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Registered Charity No. 1151620 SPRING/SUMMER 2018 BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 DAME JUDI DENCH WWW.EXETERNORTHCOTT.CO.UK Patron of 50th Anniversary Year
WELCOME
A lot of you have been kind enough to say that the programme at the Northcott has deepened
in quality in the three years that I have been running the building. We certainly feel that
we have the right ideas. The return to producing work, our Education and Reach Out offer,
the Associates Programme, our IMPACT co-commissioning strand together with a series of Tickets:
first visits from companies with a national and international reputation across the range of Preview:
£15 (Sat 2 & Sun 3 Dec)
performance that we curate.
Preview Family Ticket:
This spring we have the first visit to the theatre from Kneehigh. We host our Associate £36 for 3 + up to 3 more
Company Metta’s Little Mermaid (you may have seen and enjoyed Metta’s Jungle Book). We tickets £12 each
Off-peak:
are bringing back our own IMPACT production – Beyond My Control as part of a National Tour.
A £19 B £17 C £15 D £11 +
We have a packed dance programme including Ballet Black, Alston and Mark Bruce. Alibi’s Off-peak Family Tickets:
The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon and Awful Auntie amongst the family work – and if you A £48* (£16) B £42* (£14)
like a big musical, there’s Flashdance. There’s a new play – Soldier On – and the wonderful C £36* (£12) D £24* (£8)
Fingersmiths with their version of Up ‘n’ Under. Not to mention Vamos, Sasha Regan’s all *for 3, up to 3 more tickets
male G&S, Filter with their critically acclaimed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a new version of at price in brackets
Great Expectations and – of course English Touring Opera. Peak:
A £26 B £24 C £17 D £13
We’ve worked hard to transform the organisation, to make it alive and give it new purpose. Peak Family Tickets:
You’ve been instrumental in helping us do this. Now we’re fifty years young – we reckon we’re A £69* (£23) B £63* (£21)
all set for the next fifty years. C £42* (£14) D £30* (£10)
*for 3, up to 3 more tickets
Very best wishes, at price in brackets
+Please note: seating plan
Paul Jepson Sat 2 Dec 2017 - Sun 7 Jan 2018 bands for this show are
Artistic & Executive Director different to the one printed
Pantomime comes home to the Northcott with a spectacular
in this brochure on page 50
new staging of Dick Whittington, starring Exeter’s most popular
– contact the box office for
Dame – Steve Bennett and directed by one of the country’s leading
details, or view online
/ExeterNorthcottTheatre pantomime directors, Tony Lidington.
Schools: £10 for groups 10+
Age: 6yrs+
@ExeterNorthcott Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic,
Running Time: 2hrs 10mins
mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family
Registered Charity No. 1151620 Christmas panto treat! FAMILY
MEMBERS
SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT COMPANY SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT COMPANY
Exeter Northcott Theatre in association with
the University of Exeter presents
Exeter University Theatre Company University of Exeter Footlights present
presents
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
by Anthony Burgess Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
Wed 17 – Sat 20 January 7.30pm Wed 24 – Sat 27 January 7.30pm
Wed (Preview) & Sat Matinees 2.30pm
A Clockwork Orange is an iconic story,
set in an abandoned warehouse. Alex and Following the success of The Phantom of
his Droogs wreak havoc and mayhem the Opera (2016) and The Producers (2017)
Footlights are proud to present Singin’ in the
resulting in Alex’s imprisonment. After
Rain. Voted the ‘Greatest Movie Musical of All
spending two years in prison, Alex
Time’, this is a theatrical experience the whole
undergoes corrective treatment to cure family will enjoy. Faithfully and lovingly adapted
his violent tendencies. How does he fit by Broadway legends, Betty Comden and
back into society and how does society Adolph Green, from their original award-winning
respond to him? When a man cannot screenplay, each unforgettable scene, song
choose, he ceases to be a man. and dance is celebrated on stage, including
toe tapping tunes such as Make ‘em Laugh
This bold and dynamic production seeks to
explore concepts of power and control and
and Good Morning as well as the historic title
number, immortalised by Gene Kelly in the
Sun 4 Feb 7.30pm Tickets: £7.50
Concs: £2 off
combines physical theatre and live music. MGM movie. Age: 11yrs+
Science meets theatre in this interactive performance Running Time: 60mins + Q&A
Filled with dazzling routines, joyful musical about epilepsy, excitability and all things neurological.
f @eutco
l @clockworkeutco numbers and laugh out loud moments, this is
the musical of the year. Following last year’s successful pilot, this performance
i @clockworkeutco
kick-starts a national tour of this fascinating show that
f ExeterUniversityFootlights brings together the worlds of science and theatre to
Tickets: £15
Concs: £3 off (registered disabled, i @footlightsexeter explore a new breakthrough in epilepsy diagnosis. “Fascinating and effective
students, 60+)
For one hour we’ll bring together the logical world of
production about epilepsy
Age: 14yrs+ contains violent content and Tickets: A £19.50 B £18 C £15.50 D £14
themes of a sexual nature Concs: £1.50 off all price bands mathematics and the unpredictable world of theatre to modelling - quite
(U16s, Students, 60+) help us understand what’s really going on inside our heads.
