THEATRE

How The Other Half Loves

Event Date: 
29/08/2013 - 8:00pm to 04/09/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn

One set combining two different houses with two different sets of people each talking and carrying on as if the other didn't exist.

Ticket Prices £14/ £13

Performance starts at 8pm.

Box office: 01395 514413

Run For Your Wife

Event Date: 
22/08/2013 - 8:00pm to 28/08/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney

This is the tantilising story of London cab driver john Smith,with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both.

Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14/ £13

Box office: 01395 514413

The Dinner Party

Event Date: 
15/08/2013 - 8:00pm to 21/08/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents The Dinner Party by Neil Simon

Six guests have RSVP'd to dinner at a private dinning room in Paris.They eventually realise that they are three divorced couples which makes for an eventful dinner that none of them will ever forget.

Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Box office: 01395 514413

Theatre on the Lawn – Treasure Island and children's drama workshop

Event Date: 
12/08/2013 - 10:45am
Venue: 
Escot Estate, Ottery St Mary

Take your family on a merry romp to the sunny Caribbee’ with Cambridge Touring Theatre’s swashbuckling musical adaptation of Treasure Island.

Join our two young heroes - Jim and Ruth - as they find a treasure map and set sail for adventure.

Suitable for all ages, this open-air performance is interactive, full of laughs and catchy tunes. Picnic on the grass with the whole family - there’s something for everyone in Cambridge Touring Theatre’s acclaimed productions.

Boys and girls are invited to come along in their best pirate costume. And for those aged 5-10, there’s...

Exeter’s phoenix is brought back to life

The mechanical phoenix who sits at the entrance of the Exeter Phoenix has been reanimated after several years of inactivity.

Now, at certain points of the day, you can witness this metal sculpture stand up, take a look around and flex its majestic wings.

Go along and see it for yourself - it will awaken daily at 10am (when the building opens), noon, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7.30pm and 10pm.

India comes to Exeter's Quayside

Authored by JoJo Spinks
Posted: Thu, 07/11/2013 - 11:59am

Local company Chandni Chowk are giving the arts a boost this summer in their support of a new Anglo/Indian dance production show at Exeter Phoenix 15 August, 2013.

Antara combines the talents of international artist Ajeesh K Balakrishnan, fresh from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore, with Exeter-based dancer Kay Crook.

Antara is a truly inter-continental collaboration that interweaves dance and narrative poetry into a powerful love story.

Chandni Chowk, which specialises in textiles, hand-made in India and Bangladesh, are a Fairtrade company...

Gala at Exeter Corn Exchange celebrates two decades for stage school

Authored by Kickline
Posted: Wed, 07/10/2013 - 8:50pm

If it’s the hottest show in town you’re looking for, look no further than Exeter Corn Exchange this Sunday 14 July at 6pm. Exeter’s only independent theatre arts school, Stage by Stage, is putting on a gala show to celebrate 20 years of making young people’s show business dreams come true.

Tickets are available from 01392 211244.

The gala performance at Exeter Corn Exchange, which will be attended by Exeter’s Lord Mayor Councillor Rachel Lyons, will feature highlights from Stage by Stage’s hit shows of the last two decades. These include Bugsy Malone , which was the first...

Theatre in the garden: As You Like It

Event Date: 
06/08/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Killerton Estate, Broadclyst, Exeter

Performed by The Lord Chamberlain's Men, this all male troupe of travelling players breathes new life into this summer comedy classic.

As You Like It a Shakespearean production full of of cross-dressing, love-notes; poetry, gentle satire and slapstick and passion.

Bring a rug or chair to sit on and enjoy an evening of theatre in Killerton's garden.

Make an evening of it and have a delicious pre-theatre supper with award winning local produce in the Killerton Kitchen restaurant for £12.50 (call 01392 881345).

Adult £16, child £11.

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New Devon Opera presents Viva Verdi!

Event Date: 
17/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Viva Verdi! offers a celebration to Verdi, in his bicentennial year, with scenes and extracts from some of his most famous operas. In concert format with a stellar cast, pianoforte accompaniment, and with a "golden thread" about Verdi's life linking the whole performance, this opera gala production has all the ingredients to be an exceptional operatic experience.

Tickets: £24

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Box office: 013923 493493

The Festival Players: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Event Date: 
10/07/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon

Shakespeare's wonderful fantasy comedy has always been a firm favourite for open-air production. As in the Bard's day, The Festival Players will be performing with an all-male company of skilled professional actors, and invite you to share in the colour, poetry, and magical mayhem. Summer fun for the whole family!

Tickets: £14

An open air production in the grounds of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre, presented as part of the Two Rivers Festival.

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Box office: 01392 493 493

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