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Theatre & Performing Arts

If you want to be entertained or enlightened, appreciate art or make your own masterpiece, enjoy live music, take part in an open-mic night, or dance to the region's best DJs, then you will always find something in Exeter to suit your taste.

With such a wide variety of entertainment across the city there is bound to be something different happening in every part of Exeter on almost every night of the week. All you need to do is choose which of the many venues you would like to visit for a really great night out.

At the heart of the city, the historic and beautiful Exeter Cathedral provides a spectacularly atmospheric setting for concerts, exhibitions, workshops and lectures in a rolling programme of inspiring event programming, as well as playing host to charity concerts.

The city has four main theatres and numerous indoor and outdoor areas where performing arts feature within an annual programme of festival and events.

The Exeter Northcott theatre located on Streatham Campus of the University has an annual event programme that will delight and often inspire you to experience something different. With an intimate atmosphere, it provides a chance to get ‘up close and personal’ with many well-known actors visiting with touring production companies.

The Exeter Barnfield Theatre is Exeter's independent community theatre with a regular list of jazz, folk, rock, classical and live music, pantomime, drama and dance events. Now completely run by a charity, it supports local theatre and stage companies, and hosts many school events.

The Cygnet Theatre has its own unique theatre training school programme offering full-time professional training for thirty years, and where graduates have gone on to work successfully for stage, film, TV and radio. Encouraging new writing is one of its specialist features. Cygnet Theatre plays a key role in the region’s arts scene, supporting local artists to present their own work at the venue and introducing over 60 performances in professional venues in Exeter and on summer tours around the area.

The largest indoor venue is the University of Exeter's Great Hall, which offers a wonderful location for classical and contemporary music concerts, including the seasonal visit of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. On the University campus you will also find ‘The Lemmy’ – where DJ sets, rock and pop concerts are regularly featured and where current and up and coming music artists are often promoted.

The Exeter Corn Exchange is the city’s second biggest adaptable space, and offers a programme of all kinds of music, cabaret and other entertainment and trade shows. It also holds a good selection of weekly and monthly group activities to join and is now firmly established as THE place to see the best top-line comedians on the stand-up circuit.

Exeter Phoenix, located next to the city’s museum hosts a varied programme of contemporary and unusual events, including live music and DJ sets, dance, comedy nights, theatre, talks and workshops. Studio 74 is Exeter Phoenix’s solar powered cinema, the only independent cinema in Exeter showing the latest films as well as the best of World Cinema, documentaries and classic titles. Along with the Corn Exchange, you are sure to find great family events at Christmas and during school holidays here.

Based at Emmanuel Hall in Exeter, Theatre Alibi are contemporary storytellers and create exiting and imaginative work for audiences of all ages, performing at venues throughout the city as well as touring nationally. The company integrates a wide variety of art forms into its work and recent productions have featured animation, film, puppetry, photography and music both live and recorded, encouraging young people to discover and enjoy a of theatre. Theatre Alibi is an ‘Arts Award Supporter’ organisation.

Exeter is also well represented in performing arts with a large selection of dance and stage schools, including adding to its list recently, the prestigious Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts. You will often find young people from Stage by Stage, Razzamataz Theatre School or Stagecoach Performing Arts, or The Richard Dale Theatre School appearing in our venues in special productions.

The city is fortunate to have a collection of long established and highly regarded choral choirs, one of which was first established in 1846, plus several symphony and concert orchestras, chamber choirs and children’s orchestras and music groups. A Capella singing is also popular around the city. Watch out for a performance from Exeter University’s own Semi-Toned, winners of the BBC programme The Choir: Gareth's Best in Britain.

You may even be able to hear brass band music from the City of Exeter Railway Band (who regularly perform on the Quayside in the summer) or catch a glimpse of the City of Exeter Pipes and Drums parading down the High Street!

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Jazz on the Quay

Exeter

Jazz on the Quay is back! A fun, FREE afternoon of music starting on Sunday 28th June and then every Sunday during July, until the 30th August (apart from the 26th July).

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19 July 2026Open 12:30 - 15:30
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Comedy at the Castle: Friday Night with Joanne McNally and more!

Exeter

Back by popular demand, we return to Powderham Castle in Exeter for the second instalment of the South Wests biggest open-air comedy festival!

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17 July 2026Open 18:00 - 22:30
An Evening of Music to Support Macmillan Cancer Support

Cullompton

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17 July 2026Open 19:30 -
Chris Murphy – Songs From The Trees

Exeter

Born and raised in New York, Chris Murphy is a vibrant violinist, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist now based in Los Angeles. He performs over 200 concerts annually across the USA, The Netherlands, France, and the UK. His original songs…

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17 July 2026Open 20:00 -
Circus Funtasia

Exmouth

All-human circus with acrobatic, comedy and aerial performers.