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
Wed Mat (Preview): £10 (£5 conc.) Audience members will be invited to offer feedback and the emotional too!”
Age: 7yrs+ chance to interact with the performance as we explore just
how much control we have over our brains.
AUDIENCE RESPONSE 2017
Running Time: 2hrs 15mins
4 @ExeterNorthcott This amateur production is presented by arrangement with
Music Theatre International (Europe).
SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT COMPANY
A Unity Theatre and Riksteatern (Sweden) co-production Tickets: £21.50
Concs: £2 off
NINA – A STORY ABOUT ME Student Standby: £5
Age: 16yrs+
includes strong language
AND NINA SIMONE
Running time: 75mins
(no interval)
MEMBERS
Devised by Dritëro Kasapi & Josette Bushell-Mingo
Mon 5 & Tue 6 February 8pm
Exeter University Gilbert & Sullivan Dance in Devon Present
Society present
THE MIKADO WATCH THIS SPACE
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Written by W. S. Gilbert Wed 7 February 7.30pm
Wed 31 Jan – Sat 3 Feb 7.30pm Dance in Devon brings Watch This Space
Sat Matinee 2.30pm back to the Exeter Northcott Theatre with
some of the region’s best home-grown
Exeter University’s Gilbert and Sullivan
Society celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
contemporary dance. This platform of new ««««
works is buzzing with energy and is a vibrant
in style, with a performance of the duo’s
iconic piece: The Mikado! One of Gilbert and showcase of the diverse dance taking place “A searing tribute restarts
Sullivan’s most popular and enduring works,
The Mikado follows the antics of Nanki-Poo,
in Devon and beyond.
Simone’s revolution”
the son of the Mikado, and the hilarity that There will be a post-show discussion hosted LYN GARDNER,
ensues in the Japanese town of Titipu when, by Dance in Devon.
disguised as a wandering minstrel, he arrives THE GUARDIAN
to declare his love for Yum-Yum. She was
www.danceindevon.org.uk
the beautiful Ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor
now raised to the exulted rank of the Town’s
Lord High Executioner, under a set of equally Tickets: £10 "Scalding"
Concs: £2 off
amusing circumstances.
Student Standby: £5
Backed by a brilliant band, Olivier Award-nominated NEW YORK TIMES
actress Josette Bushell-Mingo (Disney’s The Lion King)
Taking a satirical look at the British class
system, The Mikado is a humorous, farcical mixes story and song as she draws together tales from
GROUPS
show, underpinned with beautiful melodies
that is not to be missed.
TALK
Nina Simone’s life and her own extraordinary career.
Touching upon the 1960s civil rights movement and
««««
Supported using public funding from Arts Council England.
drawing into parallel the struggles of the civil rights TIME OUT
f @eugns movement today.
Tickets: A £20 B £17 C £14 D £11
Concs: £2 off (Students, U18s)
Nina Simone was one of the most extraordinary artists
of the twentieth century. She was the consummate
“A thrilling, sometimes
Schools: £6.50 for groups 10+
Student standby: £5 musical storyteller who used her remarkable talent to spine-tingling experience…
create a legacy of liberation, empowerment and love
Age: suitable for all ages
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins through a magnificent body of work. catch it while you can”
GROUPS
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
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Theatre Alibi presents
THE BOY WHO CLIMBED Tickets: £14
INTO THE MOON
Family Ticket: £39 for 3 + up
to 3 more tickets £13 each
Wed Green Matinee: £12*
Family Ticket: £33 for 3 + up
From the book by DAVID ALMOND to 3 more tickets £11 each
Adapted BY DANIEL JAMIESON
BSL & Audio Described
Performance: Sat 17
Wed 14 – Sat 17 February February 2pm, with Touch
Tour at 1pm
Wed – Fri 6pm Age: for 6 – 11 year olds and
Wed Green Matinee 2pm* their families.
Running Time: 1hr
Speakers from the Edge present Sweeney Entertainments presents Sat Matinees 11am & 2pm (no interval)
ANDY KIRKPATRICK’S ABBA - FOREVER A magical tale of big ideas and
sky-high courage…
*Support the environment
and use Public Transport
PSYCHOVERTICAL: A HIGHER EDUCATION IN CONCERT to attend this discounted
midweek matinee show.
