THEATRE

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Event Date: 
08/05/2018 - 7:30pm to 12/05/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, comes to Exeter Northcott, after its critically acclaimed London and international festival runs.

Featuring original live music, this classic tale of young lovers and warring fairies is given a unique and irreverent twist.

Don’t miss one of the most exciting and inventive Shakespeare productions of recent years.

https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/a-midsummer-nights-dream/

Macbeth

Event Date: 
01/05/2018 - 7:30pm to 02/05/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

Multi-award-winning Mark Bruce Company present a striking dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a tragic descent into the darkest sides of human nature.

Goaded by the whispers of demons, the Macbeths (Jonathan Goddard, Eleanor Duval) unleash murder for their own gains and set in motion their path to madness and self-destruction, unravelling events in a nightmare they cannot control.

With a cast of nine and designed by the creative team that brought you Dracula and The Odyssey, this dance theatre production realises a beautifully harrowing vision of an internal...

Poltimore House to be transformed for theatre production

Emerging theatre company Get Out Of My Space, in collaboration with Theatre with Teeth, will be taking over Exeter's historic Poltimore House with new production Umbra, an immersive theatrical experience inspired by Woyzeck, Christian Shaw and the Peaky Blinders opening this May. Stepping inside the crumbling hallways of Poltimore House, audiences will be taken back to 1919 and immersed in a dark world of drinking, religion and organised crime as twisted demonic forces gradually worm their way into the minds of its inhabitants.

Featuring an ensemble cast of vividly realised...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 April).

THEATRE

Frankenstein Friday, Saurday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter A world premiere staging of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic. Victor Frankenstein is the tortured genius who unleashes death and destruction in his quest for eternal life! The cast includes Derek Frood (‘Poldark’), Dan Ball (‘The Mousetrap’), Will Trafford (‘Twelfth Night’) and Philip Voyzey (‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’). Special make-up effects have been created by Emmy Award-winner, David Brown who works on such...

Oh What A Lovely War

Event Date: 
16/05/2018 - 2:00pm to 20/05/2018 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre

Exeter College return this May to the Barnfield Theatre with our production of ‘Oh What A Lovely War’ , in order to mark the centenary of the end of The Great War, and reflect upon the play’s resonance within the world today.

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):

THEATRE

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s...

Richard Herring: Oh Frig I'm 50!

Event Date: 
21/04/2018 - 12:15am
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

“I only regret the people I didn’t have sex with….. And 60% of the people I did have sex with.”

“Podfather” (The Guardian) and star of Radio 4’s Relativity, Richard Herring gets to the half century (against all odds) and looks at how his life has changed in the last decade, from irresponsible, single kidult, literally fighting his way through a mid-life crisis, to married father who is mid-way to the telegram from the Queen (though given she will be 140 in 2067, she might forget to send it).

Following on from Oh F***, I’m 40!, this is the second (and let’s face it, almost...

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Event Date: 
10/04/2018 - 7:30pm to 14/04/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott

Perhaps you’ve seen them floating over a Russian village?

Or perhaps you’ve seen her toppling forward, arms full of wild flowers, as he arches above her head and steals a kiss.

Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history.

Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (6-8 April):

THEATRE

Oliver! Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Let Exeter Musical Society take you on a musical adventure as you journey through Victorian England joining orphaned boy, Oliver Twist as he escapes the workhouse and travels through the underworld of London, meeting thieves and vagabonds on the way. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/oliver/

Bedroom Farce Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Bedroom Farce takes place in the bedrooms of three married couples...

Medea returns to Beer Quarry Caves

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/06/2018 - 12:13am

Beer Quarry Caves will be home once more to the spectacular Ancient Greek production of Medea in April, courtesy of innovative and immersive theatre company, Four of Swords.

Following a sold-out run last year, Medea is back at this incredible subterranean venue from Wednesday 11 – Saturday 21 April 2018.

Having toured Devon and Somerset during the autumn, Four of Swords are returning to Beer Quarry Caves to perform again their adaptation of the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea. The production left a lasting impression with audiences who described the production as “...

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