The Pirates of Penzance is Gilbert and Sullivan’s most performed production. It follows the adventures of Frederic, whose hard-of-hearing nurse mistakenly signs him up as a pirate apprentice instead of to a more honest profession. On his 21st birthday he is released from his apprenticeship, leaves the pirates to become a law-abiding citizen and meets and falls in love with the beautiful Mabel. Having a very strong sense of duty, he decides to lead the police in an attempt to capture the pirates.
However, a quirk of fate results in him still being bound to the pirates. Now his sense...
Devonbird – Kath Bird (Vocals/Guitar), Sophia Colkin (Fiddle) and Rob Wheaton (Vocals/Guitar) show their wide and versatile range and their passion for folk music, both original and traditional. The band has been described as having a clarity and purity of sound, vocally and instrumentally, which is both profoundly soul touching and magical. For their second studio recorded album, “Turning of the Year”, they teamed up with well known folk producer Mark Tucker. The album is a mixture of hard hitting original songs such as Dead Kings Land, combined with such haunting folk songs as Rose or...
Exeter Alternative Theatre return to the main stage with their first production in almost 18 months: ‘Crowley’ – an artistic homage combining theatre, performance art, magickal ceremony and poetry to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Aleister Crowley, the infamous occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist and mountaineer, whom the press dubbed “the wickedest man in the world”. Self proclaimed ‘The Great Beast 666’ a Vanity Fair profile in 1915 summed him up as: “…a person of so many sides and interests that it is no wonder a legend has been built up around his...
A celebration of 125 years of vintage entertainment! Gypsy Jazz and Blues to dance to with Neo Victorian Music Hall favourites for your delight and delectation.
The Queen Bootie Trio
The Queen Bootie Trio are an offshoot from The Bootleg Swingband and bring you a smorgasbord of unforgettable vintage tunes. From Django to Tango. Songs by Ella, Billy, Frank, Tom Waits and many other legendary singers. Pitting two incredible acoustic guitars with Queen Booties timeless vocals.
Award winning comedy, burlesque, music & magic come together once more in one fantastic show.
The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre. Coming to Exeter for the first time, the show stars top performers from around the UK and also showcases the best of local acts.
Be prepared to be blown away! Marc Lobb has been dubbed ‘The next Derren Brown’ and has won awards for his sleight of hand work and his unfathomable mind reading. The Copperfield Ensemble Project and Miss Von Trapp take us back to the glorious...
The rugby world cup has well and truly kicked off, what better way to celebrate it than with Live Wire Theatre’s new stage production, Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot? Yes, Live Wire Theatre Company are back at The Barnfield Theatre with every rugby fan’s dream theatre show on 16th – 17th October.
Four actors from Live Wire Theatre Company swap roles at incredible speed to bring some of the greatest rugby players to life in this fast-paced comedy, full of song and physical theatre. Look out for the All-Black’s Haka and, of course, Jonny Wilkinson dropping that famous...
Based on the extraordinary true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his home at the age of four and was adopted by a pack of wild dogs, High Wall Theatre are proud to present Hattie Naylor’s incredible play, Ivan and the Dogs. In the midst of the cruel reality of impoverished Moscow in the 1990s, Ivan struggles to survive and chooses to forsake humanity for the protection, warmth and love that he can receive from a pack of dogs. This moving story is told through the feral child’s understanding of the world around him. His relationship with people, his dogs and his notions of fear,...
Splendid Productions present an epic adventure across the wine-dark sea…
In a brand new creative theatrical adaptation, we retell the story of Odysseus and his famously inconvenient journey home from the Trojan War. Packing a decade of adventures into a breathless hour, Splendid’s heroic cast of three create a mythical world of hungry monsters, devious sorceresses and frequent shipwrecks as the resourceful Odysseus battles to return to his family.