Some pretty odd ideas are floating
Thu 8 February 7.30pm Fri 9 February 8pm around Paul’s street. There’s Mabel,
whose brother hides under a brown FAMILY
Top British mountaineer, big-wall climber ABBA - Forever is one of the UK’s leading paper bag. And Clarence the poodle
and winter expedition specialist, Andy International tribute Shows and theatre who thinks he can fly. But Paul has the
has soloed the most difficult routes in the audiences from across Great Britain and oddest idea of all. He thinks that the
“Theatre Alibi have a
world. A leading expert on climbing gear, Sweden have long enjoyed this superb moon is a hole in the sky and he’s going reputation as
Andy is also an award-winning writer and recreation of possibly the world‘s greatest to climb into it.
film-maker with an ability to captivate pop band. terrific storytellers”
any audience with his unique brand of
motivational story-telling. The unique Abba look and sound is
Anything’s possible in this warm and
very funny story by David Almond,
THE GUARDIAN
replicated with an incredible attention to award-winning writer of Skellig and
In his brand new show, Psychovertical: A detail as the beautiful lyrics penned by My Dad’s A Birdman, Theatre Alibi’s
Higher Education, which will coincide with Benny and Bjorn are sung in wonderful production features original live music
the release of the film Psychovertical by harmony by all six performers on stage. and puppetry.
award-winning director Jen Randall, Andy Dynamic non-stop choreography, stunning
Kirkpatrick looks back at forty years of visuals, top-class musicianship and an www.theatrealibi.co.uk
climbing and adventures, from the Alps to ALL - LIVE performance ensures that the
Patagonia, Yosemite to Greenland, a story Tribute to ABBA Forever Show captivates
of all the things that make life amazing. audiences from the opening refrain to the
final sing-along chorus of this
www.andy-kirkpatrick.com two-hour spectacular.
Tickets: £17.30 Tickets: £21.30
Age: 14yrs+ strong language probable Running Time: 2hrs MAIN
Running Time: 2hrs 20mins AND A
DRINK
CURRY
AND A £15
DRINK
£12
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Varsity Vocals presents
ICCA UK SOUTH-WEST
QUARTER-FINAL
Starring Ben Garrod
Sat 10 February 7pm The Soldiers' Arts Academy in association Tickets: £14
Sun 4 March 3pm with the Playground Theatre presents Concs: £2 off
Student Standby: £5
As featured in the hit 'Pitch Perfect'
SOLDIER ON
Age: 14yrs+ contains strong
So you think you know about Dinosaurs! films, The Varsity Vocals International language and adult references
is the hit stage show starring dinosaur Championship of A Cappella is the only Running Time: 2hrs
aficionado Dr Ben Garrod. Get ready to international tournament that showcases
by Jonathan Lewis
the art of university a cappella singing. In
go on an exciting pre-historic adventure GROUPS
as Ben talks you through the deadliest this Quarter-Final, audiences will see six
MEMBERS
predators that ever roamed the planet. to ten of the finest university a cappella
groups that the South West has to offer;
Thu 22 & Fri 23 February 7.30pm
Yes dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex,
Allosaurus and Spinosaurus would have all battling for a place in the prestigious
What happens when a company of ex-soldiers becomes MAIN
walked or swam right where you are now! UK Final at the New Wimbledon Theatre,
a company of actors? A theatrical band of brothers. AND A
London in March 2018. Groups will there
Although it’s not a cure all, the bonding, the humour, the DRINK
Pitting the knowledge of unwitting parents have the opportunity to advance to the
theatre of war helps to put them back together again £15
against their all-knowing kids, Dr Ben Broadway International Finals in New York.
- as a company of veterans and actors rehearse a play
presents an interactive, educational about a company of veterans and actors.
and highly entertaining show using film Expect riffing, humour, and superb
footage from the BBC's Planet Dinosaur. musicianship, in an evening that is perfect
Although worlds apart they begin to realize there are
So come and test your knowledge against for all ages.
more similarities between military life and the theatre
Dr Ben in this hit live interactive show than they bargained for, building a powerful new world
which is bigger and better than ever. www.varsityvocals.com
of their own.
Tickets: £17 Tickets: A £25 B £20 C £17.50 D £15
This is a heart-warming story about surviving the
Family Ticket: £45 for 3 + up to 3 more Concs: £5 off all bands
forces and PTSD and what happens when you leave the
tickets £15 each Ages: all ages
military ‘family’.
