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Natalie Vallely - Conscious Connected Breathwork 7pm Class
Immerse yourself in the power of Conscious Connected Breathwork to discover its effectiveness as an antidote to stress, anxiety, tension, overwhelm, dysregulation, and more. Experience firsthand the potent power of your breath and the transformative impact it can have on both your mind and body.
Noughtie 90s Piano Sing-along & Summer Silent Disco
Truly, Madly, Deeply missing the good ol' days? It's time to channel your inner Teenage Dirtbag as we present Exeter's hottest singalong event of the summer!
Join these Glasto legends as they rip through mega-medleys and genre-switching mash-ups of all the top 90s+00s songs that You Oughta Know every single word to!
Bels Kitchen July Supper Club
Bel's Kitchen supper clubs are back at The Hall! June brings ricotta gnocchi with chilli and parmesan, slow-cooked beef shin ragu on rosemary polenta, and raspberry elderflower Eton mess to finish. Book your seat.
Natalie Vallely - Conscious Connected Breathwork 7pm Class
Immerse yourself in the power of Conscious Connected Breathwork to discover its effectiveness as an antidote to stress, anxiety, tension, overwhelm, dysregulation, and more. Experience firsthand the potent power of your breath and the transformative impact it can have on both your mind and body.
A Morning with Ricky Tims & Friends
Join us for an intimate morning with one of the quilting world's most celebrated figures. Ricky Tims — extraordinary talent, bestselling author, award-winning quilter, and co-host of The Quilt Show — brings his warmth, wit and extraordinary work to Exeter's historic Hall on Stepcote Hill.
An Afternoon with Ricky Tims & Friends
An afternoon in the company of a true creative polymath. Ricky Tims is known worldwide as an award-winning quilter, teacher and speaker — but he is equally at home at a piano as he is at a sewing machine. His presentations blend scholarly insight with live music and genuine warmth, and no two are quite alike.
This session features a full presentation by Ricky, a musical interlude, and plenty of time for questions and conversation — all rounded off with a proper Devon cream tea.
Bels Kitchen June Supper Club
Bel's Kitchen supper clubs are back at The Hall! June brings ricotta gnocchi with chilli and parmesan, slow-cooked beef shin ragu on rosemary polenta, and raspberry elderflower Eton mess to finish. Book your seat.
Summer Solstice Ceilidh
Four seasons, four ceilidhs, one very good reason to keep showing up. The Hall continues its celebration of the turning year with our Summer Solstice Ceilidh — and if you missed the Spring Equinox, even more reason not to miss out this time!
What Your Doctor Isn't telling You About Food - EXETER BOOK LAUNCH
Book Launch: What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Food: The truth about modern diets and health.
'Shows just how powerful real, everyday food can be for our long-term health and how we feel.' — Ella Mills, creator, Deliciously Ella. In this empowering new book, Dr Alan Desmond reveals the missing piece of the health puzzle: how the modern food environment is quietly reshaping our biology — and how you can reclaim control.
Thula Mama
Thula Mama is a harmony singing group for mothers and their new babies, drawing on songs and chants from around the globe for an uplifting experience in a friendly community of Mamas.
No particular singing ability or experience is necessary, and songs are passed on orally, so no need to read music.
Contemporary Dance Open Classes with Local Artists
This exciting series brings together four accomplished contemporary dance artists to offer intermediate and advanced classes for dance artists and adults with experience (18+). Each session provides a unique opportunity to explore different approaches to contemporary movement, technique, and creative expression in a supportive and dynamic environment
DAVID O'DOHERTY
DAVID O'DOHERTY 2026 EXETER SHOW
David O'Doherty returns to Exeter! Need we say more?
4pm at the Hall
Lucy Hopkins: Silent Workshop
Have you ever thought you were a total idiot? Good news! You probably are. In this workshop we’ll expand our amazing perceptivity by working for 1.5 hours in total silence. (Mostly total silence. Risk of laughter)
There’s a whole world of beautiful, genuine connection to be made if we accept our own magnificence, admit the moment and let ourselves be seen exactly as we are. Let’s see what we say when we stop trying to say things. Probably something amazing.
This workshop is highly participative! You will be performer and active audience member.
Suitable for anyone who interacts with humans.
Workshop running time: 1.5 hours with 30 min debrief
Phot credit: Andy Hollingworth
1pm at The Hall
Rosalie Minnitt & Joanna Neary: Playtime
Rosalie and Joanna discuss character comedy, host a Q&A, and run some workshoppy ideas, including improvising around writing and creating characters with anyone who would like to join in, all within 60 minutes. It will be tremendous fun, very silly, a bit educational, but mostly playful and daft.
