# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Allegory
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Allegory is a stand-up comedy show about the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive—stories shaped by the shifting constellations of colleagues, friends, family, and, unexpectedly, a pet octopus with digestive issues. Using sharp observation and darkly playful humour, Anu Vaidyanathan explores how identity is constructed, negotiated, and quietly revised over time.

At its core, the show examines what it means to be an immigrant parent navigating the awkward task of dissecting the past while standing firmly in the present. It moves through the contradictions of working womanhood—our supposed freedoms, the myths we inherit about choice and success, and the emotional labour required to hold everything together while pretending it’s effortless. Allegory asks what happens when the narratives we’ve relied on no longer fit the lives we’re living.

Threaded throughout is an intimate, often absurd inquiry into our relationship with our own minds and bodies: the ways they cooperate, betray, adapt, and demand attention at inconvenient moments. Balancing vulnerability with incisive wit, the show shifts between the personal and the political without ever losing its sense of fun.

Praised by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as “super and funny,” described by The Scotsman for its “clever, quick-fire observations,” and noted by The Listfor its “brilliant moments of surprise and subversion,” Allegory is thoughtful, irreverent, and quietly radical—a comedy hour about meaning-making, misalignment, and learning how to live with the stories we can’t quite let go of.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/exeter/allegory/200029757113924
- **Event Categories**: comedy, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/allegory/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=exeter-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Exeter
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Bradninch Pl, Gandy St, EX4 3LS Exeter, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 50.72477
- **long**: -3.53131
- **full address**: Bradninch Pl, Gandy St, EX4 3LS Exeter, United Kingdom, 24 Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Exeter Phoenix (https://allevents.in/org/exeter-phoenix/4604360)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bradninch Pl, Gandy St, EX4 3LS Exeter, United Kingdom, 24 Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Exeter Phoenix
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** comedy, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Allegory ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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