Outside, a storm is raging. Inside, a darkened room preserves the fragments of a past underneath dust sheets. Sea-shells, voices, yellowing postcards: the flotsam and jetsam of a childhood spent beach-combing on the coast of Brittany. Stories emerge: of treasure found in tidal ponds, and women metamorphosing into serpents. But beneath the floorboards, the creaking groans of whales warn of unsettled futures.
In a sparkling one-woman performance that blends poetry with theatre, Anglo-Breton poet Claire Trévien navigates a shifting maritime landscape. Memory and myth from the Celtic...
When impoverished pearl-diver Kino finds the ‘pearl of the world’ he believes his family’s life will be transformed forever. Seduced by the pearl’s beauty and promise of riches, he is blind to the danger of having something that everyone else wants. Instead of bringing hope, the pearl leads Kino and his family down a dark and dangerous path. A timeless fable about the allure of wealth, the confines of class, and the redemptive power of love. The Pearl asks us to consider what we value most in the world. Dumbshow present their critically-acclaimed new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic...
Based on T.S Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record- breaking adaptation CATS is directed by Trevor Nunn, with choreography by Gillian Lynne and set and costume design by John Napier. Re-creating the direction and choreography for the tour is Chrissie Cartwright. Including one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most memorable musical scores, spectacular set design, extraordinary costumes and stunning choreography, CATS is a uniquely magical musical.
On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy,...
Commanding demons and controlling storms, a lone man walks out of the desert and, gathering a nation around him, he walks towards certain death in an occupied land. Ridding the tale of two thousand years of religious baggage, Applecart presents Mark’s Gospel combining drama, storytelling, music and film to tell a story of revolution and courage.
Applecart’s creative team is headed up by Peter Moreton and Phil Summers. Peter has extensive experience as performer and Musical Director in the West End, working with companies such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, RSC,...
From a disastrous dress rehearsal a sleep-deprived touring company of actors rehearse and perform their fictional farce, Nothing On.
Where the cast fumble their entrances and exits, to bothersome props, too many sardines and a final performance of missed cues and forgotten lines. Noises Off explores the explosive personal relationships that lead to off-stage shenanigans and on-stage bedlam.
Tickets £10.50 Wednesday and Saturday matinee, £12.60 Thursday, Friday and Saturday night
Set amongst the princes and nobles of Verona, this dynamic new production combines the purity and beauty of Shakespeare's original text with entrancing contemporary street dance.
Caught between the long-running and bitter feud of their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, the star-crossed lovers must fight against the odds in this much-loved and powerful tale of forbidden romance, jealousy and betrayal.
This dazzling and innovative version of the unforgettable classic is a must see for newcomers to Shakespeare and regular theatregoers alike.
This extraordinary play looks back two thousand years to witness key moments in the life of 'the man Jesus', through the eyes of the people who knew him.
Simon Callow, one of Britain's best-loved actors, performs this fresh and moving account of biblical stories including the raising of Lazarus, the wedding at Cana and the journey to Jerusalem.
Thought-provoking, thrilling and full of wit, this production premiered to great acclaim at Belfast's Lyric Theatre, and now embarks on a strictly limited UK tour.
Following their spectacular Indian Tempest in 2012 we're delighted to welcome back one of the most thrilling and influential theatre companies to emerge out of the South West.
Tickling your imagination and touching your heart, Footsbarn Travelling Theatre bring their own joyful twist to Ken Kesey's cult novel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Set in a psychiatric hospital, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is touching, inspiring and a timeless criticism of authority. Footsbarn's Cuckoo's Nest will be a uniquely different...
Working with ENGAGE Associate Director Polly Agg-Manning and a skilled team of professionals at Exeter Northcott Theatre, the Summer School participants have devised a professional piece of theatre, JUST SO, 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 high with his father's magical stories. For just a few hours the trench was not an unbearable pit of devastation, but an imaginary escape into the Indian Jungle, to the stories of everyone's childhood and to a place of happiness and hope...
Planning your weekend? We’ve come up with plenty of ideas to keep the whole family entertained, whatever the weather!
STAGE & SCREEN
Big Screen in the Park: Gravity (PG) Saturday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Gravity (PG) – A movie made for the big screen. Experience the multi award-winning, heart-pounding thriller Gravity out in the open and under the stars and be pulled into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. When disaster strikes a seemingly routine mission and the space shuttle is destroyed, two astronauts are left completely alone – tethered to...