Age: 5yrs+ Running Time: TBC
Running Time: 1hr 45mins
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RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY
Tickets:
A £21 B £18 C £15 D £13
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £9 for groups 10+
Student Standby: £5
Thu 8 & Fri 9 March 7.30pm Age: 8yrs+
Running time: 1hr 55mins
Richard Alston Dance Company is an avidly followed UK Post Show Talk: Thu 8 March
dance company with some of the world’s finest dancers.
It returns with a full programme of works including a GROUPS
brand new piece by Associate Choreographer Martin TALK
Lawrance.
The programme also includes Carnaval a brand new
piece by Alston performed to Schumann’s music
of the same name. These evocative piano pieces
describe different aspects of Schumann’s complicated
personality. The music is played live by outstanding “As tellingly musical as any
STEWART LEE - SEMI-TONED: pianist Jason Ridgway and the costumes are by BAFTA
Award winning designer Fotini Dimou.
choreographer alive.”
NEW YORK TIMES
CONTENT PROVIDER LIVE AT THE EXETER NORTHCOTT Finally, Gypsy Mixture, a great Alston favourite has
been newly revived for the first time in a decade.
Mon 5 & Tue 6 March 7.30pm Sat 10 March 7.30pm With exhilarating dancing to the infectious music of
Romanian and Macedonian gypsy bands this dance will
“The Alston artists are
After four years writing and performing For one night only, see Semi-Toned in their lift your spirits and quicken your pulse. exhilarating to watch”
his TV show Stewart Lee’s Comedy biggest show yet! Fresh from their recent
appearances on BBC Two as winners of www.richardalstondance.com FINANCIAL TIMES
Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart’s
first brand new full-length show since the The Choir: Gareth's Best in Britain and
award-winning Carpet Remnant World. as runners up on Sky 1's Sing: Ultimate A
Cappella the boys in burgundy are back,
www.stewartlee.co.uk singing a wide variety of modern hits as
well as plenty of old classics. A preview of
Tickets: £24.80 their forthcoming USA tour, this brand new
Age: 16yrs+ show promises to wow audiences of all ages
Running Time: 2hrs 10mins with its impressive harmonies and stunning
choreography. Featuring special guest
support act.
«««««
Tickets: £17.50
“The most consistently funny Students: £10 MAIN
AND A
show of his brilliant career… Age: all ages
Running Time: 2hrs
DRINK
I laughed till it hurt.” £15
CURRY
THE TIMES AND A «««««
DRINK
£12 "This show will blow
«««« your socks off"
“Characteristically twisty BROADWAY BABY
and frequently brilliant”
THE GUARDIAN
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DINING EVENTS OUR DINING EVENTS ARE POPULAR, SO EARLY BOOKING IS STRONGLY ADVISED
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March 2018 Tickets:
A £26 B £23 C £20 D £18 +
Wed - Fri 7pm, Sat 11am & 3pm, Sun 11am Family Tickets:
School Matinees A £75* (£25) B £66* (£22)
C £57* (£19) D £51* (£17)
Thu 1.30pm & Fri 10.30am *for 3, up to 3 more tickets
at price in brackets
When Stella sets off to visit London with her parents, Lord and
Illustrations © Tony Ross, 2014. Lettering of author’s name © Quentin Blake, 2010
Lady Saxby, she has no idea her life is in danger! Waking up + Please note: seating plan
three months later, only her Aunt Alberta can tell Stella what has bands for this show are
ONLY FOOLS AND THE WEDDING
happened. But not everything Alberta tells her turns out to be
MURDER MYSTERY EVENINGS true and Stella quickly discovers she’s in for the fight of her life
different to the one printed
in the brochure on page 50
against her very own awful Auntie!
3 COURSES RECEPTION
– contact the box office for
MOONSTONE
details, or view online.
From the award-winning West End producers of Gangsta Granny
Fri 2 March 7.30pm Sat 17 March 7.30pm comes the world premiere of David Walliams’ amazing tale of Schools: £11.50
Sat 3 March 7.30pm frights, fights and friendship, featuring a very large owl, a very for groups 10+
Join us for the dinner event The Wedding Reception sees small ghost and a very awful Auntie! Age: 5yrs+
Gabriel runs a successful of the year which combines Kate and Will expecting a Running Time: 2hrs
jewellery business and has fine food and classic comedy small party to celebrate their “The Birmingham Stage Company’s Gangsta Granny is truly
arranged a party for his action, served up Only Fools wedding. But Kate’s mum had brilliant, so I’m hugely excited that they’ve now brought Awful
Auntie to the stage. Wagner and I can’t wait to see it!”
