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...
Multi award-winning comedian, Tony Law embarks on a UK tour with a brand new show of the inimitable surreal comedy-art that has made him one of the most celebrated live performers in the UK.
In A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome, Tony Law is closer than ever to nonsense nirvana. Behold the comedy event horizon. Without a hint of a joke, this powerful show has achieved a sort of comedy which aims at making no sense at all and yet, and yet, and yet it means everything. Every dog damned thing ever. Science called and they want their goal back. Law has burst the net. You will feel sick...
SILVERTON has a timely mystery to solve, a 150-year case involving clocks, treachery, bungling police and mad-cap inventions!
The Victorian steampunk drama promises an alarming tale as Her Majesty’s finest investigators pit themselves against cunning criminals hell bent on deceit and fraud.
Silverton’s players, the Silverton Luvvies, have sharpened their senses in the countdown to the challenge of a new mystery – The Curious Case of the Clockmaker’s Daughter.
SILVERTON has a timely mystery to solve, a 150-year case involving clocks, treachery, bungling police and mad-cap inventions!
The Victorian steampunk drama promises an alarming tale as Her Majesty’s finest investigators pit themselves against cunning criminals hell bent on deceit and fraud.
Silverton’s players, the Silverton Luvvies, have sharpened their senses in the...
Acclaimed musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists return to Exeter with a brand new show! Fresh from a smash hit Edinburgh Fringe premiere, Eat The Poor is a riotously funny musical comedy about inequality, revolution, friendship and betrayal.
Setting out to explore the gap between rich and poor, Jonny & the Baptists’ lives turn upside down when Jonny betrays Paddy for financial gain. As Jonny enjoys the highlife with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jerry Hall, Paddy falls into homelessness and despair.
Join multi-award-nominated musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists –...
Exeter Northcott Theatre is proud to announce its inaugural Easter School and is looking for creative youngsters to take part.
The week long Easter School will take place from Monday 3 April – Friday 7 April 2017 and will see participants create a piece of devised theatre from scratch. The week will culminate in a sharing of work for friends and family on the Friday evening.
The Easter School is open to enthusiastic and creative youngsters aged 11 to 14 who love drama.
Lisa Hudson, Exeter Northcott’s Education and Outreach Officer said “We’re so excited to be able...
Red Dragonfly Productions, the team behind the critically acclaimed 'DiaoChan' and 'The Autumn of Han' are proud to present an evening of new writing from first time playwrights at Crediton Arts Centre on 10 February.
Six months ago Red Dragonfly launched Taking Flight a competition aimed at finding three new short plays from writers within the British East Asian, South Asian, and South East Asian communities, and from the many entries the Red Dragonfly team chose three plays to be taken through to final production in a unique evening of theatre.
Red Dragonfly Productions, the team behind the critically acclaimed 'DiaoChan' and 'The Autumn of Han' are proud to present an evening of new writing from first time playwrights at Crediton Arts Centre on 10 February. Six months ago Red Dragonfly launched Taking Flight a competition aimed at finding three new short plays from writers within the British East Asian, South Asian, and South East Asian communities, and from the many entries the Red Dragonfly team chose three plays to be taken through to final production in a unique evening of theatre. The plays are: Ketchup - By Sammy Wong Her...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 January):
THEATRE
Ross Noble: Brain Dump (SOLD OUT) Saturday, Exeter Corn Exchange Famed for his super quick freewheeling style and highly imaginative flights of fancy, a Ross Noble show is always an unmissable event. https://exetercornexchange.co.uk
The Witches Friday, Saturday & Sunday, The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth A faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story in which Boy and his Grandmother arrive in England and endeavour to defeat the Grand High Witch and her followers, who...
Hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful Choreographer/ Director, Matthew Bourne will bring his critically acclaimed Early Adventures to the Exeter Northcott in February.
Matthew Bourne returns to his roots with a programme of hit pieces that launched his career and saw the birth of the style, wit and sheer entertainment that have become hallmarks of the New Adventures company today. “Spitfire”, “Town and Country” and “The Infernal Gallop” were last seen on tour in 2012 and “Watch with Mother” has not been seen for nearly 25 years.
