When the Sun Sets

When the Sun Sets plays at Exeter Phoenix on Sunday 8 November, with two performances on the one day: a matinee at 2:30pm and an evening show at 6:30pm. It's a mix of dance, music, performance and theatre that follows a small Devon village during the Second World War.

The story centres on a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone and loves them like family, and the narrative is carried by a character called Tommy. As the war intensifies, the village faces a series of new obstacles: conflict, the arrival of evacuees, recruitment and separation from loved ones. The cast covers a broad cross-section of village life—soldiers and school children, mothers, brothers, families, and even a farmer and his horse—so there's hardly a corner of the community left untouched.

For a while, the villagers take these challenges in their stride, safe in the belief that the war will soon be over and eager to do their part. But as the story unfolds, they're forced to reckon with the fact that when the world is at war there's always a price to pay.

Both shows are in the Auditorium at Exeter Phoenix on Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, EX4 3LS. Tickets are £20, with a £1.50 ticketing system charge on top.