FAMILY
friends and family. However, & Horses style. Marlene and other plans. Cue uninvited
before the evening is out, one Boycie are hosting a Gala guests, misbehaving family
of the party is dead and a Dinner, but will things go to and secrets better left in the
very precious stone plan with Del, Rodney and closet! ««««« www.birminghamstage.com
has gone missing. Uncle Albert on the guest
list? This unbeatable theatrical "A triumphant adaptation of
A MIDSUMMER Expect a big fun night out in
dining experience is a side-
splitting, highly improvised
David Walliams' much loved
book!" WHAT'S GOOD TO DO
NIGHT'S MURDER
a friendly party atmosphere comedy featuring four actors
with some of the finest playing nine characters in a
comedy actors in the land,
Sat 30 June 7.30pm and with your enjoyment top
whirlwind two hours full of
laughter, love and tears.
of the menu.
It is 1935 and rehearsals are Tickets: £42.50, including a
underway for a performance Tickets: £45, including a 3 course meal
of A Midsummer Night’s 3 course meal
Dream at the Northcott FROM THE
Theatre. The cast are excited PRODUCERS OF
after a successful rehearsal, FAULTY TOWERS
but they are interrupted by The Dining
Detective Chief Inspector Experience
Appleby of Scotland Yard who
has some bad news.
For all dining events, please
Tickets: £39.50, including a contact the Box Office on
01392 726363 if you have any
3 course meal special dietary requirements.
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“If you’ve never seen full mask
theatre, there could be no better
introduction than Vamos... the
irresistible mix of humour and
heartbreak makes them a must-see.”
HEREFORD TIMES
“The storytelling is excellent”
LYN GARDNER, THE GUARDIAN
THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN Clive Conway Productions Ltd
Celebrating the sound of a generation LUCY WORSLEY –
Wed 21 March 7.30pm JANE AUSTEN AT HOME
Music fans are invited to the biggest Sun 25 March 7.30pm
party of the year as the unstoppable
Vamos Theatre presents a co-production with Mercury Tickets: £14 Magic of Motown show steams into town! Dr Lucy Worsley is passionate about
Theatre Colchester and a co-commission with London Concs: £2 off Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back making history engaging to the widest
International Mime Festival Schools: £9 groups 10+
classic Motown hits, glittering costume possible audience. Her new biography
Student Standby: £5 of Jane Austen will be published in May
changes, dazzling dance moves and
A BRAVE FACE
Age: 12yrs+ accessible to next year and takes a new look at Jane
outstanding musicianship in this
hearing and d/Deaf Austen’s life from the perspective of her
audiences alike. explosive concert experience.
bi-centenary. It considers what home
Running Time: 75mins meant to Jane, and tells the story through
(no interval) With timeless music of Marvin Gaye, Diana the rooms, spaces, possessions and places
Mon 19 & Tue 20 March 7.30pm Post Show Talks: Mon 19 & Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, which mattered to her. Dispelling the myth
Tues 20 March The Supremes, The Four Tops, Jackson 5, of the cynical, lonely spinster Lucy instead
Award-winning Vamos Theatre brings its trademark, Smokey Robinson and more. offers us a witty and passionate woman of
wordless, full mask style to a story that needs to be told. GROUPS her time, who refused to settle for anything
This breath-taking concert spectacular less than Mr Darcy.
Set in Afghanistan in 2009, A Brave Face explores TALK
Post-Traumatic Stress, an unseen injury of war, and the takes you on a musical journey through
impact it can have on even the closest of families. With all your favourite songs, including: Ain’t Lucy is Chief Curator at Historic Royal
No Mountain, Signed Sealed Delivered, Palaces and is a hugely popular writer,
engaging storytelling, physical dexterity and emotional ««««« Dancing In The Streets, My Cherie Amor, broadcaster and speaker. This exclusive
insight, A Brave Face engages audiences across borders
and boundaries. “Simply beautiful” Heatwave and many more. show accompanies the launch of her new
biography of Jane Austen.
www.vamostheatre.co.uk WHAT’S ON STAGE www.themagicofmotown.com
There will be a Q&A and book signing after
Tickets: £29.30 the show.
“Outstanding” Age: suitable for all ages
Running Time: 2hrs
MAIN
www.lucyworsley.com
AND A
TIME OUT DRINK
Tickets: £23.80
£15 Running Time: 2hrs 10mins
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Exeter Musical Society present
OLIVER! BRAINIAC LIVE!
Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart
Produced for the Broadway stage by David Sun 8 April, 2pm
Merrick and Donald Albery
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls,
as Science’s greatest and most volatile live
Mon 2 - Sat 7 April 7.30pm show comes to Exeter. Based on the multi-
fingersmiths in co-production with The New Wolsey Theatre Tickets: £15.50 Fri & Sat Matinees 2.30pm award winning TV show, Brainiac Live! is
Sat Matinee: £13.50 back. More mischievous than ever before
2018 is a special year as it marks the Brainiac Live! will take you on a breathless
John Godber's Concs: £2 off 50th anniversary of the 1968 musical film
Schools: £9 for groups 10+ adaptation of Oliver! and Exeter Musical ride through the wild world of the weird and
wonderful.