Last time they did this, they ended up arguing in public, which was their favourite bit.
“Character comedy of the highest order” – The List
Marcel Lucont | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Marcel Lucont | 20:00 - 21:00The Remember liberty? Marcel Lucont (Comedy Central, Sky Atlantic, BBC1 etc.) delves into this antiquated concept popularised by the French., with his trademark deadpan wit and exquisite poetry. And who better to guide you through the downfall of society than a French miserablist?
"Uniquely funny" ★★★★★ The Scotsman.
"Comedy at its best" ★★★★★ Fringe Review.
"Excellently dry... superb" - The Times.
Previous winner: Best Comedy Show - Fringe World Awards.
8pm at The Hall
Mark Watson | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Mark Watson | 18:30 - 19:30
The Bristolian Taskmaster runner-up and No More Jockeys luminary returns to Exeter with a work-in-progress show.
6.30pm at The Hall
Mark Watson | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Mark Watson | 18:30 - 19:30
The Bristolian Taskmaster runner-up and No More Jockeys luminary returns to Exeter with a work-in-progress show.
6.30pm at The Hall
John Hegley | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
John Hegley | 14:00 - 15:00
Keats features quite strongly in the narrative of this show, and it is from him that the biscuit reference comes: he met a woman in Ireland being transported in some kind of kennel who the poet said seemed to be suffering from a "scarcity of biscuit".
The woman features in some of Hegley's poems—but it's a while before the biscuits reappear—but then the rest of the show is mostly autobiographical. He says the facts may not all be true facts, but they have a grain—or maybe a crumb—of truth.
Of course all this storytelling is interspersed with poems, some spoken and some sung, I assume by the negotiations between Hegley and his technician that there are variations between performances, but whichever bits you get, it's a lovely hour of stories, music, poetry and silliness, perfect for after lunch.
Photo credit: Suzie Corker
2pm at The Hall
Sophie Duker | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Sophie Duker | 21:00 - 22:00
This IS a drill! The eldest daughter of UK comedy is back trialling her spiciest material to date.
Join Taskmaster champion & panel show princess Sophie Duker as she tests out scandalous new jokes for her 2026/27 epic. Strap in, sit tight and do not adjust your sets as we bring you... The Sophie Duker Show.
9pm at The Hall
Ahir Shah | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Ahir Shah | 19:15 - 20:15
2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award winner for Best Show, Ahir Shah returns with a preview ahead of a new international tour.
It’s about love, money, family, responsibility, fear, forever, and frogs.
Shah’s last show, Ends, toured the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand and India, and is now available on Netflix.
★★★★★ Guardian
★★★★★ Chortle
★★★★★ Independent
★★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★★ Standard
★★★★★ Mail on Sunday
7.15pm at The Hall
Stuart Goldsmith | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Stuart Goldsmith | 17:45 - 18:45
As the miners scrambled to safety, they'd often grab the dead canary and then immediately revive it with pure oxygen, condemning it to a constant loop of singing, panicking, dying and then singing again.
A bit like medicating your chronic anxiety by making people laugh about the climate crisis.
As seen on Live At The Apollo (BBC) and Conan (TBS).
“A master of the form” ★★★★★ Independent
“The funny side of climate change... No, really!” ★★★★ Times
5.45pm at The Hall
Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie will fill the time. It’s not yet clear how. Come! It will be fun!
Sam Nicoresti | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Sam Nicoresti | 21:15–22:15
Winner of Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025.
A glistening diamond hour of stand-up from “delusional trans comedian” Sam Nicoresti about love, insanity, and the hunt for the perfect skirt suit. Following a critical maelstrom of success at the Edinburgh Fringe, and three weeks of sold-out performances at London’s Soho Theatre, Sam finally brings an extended and revamped version of her breakout hit show Baby Doomer to the great unwashed (i.e. goes on tour).
From getting stuck in a dress in a TK Maxx to finding love between the standing stones of Cornwall, through sperm banks, Lord of the Rings figurines, and queer cat names, Sam Nicoresti examines life's most vital question: can you ever hope to find the perfect skirt suit?
Baby Doomer is the follow-up to the acclaimed Wokeflake. “One of the definitive documents of the trans experience in stand-up.” Chortle.
