What's on
Performances, workshops, events and seminars are shown on this page, where they're of interest to Communications, Drama and Film students.
Please remember that coursework-related events may not appear until a week before the event, so please check back regularly.
Sat 30 May
Start times are 16:00 and 18:00T3 Festival
Inside the Tech Box
Location: RS3 Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, Postcode: EX4 4SB Show on Map
People rarely see what goes on in the tech box during the show but in my experience it can be just as entertaining as what is on stage...so we're putting it on stage. And you might recognise some of the stories...
Mon 01 Jun
Start time: 14:00T3 Festival
Juice - Performance Platform Day
Juice: electricity; the essence or spirit of something; the liquor from the sugar cane; overwhelmingly good; respect; credibility; power; the ability to do anything...
Join us and support your peers in an afternoon of short works from the degree. A friendly mix and mingle with juice and fizz with invited industry guests, staff and students.
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 10:00T3 Festival
Juice: Fundraising and Grantwriting
A chance to learn useful advice about budgets, writing grant applications & fundraising for projects.
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 11:00T3 Festival
Juice: Life After Grad
Advice session with Exeter Northcott Theatre graduate company Red Clay
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 11:00T3 Festival
Juice: Technical Roles
For those interested in working tech & production
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 12:00T3 Festival
Juice: Touring and Programming
Advice re: getting new work programmed, exploring first steps into touring (including rural touring)
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 13:00T3 Festival
Juice: Being a Freelancer
Advice from experienced freelancers and partner organisations about how to thrive as a freelancer
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 13:00T3 Festival
Juice: College Performance
Welcoming the next generation: Guest performance from students at a regional college
Tue 02 Jun
Start time: 14:00T3 Festival
Juice: Setting up an organisation
Thinking about setting up a theatre company or creative org? Basic steps, early info, practical advice
Thu 04 Jun
Start times are 15:00 and 18:00T3 Festival
Three Sisters
Director: Isabella Davies and Vincent Hobbs
Location: RS1 Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, Postcode: EX4 4SB Show on Map
Three Sisters follows a family living in a small town on Russia. As the years pass their brother marries a girl from their town and their plans for life slowly morphe into something unwanted as these sisters experience loneliness, desire, devastation and a longing for their home in Moscow.
Fri 05 Jun
Start times are 14:00 and 17:00T3 Festival
Women and Children First
Director: James Chester
Location: RS3 Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, Postcode: EX4 4SB Show on Map
A ship is wrecked, claimed by the frigid waters of The Cape of Good Hope. It is 1852, two naval officials by order of the British government make the long cold journey to the Southernmost tip of Africa.
Between the smoky boards of an old tavern, the usuals patrons arrive. Vulgar, repressed and increasingly inebriated. They do not take well to the two British strangers who fling questions regarding a sunken ship and display unsubtle insults to the ethnicity of their hosts.
As the storm rages through the night so do the bar's patrons. Talks of ships soon turn to arguments of land, race and gender. Oppressors hide in the guise of victims and volume smothers the fragility of language. What begins as creeping leaks of prejudice becomes a typhoon of ignorance that threatens all in its wake.
Fri 05 Jun
Start time: 15:00T3 Festival
Under Milk Wood
Director: Isabel Allanson
Location: RS1 Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, Postcode: EX4 4SB Show on Map
In this adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood I intend to examine the beauty of mundanity, grief and the power of memory. Explored through a duel narrative; one set in Llareggub of Thomas’ play and one set in the modern world as a family wrestles with the expectant grief at the loss of their father.
Fri 05 Jun
Start times are 15:00 and 18:00T3 Festival
Life is a Cabaret!
Location: TS1 Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Road, Postcode: EX4 4LA Show on Map
Join us for an exciting selection of songs from a range of musical shows, with singing, dancing and maybe an immersive twist... If you love watching passionate and talented performers and getting lost in the magical world of musical theatre then this show is for you!
Sat 06 Jun
Start time: 14:00T3 Festival
The Magical Screentest of Isobel Jeffrey
Location: Screening TheatrePostcode: EX4 4LA Show on Map
A disarmingly honest self-portrait of aspiring actor Isobel Jeffery: the heroic, poignant tale of how Isobel has worked to overcome learning disabilities and health problems, and how she is fighting now to realise her dream of being an actor.
The show takes the form of a conversation between Isobel and cartoonish film producer Mr Hollywood Big Bucks, played by Phil Kingslan John from Four of Swords. Their interview is punctuated with demonstrations of the tactics Isobel has developed to learn scripts, a mind-bending quiz on world mythology and some short films of skits and sketches, all created from the wonderfully wacky imagination of Isobel Jeffery.
Ages 14+
Run time 55 mins
Content warnings: Ableism, Swearing, Brain injury, minor but intimate detail about use of feeding tube
Sat 06 Jun
Start times are 15:00 and 18:00T3 Festival
Big Bear
Director: Jovie Chan
Location: RS1 Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, Postcode: EX4 4SB Show on Map
Big Bear is a comedic play about a friend group falling apart in real-time on the last day of a big group AirBnB trip - will they be able to clean the rental and air out their dirty laundry before check-out, or is their friend group as trashed as the living room?
Mon 08 Jun
Start times are 14:00 and 17:00T3 Festival
A Trebled Mind
Location: TS1 Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Road, Postcode: EX4 4LA Show on Map
'A Trebled Mind' is a devised piece, exploring internal thoughts, emotions, and struggles through music and sound, and stylised movement. This is a piece which forefronts self-expression through methods outside of verbal communication, addressing themes of self-perception, individuality, and mental health.
Thu 11 Jun
Start time: 17:00Live Performance Matters - Launch Event
Location: TS1 Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Road, Postcode: EX4 4LA Show on Map
Live Performance Matters is a new research centre in Drama, within the Department of Communications, Drama and Film at the University of Exeter. The centre platforms research into live performance across art forms, geographies, and histories.
Our launch event will fizz with ideas and celebration. Drama staff and affiliated researchers will offer a series of short responses in different formats to the question:
'(Why) does live performance matter now?' sparking conversation about the current value of live performance and the importance of research into it.
The spirit of live performance will animate the occasion, with improvised contributions from musicians EMMA WELTON and ROZ HARDING.