UP ’N’ UNDER
Student Standby: £5 Society (EMS) are delighted to be once again
Age: 14yrs+ performing this wonderful story.
Running Time: 1hr 55mins Expect exploding dustbins, combusting
Let EMS take you on a musical adventure
Access: every performance as you journey through Victorian England microwaves and loads of live daredevil
Fri 23 & Sat 24 March 7.30pm has live Audio Description,
British Sign Language and
joining orphaned boy, Oliver Twist as he
escapes the workhouse and travels through
stunts! Watch from the safety of your seat
as the Brainiacs delve fearlessly into the
Sat Matinee 2.30pm spoken English. the underworld of London, meeting thieves
mysteries of science and do all of those
and vagabonds on the way.
things on stage that you’re too scared to do
The Wheatsheaf Arms rugby team, the laughing stock of GROUPS From the company that bought you Sister at home!
Castleford’s Amateur Rugby League 7-a-Side tournament Act and Legally Blonde, Oliver! features
MEMBERS fantastic sets, wonderful costumes and
have never won a game, don’t have seven players and spend
favourite songs including Consider Yourself, www.brainiaclive.com
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 “Extraordinary practice that Oom Pah Pah and Who Will Buy.
Tickets: £16
beat the mighty Cobblers Arms, but first he has to work out
how to communicate with them…
transforms contemporary www.exetermusicalsociety.com Family Ticket: £42 for 3, + up to 3 more
classics for a 21stC audience” Tickets:
A £22.50 B £20.50 C £18.50 D £16.50
tickets £14 each
Age: 6yrs+
John Godber’s award winning comedy, Up ’n’ Under, is given AUDIENCE MEMBER Fri & Sat Matinees: £16.50 Running Time: 60mins (no interval)
fingersmiths’ spin with a cast of Deaf and hearing actors Family Ticket: £60 (2 adults & 2 U16s -
using British Sign Language and spoken English to delight matinees only)
Age: 8yrs+
all audiences. Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
www.fingersmiths.org.uk GROUPS
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MusicScope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York.Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic Tickets:
A £27.50 B £24.50
C £22.50 D £19.50
Wed Green Matinee: £18.50*
Sat Matinee: £19.50
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £9 groups 10+
Student Standby: £5
Age: 10yrs+ contains
references to war and
Written by Daniel Jamieson some sexual references
Directed by Emma Rice Running Time:
90mins (no interval)
Tue 10 - Sat 14 April 7.30pm *Support the environment and
Wed Green Matinee 2.30pm* use Public Transport to attend
this discounted midweek
Sat Matinee: 2.30pm matinee show.
Perhaps you’ve seen them floating over a Russian village?
Or perhaps you’ve seen her toppling forward, arms full of wild
flowers, as he arches above her head and steals a kiss.
GROUPS
MEMBERS THE ENGLISH CONCERT
Harry Bicket director/harpsichord
Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! «««« Nadja Zwiener violin
Fri 20 April 8.30am-5.30pm
Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are "A visual gem" Sun 15 April 2.30pm
immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas
they flew, in life they walked through some of the most THE STAGE The English Concert rank among the finest
Exeter’s leading ideas festival is back for the
seventh year, bringing you another exceptional
devastating times in history.
chamber orchestras across the world with line-up of speakers who are changing the world
Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this
«««« an unsurpassed reputation for performances through their groundbreaking work and ideas.
young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian "Gloriously romantic" of baroque and early classical music. For
this visit to Exeter Northcott the Orchestra
The talks will inform, challenge and entertain.
We will encourage the audience to connect
Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s production is drawn
in a theatrical language as fluid as Chagall’s paintings, and THE TIMES presents music from the greatest Baroque
masters upon whom they built their
with each other, reflect on the day and turn
woven throughout with music and dance inspired by Russian inspiration into action.
Jewish tradition. reputation, and casts light on some of the
WINNER OF THE CAROL What people said last year:
more neglected corners of the period with
TAMBOR, BEST OF Tartini’s virtuosic violin concerto, performed “I’m still buzzing from TEDxExeter last Friday
Perhaps you’ve glimpsed her rising like a kite, anchored to the EDINBURGH AWARD 2017. by the orchestra’s inspirational leader – and can’t wait for TEDxExeter 2018!”
earth only by his triumphant hand? They are holding on to
hope, to history, and to each other. Nadja Zwiener. “They’ve done it yet again TEDxExeter was
breath-taking.”
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
www.kneehigh.co.uk Tickets go on sale at 10am on 1 Dec 2017
Purcell – Suite from Faerie Queen
Rameau – Suite from Les fêtes de L'Hymen LIVE in Exeter Northcott Theatre £75
et de l'Amour LIVESTREAM at Exeter University’s
Vivaldi – Concerto for strings in G minor Alumni Auditorium £25
Tartini – Violin Concerto in B minor
Both audiences will come together in the
Bach – Orchestral Suite No 3
University’s Great Hall for delicious
refreshments and lunch (all included in
englishconcert.co.uk
the ticket price).
Photo: Steve Tanner
Tickets: A £32.50 B £28.50 TEDxExeter is licensed by TED and
Title: Daryl Waller
C £24.50 D £18.50 independently organised by volunteers.
Concs: £2 off bands B-D www.TEDxExeter.com
Student Standby: £5
GROUPS
/ExeterNorthcottTheatre www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 21ASSOCIATE
RICHARD HERRING: ebp presents
OH FRIG, I’M 50! HENRY BLOFELD: «««««
“jaw dropping... a
Sat 21 April 7.30pm 78 RETIRED superb production”
“I only regret the people I didn’t have sex Sun 29 April 7.30pm
with….. And 60% of the people I did have EXPRESS & ECHO
Henry ‘My Dear Old Thing’ Blofeld has
sex with.”
hung up his microphone after 50 years on Jungle Book
“Podfather” (The Guardian) and star of commentating on international cricket.
Radio 4’s Relativity, Richard Herring gets
The cherished golden voice of cricket has Tue 24 – Sat 28 April 7pm
to the half century (against all odds) and
looks at how his life has changed in the
decided to celebrate by touring the country Wed Schools Matinee 1.30pm
with his brand-new show, jam-packed full
last decade, from irresponsible, single of unheard anecdotes from on and off the Sat Matinee 2.30pm ««««
kidult, literally fighting his way through
a mid-life crisis, to married father who is
pitch, as well as stories from the TMS box
not allowed on the radio! From the team that brought you the smash hit Jungle “a sparkling production
mid-way to the telegram from the Queen
(though given she will be 140 in 2067, she
Book, the award winning Metta Theatre, an Associate ...thrilling” IRISH TIMES
Don’t miss the chance to wave a bat in Company of Exeter Northcott Theatre, return with
might forget to send it). honour to the last bastion of the original their extraordinary new adaptation of Little Mermaid. on Jungle Book
Test Match Special team; the team who With spectacular circus, awe-inspiring acrobatics and
Following on from Oh F***, I’m 40!, this made it the much-loved programme it is spellbinding original songs this is a show for everyone. Tickets: £15
is the second (and let’s face it, almost today. The summers of cricket will never be Family Ticket: £39 for 3, + up
certainly penultimate) instalment in the same without our ‘Dear Old Thing’. The Little Mermaid longs for life on land, the Prince is to 3 more tickets £13 each
Herring’s once-a-decade examination consumed by the lure of the sea. When a raging storm Schools: £9 for groups 10+
of ageing. www.henryblofeld.co.uk brings them together the wheels of fate are set in motion. Student Standby: £5
Sacrificing her voice to the powerful Sea Witch, the Little Age: 8yrs+
www.richardherring.com Tickets: £21.50 Mermaid and her Prince will face many more obstacles if Running Time: 70mins
Running Time: 2hrs 10mins they are ever to be together. (no interval)
Tickets: £16.80 CURRY
Running Time: 1hr 50mins AND A BSL & Audio Described
This breathtakingly beautiful production will enchant
DRINK Performance: Sat 28 April
everyone from 8 to 108. A triumphant tale of love 2.30pm, with Touch Tour at 1pm
£12 overcoming all.
FAMILY
www.mettatheatre.co.uk
22 @ExeterNorthcott /ExeterNorthcottTheatre Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 23Mark Bruce Company present Tickets:
A £19 B £17 C £15 D £13
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £9 for groups 10+
Student Standby: £5
Age: 11yrs+
Running Time: 1hr 45mins
Post Show Talk: Mon 1 May
Mon 1 & Tue 2 May 7.30pm GROUPS
TALK
Multi-award-winning Mark Bruce Company present a
striking dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s
Macbeth, a tragic descent into the darkest sides of
human nature.
© Disney 2017
Goaded by the whispers of demons, the Macbeths
(Jonathan Goddard, Eleanor Duval) unleash murder for
“Kill for a ticket.”
their own gains and set in motion their path to madness
and self-destruction, unravelling events in a nightmare
they cannot control.
