THEATRE

Game of Thrones actor starring in Exeter performance of Under Milk Wood

Game of Thrones actor Owen Teale will star in director Terry Hands’ new production of Under Milk Wood, which comes to the Exeter Northcott Theatre on Tuesday 29 April.

The production marks the centenary of Dylan Thomas’ birth, as well as the 60th anniversary since Under Milk Wood was first produced in Britain, as a radio play by the BBC, in 1954. A cast of Welsh actors also includes Torchwood actor Kai Owen and Steven Meo (The Fabulous Baker Boys).

Come to Llareggub, a small Welsh town by the sea. Meet blind Captain Cat, Mog Edwards and his sweetheart Miss Price, Sinbad...

George's Marvellous Medicine

Event Date: 
03/05/2014 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
West Town Farm, Ide, Exeter EX2 9TG

For the third summer in a row the amazing Illyria are back at West Town Farm to perform another terrific children's classic!

Their production of The Twits in 2012 sold out, Babe The Sheep-Pig charmed the audience in 2013 and now they're back with Roald Dahl's most glorious classic "George's Marvellous Medicine".

It's the first day of half-term, Grandma has written to say she is coming to stay, and George is going to have to give up his bedroom for her. It wouldn't be so bad if Grandma were a nice Grandma. But George's Grandma is...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Event Date: 
15/05/2014 - 7:00pm to 18/05/2014 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

C.S Lewis’s classic tale of good versus evil is magically brought C.S Lewis’s classic tale of good versus evil is magically brought to life by Exeter College’s BTEC Performing Arts Department.

Four siblings are evacuated from London to an unusual home in London to an unusual home in the countryside during the Blitz. Through a forgotten wardrobe filled with musty fur coats, the children discover the enchanted land of Narnia. A secret world of magic, danger and talking animals, Narnia is ruthlessly ruled by the White Witch who has cast the land into eternal winter. Only the return of...

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,...

Matilda and Me

Event Date: 
21/04/2014 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre

Matilda is my Grandma. She migrated from Jamaica to England in 1962. Now all of her memories have faded. I need to remember for her, for me, for us…

A woman makes a decision that will change her family’s history and the course of their future. Five decades later her granddaughter reflects on the eminence and consequence of that choice, retracing Matilda’s journey to discover how it has shaped her own.

Weaving together storytelling, spoken word, dubpoetry, live art, autobiography, and reggae music, this colourful and challenging performance offers a political viewpoint...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter.

THEATRE

Double Bill of Comedy Plays with Supper Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Broadclyst Village Hall Two Fat Men features Duncan and George who have been forced by their wives to attend Weight Busters. Surrounded by women and waiting for the meeting to start they think that they know each other. Join them on a hilarious journey of discovery. Stop and Run is the story of Eileen, a lonely pensioner who, much to the horror of her family finds love at a...

When we are Married by J B Priestley

The Teignmouth Players 50th Anniversary Production: When we are Married by J B Priestley, directed by Jenny Brittan

Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.

Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

You'll find something to suit all ages and tastes in our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter this weekend:

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Club Friday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange Four top comedians, everyone gets a seat at a table, the bar is open throughout and pizzas are served to your table - all this goes to make one of the best evenings out in the city. Over 16s, tickets £12. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

The Sugar Dandies' Tea Party Saturday, 2pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter A modern and fun twist on an old-fashioned afternoon tea dance! The award-...

Him With His Foot in His Mouth

Event Date: 
25/03/2014 - 7:30pm to 29/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre, 162/3 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT

Harry Shawmut is a man who often says things he shouldn't. He once made an unkind comment to a lady in passing and now, years later, he has decided to apologise. But saying sorry isn't always that straightforward. Harry uses us, the theatre audience, to help rehearse the most elaborate apology in history, taking us through the contours of his hilarious, shocking and uniquely moving life story.

Brought to you by New Perspectives, the East Midlands leading touring theatre company, this heart warming one-man show marks the first ever UK stage adaptation of a work by the...

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