theatre exeter

According To Arthur…

Event Date: 
14/12/2016 - 12:00pm to 23/12/2016 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Following the riotous success of last year’s ‘Christmas Chaos’, PaddleBoat Theatre Company return to the Barnfield Theatre this Christmas with their nationally acclaimed, heart-warming, family show: ‘According to Arthur…’

As the winter snows begin to fall, an old man called Arthur lives all alone in his attic. He never ventures into the outside world; instead he spends all of his time with his only friend – the moon.

But now, Arthur needs your help! On Christmas night, the clouds cover the sky and the moon is nowhere to be seen. Without his friend, Arthur’s life suddenly...

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 05/16/2016 - 10:52am

Exeter College Performing Arts students are bringing to life Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in their own unique adaption of the much-loved classic.

The show is the culmination of two years hard work by Exeter College students studying a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing Arts and consolidates all they have learnt with a final performance.

The week long programme sees them perform their own adaption, which has been written by the students themselves, of the children’s novel at The Barnfield Theatre from the 16th to the 22nd May.

This year’s students have...

Ivan and the Dogs

Event Date: 
18/09/2015 - 7:00pm to 19/09/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Based on the extraordinary true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his home at the age of four and was adopted by a pack of wild dogs, High Wall Theatre are proud to present Hattie Naylor’s incredible play, Ivan and the Dogs. In the midst of the cruel reality of impoverished Moscow in the 1990s, Ivan struggles to survive and chooses to forsake humanity for the protection, warmth and love that he can receive from a pack of dogs. This moving story is told through the feral child’s understanding of the world around him. His relationship with people, his dogs and his notions of fear,...