Troy Hawke: Never Stop, Never Change!

Troy Hawke is back in Exeter on Saturday 5 December, playing The Great Hall as part of his new show, Never Stop, Never Change!. It follows a sell-out world tour, so he's coming off a run of packed rooms. The show runs for 135 minutes including the interval, and it's recommended for ages 14 and over because of strong language.

In Never Stop, Never Change!, Hawke works his way through a series of conversational minefields, both online and in real life. He draws on the kind of awkward, everyday frictions that most of us just try to avoid: angry security guards, barked compliments, and wires getting crossed. It's the sort of comedy that comes from watching someone stumble through a situation they're not quite equipped for, and he lets those moments play out rather than rushing past them.

There's a bit of a character study at the heart of it, too. Billed as a matinee idol born in the wrong era, Hawke was homeschooled by his elderly mother for most of his life, and he presents himself as someone emerging into a modern-day dystopian present with the naivety of a newborn fawn. Much of the comedy comes from that gap — a man who seems to have stepped out of a different century and is now trying to make sense of the world we're actually living in.

He's not new to the circuit, and the reviews have been strong: Chortle called it a 'riotously funny hour', while BroadwayBaby.com described it as 'intelligent and effective satire' and praised him as 'a character of real comic integrity'.

The show starts at 7:30 PM at The Great Hall, which is part of the Exeter Northcott Theatre. Tickets are £26.50.