An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman got trapped in a joke…
‘How do we get out?’ Said the Englishman.
‘Just stop telling it’ said the Irishman.
‘But we’re too far in!’ said the Scotsman.
All three checked their phones for reception.
The Joke is a new play from comedy award winner Will Adamsdale – and company – exploring jokes and why we tell them, countries and why we need (and despair of) them, and life and why we bother. And tic tacs.
A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive what’s about to happen.
Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me is an arresting physical endurance act that crashes headfirst into an impossibly true love story – and out the other side. It exposes how we perform our relationships amidst a reality that just won’t live up to what the movies promised.
Disarmingly honest and comically imagined, Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me pierces the bloody heart of our obsession with outlasting hardship. Intimate and startlingly immediate, it...
Acclaimed French Actress and International Animal Communicator Gloria Delaneuf returns to the UK to talk her life-changing experience with the gorillas of the Kungalunga Jungle.
Assisted by her UK tour manager Josephine Cunningham, she is determined to show that man and gorilla can live “sans frontieres”. Part lecture, part dramatic-reconstruction, part live-demonstration, it will be an evening that will stay with you forever.
Following on from the award-winning “Gloriator”, “Glorilla” is the hilarious new show from French/English comedy duo Spitz & Co. It has been...
In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963, the heist of the century is under way. Signals are scrambled, phone lines cut and millions of pounds of cash – stolen. Five days later the first clues are found, the gang is busted and the rest is history. But what about the ones that got away?
Join the four forgotten females as they leave behind their kitchen-sink lives and embark on a madcap adventure of mischief and mayhem. Using a raucous combination of physical theatre, live music and clowning, Scratchworks will unfold the untold tale of the unlikely female four.
Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus was originally performed in the 1970s, and is a proper old-fashioned farce, with mistaken identities, dropped trousers, a pair of false boobs, and lots of lust – what was it exactly that went on in Liverpool during the blitz? In the affectionate tradition of the Carry On Films and McGill’s saucy seaside postcards, but with the acerbity and wit of
Alan Bennett’s writing, this play focuses on the life and loves of the Wicksteed family in Brighton’s silk stocking district of Hove, where (possibly) he whose lust lasts, lasts longest! Come and decide for...
Why has Bridget been sending her stained underpants to George Osborne at HM Treasury every month? Which method actor has been playing the character comedian Nigel Farage since 2010? Is Rachel Dolezal black or white? What's the difference between Eddie Izzard and Caitlyn Jenner? All this and more will be revealed in Bridget's tenth solo show. Followed by a post show book signing.
Following her hugely successful, multi award-winning 5 star shows A Bic For Her and An Ungrateful Woman, and her first book A Book For Her (Century, Random House), Bridget Christie comes to Exeter Corn...
Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale re-imagined with street-dance, circus and spoken word.
This spectacular new production from the award-winning Metta Theatre brings Kipling’s classic tale crashing into the 21st Century with breath taking street dance and circus.
Mowgli is finding her way in the urban jungle. With a beat-boxing bin man Baloo, graffiti artist Bagheera and a skateboarding Wolf crew, this heart-warming coming of age story will astonish and amaze.
Choreographed by Kendra J Horsburgh (Into The Hoods, Sadler’...
Celebrating our shared commitment to dance development in Devon, Dance in Devon and Exeter Northcott Theatre are delighted to once again come together to present this platform for emerging dance artists from our region.
Please join us for this lively mixed bill of dance performances from professional choreographers and dancers based in the south west, and then share your thoughts and ideas with the choreographers in a Q&A after the show.
This is a collaboration between Dance in Devon and Exeter Northcott Theatre, a Dance in Devon Home Base for dance.
Homer’s epic poem is retold in an extraordinary dance theatre production
The King, Odysseus (Christopher Tandy) separated from his family for ten years of brutal war, faces another ten year struggle to return home as a reckless God (Chris Akrill) drags him on an epic journey across oceans to strange lands and the darkness beyond. Immortal beauties, shape shifters, monsters and sorcerers both guide and torment the king as he hurtles towards a savage and desperate reunion with his Queen.
The cast and creative team that brought you the multi award-winning Dracula present a...
Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
This Land Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter How far down do you own the land you stand on? Bea and Joseph are re-kindling their love. But, with the arrival of a fracking company ready to dig, the village where they live is falling apart. Through the lives of a young couple, This Land tells a story of community, belonging and the ground beneath our feet. What does the place where you live mean to you? What happens when someone else comes along and stakes their claim? Tickets: £10 (£8...
