THEATRE

The Queen’s Knickers

Event Date: 
05/10/2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

What would you do if you lost the Queen's pants?

Dilys, the Queen's maid, is the royal custodian of her Majesty's 'intimate apparel', otherwise known as the Queen's knickers. She guards HRH's smalls as if they were the crown jewels. She would be mortified if anyone got a glimpse of them.

But one day the knickers go missing, causing a national state of emergency and a diplomatic incident of catastrophic proportions.

A celebration of the garments we all wear, but never show, this children's classic is inventively told by two elastic actors.

It's all about...

RAW Emerging Arts Platform

Event Date: 
02/10/2014 - 7:30pm to 04/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Following the annual RAW Platform during the Ignite Festival in June, we present a new autumn event - a programme of the best new work, created by recent graduates of the University of Exeter Drama Department.

The programme will include work from new practitioners such as Simon Dean, Viki Browne and Scratchworks.

Visit rawplatform.com for full details of the programme.

7.30pm daily, 2pm matinee on Saturday.

Tickets: £8, £5 conc

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

Billy Elliot live from the stage of London's Victoria Palace

Event Date: 
28/09/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Picturehouse

The multi-award-winning musical Billy Elliot will be beamed from the stage of London's Victoria Palace Theatre to the Exeter Picturehouse

There will be 30 minutes of pre-show onscreen before each performance.

Based on the Oscar-nominated film, Billy Elliot has been dazzling London’s West End since 2005, winning more than 80 awards and captivating audiences around the world.

Set in a northern mining town against the backdrop of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy’s struggle against the odds to make his dream come true...

Educating Rita by Willie Russell

Event Date: 
23/09/2014 - 7:30pm to 27/09/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
United Reform Church, Dawlish Street, Teignmouth, TQ14 8TB

Teignmouth Players continue to produce works of quality in our ever changing world and we would love to see you at our next production

On from 23rd to 27 September 2014.

Willy Russell's intimate comedy "Educating Rita" at the United Reformed Church, Teignmouth, is the first Teignmouth Players' production following the commencement of redevelopment works to the Carlton Theatre.

This production with big ideas and an even bigger heart is a gem of the British Theatre inspired by the writer's own experiences of returning to education.

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Ruddigore

Event Date: 
14/10/2014 - 7:30pm to 18/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre

St David’s Players invite you to join us for Ruddigore…

The Baronets of Ruddigore have been doomed by a witch’s curse to commit a crime a day, or die in agony. The latest Baronet has disguised himself as a farmer to escape his fate and marry the beautiful Rose Maybud.

Enter a corps of professional bridesmaids desperate to perform their duty, a selection of ghostly ancestors, the Baronet’s adopted brother and a madwoman. Will the Baronet’s future plans be doomed when his true identity is revealed? Will he find a way to lift the curse? Come to the Barnfield Theatre between...

Curtain up on Exeter Northcott's Summer School

Authored by Jenny Hogg
Posted: Tue, 08/26/2014 - 2:04pm

Creative youngsters began their two-week intensive Summer School at the Exeter Northcott Theatre last week. From 18 – 30 August participants, aged between 12 and 19, will be working with Polly Agg-Manning, Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Associate Director for ENGAGE, and a skilled team at the Exeter Northcott to develop a professional piece of theatre, Just So, which will culminate in a performance at the theatre on Saturday 30 August.

Just So is based around the true story of a soldier in the First World War. Before the night Jack Kipling went into battle he kept the troops’ spirits...

Privates on Parade

Event Date: 
18/09/2014 - 8:00pm to 26/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Award-winning comedy presented by Paul Taylor- Mills.

Marlene Dietrich, Vera Lynn and Carmen Miranda form the centrepiece of Peter Nichol's award- winning comedy set against the murderous backdrop of the Maslaysian campaign at the end of the Second World War.

Show starts at 8pm.

Tickets £14/£13.

Call the box office 01395514413.

No Sunday performances

http://www.manorpavilion.com/

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols

Event Date: 
11/09/2014 - 8:00pm to 17/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Bri is a school teacher and his wife, Sheila, loves amateur dramatics. But their daughter Josephine is more than they bargained for and life is getting diffcult......

This fast-paced black comedy is highly theatrical, frequently heart- wrenching and often very funny.

A landmark piece in modern British theatre.Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Call the box office 01395 514413.

No Sunday performance.

www.manorpavilion.com

Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh

Event Date: 
28/08/2014 - 8:00pm to 03/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Comedy, drama and tragedy combine in a iconic piece of British theatre

Donna Summer is playing on the stero.Dishes of cheese and pineapple are on the coffee table..... the social get- together from hell is about to begin. Comedy, Drama and Tragedy combine in one of the iconic pieces of British theatre.

Tickets £14/£13

Show starts at 8pm. Please note no Sunday performances.

A great night out at your local theatre.

Box office 01395 5144123

www.manorpavilion.com

Woman of Flowers

Event Date: 
30/09/2014 - 7:30pm to 04/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

What happens when you want a different life to the one chosen for you? A story of desire, duty, deceit and revenge. An innovative re-telling of an ancient Welsh myth where nothing is quite as it seems.

Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the isolated forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she's not so sure. She has played the part of the perfect farmer’s wife for Lewis, who is kept firmly in place by his uncle Gwynne, and accepted her lonely existence. Then a stranger is seen in the forest. What lengths will she go to, to escape the...

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