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Hollie McNish (Mothers on the Mic)
Feb
3
1:00 pm13:00

Hollie McNish (Mothers on the Mic)

Join Mothers Who Make Exeter for a very special, relaxed and uplifting daytime show with poet and mother Hollie McNish! Whether you join online or in person you are in for a treat.

“One of the best poets we have” – Matt Haig
“Makes me cry and howl with laughter” - Paapa Essiedu
“like Pam Ayres on acid” – Lemn Sissay
“Her writing is sublime” – Ellie Taylor

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Adam Benjamin two day Improvisaton Workshop
Nov
12
to 13 Nov

Adam Benjamin two day Improvisaton Workshop

Two Days of Improv with Adam Benjamin

A workshop in which ideas grow, in which our trust in each other creates the fabric that supports us in our explorations. A workshop of forgetting the right ways of doing things, and remembering the value of not knowing the answers. The workshop will explore the interplay between movement and text; it doesn’t mean you have to speak, it doesn’t mean you have to dance – it’s about choices, silences and stillness and the moments when words dance and bodies speak.



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Richard Chappell Dance Work In Progress Performance
Oct
9
5:00 pm17:00

Richard Chappell Dance Work In Progress Performance

Join Richard Chappell Dance for this small, intimate sharing of its next creation

Join Richard Chappell Dance for this small, intimate sharing of its next creation, at The Hall, Exeter. In this performance, RCD shares the early stages of the work in progress, providing insights into how the company makes work and collaborates with its internationally renowned ensemble of dancers. This is a unique chance to experience this new work in a studio setting ahead of its premiere tour next spring, including Exeter Northcott on 15 May 2023.

Alongside our work, local South West choreographer and former BalletBoyz dancer and member of Russell Maliphant Company, Edd Arnold shares a work in progress of a new work, created through RCD’s Supporting Acts Programme.

Run time: 1 hour

Start Time: 5pm

Location: The Hall, Stepcote Hill, Exeter EX1 1BD

As The Hall is situated on Stepcote Hill, the venue’s entrance is only accessible via a slope and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Should this present a barrier for you to experience our work, the event is being live streamed through The Hall. More information on this will be announced on their website soon.

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Old Time Sailers
Jun
29
7:00 pm19:00

Old Time Sailers

Old Time Sailors is a flashmob musical show designed to take the audience back in time through an unforgettable trip to the 19th century. Every member of the audience receives a copy of the Sunday Sailor, our own newspaper shaped program which includes the lyrics to all our songs (plus personalized postal stamps!) in order to sing along and become a Sailor for one epic night! Our crew is composed of 17 musicians playing fully unplugged to ensure the most authentic experience. Over 30 songs and tunes where the audience will sing and dance surrounded by drunken Sailors, witnessing an astounding show unmatched in this music genre. Everything will take place within our magnificent stage set, designed to give the audience the sensation of being inside a 19th century vessel.

Bar Open till late. Expect much dancing.

Please call us on 07946468447 if you need access assistance (wheelchairs etc)

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Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4's | Cygnet Youth Theatre
Jun
21
7:30 pm19:30

Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4's | Cygnet Youth Theatre

Join Adrian Mole on his journey of growing up

During the course of this year and a quarter, Adrian falls in love, suffers through his parents’ marital problems, and pursues his ambition to be an intellectual and a writer. Pandora, the love of his life, is brainier than Adrian, and her parents are in a higher income class than Adrian’s. Not exactly model parents to begin with, when their marriage breaks down, Adrian’s home life becomes even more chaotic. After his mother runs off with the next-door neighbour, Mr. Lucas, Adrian’s father, George, is temporarily cheered by his relationship with Doreen Slater. Set in the early 1980s, in an unnamed town in the midlands of England, the play portrays the effects on an ordinary working-class family of rising unemployment and cuts to education and medical services that defined the period. It was also a time when ordinary English women were beginning to express a desire for freedom from their traditional domestic roles, shown in the actions of Adrian’s mother and those of Pandora and her mother.

Cygnet Youth Theatre present this version.

CYT is a weekly drama class for 11-18 year olds, held at Cygnet Theatre.

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The Eleventh Annual Exeter Poetry Slam!
May
20
7:30 pm19:30

The Eleventh Annual Exeter Poetry Slam!

12 contestants, 3 rounds, 1 winner, much kudos.
This year's slam is part of the Cygnet Theatre’s 40th Anniversary festival

Tim King and Ysella Sims proudly host 12 of the finest poetic performers in the South West as they compete in the 11th instalment of this annual knock out competition.

In addition to the kudos and abundant opportunities for further paid gigs, there's a £100 prize for the winner alongside £50 and £20 for the two runners up.

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 Story Blaze: The King & The Corpse
Jan
19
8:00 pm20:00

Story Blaze: The King & The Corpse

Artemis Storytelling will be telling the story of The King and the Corpse, an extraordinary set of tales handed down through Indian oral tradition for hundreds of years, each one with a riddle or moral dilemma at its heart which we invite you, the audience, to explore with us. Storyteller line-up: Sarah Brand, Robin Eastoe, Moniqa Islam, Chuffy Jenkins, Elly Lee and Tricia St Clair. Hosted by Katy Cawkwell.

