Entertainment & Reviews

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce that antiques expert and television presenter Tim Wonnacott will join its 50th anniversary gala line-up in November.

Best known for presenting BBC One’s Bargain Hunt, Tim will be the auctioneer at the 50th anniversary gala auction where audience members can bid on some exciting prizes yet to be announced.

Tim Wonnacott first started appearing regularly on television in the early 1990’s on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. Subsequently he became a regular expert on a number of BBC antiques shows including The Great Antiques Hunt,...

Filmmakers, adventurers, thrill seekers and silver screen starlets are invited to take part in Exeter’s 11th annual 48 Hour Film Challenge to write, shoot and edit a 3 minute film in just 48 hours.

This year’s best films will be shown on the big screen at Exeter Phoenix during a special screening at the annual Two Short Nights Film Festival (30 Nov – 2 Dec).

The unusual format of the 48Hour Film Challenge creates an opportunity for creative discovery. With a common theme, last year’s teams produced a diverse collection of films with titles like For a Few Likes More, Love...

Funnier than the Black Death! Spamalot is back in a brand-new production and it will be at the Exeter Northcott from Monday 23 October. Lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this spammier than ever production is a riotous comedy full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. Join King Arthur as he travels with his hapless Knights of the Round Table on a divine mission to locate the illusive Holy Grail - with uproarious consequences. Spamalot was the winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical whilst...

Award-winning theatre company The Wardrobe Ensemble has announced that Education, Education, Education will come to Exeter Northcott Theatre after its World Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where they were awarded a Fringe First Award. Following their exploration of sex, relationships and intimacy in 1972: The Future of Sex, The Wardrobe Ensemble will dissect education and responsibility at the dawn of Blair’s Britain in 1997 in Education, Education, Education. Recent winners of The Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice for theatre, The Wardrobe Ensemble use irreverent humour...