playwright Simon Longman.

Advised 15+. Contains strong language. Running time 1 hour 15 mins.

‘Brilliant.’ -Audience member

‘Powerful, thought provoking, darkly humorous. Go see it!’ -Audience Member

‘Milked was brilliant. Moving, tender story about badly needing direction in life’. - Audience Member

‘Pentabus Theatre Company skillfully shatters any...

Infinity Pool: A re-telling of Madame Bovary

Event Date: 
03/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 07/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

A play with no actors, a love story with free snacks written and performed by award winning writer Bea Roberts.

Emails unopened, cup-a-soup undrunk, a secret in the stock room; Emma Barnicott’s life is leaking as she pines for a world beyond her trading estate office. When she meets a man online who wants to talk to her about more than boilers and two port valves Emma must decide if the chance of a fantastic love is worth trading for an imperfect life – or will there always be dead woodlice in the infinity pool? Inspired by the novel Madame Bovary, Infinity Pool is a tragi-comic...

Britney Spears custody battle vs Zeus in swan rape shocker

Event Date: 
02/03/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

How do you know if you are living the life of a good person? How do you act to make people like you and how do you dress to make people fancy you? Britney Spears custody battle vs Zeus in swan rape shocker is a show about external validation and self-indulgence.

Through a mix of audience interaction, autobiographical confession and a touch of spiritual cleansing, Lucy Hutson draws on her experiences of trying to find Jesus, battling with my her consumerist choices, filling in mental health forms, protesting/not bothering to protest, attempting to chat up women and watching...

Ablutions

Event Date: 
24/02/2015 - 7:30pm to 28/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Award-winning FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour.

‘Sexy, intriguing, intelligent, confident, FellSwoop's take on DeWitt's tragi-comic novel is a rock'n'roll riff on the poetry of addiction’ ★★★★★ (Venue Magazine).

‘Elegantly structured and consummately performed, this highly accomplished production reminds you why theatre is so bloody brilliant’ (Wildfire...

Mr Sole Abode

Event Date: 
23/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Mr Sole Abode is a world-renowned architect, a master chef and an outlandish inventor, who lives in a fridge under a bridge. Unable to function under the strains of contemporary urban living, Sole leaves behind the everyday world to create his own unique reality. Infused with explosive physicality and touching humour, Mr Sole Abode is a poetic tale which explores sanity and madness, inviting you to see the world through the eyes of a homeless man.

Inspired by Ben Okris award-winning novel; The Famished Road and David Bohm’s writings on the nature of reality, Leo Kay created the...

Head in The Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt

Event Date: 
02/02/2015 - 7:30pm to 05/02/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Marie was no ordinary woman… at fifteen, when her mother died, she raised her siblings, learnt 4 different languages including Esperanto, got a degree, became a prize-winning cook, dancer, gymnast, swimmer, fencer, bob-sledder and canoed from Paris to Germany. However, she longed for something more. She longed to fly. Come on an odyssey of the skies and discover the incredible life and adventures of one of France's first female aviators, otherwise known as 'The Fiancée of Danger.'

This is a magical tale of a young woman's yearning for unbound freedom. The greatest story that...

From Devon With Love: Fando & Lis; fable about Love and Death & Craic In A Rock

Event Date: 
26/01/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Fando & Lis; fable about Love and Death (7pm)

La Casa en Llamas (The Burning house) This is an atypical love history. We were working on creating a close relationship between Fando and Lis and a third character which we created and added to the original script (the character is Death) to try to create our version of the original play. We are performing using our mother tongue (Spanish), physical theatre, symbolism and all our acting skills to create this piece of theatre.

Fando and Lis don’t live in any special place, in any particular time, nor in any common reality....

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