The Bike Shed Theatre

30/03/2018

A fond farewell...

Read our final message here:

“Even at its very greatest, theatre is ephemeral. It lives on only in the memory, melting away after the event like a snowman. The great Florentine grandee Piero de’ Medici is alleged to have commissioned Michelangelo to make a sculpture in snow after a rare snowfall in Tuscany. Michelangelo’s...

30/03/2018

TODAY AT 4pm:

Let’s look to the future.

In light of the closure of The Bike Shed Theatre, Ideas On Info (ideasoninfo.co.uk) is running a Question Time Debate about Theatre and The Arts. We’ll be looking at how education is effecting creativity, Brexit and The Arts, the future of theatre and the arts scene in Exeter and country wide, along with other thought provoking topics.

Joining us will be a panel of industry experts and creative minds, including David Lockwood – the Co-founder and Director of The Bike Shed Theatre.

So bring along your thoughts, questions and experiences as we discuss the future of creativity!

https://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/shows/theatre-the-arts-question-time-and-debate/

Let’s look to the future. In light of the closure of The Bike Shed Theatre on the 31st March, Ideas On Info (ideasoninfo.co.uk) is running a Question Time Debate about Theatre and The Arts. We’ll be looking at how education is effecting creativity, Brexit and The Arts, the future of theatre and ...

29/03/2018

This Friday night promises to be a biggie with Wild, Labels, Messenger and Bits of Bye all with exciting pieces. Then at 9.15pm The Wardrobe Ensemble will be combining gameshows with a live wheel of fortune. It’ll be part pub quiz, part performance with live music and Karaoke – and will be a riot until 2am! https://buff.ly/2Gf7DQY

29/03/2018

As a child Jack used to be obsessed with 1996 hexagon-based storytelling board game Never Ending Stories. As an adult he played it with friends and now is recording it for podcasts. Tonight he’s going to be making a live recording with special Bike Shed friends – it’s going to be slightly ridiculous, but we promise an adventure! https://buff.ly/2GcFBpx

29/03/2018

What are you doing this Saturday?

NIGEL & LOUISE (the creators of I am Candy, You are Dark Fortune and Margate / Dreamland) have brought hundreds of games old and new from Catan to Cribbage and Cluedo to Cracker Whacker.

Bring your parents, your children, your brothers and sisters, your friends and enemies, your aunts and grandads, your lawyers, your dentists or come on your own.

Come for a day of play and celebrate the triumph that is the Bike Shed Theatre.

ALL ages, ALL abilities welcome
Absolutely NO cheaters
Prizes for the winners

Games commence at 12.00 midday

29/03/2018

Fans of Fat Man will love Messenger which is being brought to us by Martin Bonger. It’s the story of two people making the same journey, 781 years apart – both dealing with fear and responsibility, myth and miracle. On tonight and Friday.
https://buff.ly/2GwrV8e

29/03/2018

Meet Sir Oswald Mosley – leader of the British Union of Fascists.
The award-winning Worklight Theatre present their first extract of their brand-new play about the rise and fall of Fascism under Oswald Mosley and his blackshirts in the 1930s. On tonight at 5.30pm
https://buff.ly/2pJoLV1

28/03/2018

Today's been a big week of goodbyes for us - so we're going out with a bang on Saturday. We'll be open from noon, and as well as a feast of exciting new plays we'll have Loft Club playing, followed by a set from Louie Louie. Come and say goodbye!

28/03/2018

Christ White – the official Bard of Exeter brought us Sunked and now has his work in progress Kin™ on tonight at 9pm. It’s a dystopian future where loneliness is outlawed and friendship, technology and social isolation are central. https://buff.ly/2pNcf5M

28/03/2018

Laminated and Marion Allen’s Number One Hobby are new works from two respected Devon playwrights. Lucy Bell is renowned for Pulling Out and Score, and Bea Roberts wrote much-acclaimed Infinity Pool. Tonight at 5.30pm is a great chance to see their exciting new projects.
https://buff.ly/2I7ZE50

28/03/2018

Bottom is a play about bums, Beyoncé and fishfingers. It's an auto-biographicaI play offering an honest look at the q***r experience. If you feel unlovable or hate making the first move then this show is for you (plus its got an awesome soundtrack!) Catch it tonight at 7.30 pm https://buff.ly/2GbeOdg

28/03/2018

Wild promises birth stories, clichés, disco, comedy and a glitter bomb! Part of The Birth Project focusing on labour, birth, bodies, and all that complicated big stuff. The 11 am show on Friday is also baby friendly so why not make an outing of it? https://buff.ly/2Gb1Fk9