shakespeare

Twelfth Night

Event Date: 
07/02/2018 - 7:30am to 24/02/2018 - 3:00am
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

STARRING DANI HARMER & GRAHAM SEED

Set twelve days after Christmas, perhaps the party has gone on too long? Perhaps the guests are a little hungover? Perhaps they’ve left it a little late to find true love? Director Ian Berry promises, ‘This stellar cast brings so much comic energy and fizz it will feel like Christmas has come again!”

BAFTA-nominated Dani Harmer achieved huge popularity as Tracy Beaker and now she can’t wait to bring Shakespeare to a new generation. ‘We really want to make people fall in love with the play,” she says. “It’s all about love and second...

Twelfth Night

Event Date: 
15/11/2017 - 7:30pm to 16/11/2017 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Sun & Moon Theatre Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

Sun & Moon Theatre are back by popular demand with their vibrant, intimate production, enriched with passion, wit and live music.

Christmas 1917. As war wages on, those at home in Illyria try to forget and seek distraction, resulting in mistaken identity, folly and love. But when refugee twins, Viola and Sebastian, are shipwrecked and separated, they shake up this grief-stricken community … Their original production of Twelfth Night (or What You Will) from February 2017 was hailed as ‘inspired’ and ‘excellent’ and...

Bard Heads

Event Date: 
21/10/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Finding the Will in association with The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Bard Heads Inspired by Shakespeare’s most famous plays and with a nod to Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, Bard Heads imagines what might have happened next in Macbeth and Hamlet. The Third Witch From The Left – What’s done cannot be undone – or can it? Meg the witch is haunted by a night she can never forget. Call Me Oz - Sweet Prince? Confirmed bachelor Osric lampoons Hamlet.

https://cygnettheatre.co.uk

Into The Breach

Event Date: 
21/10/2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

George Crocker is keen to liven up his dull life so he decides to join the Village Drama Club. What happens then turns his world upside down. Set during the Second World War this nostalgic, funny and moving story will appeal to all, from ten years and up. It is a vivid portrait of village life with all seventeen colourful characters played by one man.

Dick Shurey writing in the Stratford Herald said : “Set during the last years of world war two, what a tour de force Into the Breach turned out to be. The whole play was a delight … a lovely and very humorous play that fully merited...

Richard III

Event Date: 
04/10/2017 - 7:30pm to 05/10/2017 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Emily Carding Richard III Directed by Kolbrun Sigfusdottir

Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean Performance, Brite Theater have re-imagined Richard III as a one-woman show. The fourth wall has been obliterated, as you the audience are invited to play roles within this award-winning production. Will you survive? Starring Emily Carding and directed by Kolbrun Sigfusdottir, alumni of Exeter University.

For more information about the show please visit www.onewomanrichard.co.uk

4 & 5 October 7.30pm

Tickets: £12, (£8 concs)

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...

Comedy of Errors

Event Date: 
20/07/2017 - 7:30pm to 30/07/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Rougemont Gardens, Eeter

Exeter Northcott Theatre is proud to present a brand-new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.

The production will open at Exeter’s Rougemont Gardens before touring to Knackershole Barn in Dulverton and Torre Abbey in Torquay.

Directed by Metta Theatre’s Poppy Burton-Morgan, the production will feature a cast of recent graduates including Martin Bassindale (Antipholus of Syracuse), Katriona Brown (Ring Mistress), Ella Dunlop (Dromio of Ephesus), Grace Hussey (Dromio of Syracuse), Lucy Rothwell (Luciana), Jennifer Ruth-Adams (Adriana), Tanwyn Smith-Meek (...

Othello

Event Date: 
09/05/2017 - 7:30pm to 13/05/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

One of Shakespeare’s most startlingly contemporary plays, Othello is a masterful depiction of a life torn apart by racism and the destructive nature of prejudice.

Venice, a western colonial power, employs the newly-married Othello, a Muslim general, to lead their army against Turkish invasion. The difficulties of assimilating into a society riven by discrimination, fear and mistrust, soon begin to take their toll on Othello: manipulated by Iago, his life quickly unravels, and he turns on all he holds dear.

A truly timeless play, Othello speaks afresh to each society that...

Measure for Measure

Event Date: 
22/03/2017 - 7:30pm to 01/04/2017 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

William Shakespeare Directed by Alistair Ganley

CYGNET is passionate about Shakespeare and strives to create accessible and relevant productions which value the text and draw out the drama and themes from the plays.

TEENAGE PREGNANCY, PROSTITUTION, CRIMINALITY

In Vienna strict codes of behaviour have not been enforced by those in power for a generation and moral laxity is rife. What will it take for the Viennese authorities to regain control of the public morality and at what cost? Angelo, the new Deputy of Vienna, decides to face the problem head-on by invoking an...

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

Event Date: 
17/02/2017 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre

by William Shakespeare Sun & Moon Theatre

‘ In delay there lies no plenty … youth’s a stuff will not endure’

Christmas 1916. While war wages on, those back at home in Illyria try to forget and seize the day, seeking distraction through frivolity, solace, and companionship.

When refugee twins, Viola and Sebastian, are shipwrecked and separated, they shake up this grief-stricken community, resulting in mistaken identity, folly and love.

Shakespeare’s most delightful yet melancholic comedy, this is a vibrant, intimate ensemble production enriched with music...

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