Taster Sessions
Fringe TheatreFest

a bit of everything

all ages

60 mins

Barnstaple Coffee Shop

Wed at 14:30

Barnstaple Library (3B)

Thu at 13:00

Fri at 13:00

This is a pay-what-you-will-show. There are no tickets but there will be a bucket-collection.

You can also make cash or card donations at the central box office or donate an eFringer credit if you have one available.

Taster Sessions
Fringe TheatreFest

It’s an established tradition that Fringe TheatreFest kicks off on the Wednesday (25th June) with a Taster Session at Barnstaple Coffee Shop - 54 High Street, 8 on the map. This year the Wednesday session is scheduled for 2.30 - 3.30pm.

The Taster Session will feature twelve, five-minute extracts from shows in a fast and furious one hour, with the cafe serving their excellent teas, coffees and cake! Very well-worth getting there early to put your order in.

The Thursday and Friday Taster Sessions are both at Barnstaple Library (3B), which is 10 on the map. This is a change to the printed programme. They will run from 1.00 - 2.00pm and tea, coffee and biscuits will be available. The sessions will feature twelve, five-minute extracts from diffferent shows each day.

The Taster Sessions always throw up surprises - shows that might not have made an impression on the page suddenly become must-sees in the flesh.

THESE ARE FREE EVENTS

Wednesday - Barnstaple Coffee Shop 14:30

  • Does It Hurt? - Unexplored Places  
  • Whispers of Woden - Four of Swords  
  • Regalia - JackShaw Theatre  
  • Baxter vs The Bookies - Andy Linden  
  • Tube Tops and Tribulations of a Falling Woman - Lost For Words  
  • Finding Connie Converse - MayKing Theatre  
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  • Too Big To Try - Fungus and Moss  
  • How I Almost Died - Matthew David Jones  
  • Alma and the Holly Blue Butterfly - Sophie Cobb 
  • Cavalier - i.e  
  • Something Rotten - MonkeyDog  

Thursday - Barnstaple Library Room 3B 13:00

  • Writers Block - Dreamshed Theatre  
  • Weathered - Benny and Kate  
  • The Fairy Who Wanted To Fly - Puppet Roadshow 
  • Bad Things - Bonnet Dog  
  • I Don't Have A Maths GCSE - Mia Borthwick
  • 55 - Stacked Wonky  
  • Jack and Jordan: Cosmic Twegheads  
  • The Covenant - Agbo Play  
  • Belly Flop - Sam Gilroy  
  • The Secret Show - Chris Tennant  
  • Unknown - RS Dance  
  • Red Balloon / Mr Merrick - Lucky Dog  

Friday - Barnstaple Library Room 3B 13:00

  • Thor's A Dick - Stories Alive  
  • Phuckets and Rainbows - Lizzie Bean  
  • The Life and Times of Archy and Mehitabel - Theatre Nation  
  • Do You Want To Know? - Overmorrow  
  • Sh*t Show - Kathryn Marper  
  • Brick By Brick - The Bard of Windmill Hill  
  • Nocturnal - Hands Free Theatre Company  
  • The Ghost of Thornwood Junction - Black Box Theatre  
  • Held in the Tips of Fingers - IzOKei  
  • Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum - Richard Pulsford 
  • The Foraging Fan Club - Helen Wood  
  • The Spiral - Giorgia Ciampi Tsolaki