Education, Education, Education

Event Date: 
27/09/2017 - 7:30pm to 29/09/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

It’s May 1997. Tony Blair has won the election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. Channel 5 is a month old. No one knows who Harry Potter is. Britain is the coolest place in the world.

At the local secondary school it’s a different story. Miss Belltop-Doyle can’t control her year 9s, Mr Pashley has been put in charge of a confiscated tamagotchi and for some unknown reason Princess Anne is attending the Year 11 leavers assembly. Tobias, the German language assistant, watches on. Things can only get better.

The show is devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble, who have...

The Wedding

Event Date: 
21/09/2017 - 7:30pm to 23/09/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

We are all married, bound by a contract. But what are the terms of this relationship and can we talk about divorce?

In a blur of wedding dresses and contractual obligations, Gecko make their debut at Exeter Northcott Theatre with an extraordinary ensemble who guide us through the struggle between love and anger, creation and destruction, community and isolation.

We want to believe in our journey but where are we heading?

Is it too late to stop, to go back, to fall in love, to start again?

Gecko is an internationally acclaimed physical theatre...

Michelle John – The Voice Behind the Voice

Event Date: 
19/09/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

20 years backing singing experience to the world’s biggest stars, ­Eric Clapton, Annie Lennox, Carole King, Blur, Ed Sheeran, Lenny Kravitz saw this lady stay in the VOICE UK right up to the finals.

In her new show The Voice Behind The Voice Michelle pays homage to many of the artists she has performed with, while regaling fabulous tales of what really goes on ‘Backstage’.

In addition she introduces the audience to some of her own original music.

Delivered by Michelle’s signature powerhouse vocals, the evening is sure to evoke sincerity, emotion, laughter and joy...

The Gruffalo

Event Date: 
16/09/2017 - 11:00am to 17/09/2017 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood…

Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the party mad Snake. Will the story of the terrifying Gruffalo save Mouse from ending up as dinner for these hungry woodland creatures? After all, there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo – is there?

Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up and their grown-ups...

The Little Mix Experience

Event Date: 
03/09/2017 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Join The Little Mix Experience for a jam-packed concert of one of the X Factor’s finest exports.

Four hugely talented girls pay tribute to one of the UK’s finest girl bands, with breathtaking dance moves, replica costumes and some of the finest vocals in the UK. Bursting with personality, this is a high-energy show from beginning to end!

The Little Mix Experience bring you all of Little Mix’s greatest hits including DNA, Wings, Salute, Black Magic, Love Me Like You, Secret Love Song and many, many more.

They look like Little Mix, they Sound like Little Mix...

Not Our Turn

Event Date: 
02/09/2017 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

By Katherine Stevens

The predictions have finally come true; we have killed our planet. Humanity has been forced underground, away from a surface that is no longer inhabitable, and is now running on borrowed time. When the power supply to this new home is cut off, a young group of friends, desperate to save their community, try to turn it back on. They are forced to confront their environment, their inheritance, and each other, and all the while time is running out…

‘Not Our Turn’ is influenced by world events of the last year, and originated from TYP’s young actors’...

Not Our Turn

Event Date: 
02/09/2017 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

By Katherine Stevens

The predictions have finally come true; we have killed our planet. Humanity has been forced underground, away from a surface that is no longer inhabitable, and is now running on borrowed time. When the power supply to this new home is cut off, a young group of friends, desperate to save their community, try to turn it back on. They are forced to confront their environment, their inheritance, and each other, and all the while time is running out…

‘Not Our Turn’ is influenced by world events of the last year, and originated from TYP’s young actors’...

Rime

Event Date: 
01/09/2017 - 6:30pm to 02/09/2017 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Young Company re-launches with this re-imagining of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Following a week long residency exploring the themes of Coleridge’s classic work, the young actors combine the original text with physical theatre techniques to present a version of the poem which speaks to them as 21st Century teenagers.

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Strictly Donkeys - an Afternoon with Ann Widdecombe

Event Date: 
21/07/2017 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Reed Hall, Exeter

Come and join former MP, novelist and star of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing Ann Widdecombe on Thursday 21st September at 1.30pm at Reed Hall in Exeter. Ann will be regaling the audience with tales about her life and career, including her time on Strictly and of course her 15 years as patron of the charity Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land which cares for donkeys in desperate need in Israel and Palestine. Ann will also be signing copies of her books and there will also be a raffle. All proceeds will go to Safe Haven (charity 1083468). Tickets at just £25 to include afternoon tea are...

Spare two minutes to help Dartmoor Rangers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 07/29/2017 - 3:09pm

Dartmoor Rangers are calling for caring individuals to join them on a series of #2 minute litter picks at heavily visited sites in the National Park during August.

The summer months bring crowds of people to enjoy the wonderful Dartmoor scenery but amongst these visitors are individuals who treat this protected landscape like a rubbish tip, leaving food waste, disposable barbecues, bottles and cans behind when they leave. At Newbridge recently 32 black bags of rubbish were collected after one sunny Sunday, despite Rangers patrolling the site at its busiest, issuing black bags to...

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