Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (18-20 May):
THEATRE
Oh What a Lovely War Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter “What could have possibly happened to a man that rendered his burial impossible? What horror could have taken place that rendered the burial of 35,942 men impossible and all in one relatively small area? Charles Chilton When Charles Chilton journeyed to Northern France to seek the final resting place of his father, he found no grave, but rather a list of 35,942 officers and men of the Forces of the British...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (11-13 May):
THEATRE
Skin Deep - The Musical Friday, Exmouth Pavilion Worried that your body isn’t perfect? Then Skin Deep is for you! Yes, YOU! It’s the ultimate look at a subject that obsesses us all: BODY IMAGE. Too fat? Too thin? Never exercised? Gym crazy? Addicted to diets? Hate how you look in the nude? This musical revue has a song for every hang-up, including Embarrassing Bodies, Let It All Hang Out and Does My Bum Look Big in This? The sensational female star and her four boys explore why we don’...
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (27-29 April).
THEATRE
Katie Piper: What's in My Head Friday, Exeter Corn Exchange Katie embarks on her debut theatre tour to share what she has learnt and what helped her remain positive even through the toughest of times. She will discuss her own battles with anxiety and explain how she has overcome its crippling clutches. Katie is opening her own diaries, photo albums and personal memories in this most intimate and revealing talk about her life. This is her story, this is her life, this is her wisdom. This is ‘...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 April).
THEATRE
Frankenstein Friday, Saurday & Sunday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter A world premiere staging of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic. Victor Frankenstein is the tortured genius who unleashes death and destruction in his quest for eternal life! The cast includes Derek Frood (‘Poldark’), Dan Ball (‘The Mousetrap’), Will Trafford (‘Twelfth Night’) and Philip Voyzey (‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’). Special make-up effects have been created by Emmy Award-winner, David Brown who works on such...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):
THEATRE
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 March).
THEATRE
Up 'n' Under Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott The Wheatsheaf Arms rugby team, the laughing stock of Castleford’s Amateur Rugby League 7-a-Side tournament have never won a game, don’t have seven players and spend more time in the pub than on the pitch. With just 5 weeks to go, our hero coach Arthur has to convince them they can beat the mighty Cobblers Arms, but first he has to work out how to communicate with them… https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (16-18 March):
THEATRE
Awful Auntie Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre When Stella sets off to visit London with her parents, Lord and Lady Saxby, she has no idea her life is in danger! Waking up three months later, only her Aunt Alberta can tell Stella what has happened. But not everything Aunt Alberta tells her turns out to be true and Stella quickly discovers she’s in for the fight of her life against her very own awful Auntie! https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
Hundreds of men will be putting their best foot forward for Hospiscare this month in the 2018 Men’s Walk . Tempted by the promise of live entertainment along the seven mile route with a free pasty and a pint while they watch the England v Ireland Six Nations rugby afterwards, walkers have made this a sell-out event again.
Stalwart supporters of the Men’s Walk, Wilkinson Grant & Co, are once again the headline sponsors. Managing Director Roger Wilkinson said: “Wilkinson Grant & Co are delighted to sponsor the Hospiscare Men’s Walk for what is, for us, the fifth year in a row...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 March).
THEATRE
A Tomb With A View Friday & Saturday, The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth This play is set in a sinister, old library. There, a lawyer reads a will to an equally sinister family. One family member has werewolf tendencies, another wanders around in a toga of Julius Caesar, and a third, a gentle old lady, who plants more than seeds! By Act 3, there are more corpses than live cast members left. The whole plot heads towards a surprising conclusion! This is the first of the Tomb trilogy....
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 February).
THEATRE
Soldier On Friday, Exeter Northcott Theatre What happens when a company of ex-soldiers becomes a company of actors? A theatrical band of brothers. Although it’s not a cure all, the bonding, the humour, the theatre of war helps to put them back together again - as a company of veterans and actors rehearse a play about a company of veterans and actors. Although worlds apart they begin to realise there are more similarities between military life and the theatre than they bargained...
