Trapped in a well shaft for 56 hours, a little girl waits to be found. Above ground, three journalists chase the story every step of the way, framing it for media consumption and spinning it wildly, erratically and erroneously away from the truth. Inspired by true events, this tale searches for answers and scatters accusations as the rescue mission for the child struggles on. Incorporating sharp new writing, imaginative tomfoolery and earthy folk music, Scratchworks scrutinise the media’s editorial power over public perception.
Celebrated actor John Nettles will join Exeter Northcott Theatre’s new artistic and executive director, Paul Jepson, on stage in the first of an In Conversation series.
Join John Nettles and Paul Jepson for the evening as they discuss John’s career, the state of British theatre and the host of exciting new plans for Exeter Northcott Theatre as it approaches its 50th Anniversary.
This special evening is a fundraising event in aid of the theatre.
A charity since 2013, these fundraising events will help Exeter Northcott Theatre to deliver its vibrant creative programme...
Winner of over 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awardsfor Best New Play, Alan Bennett’s comic masterpiece was voted the nations favourite play in a recent national survey.
Set in the 1980’s, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables. Staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence overflow, provoking insistent questions...
Following a smash hit West End season, Scamp Theatre's delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's hugely popular children's book Stick Man in coming to Exeter Northcott Theatre!
Touching, funny and utterly original, this award-winning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at! www.scamptheatre.com
Performances: Saturday 2pm, Sunday 11am and 2pm.
Tickets: £13 Family Ticket: £36 Suitable for children aged three-plus
Ballet Black presents a triple bill featuring Mark Bruce's The Second Coming.
Following acclaimed performances in 2014, Cassa Pancho's company of black and Asian classically-trained dancers returns with a stunning new programme. Founded in 2001, Ballet Black has achieved great success and garnered numerous awards, including the 2012 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Best Independent Company, and a further nomination for 2014.
The company is delighted to present a triple bill of exciting works by Kit Holder (Birmingham Royal Ballet) and Will Tuckett (Royal Ballet)....
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance return to Exeter with a radical re-imagining of the celebrated ballet, La Bayadère,for the 21st century. Moving between fact and fantasy, the original story is interwoven with the first ever visit of Indian dancers to Europe in 1838.
The many-layered narrative presents a fresh new vision of dance that belongs to both India and Europe and features originally commissioned music by Gabriel Prokofiev, the London-based composer, producer and DJ. Expect a visually stunning performance packed with visceral energy and choreographic virtuosity from an international...
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage Northcott Theatre Exeter 5-9 May 7.30pm "I was doing something nobody had done before, and if you're the first to do something, you have to be prepared to take the sh*t for it." On the eve of one of the most important games of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas received a warning: The Sun newspaper was going to "out" him as gay. This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth Thomas, 100 caps for Wales, now the world's most prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown, Bridgend, itself a victim of intrusion...
Voted the nation’s favourite play, Alan Bennett’s multi award-winning The History Boys will return in 2015, visiting the Exeter Northcott Theatre in May as part of a major new UK tour for 2015.
Winner of over 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables. Staffroom rivalry...
Critically-acclaimed Rhum and Clay Theatre Company present two shows at the Bike Shed Theatre in May.
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1939. On board a decadent cruise liner, the world chess champion is challenged to a match by the mysterious ‘B’. It soon becomes clear that the game is not the only thing B’s at risk of losing. For he’s not just one person, but four. And they each have their own version of the story they want to tell. With a live jazz percussive score, this is a tale of madness and memory, adapted from Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game.
One of the South West's most exciting theatre companies, Live Wire Theatre, has been awarded grants by the Arts Council England, The Big Lottery and the Bath and North East Somerset Arts Development Fund to stage a production of a newly commissioned comedy play written to celebrate The Rugby World Cup 2015 which is to be hosted in England and Wales this Autumn.
The new comedy intriguingly entitled Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot by award winning writer Dougie Blaxland will open at The Cotswold Playhouse Stroud on September 10th before touring the South West for the six...
