Dark physical comedy, Beyond Cragporth Rock, invites the audience to ride a rollercoaster of bleak laughs and horror. The lights rise upon a bizarre sprawl of bodies. A dystopian world, unseen by the reclusive Cragporth sisters for some years, has emerged following a financial and social crisis. The six sisters reside in a ramshackle cottage on the edge of an eroding cliff. Afraid of what might lie beyond the walls of their cottage, they live in constant fear of faceless foes and unspecified attacks.
Haste Theatre and Director Ally Cologna create a heightened and witty microcosm of...
A story for anyone who ever dreamed of a different world.
A hundred-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 dark family secret.
A brand new steampunk fairytale for grownups, mixing vivid storytelling with an original score. There will be Zeppelins. It...
This Monday 15 June, musician, actor, writer, Stella Grundy will be performing her multimedia music production, The Rise & Fall of a Northern Star at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter.
This unique and incendiary show ~ directed by Ian Bloomfield ~ blends comedy and tragedy in rhythmic, pacey dialogue, interspersed with Stella's original music.
The story is a cautionary tale of rock n roll wannabe, Tracy Star trying to make her mark in the male-dominated Manchester music scene of the eighties and early nineties.
This tour incorporates specific theatres and music...
This Monday 15 June, musician, actor, writer, Stella Grundy will be performing her multimedia music production, The Rise & Fall of a Northern Star at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter.
This unique and incendiary show ~ directed by Ian Bloomfield ~ blends comedy and tragedy in rhythmic, pacey dialogue, interspersed with Stella's original music.
The story is a cautionary tale of rock n roll wannabe, Tracy Star trying to make her mark in the male-dominated Manchester music scene of the eighties and early nineties.
This tour incorporates specific theatres and music...
Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to what's on in and around Exeter.
THEATRE
Figs in Wigs: Show Off Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Figs in Wigs are out to reinvent themselves. Witness this playful five-piece find their calling as comedians, dancers, visual artists, musicians and circus entertainers in 'Show Off', a tongue-in-cheek variety show (without the variety). Tickets £10 (£8). www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
Open air theatre, including works by Shakespeare and Jane Austen, will be staged in two of East Devon’s best loved parks this summer.
Four touring theatre companies are bringing their productions to the beautiful Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth in a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments. Topping the bill will be The Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice and the Triumph of Love.
Cllr John O’Leary, the district council’s Culture Champion, said: “These gardens have wonderful...
GREASE is the word – the UK’s favourite musical comes roaring into the Northcott this Summer!
Slip on your blue suede shoes, pull up your bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time, when high school romances and heart-breaks were accompanied by a king-size soda pop! Featuring such unforgettable songs from the hit movie as Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Greased Lightnin' and many more, this is the show to get you dancing in the aisles.
Following the spectacular sell-out success of Les Miserables in 2014, Stage by Stage returns with another high-energy explosion...
Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!
This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!
Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!
This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!
