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Sign Up and Join The Team For Brazil

Authored by Jenny Hogg
Posted: Tue, 05/20/2014 - 9:19am

Rehearsals for The Day We Played Brazil are now well underway and the talented community company are already bringing the amazing musical that tells Exeter City's epic story to life.

However, there is still a chance to get involved in this once in a lifetime experience as a musical about football needs lots of young men. If you have been too shy to step forward or think you have missed the boat check out www.thedayweplayedbrazil.com to see what you are missing and e-mail weplayedbrazil@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved.

Cast member Jim Green said “The Day...

The Day We Played Brazil rehearsals kick off

Authored by Jenny Hogg
Posted: Mon, 04/28/2014 - 2:13pm

Football fever hit the Exeter Northcott Theatre last Sunday as rehearsals for the upcoming musical The Day We Played Brazil began.

Over 100 participants gathered at the theatre to begin rehearsing dialogue, songs and dance moves for the show that is set to be the biggest cultural event to hit Exeter.

The Day we Played Brazil will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the football match between Exeter City and the Brazil national team – the first-ever game played by Brazil. The play is based on the extraordinary true story of Exeter City FC’s tour to South America in 1914....

What the Ladybird Heard

Event Date: 
30/05/2014 - 2:00pm to 01/06/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: The Ladybird has a plan of her own!

Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure. With live music, puppetry, plenty of audience participation and lots of laughs.

Early booking is highly recommended for this glittering family treat!...

Me and My Girl

Event Date: 
19/05/2014 - 7:30pm to 24/05/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Exeter Musical Society begins its 110th anniversary celebrations with the Olivier award-winning Me and My Girl.

A sublime treat for musical comedy fans of all ages.

Lambeth costermonger, Bill Snibson, discovers he is the illegitimate heir to Lord Hareford and uses his wit and humour to break down the class divisions with his aristocratic relations. The fun and games never cease as they attempt to educate cheeky and cheerful Bill into the ways of the gentry and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally. This toe-tapping musical, which includes songs The Sun Has Got...

Paul Bunyan

Event Date: 
16/05/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Musically charming and dreamlike, this cross between an opera and a musical re-creates the great myth of the American frontier – peopled by a giant, singing geese and cats, dancing Swedes, lumberjacks, and good and bad cooks. The score is brilliantly inventive, mixing elements of blues, folk songs and hymns in a witty and irreverent response to the American Dream.

Sung in English.

www.englishtouringopera.org.uk

Tickets: A £33 B £30 C £24 D £19

Concs: £2 discount

Student Standby: £8

Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm Fri 16 May in the Council Chamber,...

The Magic Flute

Event Date: 
13/05/2014 - 11:45am to 15/05/2014 - 11:45am
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Probably the world's favourite opera, The Magic Flute tells the enchanting story of a young prince and princess on a dreamlike journey in pursuit of love. Great comedy, spectacular costumes and memorable tunes mean this is the opera to charm children and captivate anyone going to the opera for the first time.

Sung in English.

www.englishtouringopera.org.uk

Tickets: A £33 B £30 C £24 D £19

Concs: £2 discount#

Student Standby: £8

Pre-Show Talks: Wed 14 & Thurs 15 May - 6.30pm in the Council Chamber, Northcote House

Box office:...

Birdsong

Event Date: 
06/05/2014 - 7:30pm to 10/05/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Stage Version by Rachael Wagstaff

Directed by Alastair Whatley.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Birdsong is the hit, critically acclaimed stage show based on the world famous novel by Sebastian Faulks.

In pre-war France, a young Englishman Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their world upside down.

As the war breaks out over the idyll of his former life, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling...

Earworms

Event Date: 
04/05/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Hosted by Mervyn Bedford (Musikgarten)

Enjoy, discover and experience music in a family-friendly atmosphere, featuring a wide range of musicians and music.

www.earwormsexeter.blogspot.co.uk

Tickets: £4.50, £3 children over 2 years

Box office: 01392 493493 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Exeter School choral group to perform at TEDx Exeter

Exeter School's Vocal Ensemble is looking forward to performing at TEDx Exeter for the first time.

The choral group is made up of 18 of the school's finest singers aged 15-18.

Music Teacher Mrs Mitchell said they were very excited about the opportunity. "We will be singing a range of music from the Renaissance, through to the contemporary classical music of Eric Whitacre," she said.

Exeter School's Vocal Ensemble was formed in 2008 in response to requests from the wider community to provide a small, portable, vocal group to perform at a variety of concerts and...

Kit & McConnel

Event Date: 
26/04/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Since they teamed up as a cabaret duo a couple of years ago, Kit Hesketh Harvey (Just A Minute, Kit and the Widow) and his new fella, pianist, composer and Hugh Grantalike James McConnel have stormed in cabaret, from the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals to international tours as paid escorts to Joan Rivers.

As a songwriting partnership they won the Vivian Ellis Award and went on to study under Stephen Sondheim. They have written cabaret songs for the likes of Barry Humphries, Mary Archer and Janie Dee. Having enjoyed sell-out seasons in the burgeoning cabaret scene in the West End...

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