Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to the best of what’s on in and around Exeter.
THEATRE
Grease Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre 23 - 27 June 2015 Stage by Stage present a high-octane production of the world's most popular musical. Tickets £9-£15. www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
We Are Brontë Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter We Are Brontë is a piece of comic visual theatre inspired by the real and imaginery worlds of Yorkshire’s literary siblings, presented in Publick Transport’s irreverent style....
This summer Miracle Theatre, Exeter Phoenix and Farms For City Children are teaming up to bring a week of wild west fun to Exeter. Across five nights, the award-winning Cornish company Miracle Theatre will be performing their rootin’ tootin’ new show The Magnificent Three in the glorious outdoor setting of Rougemont Gardens. One for all the family, the week is set to include plenty of fun extras, including workshops and a Friday night live music hoedown under the stars. There will be an excellent selection of food and drink available to...
Standing ovations have greeted every packed performance of Grease, presented by Stage by Stage at the Northcott Theatre this week.
Over 2,000 people have seen the classic show, presented by Exeter's own theatre arts school with a cast of 70 aged from 11 to 19.
Following last year's performances of Les Miserables the students changed gear to present the high energy 1950s musical. There are just 3 performances left so don't delay- move like greased lightning to get a ticket!
Mrs Warren’s Profession, a play that was banned for 30 years, comes to the Exeter Northcott Theatre in July.
George Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession stars Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses) and Christopher Timothy (Doctors) and runs from Tuesday 7 July until Saturday 11 July.
Vivie Warren, a young Cambridge graduate, is horrified to learn that her education and entire luxurious life-style has been financed by her mother’s career in the world’s oldest profession.
Due to its frank portrayal of Mrs Warren’s profession, this rarely performed and ground-...
Lovers of traditional music are in for a rare treat when a special concert at Exeter Northcott Theatre on 12 July brings together harmonica wizard Will Pound and his band, members of South West-based Wren Band and 25 young musicians from Devon.
Will, recognised as one of the finest harmonica players in the world and often to be heard on BBC Radio 2, will join Wren Band musicians and the children during the first half of the show before he and his band have the stage to themselves for the second half.
The Will Pound Band with Music 4 Life concert is a celebration of Devon...
Weekly rep returns to the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth next week, when The Summer Rep Season 2015 opens with a new production of Noel Corward’s Hay Fever from Thursday 25 June to Wednesday 1 July 2015.
The Summer Rep Season sees one company of actors present a season of twelve classic revivals throughout summer, with a new production each week until the end of September.
Season producer Paul Taylor-Mills said today: “This is my third year producing the Summer Rep Season at the Manor Pavilion Theatre, and this is by far the most ambitious. Audiences can expect West End...
Your guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend (19-21 June).
THEATRE
Grandad and the Machine Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A story for anyone who ever dreamed of a different world. A 100-year-old mechanical monster emerges from the waves. Everyday objects turn on their makers and the Empire is plunged into chaos. No one knows why. No one can stop it. Except maybe Grandad. He always was good with a spanner. That’s why Imogen and her father head north to find him. Their journey becomes an epic quest across England that leads to the heart of a...
A witty and seductive comedy by the eighteenth century master Pierre de Marivaux.
What is a princess to do when she is in love with the handsome prince who hates her because her father usurped his father’s throne? The answer is simple – dress up as a boy and woo the prince, his tutor and the tutor’s sister who have all renounced love. Enlightenment reason is challenged by those most basic of human instincts – love and desire - in this delightful and playful romp.
On tour around Devon July 8-17 More details www.cygnettheatre...
Viki is not coping. Taking you from the dairy aisle of Sainsbury’s to the green turf of Ascot, via a disco of dirty secrets with a euro-pop soundtrack; HELP! is about falling apart and pulling yourself together again. This moving, joyous show is for anyone who has ever struggled.
Award-winning performer Viki Browne returns to The Bike Shed with her collagic performance style which borrows from live art, stand-up comedy, spoken word and cabaret.
We Are Brontë is a piece of comic visual theatre inspired by the real and imaginery worlds of Yorkshire’s literary siblings, presented in Publick Transport’s irreverent style. Physical theatre collides with clowning and improvisation as two performers deconstruct not only gothic themes of love, madness, repression and revenge, but also themselves. Part play, part enquiry into the act of putting on a play, this promises to be no ordinary Brontë adaptation.
Performances and tickets: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/we-are-bronte/
