christmas

Humbug! Raising the bar with a new Christmas show

Humbug! Brand new Christmas show set to delight audiences in Exeter's newly re-opened St Nicholas Priory.

Award-winning film and theatre company, Wandering Tiger, are staging Humbug! their brand new Christmas show at Exeter's historic St Nicholas Priory from Thursday 14 – Sunday 24 December 2017.

Inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story ‘A Christmas Carol’, Humbug! will be the first public event to take place in over two years in the recently restored medieval priory, which is just off Exeter's Fore Street.

Humbug! will transport audiences back in time to...

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Event Date: 
02/12/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

2 December 7.30pm Tickets: £ 11

Distraction Theatre Company The Twelve Days of Christmas 10th Anniversary Tour

Mr Edward Fitzwilliam is in love with Miss Fairfax, but since she is a ‘most charming and dear creature; no ordinary wooing will do.’ But what to get a lady of such extraordinary charm and beauty? Luckily for Mr Edward, the local townsfolk have plenty of suggestions (and plenty of things they’re trying to sell).

https://cygnettheatre.co.uk

CLIC for Christmas 2017 - final lineup revealed

Authored by badredruby
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 10:57am

On 5th October, the finalists from the Devon Schools Choir Competition, run by La La Choirs, took centre stage at Southernhay URC and competed for a chance to perform in Exeter Cathedral at the annual sell out concert, CLIC for Christmas. Five choirs had been shortlisted and all the choirs at the final sang two songs each. Yet again, the standard was incredibly high, giving the judging panel a really hard time deciding between them.

Congratulations go to Kingsley School from Bideford, led by Chris Beechey, Head of Music, who just edged it on the day and were named the winners. The...

Cinderella

Event Date: 
09/12/2017 - 7:30pm to 01/01/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

How do you follow the record-breaking hit from 2016, 'Beauty & the Beast'? With the UK's favourite pantomime: CINDERELLA.

Last year's winning team return with a story full of magic and mess as Cinderella has to keep her wild Ugly Sisters under control. As sure as there will be a sing-along, though, Cinders is bound to meet her Prince Charming in the end...

As ever, the Corn Exchange brings you a top-class West End cast- more details coming very soon.

Exeter's premiere professional pantomime really is fun for all the family- you can rely on us for a great show...

Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Event Date: 
20/12/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra presnts seasonal hits and musicals magic.

Kick off Christmas with our fun-packed concert for all the family, featuring seasonal classics old and new, all wrapped up with a sprinkling of magic and sparkle.

https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/last-night-of-the-christmas-proms/

Dick Whittington

Event Date: 
02/12/2017 - 7:00pm to 07/01/2018 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Pantomime comes home to the Northcott with a spectacular new staging of Dick Whittington, starring Exeter’s most popular Dame – Steve Bennett and directed by one of the country’s leading pantomime directors, Tony Lidington.

With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant?

Expect plenty of audience participation, live...

CLIC for Christmas 2017

Event Date: 
08/12/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

On Friday 8th December this year La La Choirs will perform the 3rd annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral in aid of CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people. In 2015 we raised £9,600, in 2016 we raised £12,000 and for 2017 we are aiming even higher! We are thrilled to welcome headline sponsors Apple Taxis on board this year, and with their support we know we can help more families through the most traumatic time of their lives.

Once again we will be joined by guest acts who themselves have been supported by CLIC Sargent together...

Uniuqe Boutique Christmas Market

Event Date: 
25/11/2017 - 10:00am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Too good to stay away…yes, Unique Boutique is back by popular demand to fill your stockings to the brim with locally made and handcrafted goods.

Each year just gets better, with a huge selection of the region’s artists and makers all warm and dry under one roof.

We have ceramics for your canapés, rings for your fingers and flowers for your hats, birds for your walls and cufflinks for your chaps.

We have wreaths for your doors and mugs for your guests, cards for your in-(or out) laws and decorations for your nest. And lots of other beautiful and quirky things besides...

Coffee & Crafts by the Quay

Event Date: 
04/11/2017 - 11:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
The XCentre, Commercial Road, Exeter, EX2 4AD

This popular coffee and crafts event will be returning to the XCentre by Exeter Quay on Saturday 4th November to help you kick-start your Christmas shopping.

The event will see a range of talented local crafters and artists coming together in this stunning 17th century building by Exeter Quay to showcase and sell their beautiful items.

Fundraising Manager, Holly Keatings, says, “with lots of local craft stalls to browse selling a huge range of beautiful items including art works, jewellery, homewares and decorations, this event really does have something for everyone....

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

Event Date: 
15/11/2017 - 7:30pm to 16/11/2017 - 9:45pm
Venue: 
The Cygnet Theatre

'In delay there lies no plenty ... youth's a stuff will not endure'

Sun & Moon Theatre are back at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter by popular demand with their vibrant, intimate production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (or What You Will), enriched with passion, wit and live music.

Christmas 1917. As war wages on, those at home in Illyria try to forget and seek distraction. But when refugee twins, Viola and Sebastian, are shipwrecked and separated, they shake up this grief-stricken community, resulting in mistaken identity, folly and love. Warm yourself with a free mulled...

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