Doors open 7:30, 8pm start.
BBar and snacks availbale.
Tickets cost £4 - buy here in advance or on the door.

If you can't make it in person, there will be a livestream that night - livestream tickets must be bought by 2pm on 19th. If you buy an in-person ticket, you will be able to convert it to a livestream one up to 6 hours in advance, if you are ill or need to isolate. NB the storytelling will be directed at the in-person audience: the livestream is simply "fly-on-the-wall" - we will not be talking to the camera and the digital audience with not be able to interact directly with the storytellers. If you possibly can, please come to The Hall: you will have a much better experience!

link to purchase online / in person tickets from Artemis website;

https://www.artemis-storytelling.co.uk/workshops

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A SINGLE ACT
Jun
6
4:30 pm16:30

A SINGLE ACT

ONE Political Event. TWO Couples. FOUR Trajectories.

In a world surrounded by the continual fear of terrorism and the speculation that surrounds it, Jane Bodie’s play which debuted at The Hampstead Theatre in 2005, places us at the epicentre of two relationships after an unspecified urban terrorist attack. Bodie explores the human condition and its varying forms of deterioration following such catastrophic events.

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EUTC presents 'Party'
Mar
5
to 7 Mar

EUTC presents 'Party'

The Exeter University Theatre Company presents 'Party'. In a garden shed four young idealists have formed a new political party. Tom Basden's comic play is about small minds tackling big issues- China, sex trafficking, cycle lanes, unfair trade coffee, and when exactly they should break to eat cake.

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Nice Guy Eddie
Nov
26
to 28 Nov

Nice Guy Eddie

Eddie, a perpetual intern and completely in love with his beautiful, dancer flatmate, Ella, is about to turn 23. But unfortunately his mildly sociopathic "best friend" David is insisting that he meet a mysterious new friend of his, April. Over the course their night together, Eddie and April realize that perhaps they get on better than they might think.

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Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Jul
4
6:00 pm18:00

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

A story becomes a truth by the amount of people who believe in it. Belief is a choice we make. I am the secret love child of Elvis. Are You Lonesome Tonight? is a solo performance based on a true story. Ellie has been working with neuroscientists she has been trying to discover howand why delusional beliefs occur. Using 9 numbers that fascinated Sir Issac Newton, Pythagoras and Elvis she explores her lineage to ‘The King’. 
Ellie uses theatre, games, dancing and live music to look at how we define and measure ‘madness’.

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Don Quijote
Jun
5
to 7 Jun

Don Quijote

Returning to Exeter after success as part of the From Devon With Love Festival., HELP! is an engaging solo performance which questions what we know about ourselves. It’s about falling apart, pulling yourself together and being surprised by what you are left with.

Taking you from the dairy isle of Sainsbury’s to the greens of Ascot, via a disco of dirty secrets with a euro pop soundtrack; HELP! is a show for anyone who’s ever struggled.

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Help!
Jun
5
to 7 Jun

Help!

Viki is not coping. Seeing people is a strain. Reading a book is a battle. Going food shopping is a horse-race and she’s in last place. It’s time to stop pretending to be ok. It’s time to ask for help.

Returning to Exeter after success as part of the From Devon With Love Festival., HELP! is an engaging solo performance which questions what we know about ourselves. It’s about falling apart, pulling yourself together and being surprised by what you are left with.

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Breakers
Jun
5
to 7 Jun

Breakers

In 2015, Sophie is the only employee of an otherwise staff-less supermarket. In 1812, George's livelihood is under threat from the new wave of industry sweeping across England.

From Luddite's looms to cashiers' till, 'Breakers' explores the relationship between man and machine in this brand new piece by Rabblerouse Theatre. 

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Theatre: Its Kind of You to Mention
Mar
22
5:30 pm17:30

Theatre: Its Kind of You to Mention

Exeter University drama students join us again to share their final year work. Set in the historic hall on Stepcote hill, this performance is a celebration of the building and local community of the West Quarter of Exeter. Using real memories of the area, puppetry, movement work and story telling, join us to remember the past, look to the future, and be part of the bridge between the two.

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Theatre: First event!! Brick and Bone - Exeter University
Mar
23
7:00 pm19:00

Theatre: First event!! Brick and Bone - Exeter University

We are a group of Exeter University students in our final year. We would like to invite you to 'Brick and Bone' a performance taking place at 7pm at The Hall on Saturday 23rd March. Our piece explores the memories and history of an old building through the story of a couple as they move through life together and enter old age. Taking inspiration from The Hall itself we will be looking at the dedication required for caring for that which is old. 'Brick and Bone' includes mask work, silent comedy and puppetry in creating this heart warming and hopefully truthful performance. Please come down and check out this great piece of Theatre in a spectacular space. 

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