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Alice Through The Looking Glass

Event Date: 
26/02/2014 - 7:30pm to 01/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The New Theatre, Friars, Gate, Exeter

Lewis Carroll’s classic sequel to Alice in Wonderland gets an imaginative treatment in this stage adaptation by Katherine Kingsford directed by Alistair Ganley

Alice crawls through the mirror into a looking glass world where she has to outwit Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and gets the rough end of Humpty Dumpty’s tongue on her journey to become Queen. Sofia Fernandes, Helen Kirk and Kaja Pecnik bring the tale to life with the help of puppets and costumes inspired by the original Tenniel illustrations.

Performances at 7.30pm daiy, 3pm matinee on 1 March.

Tickets: adult...

Merry Wives of Windsor

Event Date: 
30/10/2013 - 7:30pm to 02/11/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Creative Cow present William Shakespeare's epic and delightful comedy. A rollicking tale of marraige, fidelity, trickery and more.

The puffed up and degenerate Sir John Falstaff, a Knight of the Garter, is seized with the outrageous idea that to seduce two of Windsor’s wealthy merry wives will prove his virility and give him access to their money, but with female cunning and a devilish plot involving their husbands, Falstaff is repeatedly tricked by the women.

Evening performances at 7.30pm, matinee on 2 November at 2pm.

Tickets: £10.

Box Office: 01392...

Coppin & Silver

Event Date: 
11/10/2013 - 7:30am
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre

Johnny Coppin and Mike Silver

If you want to witness superb singing and masterful guitar-playing, voices in harmony and hands in tempo, then you absolutely must see Mike Silver and Johnny Coppin in concert! Mike and Johnny have combined their roots and acoustic music talents to create a unique duo in which guitar and keyboard skills provide the musical context for beautifully crafted songs that touch the heart and lift the soul.

Johnny Coppin: “One of the finest voices” Q Magazine

Mike Silver: “Hidden gem, now the secret is out” Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2)

A Doll's House

Event Date: 
02/07/2013 - 7:30pm to 06/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

The Helmer’s conventional marriage is shaken to the foundations by the revelation of long-kept secrets. Nora’s journey from pretty girl-wife to self-determining woman is one of the theatre’s defining stories.

Ibsen’s most famous play still makes an eloquent plea for the equality of individuals 130 years after its first explosive performance.

Directed by Alistair Ganley

Performances at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2pm. First night only at the Cygnet Theatre – pay what you can on the door

New Theatre box office: 01392 277189

www,wegottickets.com...

Ignite prepares to set the Exeter arts scene alight with live performance around the city

Proving that any space can be a theatre and anyone can tell a story, Ignite is a 6-day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond that will host events in a number of venues across Exeter.

It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme.

Over 50 performances are to take place across the city at venues including Exeter Phoenix, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Cygnet...

Exeter to host Ignite - a six-day celebration of live performance

Exeter will host a six-day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond. Over 50 performances are to take place across the city at venues including Exeter Phoenix, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Cygnet Theatre as well as pub venues such as The Hourglass, The Globe and The Rusty Bike.

One of Exeter Phoenix’s highlights includes an inventive and quirky play, The Last Post , in which 17 audience members watch a nostalgic love story about the wonderful art of letter writing, in the back of a mobile sorting office in the Phoenix carpark.

At the Bikeshed...

The Important Of Being Earnest

Event Date: 
09/07/2013 - 7:30pm to 13/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
New Theatre, Exeter

Oscar Wilde’s most witty confection: lost babies, lost luggage, lost relations – all enhanced by equally witty music by Monica Shallis.

Performances start daily at 7:30pm at the New Theatre in Exeter, and on Saturday 13th the performance is at 2:00pm.

Ticket prices range from £10 per adult and £6-8 concession.

Box Office: 01392 277189

www.cygnettheatre.co.uk/

Carter Davies: Secret Agent

Event Date: 
08/03/2013 - 7:30pm to 09/03/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The New Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

The Artist was a stunning throwback to the era of silent films, before special effects were even a twinkle in a director’s eye. Now, Moonstone Theatre Company off ers you the chance to relive the golden age of radio.

When radio was king of the living room, special agents like Dick Barton and Paul Temple ruled the airwaves. Moonstone’s very own secret agent, Carter Davies, will transport you back to a time of tantalising adventure serials, when cliffhanger endings left audiences gasping. Marvel at the exploits of the derring-do hero as he grapples with an evil villain and saves a...

While there’s tea there’s hope! at A la Ronde

Event Date: 
09/02/2013 - 10:30am to 24/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
A la Ronde, Exmouth

From 9 – 24 February professional photographer David Garner serves up a delicious feast of images in an exhibition entitled ‘While there’s tea there’s hope!’ at A la Ronde, the National Trust property at Summer Lane, Exmouth.

The photographs were taken as part of David’s ongoing project ‘This Sceptred Isle’, which explores a vision of British society that glories in tradition and heritage.

David says: ‘Tea epitomizes the theme of Britishness. Class, ritual and empire are all components of our national character that make us who we are today. There is a perception of the...

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