Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced the appointment of Martin Berry as its new Creative Director and Joint Chief Executive, from 20 November 2023.
Martin’s appointment to Exeter Northcott coincides with the theatre adopting a new senior leadership structure, in which three people will take the shared role of Joint Chief Executive.
With Exeter Northcott now managing two venues, including the Exeter city-centre Barnfield Theatre, Martin joins at a pivotal time for the organisation as it drives forward its aim to provide more creative opportunities for a greater range of...
Exeter Northcott Theatre launched today a new Community Associates Programme to learn how it can support artists or companies who work with:
Communities with limited access to arts opportunities.
Communities whose stories and voices have low visibility.
The Northcott will first partner with Café Theatre, a Devon-based company that creates work involving participants over the age of 60 at its Barnfield Theatre.
The Northcott’s aim for its Community Associates Programme is to provide comprehensive support to community-based artists,...
The Encompass group, composed of Devon’s Caribbean, Hindu and Polish communities and supported by Exeter Northcott Theatre, has announced Flavours of Us , a family friendly food and culture event taking place at the city centre Barnfield Theatre on 27 May.
On the day, visitors can join one of two guided experiences offering a rich and vibrant exploration of Caribbean, Hindu, and Polish food cultures, including:
An ‘Afternoon Tea with a Twist’ – sample sweet and savoury treats and drinks from each culture.
Paul Morrissey, Christopher Wheeler and Molly Morris are pleased to announce for the cast for the UK Tour of When Darkness Falls .
Written by James Milton and Paul Morrissey , When Darkness Falls , will open at London’s Richmond Theatre on Wednesday 9th February 2023.
When Darkness Falls will continue a UK tour, visiting Poole, Mold, Salford, Exeter, Dundee, Windsor, Bromley, Leicester, Oxford and closing at Devonshire Park Theatre , Eastbourne on Saturday 29th April 2023.
West End star Tony Timberlake and Thomas Dennis will co-star in the UK Tour of When...
Following the record-breaking smash-hit Robin Hood, Exeter Northcott and Le Navet Bete are teaming up once again to bring you an unmissable family panto for Christmas 2023 – Dick Whittington!
Expect plenty of laughs, great music, amazing special effects and full-on-fun for every generation with this fabulous rags-to-riches tale.
Kelly Johnson, Interim Co-CEO at Exeter Northcott, said: "The Northcott pantomime is a Christmas tradition for so many families in Devon and we've been bowled over by the glowing reviews and the sheer joy we are seeing from the thousands of...
Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI), a charity based in Exeter, has been given 40 free Christmas pantomime tickets by Exeter Northcott Theatre to distribute to local families.
ECI’s Devon Family Resource project, which supports families with children aged 0-18 facing challenges and hardships, will distribute the Robin Hood panto tickets amongst the families it works with.
ECI helps people facing poverty, inequality and homelessness to get their lives back on track by involving them in community projects to improve their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, increase...
Exeter Northcott has reached its stretch goal of gifting 750 tickets for family Christmas show Robin Hood to children, young people and carers in Devon through its Pay It Forward audience donation campaign.
The theatre had already achieved its initial end-of-year aim of giving away 500 tickets through the scheme to people who might not otherwise be able to experience the magic of theatre at Christmas in October.
In total, 1234 people donated £12,559 towards the Northcott’s Pay It Forward campaign this year.
The Northcott is gifting the 750 Pay It Forward tickets...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has launched a new stretch goal of gifting 750 tickets for its family Christmas show Robin Hood to children and young people in Devon through its Pay It Forward donation campaign by the end of this year, having reached its initial aim of giving away 500 tickets.
The Northcott’s Pay It Forward campaign, now in its third year, asks audience members to donate towards the cost of a theatre ticket for children and young people who would not otherwise be able to go.
Between January and October this year, 766 people donated £7,392 towards the campaign...
Exeter Northcott Theatre is adding more live performances and theatre shows to its already packed programme of plays and comedy, dance and music events this year. Alongside a line-up of big hits including The Rise and Fall of Little Voice , Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World , English Touring Opera’s La Bohème and BalletBoyz’s Deluxe , Exeter’s flagship theatre has announced:
Extraordinary Bodies’ Human
Human (17-18 June) is a hybrid piece of circus, film and music that explores life-changing events from the performer’s lives. Human is audio described,...
This autumn, critically acclaimed choreographer Richard Chappell premieres his most ambitious work to date, Infinite Ways Home, opening at Exeter Northcott on 24 & 25 September and Cardiff’s immersive CULTVR on 2 October.
Chappell’s first full-length production for a mid-scale stage, Infinite Ways Home sees six performers explore their perceptions of reality through other-worldly experiences, connecting ideas of Celtic traditions of ritual with modern day experiences of rave culture.
Combining Chappell’s diverse choreographic language of ballet, contemporary dance...
