Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter over Christmas
THEATRE
Dick Whittington Exeter Northcott Theatre With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant? Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic, mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family Christmas panto treat! The...
Exeter Little Theatre Company [ELTC] presents the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter.
When the spoiled and arrogant Prince Scott is cursed by an evil fairy, he must learn to love before the last rose petal drops or face staying a beast forever.
With the help of his trusted servants he might stand a chance to break the spell when he meets the smart and charming Belle, whose family runs the popular Bottoms Up pub in Exeter.
However, the beast has competition in the romance stakes for Belle’s heart as the city’s heartthrob Gaston...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (15-17 December).
THEATRE
Humbug! Friday, Saturday & Sunday, St Nicholas Priory, Exeter Inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story 'A Christmas Carol', Humbug! Will transport you back in time to the world of Ebenezer Scrooge. Featuring live music, video projections and plenty of surprises, Humbug! is an immersive, multi-sensory Christmas experience that takes place throughout Exeter's atmospheric St Nicholas Priory until 24 December. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/FDJGDI
This month sees Boo to a Goose Theatre return to Devon Libraries for the second time this year, with their fantastically festive children’s show ‘Christmas Past and Present’.
Interactive and engaging from start to finish, the audience are greeted on arrival with the scent of gingerbread and spices, evoking the spirit of the season.
Such multi-sensory experiences are a trademark ingredient of Boo To A Goose Theatre’s shows, and were made all the merrier by the accompanying BSL signing from Catherine Hall.
There is plenty of interactivity between cast and children....
Coming to Bickham Barn next weekend 15th and 16th December at 7pm and 17th December at 2pm!
Scripts for Supper is brought to you by MasterChef Semi-Finalist Annie McKenzie, following two 5* runs of our inaugural theatrical dining experience Twelfth Night in London earlier this year and features in Hello! Magazine, Luxury London and Devon Life, our Arts Council Funded Christmas production The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will follow Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through the wardrobe and into the land where it is always winter and never Christmas.
Coming to Tapeley Park barn near Instow this weekend 8th and 9th December at 7pm and 10th December at 2pm!
Scripts for Supper is brought to you by MasterChef Semi-Finalist Annie McKenzie, following two 5* runs of our inaugural theatrical dining experience Twelfth Night in London earlier this year and features in Hello! Magazine, Luxury London and Devon Life, our Arts Council Funded Christmas production The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will follow Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through the wardrobe and into the land where it is always winter and never Christmas.
Hot of the heels of last year’s Adult Panto - PUSS & DICK the Market Theatre Company return to bring to life the story of Sinbad the Sailor and his epic adventures across the seas to defeat the one-eyed monster a- packing it with corny jokes, raunchy plots and blatant sexual innuendo!
With a minimum of set, props and costume the fearless company of 3 will take this traditional story and distort it almost beyond recognition. Featuring Nick Hooton, Carrie Laurence and Pip Johnson - who, with the help of various traditional pantomime characters (and some not so traditional) will...
Strap in for the Captain and Raoul’s playfully anarchic rollercoaster to the darkest corners of the grotto where the mould festers under the tree.
Controversial theatre company A Ship of Fools bring their unique brand of bouffon comedy to the Bike Shed for 2 nights only before they set sail for Edinburgh fringe festival. Expect danger, hilarity and horror as they tap-dance lightly back and forth over the lines of decency for your amusement and enjoyment.
You will laugh. You will cry. You might even kill yourself!
“…Master’s of their craft.” – Porl Cooper – Slung Low...
A one hour spoken word, comedy, performance art show written and performed by Helen Seymour, directed by Hannah Silva.
Analysing sickness, health and what it really means to recover, Helen Seymour admits you into a surreal hospital to create a funny, unique and powerful theatrical experience.
Directed by Hannah Silva, “To Helen Back” blurs the boundaries between spoken word, comedy and performance art. So come on, be on the look-out while Helen sneaks around wards, X-Ray Rooms and cupboards to discover the bizarre, the bemusing and the ba….ah, well, that would be telling...
A Christmas coming-of-age quest, devised by the Little Soldier company & scripted by Matt Harvey
Featuring epic songs, cinematic storytelling and hip hop dance.
Three kids are in trouble. Well, what do you expect if you knock on the door of an inter-dimensional portal and run away?
By means of bicycles, bandanas and neural space travel, we travel with them on an adventure to the impossible. We’ll take on intergalactic challenges, we’ll fight invisible forces and we may have to make some sacrifices. But what we’ll discover will be extraordinary and will open the...
