THEATRE

Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

Event Date: 
15/08/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

The Festival Players will be performing Shakespeare's great story of young love and family feuds, set in the colourful world of renaissance Italy.

Why not bring a picnic and make an evening of it.

Performance at 7pm (grounds open 6pm)

Adult £12, concessions £10. Tickets are £2 extra on the night.

To book please call 01626 890243 (Monday to Friday during normal office hours)

www.powderham.co.uk

Exeter Lives: Beth De Tisi

Wardrobe Manager at the Exeter Northcott Theatre

Beth is currently in the process of organizing and cataloguing the Costume store with the help of a volunteer team. She also designs and produces costume for theatre productions. At times, Beth does this managing a team of professional wardrobe staff while at other times she works with students or a community wardrobe team. The Exeter Daily team caught up with Beth during her busy schedule to find out a little more about what she loves about the city of Exeter.

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Exeter Phoenix announces an exciting new season

Exeter Phoenix has announced an exciting new season of programmed events for September to December 2013. New exhibitions, performances, comedy, music, classes and courses mean there is plenty to inspire, enjoy and embrace. Highlights include big name music acts such as Tim Burgess (lead singer of The Charlatans), The MagicNumbers performing their first ever acoustic tour, modern folk duo Turin Brakes and classic bands Big Country and The Damned. As well Exeter Phoenix welcomes American blues legend Eric Bibb and the highly rated American 10-piece The Youngblood Brass Band. Furthermore,...

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...

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