Villages in Action

05/11/2026

Love, laughter and a little opera magic! 🎶❤️

Fancy a romantic comedy with a difference?

Meet four friends navigating the ups and downs of life and love in OperaCocktail – a jukebox romantic comedy.

With three fantastic singers, an accordion and a sparkling mix of musical favourites from Carmen, La Traviata and The Elixir of Love, this is opera with a playful twist!

Performed by some of the UK's most exciting young artists, expect beautiful music and brilliant storytelling to move, entertain and delight.

📍Cornwood Village Hall, Ivybridge, PL21 9QA
📆Fri 20 Nov | 7.30pm
🎟️ On sale now: linkly.link/2vOis

25/10/2026

It's not Cinderella... It's CIDERELLA (an adult Christmas show with a twist!) 😄

When local theatre company, The Plymuff Players, accidentally misspell Cinderella on their promo posters (with no money to print new ones), it's time for drastic action.

Forced to make the best of things with a hasty rewrite, will the actors crack under pressure? Or will they deliver the performance of their lives?

Part-mockumentary, part-comedy, Ciderella promises to be a magical night of theatre you’ll never forget, however hard you might try.

📍Cornwood Village Hall, Ivybridge | Sat 12 Dec, 7.30pm
📍Stockland Village Hall, Honiton | Sat 19 Dec, 8pm
🎟️ Tickets for both shows on sale now via our website

10/10/2026

🎉 CREATE TOUR CONNECT – NEW THEATRE COMMISSION!

We are delighted to share details of an exciting new commission opportunity, open to South West and South East based artists and companies, with the aim of developing a new piece of theatre to tour rural and community venues across the country.

🎭 3 hander (+1 technician on tour)
💰 £36,000 development budget + £57,800 to cover all tour costs
📍 Developed in the region, with 36 tour national dates minimum
💡 Deadline for applications 1 November 2026

🔗 Info: go to 'What We Do' on our website and scroll down to the Artists section

✨ Create Tour Connect is an innovative new partnership project, commissioning, developing and touring theatre and drama across the rural touring network in England. The project is led by Applause Touring and supported by Arts Council England.

10/10/2026

Devon’s arts ecology thrives when artists can reach people where they live, and libraries are some of the most welcoming community spaces we have.

Our friends at Libraries Unlimited are looking for artists and creatives of all disciplines to join their Creative Communities programme for April 2027 to March 2028. Think workshops, performances, exhibitions, talks, discussions and ideas that don’t fit neatly in a box, shared with library communities across Devon and Torbay.

Proposals can fit one of three themed seasons:
Pride of Place (April to July 2027)
Get Creating (August to November 2027)
A Better Tomorrow (December 2027 to March 2028)

They particularly welcome artists who are underrepresented, or whose work connects with underrepresented communities.

If you make work for and with communities, this one’s for you.

Deadline: 9am, Monday 19 October

Find out more and get in touch: search “Libraries Unlimited calling artists” or visit the Libraries Unlimited website.

07/10/2026

Get ready to enjoy a cocktail of opera classics in Ivybridge this November 🎶

Featuring some of the UK's most exciting young artists from award-winning touring opera company, OperaUpClose, this is a story of four friends trying to make sense of life and love. Perhaps it finally is time to grow up?

Told through brilliantly evocative music including favourites from Carmen, La Traviata and The Elixir of Love, OperaCocktail is a show that will move, entertain and delight.

📍Cornwood Village Hall, Ivybridge, PL21 9QA
📆Fri 20 Nov | 7.30pm
🎟️ On sale now: linkly.link/2vOis

03/10/2026

What does it mean to be local?

Our friends at Exeter Phoenix welcome solo storyteller Liz Robertson on Fri 09 Oct.

In a performance that takes us from laughter to tears and back again, Local asks what it means to be ‘local’ to a place, whether you were born there or not – and, crucially, how do we each find our own sense of belonging?

Find out more: linkly.link/2ufIe

30/09/2026

📢 ARTIST CALL OUT

🎪 Adaptable, audience-ready circus shows wanted for a South West touring project from June 2027 to May 2028.

Interested? Circus Around And About + (CAAA+) want to hear from you!

📆 Deadline: 19 Oct
ℹ️ Find out more via Take Art (link in post below)

Villages in Action is thrilled to be involved in this very exciting project! 🤸

🎪 Applications are still open!

Got a circus show that’s ready to meet new audiences?

Circus Around And About + (CAAA+) is looking for circus artists and companies to join our South West touring project, running from June 2027 to May 2028.

We’re looking for finished 60-minute indoor or outdoor shows that can adapt to all sorts of spaces and places — from village halls and community centres to parks, beaches, housing estates and schools.

If you have a show, a full film of it, and a passion for reaching people in new places, we’d love to hear from you! 🎪

📣 Applications are still open (deadline 19 October) — don’t miss your chance to be part of CAAA+.

Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3UM2Opy or visit the Take Art website news section.

21/09/2026

Good behaviour? Not tonight.

Poised precisely on the brink, Women On The Edge throws propriety out the window. Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes take on life, maturity and modern madness in a show which doesn’t just sail close to the wind, but blasts right through it.

Featuring Solomon Bain and pianist David Harrod, it’s a sharp-witted, funny and deliciously unpredictable evening you’ll struggle to forget.

"Lean way back in your seat and enjoy the ride."
Godfrey Smith - The Times

📅Sat 26 Sept | 7pm
📍Bishopsteignton Village Hall, Devon TQ14 9QZ
🎟️On sale now: linkly.link/2t1ly

19/09/2026

Village fête meets drag queen in this bittersweet, bonkers new comedy coming to Farway Village Hall.

Bunting, cakes, outsize veg, and wasps. Two bantering first-aid volunteers setting up their tent. Oh, and one Lebanese Drag Queen - Eliana Sultana, booked to do the raffle, getting changed in the corner.

In a ‘twist of fete’, their stories entwine with explosive results.

Don't miss Pipeline Theatre's glorious new show, 'George and the Drag Queen' live in Farway!

📅Sat 26 Sept | 7.30pm
📍Farway Village Hall, Colyton, Devon EX24 6DQ
🎟️On sale now: linkly.link/2q7je