Hosted by Mervyn Bedford (Musikgarten) Enjoy, discover and experience music in a family-friendly atmosphere, featuring a wide range of musicians and music.
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Tickets: £4.50, £3 children over 2 years Age: families with children up to 11 years.
We've been hearing about the phenomenon of Sasha Regan's quirky take on Gilbert & Sullivan for some time and are thrilled to be able to bring the latest production to Exeter. One of the most popular G&S operas, dealing with the age old conundrum of love between social classes, HMS Pinafore has infectious tunes and a beautifully constructed libretto – a perfect match for Sasha Regan's inimitable style, fresh, fast, inventive and fun.
Performances 7.30pm daily with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm.
Have you always wanted to explore behind the scenes of a theatre? Poke around in the dressing rooms and hear tales from some of the people who work here? The Exeter Northcott Theatre Open Day is the perfect opportunity to find out. If you’re aged 11 and over come along and join us as we throw our doors open on Saturday 22 February.
The day will include a backstage tour around the building so you can follow in the footsteps of the famous actors that have graced our theatre and reveal the secrets that bring shows to the stage. The tour will also include make up and costume...
A dance theatre adaptation after Hans Christian Andersen.
This touching tale of an impoverished young street girl’s hopes and dreams is beautifully told through dance, song and original live music.
A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold winter’s eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, shivering and desperate, trying to sell her matches. With just one final match flame to keep her warm, she sees a vision of her beloved grandmother, who guides her up into the night sky and takes her to the moon. Now, on a clear night, if you look closely, you might...
1833. Rural Ireland. The British Army arrives to translate Gaelic place names into the King’s English. Farm-girl Máire finds herself torn between the affections of the local school teacher and the love of a British soldier, between her native tongue and a new language, between the comfort of the world she knows and the excitement of foreign possibilities.
The resulting clash of two worlds threatens the very heart of the community as they struggle to interpret a new language and each other. What gets lost in translation?
English Touring Theatre’s most recent visits to Exeter...
Written by Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.
From fig leaves to final judgement. Following the sell-out success of their 2013 UK Tour, it's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of The Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sights on the good book with The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged).
Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the bad boys of abridgement tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't...
Common Players in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre are seeking new and aspiring professionals and skilled amateurs alike to perform in Jerusalem in May and June 2014.
From Common Players, in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre; a new production, of Jez Butterworths’ play Jerusalem will tour Devon in May and June 2014, and will be made in a new way, involving local artists, and teaching new skills.
Jerusalem was first performed in 2009 and became the Evening Standard’s Best Play of the Year. It is an epic and heroic play about our great British need for a...
This exciting and moving adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet follows the 'Jets' an American gang, and their rivals, the Puerto Rican 'Sharks' in their intense rivalry for command of the streets of 1950s New York. Amidst their conflict, love endures when Tony meets Maria. As the young lovers yearn to escape the opposition that surrounds them it soon escalates to a point of no return, with a climatic and tragic finale.
Come and experience this multi-award winning musical, with a memorable composition from the legendary Leonard Bernstein. In a heart wrenching story of racial...
Running from Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th December 2013, The Recruiting Officer is a true delight for theatre-lovers, with everything from swashbuckling soldiers to women dressed as men. The play is a Salisbury Playhouse Production, originally written by George Farquahar and produced by Gareth Minchin, also a member of the cast.
Described as “a regional theatre with all guns blazing” by the Daily Telegraph, the Salisbury Playhouse puts on a raucous and wonderfully English comedy of bawdiness, disastrous sexual exploits and meddling servants. As well as a beautifully designed and...
16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with 1 aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and exhilarating for young and old alike.
Graffiti Classics bursts the elitist boundaries of the traditional string quartet with its hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show. It's a classical concert, gypsy-folk romp, opera, stand-up comedy and a brilliant dance show all rolled into one! There really is something for everyone; Graffiti Classics never fails to get audiences laughing, clapping and singing along. Kids and adults love the uplifting and virtuosic variety of musical...
