Escape to Neverland this Christmas with Exeter Northcott Theatre and the boy who never grew up…

Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust, where children can fly and all sorts of exciting adventures happen every day. But beware – danger is just around the corner. Captain Hook and the pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top of their list!

For over a hundred years children (and adults) have drifted off to sleep dreaming of Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys, fairy dust, crocodiles and of course...

Alexander Shelley

Sebastian Knauer

Italy occupied a unique place in the psyches of many 19th century composers, artists and writers. The physical beauty of its architecture and countryside, as well as Italy’s own ancient and rich traditions of art, music and thought inspired many. Strauss embarked on his own journey in early 1886 and was overwhelmed by what he saw. As he travelled, he jotted down musical ideas for what became Aus Italien, including assigning specific keys to correspond with particular places he visited – the warm, lemon-scented Amalfi coast, the Renaissance...

A spectacular one-off night of celebratory music held to mark the end of the University of Exeter’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. A newly commissioned fanfare written for the University by renowned composer Stephen Montague will set the scene for an evening of jubilation, featuring popular and uplifting classics from some of the world’s best-loved composers including Rachmaninov, Strauss, Elgar and Tchaikovsky, guaranteed to captivate and delight.

With special lighting and a finale volley of confetti cannons, this concert is guaranteed to ensure that the University’s Diamond...

English Touring Opera joins forces with cathedral, youth and gospel choirs around the country to present a concert of Bach’s St John Passion. With twelve chorales translated by personalities including author Chibundu Onuzo, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, and Dr Rowan Williams, this promises to be a night to remember.

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Tickets: https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Returning home from the Trojan War after an absence of 20 years, Ulysses has to confront his wife’s suitors, who have taken over his home. The most tender and moving of Monteverdi’s operas, Ulysses’ Homecoming is a masterpiece of extraordinary eloquence.

Sung in English with subtitles

Tickets: https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

The infatuation of Jove with the lovely Calisto and the unlikely attraction of Virgin Diana to the handsome Endymion entangle them in love wars as comical as they are dangerous. Cavalli’s La Calisto irreverently charts the relations between gods, men and women in a rich and heady score.

Sung in English with subtitles

Tickets: https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Against the epic backdrop of the Battle of Britain, a prince-turned-pilot fights his brother for the love of the same woman. Mixing humour and seething emotions with soaring singing and some of Handel’s best-known music, Xerxes is an enthralling night of fun.

Sung in English with subtitles

Tickets: https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

By Hugh Whitemore

Directed by Gareth Armstrong

John Betjeman was the nation’s favourite poet.

Sand in the Sandwiches celebrates a man famous not only for light verse and laughter, but for his passions, his sense of purpose and his unforgettable poetry.

Edward Fox stars in this brand new stage play, bringing Betjeman’s poetry and his vivacious personality to life.

Embracing his delight for nostalgia and delicious irreverance, Sand in the Sandwiches travels through Betjeman’s boyhood, his adolescence, to life as Britain’s Poet Laureate, presenting a...

The internationally acclaimed Chinese State Circus returns in an innovatively spectacular new production – “DYNASTY”.

30 world class Chinese acrobats, aerial artistes and jugglers interact with the super-human physical skills and dexterity of the masters of martial arts – the legendary Shaolin Warriors.

The non-stop action from start to awesome finale as thrill follows thrill, what seems impossible becomes a reality, earning the CHINESE STATE CIRCUS the accolade “incomparable”.

This latest production returns to the pure and honest perfection in acrobatics upon which...

Join the 7m theatregoers worldwide who have experienced “The most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter” Daily Telegraph.

Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation. This gripping production, directed by Robin Herford, is a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror.

A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying...