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THEATRE
IS BACK!
SUMMER WHAT’S ON
/ExeterNorthcottTheatre
@ExeterNorthcott
@exeternorthcott
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WE’RE BACK AND WE CAN’T WAIT
TO SEE YOU.
This summer we’ve got lots of events to entertain,
inspire and get you laughing with the people you love. “Our experience
at Exeter Northcott
Here’s to having something to look forward to! was exceptional. I may
have cried a little with the
sheer joy it brought me and
my family. Theatre, how we
have missed you.”
BOOK WITH CONFIDENCE Audience member,
Treasure Island,
Book now for any show and if Covid Dec 2020
affects you or us in any way, we’ll give
FRI 21 - SUN 23 MAY
you a full, no-fuss credit or refund. FRI 6PM
SAT 11AM, 2PM & 6PM
BSL INTERPRETED SUN 2PM & 4.30PM
TICKETS £18
WE’RE A ‘GOOD TO GO VENUE’ AUDIO
DESCRIBED SD
We have enhanced cleaning, temperature
tests and one-way systems, plus a warm CAPTIONED
PERFORMANCE
We all want to meet people
welcome from extra staff ready to help. from history. The trouble
We will always adhere to all government is everyone is dead! So it’s
guidelines and if anything changes, SD
SOCIALLY-DISTANCED time to prepare yourselves
we’ll let you know. for this very special
This means the event can be
production of Horrible
booked in socially-distanced
Histories live on stage!
bubbles. You can sit with friends
CHEERS! or family in bubbles up to 6 and Can you beat battling
We have a wide selection of drinks for you there will be spaces between you Boudicca? Would you be
to pre-order or buy on the day. and the next group. Save time by a martyr for the Magna
pre-ordering drinks to be picked Carta? Will you lose your
up from a collection point and heart or head to horrible
Henry VIII? Will Parliament
HOW TO REACH US we’ll bring interval drinks to
survive gunpowder Guy?
your seats.
Parking is available on the campus Dare you stand and deliver
grounds. Buses are back to normal with to dastardly Dick Turpin?
the Uni bus (Previously the ‘D’ bus) running FH FULL HOUSE Escape the clutches of
from the city centre straight to the theatre. This means the performance is Burke and Hare and move
sold to full capacity and you can to the groove with party
More details can be found at exeternorthcott.co.uk book in groups as large as you like. Queen Victoria!
and if you’d like to talk, drop us a line at Save time by pre-ordering drinks,
It’s the horrible history
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk / which will be waiting for you at a
of Britain with the nasty
01392 726363 (Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm) collection point.
bits left in – to entertain
the whole family.
Members get 20% off on selected
shows, marked by this logo.
Anyone can become a Member
on our website.
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An Exeter Northcott Theatre production The absorbing tale of an unlikely friendship It’s a story of growing up and growing old, of
in association with University of Exeter Drama Department AN EXETER that develops between an ageing West Indian individual responsibility and shared history,
recluse, living in a derelict cottage and tending of two worlds joined by a painting, and (just
NORTHCOTT his bees at the edge of a picture-postcard possibly) a little magic.
English village, and Misty, the fiery, sixteen-year-
PRODUCTION old heir to the nearby manor house, who bursts Directed by Alix Harris
into his life one summer and turns his world
upside down.
By Sophocles, adapted by Bertolt Brecht, An Exeter Northcott Theatre production
translated by Judith Malina
ONLINE ONLY
“Men in power always
threaten the fall of
the state” By Tyrone
Huggins
When Thebes’ new ruler, Kreon
(David Annen, Harry Potter and
the Cursed Child, West End), “YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO LEAVE
decides to stamp his authority
on the city by refusing to bury
TO CHANGE A THING. SOMETIMES THE
his own nephew for alleged BEST WAY IS TO STAY AND CHANGE
cowardice in battle, he isn’t
counting on the determination THINGS WHERE YOU IS.”
of Antigone (Rachel Nwokoro, THU 27 -
winner of The Stage Debut award SAT 29 MAY
In a rarely performed version 7.30PM
for Best Performer) to see her by Bertolt Brecht, Antigone THU 24 JUN -
brother laid to rest. SAT MATINEE 2.30PM SAT 3 JUL
is being made exclusively
As topical in today’s world for digital streaming, mixing ALL PERFORMANCES 7.30PM
ARE CAPTIONED WED & SAT MATINEES 2.30PM
of ‘strong man’ leaders as it theatre and filmography.
was when it was first written, Staged in the theatre with a full TICKETS £12.50 THU 1 JUL 7.30PM
Sophocles’ gripping political professional cast alongside a Please note that this SAT 3 JUL 2.30PM
thriller pits a teenage girl against chorus of students from The production is only
the power of the state and asks University of Exeter Drama
available in the UK
and that the streaming AN EXETER TICKETS £16-£24
AGE 12+
how far we’d be prepared to go Department. providers will charge a
to stand up for what we believe £3 transaction fee. NORTHCOTT SD
Directed by Daniel Buckroyd
is right.
PRODUCTION
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SARAH MILLICAN SUN 4 JUL
BEST NEW
BEST NEW COMEDY
COMEDY
7.30PM
BOBBY DAZZLER TICKETS £31
AT THE
WINNER
WINNER WINNER
WHATSONSTAGE
WINNER
WHATSONSTAGE
AWARD 2014
OLIVIER AWARD 2015
OLIVIER AWARD 2015
WINNER
WINNER
BROADWAY WORLD
UK AWARD 2015
BROADWAY WORLD
Sarah has spent the last year writing jokes GREAT HALL AWARD 2014 UK AWARD 2015
and growing her backside. In this, her sixth
international tour, you’ll learn about what FH
happens when your mouth seals shut, how to
throw poo over a wall, trying to lose weight but
only losing the tip of your finger, a surprisingly
funny smear test, and how truly awful a
floatation tank can actually be.
BY
BACKMENAL
N O
SIMON & GARFUNKEL FRI 16 JUL PHE EMAN’Dt !
7.30PM D can it
We lieve
THROUGH THE YEARS TICKETS £20 be her!
eit
SD
Critically-acclaimed as one of the greatest
BY
tribute shows in the world, Simon & Garfunkel
BACKMENAL
Through the Years has toured the globe O
extensively. Fronted by Dan Haynes and Pete PHENEMAN’Dt !
Richards, collectively known as Bookends, D can t i
the show is a “masterpiece” (BBC Radio) We lieve
be her!
in musicianship; exquisitely recreating the ei t
unmistakable sound of Simon & Garfunkel.
SHOWSTOPPER! SAT 17 JUL
7.30PM
THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL TICKETS £22.50
SD
Every Showstopper! performance is a brand-
new musical hit waiting to happen - The
Showstoppers transform your suggestions – for
setting, musical styles, show title and more – MON 9 -
into an entirely different show every single night! SAT 14 AUG
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute 7.30PM
finest – an Olivier Award-winning show direct WED & SAT MATINEES
from the West End. 2.30PM
TICKETS
£24.50 - £39.50
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AMADEUS ORCHESTRA FRI 23 JUL
7PM AGE 8+
AMADEUS ORCHESTRA AT EXETER CATHEDRAL TICKETS FH
Join the Amadeus Orchestra this summer for their annual £15-£35
visit to Exeter Cathedral with this lively programme: AT EXETER RETURNING FOR YET ANOTHER The Cornley Drama Society
BADELT Pirates of the Caribbean CATHEDRAL
CALAMITOUS RUN! are putting on a 1920s murder
LUTOSLAWSKI Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini FH mystery, but as the title suggests,
We can’t believe it either!
everything that can go wrong…
Malcolm Forbes-Peckham – Piano Mischief’s multi award-winning does! As the accident prone thesps
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances international smash-hit comedy battle on against all the odds
The Play That Goes Wrong is to reach their final curtain call,
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
returning to Exeter, following its hilarious results ensue!
Philip Mackenzie – Conductor previous sell-out success!
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LE NAVET BETE AND EXETER NORTHCOTT
THEATRE PRESENT
“ENORMOUS FUN”
REVIEWSGATE
WED 1 - SUN 5 SEP
WED – SUN 7PM
SAT & SUN
MATINEES 2.30PM
SAT 4 SEP 2.30PM
SUN 5 SEP 2.30PM
“A RIPPING GOOD YARN WITH AN TICKETS £18
ABUNDANCE OF THEATRICAL SURPRISES” FH
THE STAGE
Following their hugely successful Christmas run, “GREAT FUN! IDEAL FOR CHILDREN
La Navet Bete return with their swashbuckling,
smash-hit comedy for all the family. WHO LOVE AN ADVENTURE” “A 5-STAR ADVENTURE”
Featuring dastardly pirates, tropical islands and
REVIEWSHUB
Exeter’s favourite funny men Le Navet Bete are REVIEWSHUB
a mermaid you’ll never forget, set sail on the back this summer with their hilarious take on
Jolly Todger with Jim Lad, Long John Silver and The Three Musketeers.
WED 18 - SUN 29 AUG Supported by a top notch band of brothers
a whole host of other characters for a hilarious Armed with only a baguette and his questionable and sisters including long-time co-conspirator
WED - SUN 7PM
voyage across the seas. steed join hot-headed d’Artagnan as he travels to (and funny man director) John Nicholson
SAT & SUN MATINEES 2.30PM
Award-winning Le Navet Bete (The Three Paris to become a musketeer. Will things go to (Peepolykus, BBC Radio 4) internationally
FRI 27 AUG 7PM plan? It’s unlikely!
Musketeers, Dracula: The Bloody Truth) join renowned choreographer Lea Anderson MBE
forces with UK comedy writer and director John TICKETS £18 (The Cholmondeleys) and critically acclaimed set
Featuring hilarious heroics, raucous romances
Nicholson (Peepolykus, BBC Radio 4) to play AGE 7+ and some bonkers fun with BMX bikes, Le Navet designer Ti Green (Touching the Void, Bristol Old
out Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary tale as Bete condense Dumas’ 700-page classic into Vic/ national tour), this show is the company’s
you’ve NEVER seen it before. FH
two hours of non-stop comedy gold. biggest and most riotous to date.
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GEOFF NORCOTT SAT 11 SEP
8PM
SUN 19 SEP
7.30PM ELLIE TAYLOR
I BLAME THE PARENTS TICKETS £16 TICKETS £17.50 DON’T GOT THIS
FH FH
This is the fourth national tour for Fresh from her debut Netflix stand-up special,
Geoff Norcott, following on the back of the star of The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo
Conswervative, Traditionalism and Taking “Sets himself apart and QI is back with a brand-new show.
Liberties. This time Geoff talks less politics from the liberal
(alright, there will probably be a bit), but this commentariat with a BRAND-NEW Join Ellie as she bangs on about life, love and
what will happen if one more person tells her
sharp self-knowing wit”
brand-new show will mostly explore personal
responsibility, parenting and who should take
SHOW! “you got this”.
the blame when things go wrong.
THE TIMES
DAVID BADDIEL SUN 12 SEP
7.30PM
FRI 24 - SAT 25 SEP
7.30PM INFINITE WAYS HOME
TROLLS: NOT THE DOLLS TICKETS £29.50 TICKETS £14 Critically-acclaimed choreographer and
The follow-up to his acclaimed shows Fame:
FH FH Northcott Associate Richard Chappell returns
Not the Musical and My Family: Not the this autumn with his most ambitious work to
“Invigoratingly funny” date: Infinite Ways Home – a multisensory
Sitcom. David Baddiel comes back to the stage
with a brand-new one-man show, Trolls: Not production that explores ritual, rave and
the Dolls. David has stories to tell, of the dark, THE TIMES
human connection. Featuring electronic music
terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths that by award-winning experimental duo Larch,
interacting with trolls has led him down. “Hilarious” alongside live violin by Enyuan Khong.
