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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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Seven Wonders:the Spirit Of Fleetwood Mac

Exeter

Seven Wonders are a 7-piece, 100% live band, who have come together to pay tribute to the legacy of Fleetwood Mac.
The band cover all eras of the Fleetwood Mac collection; from the timeless Peter Green years, through to the 80’s classic Tango in…

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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

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The New Jersey Boys. The Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Dawlish

The highly acclaimed tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons returns to Dawlish!
Back by overwhelming public demand, the New Jersey Boys continue to play to sell-out audiences and standing ovations.
Featuring the amazing falsetto voice of…

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The Roses

Exeter

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing - as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a…

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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

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Exeter Street Arts Festival

Exeter

Street art celebration for all that celebrates diversity through music dance and arts.

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A Night At The Musicals 2

Newton Abbot

An evening of songs from stage and screen, performed by talented student musicians

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Absolute Oasis

Honiton

Absolute Oasis
Supported by The Kings of Indie
Running Time: 1 Hour 55 Minutes
Please note this is a STANDING GIG (E-tickets not available for this event. Tickets can be collected from the box office either pre-event or on the night)

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Bowie Fashion

Exmouth

Enjoy free live music in Exmouth this summer as Exmouth Pavilion brings weekend performances to the Pavilion Gardens all completely free!
A fabulous musical tribute, celebrating the unforgettable music of the iconic British superstar, David Bowie.…

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Exeter Street Arts Festival Afterparty

Exeter

The streets may wind down, but the rhythm keeps rising…
Join us for the official Exeter Street Arts Festival Afterparty — a night of high-energy global grooves and dancefloor unity, right in the heart of the city!
Batch Gueye Band – straight from…

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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

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James Grant (Anjunadeep)

Exeter

An in-demand DJ who has performed everywhere from Miami, Tokyo, Goa, and Europe to Central and South America, London-based, internationally renowned producer and tastemaker James Grant is known as much for his work with the popular electronic music…

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John Sumner

Exmouth

Enjoy free live music in Exmouth this summer as Exmouth Pavilion brings weekend performances to the Pavilion Gardens all completely free!
Fabulous Music with John Sumner!
Bring a blanket, grab a deckchair or pull up a seat on the lawn, and enjoy a…

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Ldt Label Night Presents: Nu-Bludz // Move Exeter

Exeter

Off the back of the Long Dark Tunnel label relaunch, were bringingNu-Bludzback toMove - a night built to spotlight the freshest talent in drum & bass.

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No Ordinary Fish

Exeter

We'll be playing songs from our first two albums and upcoming 3rd including the next 4 singles. Plus a rare, sneaky cover or two!

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Exeter Historic Guildhall, Exeter

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30 Aug 2025Open 16:00 - 17:00
Busk

Exeter

From the creators of Growing Pains and All That Matters, Project Dance Company presents BUSK, a gritty, heartfelt and unforgettable new story. Written and choreographed by James Bamford, BUSK promises to showcase the award winning company's roster…

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Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter

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31 Aug 2025Open 19:30 - 21:10
Eventine

Exmouth

Enjoy free live music in Exmouth this summer as Exmouth Pavilion brings weekend performances to the Pavilion Gardens all completely free!
Eventine are a popular covers band that NEVER fail to impress! Their set has something for everyone; a mixture…

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George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Exeter

Who is to blame for the worldwide phenomena of ukulele orchestras and ukulelemania?
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!
Tap your toes with the royalty of the ukulele scene, the independent rock-stars of the “bonsai guitar”, who have plucked and…

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Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

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31 Aug 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
This Flight Tonight - The Songs Of Joni Mitchell

Exeter

Joni Mitchell is one of the most influential artists of the modern age, rising to stardom in the late 1960's, Her music and songwriting is the jewel in the crown of the Woodstock generation. Bursting onto the scene with a sound entirely her own,…

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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

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Yvan Silva - As Freddie Mercury

Exmouth

Enjoy free live music in Exmouth this summer as Exmouth Pavilion brings weekend performances to the Pavilion Gardens all completely free from 12pm.
Yvan Silva is an outstanding, exciting and dynamic tribute to two of the world's greatest and most…

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Tell Tale Murder

Budleigh Salterton

By Philip Weathers
Directed by Joyce Pomeroy
Since the disappearance of her husband seventeen years before, Jane Mannion has lived a life of seclusion on the Cornish coast with her children, David and Vanessa and a macabre old woman called Ellen.…

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Elio Pace: The Billy Joel Songbook

Torquay

Elio Pace plays the songs of the Piano Man.

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Northern Live

Torquay

Keeping to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North, and eventually swept the nation, Northern Live are an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists.

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A Country Night in Nashville

Torquay

The ultimate celebration of country music. Featuring the music of Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, the Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson and Little Big Town.

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4 Sept 2025Open 19:30 -

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