Composed by bassist and sculptor Marcus Vergette, ‘The Marsyas Suite’ is inspired by the Titian painting ‘The Flaying of Marsyas.’ First premiered on BBC Radio 3 in the late 90s, Marcus has revived this work with a new lineup: Roz Harding on alto sax, Janna Bulmer and Lucy Welsman on twin cellos, Tom Unwin on piano and Marcus on double bass.
Extra, extra! University of Exeter Dance Society presents their annual dance showcase, “Read All About It!”
With a piece from every class in the society, including both beginner and advanced members, and dances from the Performance Squad and Competition Squad, the society presents to you a news story related showcase of this year’s work and talent. From a current affairs themed contemporary routine to a travel section themed Irish piece, along with Street, Commercial, Ballet, Tap and Jazz styles the Dance Society brings you their very latest news.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre and imitating the dog return following their hugely entertaining 2012 collaboration Hound of the Baskervilles. Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill author of The Woman in Black, this tense and atmospheric new production is an otherworldly mystery that leaves a terrifying eeriness suspended in the air. A ghostly chill falls over the Exeter Northcott Theatre this winter with a traveller's strange tale of threats from beyond the grave.
The Mist in the Mirror is a gothic fireside story which the audience is invited to eavesdrop on. Visual theatre innovators...
After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, "The King of Edinburgh" (THE LIST) is in a frivolous mood with this show about daftness, whether the term "cool comedian" is an oxymoron, bouncing joyously on the sofa and how Herring's whole career is a failed attempt to top a piece of visual slapstick comedy he came up with at 16. Can he revisit the joke thirty years on or will it smash his old bones?
Back by popular demand, Pete Harrison and the BSO present another evening of some of the best film scores from the movies. Blockbuster soundtracks include those written by Maurice Jarre, Hans Zimmer, John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith and, of course, the master of the film-score, John Williams. Films represented include Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler's List, The Last Samurai, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars and a reprise of the best superhero of them all – Superman. As well as heroes, this year there may also be a few villains lurking about too!...
“There’s such a lot of things that’s true, even if they never really happen”
Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules the roost at Oregon State Psychiatric Hospital. Her word is final, and more fool anyone daring to argue differently. When Randle P. McMurphy, a swaggering, free-spirited con-man is added to her list of charges, the sterile and repressive atmosphere of the ward is warped. Beaten down, bullied and shattered into submission by Ratched, the inmates are sceptical of McMurphy’s revolutionary words and actions, afraid to embrace their individuality – buried deep within after years...
Tomas didn't like books or stories. Stories were just for "Little Snotties". He was happier clambering in the mountains like a goat or tobogganing with his Dad. That was until the Unicorn Lady came to town and reeled him in with her irresistible magic tales. But then disaster struck and put everything that mattered most in Tomas's life in terrible danger... I Believe in Unicorns is a spellbinding and moving story by one of our greatest storytellers.
Theatre Alibi last worked with Michael Morpurgo on Why the Whales Came which ran in the West End to...
The UK’s leading and longest running musical theatre concert, Beyond the Barricade makes a long overdue first appearance at Exeter Northcott Theatre, with a sensational new show for 2015. This exciting concert re-creates original West End/Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity and features a cast of past principal performers from the West End production of Les Miserables, and the 25th Anniversary Concert at the 02 Arena.
Beyond the Barricade recently celebrated an amazing fifteen years on the road which has taken the show all over the world and its repertoire includes...
SIBELIUS Spring Song GRIEG Piano Concerto RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances Joshua Weilerstein conductor Alessandro Taverna piano
Rachmaninov composed the Symphonic Dances shortly after fleeing war-torn Europe for the United States. The work is rhythmically animated and truly symphonic in style, proportions, and sonority, with melodies that could only be his. At once nostalgic and sarcastic, sensual and sinister with touches of the grotesque, strange harmonies create an atmosphere of unease and anxiety before reaching a final demonic "dance of death".
Alcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath; it can be both creative muse and pesky mischief-maker.
Slide onto the bar stool of discovery and enjoy several free deluxe drinks as the Thinking Drinkers explore the liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders.
Alexander the Great, Humphrey Bogart, Dorothy Parker, Frank Sinatra and Winston Churchill star in this brand new show from award-winning drinks experts whose 'Guide to Alcohol' has sold-out at the Fringe and at London’s Soho Theatre for three years running.
