Entertainment & Reviews

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...

A world record breaker and blind adventurer is to share his inspiring story at a big church event in Exeter.

Rediscover Church is to host a special free event called New Day at the University of Exeter’s Great Hall on October 8th, a venue which seats 1450 people.

The event is set to have a buzzing atmosphere, with contemporary and vibrant worship and inspiring stories of hope, including special guest Miles Hilton-Barber who has completed extreme endurance events across 7 continents of the world.

The event is an exciting and ambitious venture for the church which...

The Ugly Duckling is Waddling to Mid Devon

Young audiences in Crediton and Tiverton are in for a treat, as Devon-based theatre company Above Bounds bring their hugely popular children’s theatre show - The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales – to Crediton Arts Centre on Saturday 23 September at 3pm and TCAT Tiverton on Saturday 30 September at 2pm. Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Do you think people look at you strangely? That’s exactly how the Ugly Duckling felt before he learnt one very important lesson. Paddle off to Crediton or Tiverton and experience a children’s...