Alcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath; it can be both creative muse and pesky mischief-maker.
Slide onto the bar stool of discovery and enjoy several free deluxe drinks as the Thinking Drinkers explore the liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders.
Alexander the Great, Humphrey Bogart, Dorothy Parker, Frank Sinatra and Winston Churchill star in this brand new show from award-winning drinks experts whose 'Guide to Alcohol' has sold-out at the Fringe and at London’s Soho Theatre for three years running.
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter.
THEATRE
April De Angelis Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter The theatres have just re-opened after seventeen years of suppression under the puritans, encouraging a great upsurge in dramatic writing. Of vital importance to the development of drama was the entrance of the first English actresses upon the English stage. April De Angelis has taken five famous figures – Nell Gwynn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common and Mary Betterton – and...
On 28th May 2014 the HandleBards – four men on four bicycles – cycled out of London. Their mission? A 2000 mile tour across the UK, Holland and Belgium, carrying all the necessary set, props, costumes and camping equipment to perform two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays – Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors - seventy-two times. Since then, they’ve delighted audiences at, amongst others, the Tour de France, the Commonwealth Games and the Edinburgh Fringe.
The HandleBards do Shakespeare differently. Performing with eight very sore legs, they play all the parts in Director James Farrell’s...
Score is a musical play from Documental Theatre about friendship, dognapping and two-part harmonies. It’s inspired by the frank and funny accounts of parents using Bournemouth drug treatment services.
Hannah is an X Factor aficionado with a mile-a-minute mouth, a ten year-old daughter and a low-level Heroin habit.
Her childhood friend, Kirsty, who has never “picked up”, is pulled along in her slipstream days before giving birth.
Two years later they meet at a child contact centre. Hannah’s joined a choir to replace one kind of score with another, but she’s the last...
The Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced that Paul Jepson has been engaged as its new Artistic and Executive Director. Paul has an extensive background in the performing arts. He has been joint Artistic Director of two Arts Council funded new writing theatre companies and an associate of the Nottingham Playhouse. He is also an experienced dramaturg and a published playwright. He has directed at the Royal National Theatre, major regional theatres and in the West End, and has over twenty years of extensive public sector producing experience. Chair of Exeter Northcott Theatre Board of...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has put its backstage heroes, the technical team, centre stage as it launches its spring/summer 2015 season.
Photographer Matt Austin spent an afternoon with Dominic (Technical Manager), Lee (Technical Stage Manager) and Jamie (Chief Electrician) for a photocall which put the team thoroughly in the spotlight and resulted in some fantastic images.
Packed with the usual great drama, dance, opera, family theatre and comedy the spring/summer 2015 season is now on sale.
The Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to be hosting Shakespeare’s Globe...
A musical written and performed by Soundwaves Music Project.
With wicked intent ‘The Evils’ are taking over the world.
For every bad deed committed, a mystical forest in the Far East begins to die.
The earths peoples and its animals unite to stop ‘the Evils’.
A cast of 20 supported by live musicians will put a smile on your face and chase away the mid-winter blues. Soundwaves Music Project supports people with and
East Devon Dance Academy presents Triple Fantasy 2015 'London, Paris and New York'
Take a journey in dance around three of the most exciting cities in the World - the Swinging Sixties in Carnaby Street, the famous Moulin Rouge, and scenic Central Park.
Ticket Prices £12/£8 under 12's Tickets on Sale from Monday 16th Feb 2015.
Tickets on sale Monday 16th Feb 2015. Please note no performances on Thursdays or Sundays. Evening performances at 7.15pm. Sat Matinees at 2.15pm.
‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ takes the audience on a magical journey from the Little Man’s dull city dwellings to the high seas on a swashbuckling adventure for all the family. With PaddleBoat’s distinctive audience interaction, audience will be fully immersed as Little Man battles jellyfish, pirates and sharks on his voyage across freezing waters.
Even the smallest of objects on stage can tell a story, as we narrate Little Man’s epic trip from his office to deserted tropical islands. Through the use of puppetry, music and mime, we present larger-than-life characters and invite you...
After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime...and so does his pet fish.
As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes towards experiencing a world that is outside of his comfort zone; from the streets of Lille to the romance of Venice.
Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime.
CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the...
