Following the success of Patience in March 2012, Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society return to celebrate their 45th year with one of the most famous comic operas of all time, The Pirates of Penzance .
Follow the thrilling story of young Frederic, who has to remain faithful to the pirate trade until his 21st birthday. However, he longs to pursue his dreams elsewhere and find true love.
The pirates find a flaw in his contract and all becomes more complicated than Frederic could have ever imagined...
With fantastically famous music, delicious humour and the...
Impermanence, the dance group that tour like a band visiting pubs, theatres and everywhere in between, are returning to Exeter this Month.
The group performed their acclaimed show Wo/Man at the Northcott Theatre last year to rave reviews, and are now set to return to Devon with their new show ' Trust in People'.
Trust in People is performed by dancers from acclaimed schools such as the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and the Institut de teatre in Barcelona.
Josh Ben-Tovim, Co-Director, said: “This year is all about exploring the notion of performance...
You may not remember Mrs Smith crossing the street in Hitchcock's classic film The Birds, or Ms Schiffer and Miss Spoke lurking in the background of the café, or Miss Shire working behind the counter in the petrol station...
In Jammy Voo's Birdhouse, these minor characters step out of the shadows; sole survivors of the bird attack that wiped out the town. Taking refuge in the Coronet Cinema, they live in a permanent state of post-traumatic shock. Will they now survive their own personal apocalypses?
This wonderfully surreal comedy horror, featuring sumptuous visuals, wild...
Varmints is a brand new dance-theatre show for everyone over the age of eight. It tells the poignant tale of one small creature's stuggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever. Every day the city grows larger and the noise grows louder, until there is so much noise that no-one can hear themselves think. This exhilarating new show is choreographed by Wilkie Branson (Champloo Dance Company) and directed by Sally Cookson, who most recently collaborated on the brilliantly energetic Christmas show, BOING!
Performances at 3pm and 7pm. www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk...
It's an object of shame and pride; it inspires laughter and fear; it's a symbol of power, yet it's incredibly fragile; it can be a pound of flesh or an ounce of winkles, it can be used to express both love and hate; it creates life, it can condemn us to death... and it can do wees as well. How can one tiny flap of sponge and sinew be all these things? Richard Herring intends to find out in this tenth anniversary update of the critically acclaimed show that exposes the truth about men and their flutes of love. Sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2002 and Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003,...
The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised)
An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest running comedy, spending ten years in the West End. And now The Reduced Shakespeare Company is back with the same recycled jokes, just put in a different order! Join these madcap men-in-tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with...
Following hot on the heels of The Gruffalo's sell-out tour and his monstrous West End success comes The Gruffalo's Child - with attitude! Just how brave is she? Find out for yourselves by joining her at the Exeter Northcott Theatre! The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood... One wild and windy night, the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist... does he? Tall Stories Theatre Company returns, bringing Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning sequel to life...
With the mission to develop, encourage and cultivate young talent and young audiences, Jasmin Vardimon Company has formed JV2, delivering a new one-year further education certificate. Tomorrow presents the debut tour of this year's JV2, a vibrant and fresh new group of 10 young international dancers, hand-picked by Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon.
Showcasing the performing talent of tomorrow, this triple bill stages three new works. Former JVC dancer Mafalda Deville creates athletically challenging work with an alluring visual style.
What does it mean to be a citizen? What is it that a citizen owes to his city, or country? This is the question posed by Donizetti’s rarely performed epic The Siege of Calais (L’assedio di Calais) – a ‘serious’ opera, sung in Italian, constructed of bel canto arias and ensembles of extraordinary quality.
It is the story of the burghers of Calais (depicted by Rodin in his famous sculpture outside the Houses of Parliament), citizens who offer up their lives to save their city from a besieging army. Their sacrifice is quiet, ordinary, sublime – and it culminates in one of the most...
ETO’s first new Verdi production for several years is Simon Boccanegra – a mature masterpiece, and an intimate drama uniquely suited to venues like Exeter Northcott Theatre.
The story comes from the history of Genoa, for centuries a great maritime republic, and from it Verdi creates an impassioned plea for Italian unity. The title character is a former pirate who returns to the city to become its leader.
The composer’s musical depiction of the shimmering Mediterranean is wonderful. So too are the characters he creates, from the rough-hewn buccaneer-turned-ruler (the title...
