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...
A stolen car. An accident takes the life of a little girl. Four years on, the parents and the joy-rider meet.
Highly accessible and utterly engrossing, this award winning drama takes you on a highly charged journey where forgiveness and redemption are set against guilt, rage and despair. After the Accident will visit The Bike Shed Theatre from 17th to 21st February with tickets available from just £5.
Through brilliant storytelling and compelling characters, experience a fascinating insight into Restorative Justice; a process...
A cracking programme of one-night-only shows will be taking place on Monday nights at The Bike Shed Theatre throughout the Spring Season – the perfect antidote to those dark winter evenings! With so much going on, we thought we would guide you through our pick of the best coming up throughout February and March.
To further sweeten the deal, the theatre has dropped adult ticket prices to £10 with all concessions at £8.
The February/March line-up includes: compelling wartime drama - Waiting for Stanley; psychological thriller exploring Stockholm Syndrome - Inside; the...
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THEATRE
Exeter Comedy Club Christmas Specials Friday, 8.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter Featuring Lloyd Griffiths, Joel Dommett, Nathan Caton and Rob Deering. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
George's Marvellous Medicine Daily, Exeter Northcott Theatre The Birmingham Stage Company present Roald Dahl's amazing story about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine to cure his grandmother of her terrifying temper. But when his grandmother...
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Moscow State Circus Thursday to Sunday, Oaklands Riding School, Alphington Roundabout, Exeter Set in the mystical centre of Moscow’s cultural & artistic quarter Park Gorkogo (Gorky Park) is the perfect back drop for who are undoubtedly the greatest circus artistes on earth. An amazing awe inspiring show created especially for its first ever European tour. More information: www.moscowstatecircus.com for tickets visit www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Planning your weekend? We’ve come up with plenty of ideas to keep the whole family entertained, whatever the weather!
STAGE & SCREEN
Big Screen in the Park: Gravity (PG) Saturday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Gravity (PG) – A movie made for the big screen. Experience the multi award-winning, heart-pounding thriller Gravity out in the open and under the stars and be pulled into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. When disaster strikes a seemingly routine mission and the space shuttle is destroyed, two astronauts are left completely alone – tethered to...
Frankland & Sons Friday, 7.30pm, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A true story created by three generations of the same family about parents, children and falling in love. When theatre-maker Tom Frankland’s aunt died in 2006, he and his father inherited suitcases containing letters written by his grandparents across twenty-five years. They reveal the astonishing life and love of a couple living through two world wars and a recession. As an excuse to spend time together, Tom suggested they create a performance inspired by the letters. In creating their debut performance together,...
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The Great Gatsby Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exter It’s the 1920’s, the age of jazz and women’s independence; when wealth, glamour and decadence ignited public fascination for a fleeting moment in time. Jay Gatsby embraced the era as he set about acquiring all the trappings of a self-made millionaire. His biggest conquest was the young socialite, Daisy. For years, Gatsby is passionate in his pursuit of her love until it all ends...
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Ignite: Exeter’s Festival of Theatre Various Venues, Exeter For one week in June, any space can be a theatre.... From pub cellars to cathedrals, libraries to synagogues, the city will be transformed for Ignite, Exeter’s festival of theatre. Taking place until Saturday 7 June, with nearly two 200 performances over six days, you can see fantastic productions from companies across the country. The full programme can be found here: http://www.igniteexeter....
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What the Ladybird Heard Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: The Ladybird has a plan of her own! Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful...
