One relationship. Infinite possibilities.

Something special, this way comes…

"Imagine rolling the dice 6,000 times.” That’s the central conceit — and probably the most telling line — in Constellations, playwright Nick Payne’s two-character study in ‘what ifs.’ The show, which debuted in London in 2012, then moved to Broadway in 2015 where it starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, compresses a lifetime of joy, anguish and alternate paths into a fleet, satisfying 80 minutes.

Nick Payne’s “Astonishingly fine new play” (The Independent 2012) is laced with humour, pathos and drama. Winner of Best Play 2012 Evening Standard Awards, it comes to our City this week for a short run Tuesday 20th – Saturday 24th March at Cygnet Theatre.

Directed by Ed Hulme, whose credits include the West End, St James’ Theatre, Soho Theatre & Shakespeare’s Globe, RSC, as well as assisting Sir Trevor Nunn, Constellations features Marissa Rowell and Damian Schedler Cruz (Cygnet’s 2018 Graduating Actors) as Marianne and Roland — fatalistic, needy and in love in at least a thousand different ways.

He’s a beekeeper, she’s a physicist. They circle each other, politely at first, before diving headlong into the messiness of life. As the playwright has them live out every possible permutation of events (a marriage proposal for example, unfolds five different ways), their challenge is to keep this show from becoming merely an actors' showcase of alternate line-readings.

Ed Hulme’s new production of this dazzling play about free will and friendship, quantum multiverse theory, love and honey, transfers up to The Actor’s Centre in London for a special lunch time performance, and tickets for that are already selling fast. Performances will also be taking place in Bristol and other South West venues – but this really is your only chance to catch the stars of tomorrow in a rarely performed piece here in Exeter.

To book tickets call the Theatre Hotline on 01392 277189 or visit cygnettheatre.co.uk.

Cygnet Company is an ensemble of professional actors in training.  Working with experts, they develop their work through classes, rehearsals and performances.  Constellations features the Cygnet’s 2018 Graduates Marissa Rowell, (recipient of Sir John Gielgud Trust Bursary 2017) & Damian Schedler Cruz, (runner-up Lawrence Olivier Bursary 2017).  Both were recently seen in Cygnet’s successful production of J.B. Priestley’s The Long Mirror, directed by Richard Digby Day.