Exeter Little Theatre Company

William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

Event Date: 
19/03/2024 - 7:00pm to 23/03/2024 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Exeter Little Theatre Company’s forthcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing opens this month!

For those unfamiliar with the text, the story revolves around two romantic pairings that emerge when a group of soldiers return from war triumphant. With matchmaking and misunderstandings comes mayhem as the lovers navigate their way to marriage. The title’s play on words references the secrets and trickery that form the backbone of the play’s comedy, intrigue and action.

However, this production is given a different spin on two counts: by being set in the 1990’s rave scene...

The Vicar of Dibley

Event Date: 
06/06/2023 - 7:30pm to 10/06/2023 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

When the new vicar arrives at the sleepy English village of Dibley, the last thing the locals are expecting is a woman. But the irrepressibly cheerful Reverend Geraldine Granger soon wins over the hearts and minds of her flock.

Based on the much-loved BBC sitcom, this stage adaptation brings a selection of the best episodes of this multi-award-winning show to our theatre.

All of your favourites are here: Alice and Hugo, the star-crossed lovers whose combined IQ would struggle to reach treble figures; David Horton, the pompous chairman forever trying to make sense of his...

Exeter Little Theatre Company presents The Vicar of Dibley

When the new vicar arrives at the sleepy English village of Dibley, the last thing the locals are expecting is a woman. But the irrepressibly cheerful Reverend Geraldine Granger soon wins over the hearts and minds of her flock.

Based on the much-loved BBC sitcom, this stage adaptation brings a selection of the best episodes of this multi-award-winning show to our theatre.

All of your favourites are here: Alice and Hugo, the star-crossed lovers whose combined IQ would struggle to reach treble figures; David Horton, the pompous chairman forever trying to make sense of his...

Ladies bare all in the name of charity

Receiving fantastic 5 star reviews in the West End, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s award-winning musical comedy Calendar Girls is coming to the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, 11-16 April 2022, brought to you by Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC).

An Exeter based amateur company, ELTC have been entertaining audiences with Musicals, plays, comedies and annual Pantomimes since 1954, however, the Covid 19 pandemic has meant as with so many theatrical companies, they have been unable to put on a production for the last two years. Calendar Girls will mark a high profile return to the...

Calendar Girls The Musical

Event Date: 
11/04/2022 - 7:00pm to 16/04/2022 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Receiving fantastic 5 star reviews in the West End, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s award-winning musical comedy Calendar Girls is coming to the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, 11-16 April 2022, brought to you by Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC).

An Exeter based amateur company, ELTC have been entertaining audiences with Musicals, plays, comedies and annual Pantomimes since 1954, however, the Covid 19 pandemic has meant as with so many theatrical companies, they have been unable to put on a production for the last two years. Calendar Girls will mark a high profile return to the...

Join ELTC on a magical journey to Old Peking this Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/23/2019 - 12:18pm

Exeter Little Theatre Company have been entertaining audiences with their annual pantomime for 65 years.

From the directors that brought you the hugely successful pantomime ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' in 2016/2017, this Christmas ELTC bring you the well loved, traditional family pantomime ‘Aladdin’.

Meet hero Aladdin, his comical brother WisheeWashee and their hard working mum, Widow Twankey in a bid to go from rags to riches. Aladdin, however, has love on his mind as he tries to win over the heart of the beautiful Princess Jasmine, much to the disapproval of her...

ELTC present their 64th annual pantomime – Robin Hood

Join the gang this Christmas as Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC) get ready to hit bullseye once again with their retelling of the classic story Robin Hood.

Head to Sherwood Forest and meet Robin and his Merry Men, outlaws robbing the rich and always landing themselves in trouble because of their terrible plans.

Trying to keep them in line are Maid Marian and her Girlpower Gang, but the girls will have their work cut out for them unless both groups learn to work together to take on Nottingham’s meanest Snotty Notty and Sir Guy.

Snotty is the Sheriff of Nottingham...

Behind the curtain: ELTC suits up for The Dresser...

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 09/09/2018 - 11:16am

It’s wartime, but the show must go on as Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC) brings the curtain up on one of theatre’s modern classics.

ELTC return to Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre this September to bring to life Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, which captures the drama and relationships behind the scenes of a touring theatre company during World War II.

Taking centre stage is Sir (David Gunn-Johnson), the last of the great, but dying breed of English actor-mangers. However, when he arrives at the theatre in a bad shape and unsure what play his company are performing, or his...

Exeter Little Theatre Company present The Dresser

Event Date: 
18/09/2018 - 7:30pm to 22/09/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

ELTC return to Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre this September to bring to life Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, which captures the drama and relationships behind the scenes of a touring theatre company during World War II.

Taking centre stage is Sir (David Gunn-Johnson), the last of the great, but dying breed of English actor-mangers. However, when he arrives at the theatre in a bad shape and unsure what play his company are performing, or his lines, he must rely on his trusted dresser Norman (Dave Hill) and fellow actors to get him on stage.

Amid the roaring air sirens and...

REVIEW: Beauty and the Beast, Exeter Barnfield Theatre

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/03/2018 - 4:15pm

Can You Keep a Secret?

In Beauty and the Beast, this season’s pantomime at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Little Theatre Company deliver a festive theatrical treat which manages to combine the traditional with the contemporary and acting grass roots with the professional.

Songs, dancing, live music, jokes, audience engagement all ensured the multi-generational crowd headed home feeling fully satisfied in the entertainment stakes. Which is a job well done by all who make up ELTC.

Whilst Beauty and the Beast is one of the cannons of pantomimes we all know and love, it...

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