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Exeter Northcott Theatre announces 2018 Spring Summer Season

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 11/30/2017 - 11:48am

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce a packed 2018 spring and summer season with tickets now on sale for more than 50 new shows.

As a year of 50th anniversary celebrations begin, a diverse programme puts classical drama, new writing and modern adaptations alongside dance, opera, musicals and comedy.

One of the highlights of next year’s season is a first visit from Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre with its acclaimed The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk.

The production follows artist Marc Chagall and wife Bella through a war-torn 20th-century Europe, reflecting the...

1930s comedy French Without Tears comes to Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 08/30/2016 - 10:05pm

Following last year’s critically acclaimed sold out run, Orange Tree Theatre and English Touring Theatre in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre present French Without Tears, the sparkling comedy by Terence Rattigan at the Exeter Northcott, 16-24 September.

After a group of young men arrive at Monsieur Maingot’s French school for the summer to cram for the Diplomatic exam, their concentration is disrupted by beautiful visitor Diana Lake. Quelle surprise, they must learn another new language: girls.

At first, it seems pretty simple. Kit loves Diana and she loves him....

Richard Herring: Happy Now?

Event Date: 
11/03/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

After years of drifting aimlessly and alone, Richard Herring is now settled down with a wife and a tiny baby. Is he finally happy now? Or does responsibility for the lives of others come with its own terrors?

In his twelfth solo stand up show, Richard examines whether we are can ever hope to be or are meant to be truly content. If we were never unhappy would happiness have any meaning? Why do our brains force us to envision the worst possible outcomes even on a day when everything seems fine.

How likely is it that Richard’s baby will be skewered by a stalactite of frozen...

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Event Date: 
08/09/2015 - 4:30pm to 09/09/2015 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Following five-star hits Stick Man and Tiddler & other Terrific Tales, Scamp Theatre are proud to present a truly heart-warming adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hotly anticipated new book The Scarecrows’ Wedding.

Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay invite you to . . .

The best wedding ever, the best wedding yet,

The wedding that no one will ever forget.

Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay are excellent scarecrows (they scare a lot of crows). Harry loves Betty, and Betty loves Harry - so they decide to get married. Harry sets off to search for...

Participants needed for The Day We Played Brazil

Exeter Community Arts Project is searching for 120 people aged from 11 to 99 to make and perform The Day We Played Brazil, the new musical play which is set to be the biggest cultural event in Exeter for many years.

Central to the story are the 1914 Exeter City football team so we are calling all young men out there who’d like to have a go at singing and dancing to come along and get involved.

To complete the cast, there are performing roles for men and women, boys and girls aged over 11 to play the host of characters involved in telling this epic tale of Exeter, football...