THE GUARDIAN
BLAKE LIVE IN CONCERT THU 16 SEP
7.30PM
TUE 19 - SAT 23 OCT DAN LOONEY, ADAM PAULDEN,JASON HAIGH-ELLERY
TUE, WED, THU & SAT AND RICHARD KLIN FOR DLAP GROUP
To celebrate a new decade together, Brit Award TICKETS £28 7.30PM,
winning vocalists Blake have chosen their all-
FH FRI 5PM & 8.30PM ROCK OF AGES
time favourite songs. This extraordinary show WED & SAT MATINEES The smash-hit musical is back, and the party
highlights their harmonies better than ever 2.30PM is gonna be BIGGER than ever! Rock of Ages is
before; an eclectic new selection of classical TICKETS £19-£42
“Their voices & the hilarious musical comedy lavished with over
anthems, West End hits and contemporary harmonies single
FH
25 classic rock anthems, including Don’t Stop
covers, including intimate acoustic them out as one of Believin’, We Built This City, The Final Countdown,
arrangements accompanied by virtuosic live the country’s most “High energy feel-good
exciting groups” Wanted Dead or Alive, Here I Go Again, Can’t Fight
piano. nostalgia that will put a
smile on your face” this Feeling and I Want To Know What Love Is,
THE EXPRESS
SUNDAY EXPRESS
played loud and proud by an awesome live band.
NEW OLD FRIENDS PRESENT FRI 17 - SAT 18 SEP SAT 30 - SUN 31 OCT FRECKLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT
7.30PM 10.30AM, 1PM
CRIMES IN EGYPT SAT MATINEE & 3.30PM STICK MAN
2.30PM SUN 31 OCT 10.30AM
A versatile cast of just four brings to life TICKETS £20 TICKETS £14.50-£16.50 Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle
lascivious lawyers, crocked captains, Productions’ delightful adaptation of Julia
Artwork © Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
fastidious physicians, ardently amorous FH FH Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is
authors, feuding femme fatales, plodding back! This award-winning production, from the
paramours, friendly first mates and attractive “Delightfully dotty” team behind Zog, Tiddler and other Terrific
Americans, in this hilarious detective romp THE STAGE “Wonderfully exuberant Tales, and Tabby McTat, features a trio of top
inspired by Christie, Coward and Wodehouse, and imaginative!”
actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live
directed by James Farrell (Associate Director “Criminally hard to beat” music and funky moves.
for The 39 Steps, West End). BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
‘TIME OUT CRITICS’ CHOICE
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HELP
DEVON’S
CHILDREN
AND YOUNG
PEOPLE
FIND THEIR If undelivered please return to:
Exeter Northcott Theatre, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QB
CREATIVE
VOICE. “The team at Exeter Northcott supported our daughter to
be comfortable and confident in who she is and not only is
she blossoming in her sessions; this experience is having a
We work with more than
significant impact on her confidence at school and socially.
1,600 young people each year*,
helping them explore issues and We cannot thank you enough.”
ideas that matter to them. With Parent of NYC Member
a strong focus on mental health
and wellbeing, we design bespoke
projects that offer creative support
to schools, youth groups and young
people who need it most.
*based on 2018-2019 figures
WE KNOW THAT CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITIES CAN CHANGE LIVES.
Please help us continue our work with
children and young people by donating now.
Go to exeternorthcott.co.uk or call us
on 01392 72 63 63.
THANK Northcott Easter School
YOU! BECOME A MEMBER
As a member, you’ll receive exclusive benefits, such as priority booking, discounts
on food and drinks, and discounted tickets for selected shows.
Events in this brochure with the logo are 20% off up to 4 tickets for members!
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