Praise for Baby Doomer
“Baby Doomer is one of the sharpest, funniest, most exciting hours of comedy at the Fringe” ★★★★★ The Telegraph
“Uproariously funny, life-affirming, angry, dumb, insightful and political all at once” ★★★★.5 Chortle
★★★★★ The List
★★★★★ One4Review
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ Fest
★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ The Skinny
9.15pm at The Hall
Lou Wall | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Lou Wall | 19:45–20:10
Lou Wall is a multi-award-winning comedian, composer and content creator known for their genre-defying, politically savvy, and musically driven comedy.
In 2023, Lou won the prestigious Moosehead Award and premiered Lou Wall vs The Internet at Melbourne Fringe and Edinburgh—going on to win Best of the Festival at the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival and earning a nomination for Most Outstanding Show at the 2024 Melbourne Comedy Festival for their show "The Bisexual's Lament".
In 2025, Breaking the Fifth Wall opened to critical acclaim with a Melbourne Comedy Festival Award nomination.
On-screen, Lou has written and performed on ABC’s WTFAQ (2023), and appeared in ABC America’s Reef Break and ABC Australia’s FISK.
Mike Wozniak | Exeter Comedy Festival
Exeter Comedy Festival
This event is part of the Exeter Comedy Festival — now in its third year, bringing some of the country's most exciting comedians to intimate venues across the city.
Tickets at exetercomedyfestival.com.
Mike Wozniak | 18:00–19:10
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that.
As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskmaster. As heard on Three Bean Salad podcast.
Heart-led Marketing workshop
If marketing is something you know you need to do but you dread, if you're struggling to capture the heart and soul of your offering - or you simply need some time, space and renewed energy for it all - this workshop is for you.
Contemporary Dance Open Classes with Local Artists
This exciting series brings together four accomplished contemporary dance artists to offer intermediate and advanced classes for dance artists and adults with experience (18+). Each session provides a unique opportunity to explore different approaches to contemporary movement, technique, and creative expression in a supportive and dynamic environment
Stand Up for Gaza Comes to Exeter: A Night of Comedy and Solidarity
Esther Manito, Harriet Dyer, Kev Mud, Ed Tripp and Ben Treloar take the mic in an inspiring evening of comedy as Stand Up for Gaza brings together comedians and audiences in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Heart and Soul Song with Emily Robyn
Join me for a new monthly evening of Heart and Soul Song – where we will weave our voices together in gentle, beautiful harmony.
This is a space to drop in to the experience and the power of singing together in harmony.
Peace songs, spirituals, and meditation songs, songs to be sung as prayers, as energetic intentions for good, being sent out to each other and the world.
All songs are taught by ear and no experience is needed.
May Silent Disco
They're back. Our Silent Disco nights are ever popular – and once you've been, you'll know exactly why.
Grab your headphones, pick your channel, and lose yourself on the dancefloor. Three channels of brilliant music mean there's always something for you, whether you're a Funk devotee, a House head, or someone who just needs a good excuse to belt out an 80s classic. No judgement. Just dancing.
Natalie Vallely - Conscious Connected Breathwork 7pm Class
Immerse yourself in the power of Conscious Connected Breathwork to discover its effectiveness as an antidote to stress, anxiety, tension, overwhelm, dysregulation, and more. Experience firsthand the potent power of your breath and the transformative impact it can have on both your mind and body.
Natalie Vallely - Conscious Connected Breathwork 7pm Class
Immerse yourself in the power of Conscious Connected Breathwork to discover its effectiveness as an antidote to stress, anxiety, tension, overwhelm, dysregulation, and more. Experience firsthand the potent power of your breath and the transformative impact it can have on both your mind and body.
Heart and Soul Song with Emily Robyn
Join me for a new monthly evening of Heart and Soul Song – where we will weave our voices together in gentle, beautiful harmony.
This is a space to drop in to the experience and the power of singing together in harmony.
Peace songs, spirituals, and meditation songs, songs to be sung as prayers, as energetic intentions for good, being sent out to each other and the world.
All songs are taught by ear and no experience is needed.
Contemporary Dance Open Classes with Local Artists
This exciting series brings together four accomplished contemporary dance artists to offer intermediate and advanced classes for dance artists and adults with experience (18+). Each session provides a unique opportunity to explore different approaches to contemporary movement, technique, and creative expression in a supportive and dynamic environment
April Silent Disco
They're back. Our Silent Disco nights are ever popular – and once you've been, you'll know exactly why.
Grab your headphones, pick your channel, and lose yourself on the dancefloor. Three channels of brilliant music mean there's always something for you, whether you're a Funk devotee, a House head, or someone who just needs a good excuse to belt out an 80s classic. No judgement. Just dancing.