“‘There were three b*****kses in a cell in Lebanon.Cyclone Image An Englishman, an Irishman and an American. Why they were in that cell was anybody’s guess and why they were in Lebanon was their own guess.”
Inspired by the plight of the Beirut hostages in the late 1980’s, Frank McGuinness’s play is a brilliant portrayal of three desperate men in a desperate situation.
Funny, poignant and honest, the play explores the fears and dreams of men captive for years with no access to the outside world and little hope of release...
Hopefully you’ve had a great summer so far. However if you’re already running short of things to do with the family, Four of Swords Theatre has an evening for you that will turn a great summer into a legendary one.
The Exeter based company is reprising its family blockbuster Gawain and The Green Knight from 7 - 9 August at Poltimore House just outside Exeter.
Tickets at just £10 are available from www.four-of-swords.com where you’ll also find out more about the show and about the company which counts amongst its hits sold-out productions of Jekyll and Hyde, also performed...
Hopefully you’ve had a great summer so far. However if you’re already running short of things to do with the family, Four of Swords Theatre has an evening for you that will turn a great summer into a legendary one.
The Exeter based company is reprising its family blockbuster Gawain and The Green Knight from 7 - 9 August at Poltimore House just outside Exeter.
Tickets at just £10 are available from www.four-of-swords.com where you’ll also find out more about the show and about the company which counts amongst its hits sold-out productions of Jekyll and Hyde, also performed...
The Cygnet Company with guests in a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. The world order is turned upside down: servants dress up as their masters, and men as women. Amid such confusions, what happens to Love and Fancy? Wit changes place with Folly, as Malvolio, Lady Olivia’s puritanical steward, gets ideas above his station, donning ‘yellow stockings, cross-gartered‘ and shipwreck brings handsome twins to shore …
Jacquie Crago, actor, director and RSC voice coach, is currently resident voice and dialect coach on the National...
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...
This year is the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and there won't be a more spectacular tribute than Four of Swords Theatre's latest production.
The Exeter-based company will perform a striking new adaptation of Macbeth in Beer Quarry Caves, the first time a theatrical production has been staged at the 2,000 year old site between Sidmouth and Lyme Regis. The quarry is famous for its "Beer Stone" which was used in the building of Exeter Cathedral, St Paul's and Windsor Castle among others.
People from all over Exeter gathered at St James’ Park yesterday as the first workshop auditions for the upcoming musical The Day We Played Brazil got underway.
Exeter Community Arts Project is looking for 120 people to be part of the project which is set to be the biggest cultural event in Exeter for many years.
Hopefuls as young as 11 took part in the workshop auditions which involved playing drama games, singing songs from the show, dancing, and acting parts of the script in large groups.
Kate Tyrrell, Producer of The Day We Played Brazil said: “It was great to...
Join the University of Exeter’s Drama Department outside the Elizabethan Guildhall in Exeter High Street at 5.30pm and parade down to St Nicholas Priory for a glass of punch and promenade drama performances between 6pm and 7pm.
Meet the fools, clowns and ordinary folk of Shakespeare’s plays in comic scenes and festive silliness featuring emerging artists from the MA Staging Shakespeare course.
In partnership with the University of Exeter Drama department.
Local voluntary support agency Exeter CVS are teaming up with Exeter City FC and the British Council to offer free Active Citizens training to the city’s young people, with an unusual twist.
The 5-day course in November will show learners aged 18-25 how they can engage in social action: making a difference through volunteering, campaigning, or engaging with authorities to improve services and make change. The course provides support to develop and conduct projects on a local, national and international level; following the programme’s premise –“Globally connected, locally engaged...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced four new shows for 2014 that are now on sale.
With a mixture of high-quality drama, music and comedy, 2014 already looks set to be a fantastic year for the Exeter Northcott Theatre. With shows from The Mousetrap and A Tale of Two Cellos with Julian Webber, to Punt and Dennis and An Audience with Pam Ayres, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
The 60th anniversary tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes to the Exeter Northcott stage from Monday 30 June - Saturday 5 July. The Mousetrap is famous around the world for being the...
