THEATRE

The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes

Event Date: 
21/11/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes features the great detective recounting highlights of his crime-busting career.

It also includes autobiographical snippets concerning his life and times, the adversaries he has faced and mysteries he has solved.

The show is an affectionate one-man homage to the world’s greatest detective that includes quick costume changes, wry humour and audience interaction.

The show is presented by Don’t Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company, the British Empire’s finest practitioners of theatrical Victoriana in a macabre vein!

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And Then There Were Nine

Event Date: 
09/11/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Company 9 presents And Then There Were Nine

The World of sleep is a dark and mysterious place, who knows where we go? Who knows who we are? When our eyes shut, the games begin. You’re in for a rough night…..

www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

The Magic of the Beatles

Event Date: 
14/11/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Join the authoritative live concert show, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Help!

1965 saw the Beatles come of age. They conquered America with the legendary Shea Stadium spectacular. Their movie Help! Was a major box office hit. The album of the same name was one of the Fab Four’s three chart-topping albums that year. And the film’s title track was one of three No 1 singles in 1965.

The Magic of the Beatles returns us to this golden era, and more. Taking you from the Beatles’ Mop Top roots to the psychedelia of Sgt Pepper and beyond. From Love Me Do to Let It Be....

Russell Maliphant Company Conceal | Reveal

Event Date: 
13/11/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

This year marks the 20th year of the collaboration between choreographer Russell Maliphant and lighting designer Michael Hulls. Together, they have developed a unique and unparalleled language between light and movement that is revered the world over.

During Maliphant’s hugely successful career he has received many of the highest theatrical accolades including an Olivier Award, two South Bank Show Awards and three Critics’ Circle Awards. Similarly, Michael Hulls has won several awards including an Oliver for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and a Knight of Illumination award....

The Snow Dragon

Event Date: 
03/11/2015 - 4:30pm to 04/11/2015 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

The night of the Snow Dragon approaches…

Billy has everything a young goat could need – and more besides. On New Year’s Eve, Billy’s parents tell him about the legendary Snow Dragon, who will bring him even more goodies during the night. But when Billy bumps into some wolves in the woods, New Year’s Day seems a long way off. Find out how Billy escapes – and whether the Snow Dragon will bring him a present.

Has Billy been naughty or nice?

Story-telling, comedy and songs create a magical, mysterious world for everyone aged 3 and up, from the company that brought you...

An Evening with Sir Roger Moore

Event Date: 
05/11/2015 - 7:30pm to 06/11/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Celebrating 70 years in show business this year, the Hollywood legend and James Bond star chats with biographer Gareth Owen about his extraordinary life and career.

Featuring inside stories and exclusive anecdotes from an astonishing career that has included the hit TV series The Saint and The Persuaders, plus Hollywood blockbusters and, of course, seven iconic movies as the world’s most famous spy, 007.

There will also be a unique opportunity to put your own question, live, to Sir Roger at the end of the show.

www.aneveningwithsirrogermoore.com

Tickets: £...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend

THEATRE

The Rogues Gallery IV Friday, 7.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Award winning comedy, burlesque, music and magic come together once more in one fantastic show. The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre. Be prepared to be blown away! Tickets £12 (over 16s only). www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

A Murder is Announced Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert...

Ghost Opera

Event Date: 
22/10/2015 - 7:30pm to 24/10/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Award-winning FellSwoop Theatre present ‘Ghost Opera’: a mesmeric two-hander, spoken and sung, accompanied by a string quartet and devised in development with The Lowry and the Tobacco Factory Theatres.

Two strangers, both haunted by living ghosts in their everyday: one, her dying mother, and the other, his celebrity idol. Escaping to seek refuge at a spa retreat, the thirty year-old woman and the seventeen year-old boy meet, and together they try to resist becoming that which haunts them.

FellSwoop Theatre are a Bristol-based company exploring the relationship between...

Green Ginger presents OUTPOST at The Bikeshed Theatre

Event Date: 
26/10/2015 - 7:30pm to 30/10/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bikeshed Theatre, 162/3 Fore Street Exeter EX4 3AT

Co-Produced with Tobacco Factory Theatres and Nordland Visual Theatre

If you’re drunk on power can you ever sober up?

Luis and BK are stationed at a remote border crossing between their two countries. Luis believes in order and discipline. BK believes in taking things easy. And he believes that somewhere out there, mysterious creatures roam the desert. The chance discovery of a strange other-world takes the two guards on a journey into the dark heart of politics, tyranny and murder.

Absurd comedy and grotesque puppetry combine to explore nationalism, leadership and...

Green Ginger present OUTPOST

Event Date: 
26/10/2015 - 7:30pm to 30/10/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bikeshed Theatre, 162/3 Fore Street Exeter EX4 3AT

If you’re drunk on power can you ever sober up?

Luis and BK are stationed at a remote border crossing between their two countries. Luis believes in order and discipline. BK believes in taking things easy. And he believes that somewhere out there, mysterious creatures roam the desert. The chance discovery of a strange other-world takes the two guards on a journey into the dark heart of politics, tyranny and murder.

Absurd comedy and grotesque puppetry combine to explore nationalism, leadership and the terrible consequences of using another man’s toilet, in a 65-minute show...

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