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17 July 2026Open 18:00 -
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Comedy At The Castle

Exeter

For the opening night, we will be welcoming one of the worlds' biggest female comics right now and one of the biggest selling comedians in europe in 2025: Joanne Mcnally!
Also Performing On The Night Will Be:
Seann Walsh - Star of I'm A Celebrity,…

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17 July 2026Open 18:00 -
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Dial Medicine for Murder

Exeter

This is the story and juxtaposition of the two most notorious British physicians of the 20th Century, Dr Harold Shipman and Dr John Bodkin Adams.
Leading forensic psychiatrist, Dr Andrew Johns and general physician, Dr Harry Brünjes, dissect and…

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From:
17 July 2026Open 19:30 - 21:30
Flats & Sharps (26)

Honiton

Flats & Sharp
Running Time: 2 Hours (Including an interval)

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17 July 2026Open 19:30 -
The Robert Brian Quartet

Exeter

Grammy-winning drummer and producer Robert Brian returns to his first love - jazz - bringing a electrifying mix of swing, Latin, funk, drum & bass and everything in between to 12 Bar.
Rob's impressive career spans collaborations with Siouxsie…

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17 July 2026Open 19:30 - 23:30
Yeo & Jory - the Two Sarahs

Budleigh Salterton

The Two Sarahs are now in their 8th year of recording and laying live together!
This time finding a new venue for their summer show the beautiful Temple Methodist church in Budleigh Salterton.
Both hailing from Devon they bring their repetoirs…

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17 July 2026Open 19:00 -
Comedy at the Castle: Saturday Night with Paul Smith and more!

Exeter

Back by popular demand, we return to Powderham Castle in Exeter for the second instalment of the South Wests biggest open-air comedy festival!

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From:
18 July 2026Open 17:00 - 22:30
Britallica - Britney Spears Metal Tribute

Exeter

Britallica is the worlds first metal tribute to Britney Spears a high-energy mashup of pop princess anthems and headbanging metal attitude. Expect iconic hits like Toxic and Baby One More Time reimagined with crushing guitars, powerful vocals, and…

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18 July 2026Open 19:30 -
Buff Bingo Drag Brunch

Exeter

If your idea of brunch involves dancing on your chair, shouting at bingo cards, and being served by buff butlers, you're in the right place. Buff Bingo Drag Brunch is pure, unfiltered fun—a daytime party that doesn't hold back. Go big with the full…

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18 July 2026to19 June 2027
Cirque du Vulgar

Exmouth

Step right up and prepare to have your senses ignited! Enter our chaotic realm where the ringmaster's gavel is replaced by gales of laughter and gasps of awe. At Cirque du Vulgar, we take the traditional circus experience and flip it upside down,…

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18 July 2026Open 20:30 -
Eso Summer Concert - Borodin, Chabrier, Dance, Wagner

Exeter

Richard Wagner- Overture to Tannhuser
Emmanuel Chabrier - Rhapsody Espaa
Colin Dance - Symphonic Suite, Thoughts of Cambridge
Alexander Borodin - Symphony No 2 in B minor

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18 July 2026Open 19:30 -
Horizonz + the Upper Hand

Exeter

Live - the best in new UK indie rock with Horizonz and guests The Upper Hand

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Exeter Cavern, Exeter

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18 July 2026Open 19:00 -
Indie Club - After The Bands

Exeter

Live bands followed by Indie DJs.
DJs playing the best in Indie sounds inc. The Clash - Bastille - Bloc Party - Klaxons - MGMT - Tame Impala - The Libertines - Parquet Courts - The Stone Roses - Blur - Oasis - Pixies - Kasabian - Kaiser Chiefs -…

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Exeter Cavern, Exeter

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18 July 2026Open 21:00 -
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25 July 2026Open 21:00 -
Isnt it Iconic - MINIS Show

Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot

A dance performance celebrating all people and things inspirational and Iconic!

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18 July 2026Open 14:30 -
Jim Causley's Cream Tea Concert

Clannaborough

A proud Devonian, awarding winning singer & musician, Jim Causley has dedicated much of his career to researching and reviving the forgotten gems of his native county. Drawing from the collections of Victorian folksong collectors such as Sabine…

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18 July 2026Open 14:00 -
Matilda Jr. The Musical. - Saturday Evening

Budleigh Salterton

EXMOUTH YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS
MATILDA JR. THE MUSICAL
Get ready for a little bit of mischief and a whole lot ofmagic!
Join us for this high-energy, feel-good musical based on the beloved story of a brilliant little girl with a vivid imagination…

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18 July 2026Open 19:00 -
Matilda Jr. The Musical. - Saturday Matinee

Budleigh Salterton

EXMOUTH YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS
MATILDA JR. THE MUSICAL
Get ready for a little bit of mischief and a whole lot ofmagic!
Join us for this high-energy, feel-good musical based on the beloved story of a brilliant little girl with a vivid imagination…

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From:
18 July 2026Open 14:30 -

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