THE OBSERVER on Dracula SING-A-LONG-A ENCORE DANCE
With a cast of nine and designed by the creative team BEAUTY AND THE BEAST COMPANY
that brought you Dracula and The Odyssey, this dance
theatre production realises a beautifully harrowing Sat 5 May 7pm Sun 6 May 2.30pm
vision of an internal wasteland formed from the Encore Dance Company, the 3rd year
pursuit of power through ruthless means. Singalonga Productions invite you to “Be
our Guest” at Sing-a-Long-a Beauty and Graduate Company from Tring Park School
the Beast. Join us as we celebrate with a for the Performing Arts, returns with an
www.markbrucecompany.com exciting mixed programme of all
screening of Disney’s brand new adaptation
of the iconic fairy tale, with on-screen lyrics dance genres.
so everyone can join in!
This year’s show includes works by Sir
Our Singalonga host will start with a pre- Kenneth MacMillan, Ernst Meisner, Kerry
show where they will warm up your voices, Nicholls and many other world-acclaimed
teach you some hand actions, show you how choreographers.
to use the famous Singalonga props bag
Tickets: £15
during the film and when to Boo the arrogant
Concs: £2 off for benefit recipients,
Gaston and of course judge the fancy dress
registered disabled, students, 60+, U16s
competition!
Age: all ages
Running Time: 2hrs
So some along and celebrate this “tale as old
as time”, dress as your favourite character GROUPS
and get ready to feel part of a real fairytale.
www.singalonga.net
“an impressive performance…
Tickets: £16 This was Encore Dance in the
U16s: £12
Family Tickets: £48 for 4 (max 2 adults); best form I’ve ever seen it.”
£36 for 3 (max 1 adult)
Age: PG
DANCING TIMES on
Running Time: 2hrs 50mins Encore Dance 2017
FAMILY
24 @ExeterNorthcott /ExeterNorthcottTheatre GROUPSRegistered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 25Jammy Voo presents Tickets: £16
Concs: £2 off
THE SLEEPER - A Teenage Fairy Tale
Age: 11yrs+
Running Time: 60 mins
(no interval)
in collaboration with Rhum and Clay GROUPS
MEMBERS
Thu 3 & Fri 4 May 7.30pm
A teenager refuses to get up. She only wants to sleep. For
a hundred years. At least.
With glittering 80s glam, Exeter-based touring theatre
company Jammy Voo team up with Rhum and Clay to bring
you a darkly delicious and furiously funny performance ««««
inspired by the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. With physical
theatre, puppetry and featuring eighties pop duo ‘The "Adventurous
Fairies’ live on stage, we are served a juicy portion of
teenage-trouble, where a kiss can solve a lot of problems,
fantasy theatre"
but not all of them... HAMAR NEWS, NORWAY A Lyric Hammersmith & Filter Theatre production Tickets: A £25.50 B £22.50
Jonathan Broadbent as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream 2016. Photo by Tristram Kenton.
A show for family audiences, ages 11 + C £20 D £17.50
A MIDSUMMER
Sat Matinee: £17.50
Commissioned by Exeter Northcott Theatre and Co- "A fascinating show Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £10 groups 10+
produced by Teater Innlandet (Norway), with support from
Arts Council England. for all ages" Student Standby: £5
GD KULTER LILLEHAMMER,
NORWAY
NIGHT’S DREAM Age: 14yrs+
Running Time: 100 mins
(no interval)
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sean Holmes
GROUPS
MEMBERS
Tue 8 – Sat 12 May 7.30pm «««««
Wed & Thu School Matinees 1.30pm
Sat Matinee 2.30pm
“Quite brilliant”
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of
Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, comes to Exeter Northcott, after its critically ««««
acclaimed London and international festival runs.
“Slapstick, magic
Featuring original live music, this classic tale of
young lovers and warring fairies is given a unique and and mayhem”
irreverent twist.
THE GUARDIAN
Don’t miss one of the most exciting and inventive
Shakespeare productions of recent years.
««««
“Knock-you-sideways funny”
WHATSONSTAGE
26 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 27UK Touring presents Komedia Entertainment &
Live Nation Present
ROGER McGOUGH COUNT ARTHUR
+LiTTLe MACHiNe STRONG IS ALIVE
Sun 13 May 7.30pm
Roger McGough’s new show with Walter,
Steve and Chris of LiTTLe MACHiNe
features a fine selection of vintage, classic
AND UNPLUGGED Featuring the music and lyrics of
Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman
Tickets: £22.80
Wed Green Matinee: £18.80*
and surprising poems set to music, as
Sat 19 May 8pm and Al Sherman and Robert J Sherman Concs: U16s £15
Book by Robert J Sherman Age: all ages
featured on the new album The Likes Running Time: TBC
Alone, solo and by himself, with no one with
of Us. him, the show business Colossasus (check
that) takes us back on a journey through his Tue 15 May – Fri 18 May 7.30pm *Support the environment
Hilarious and surreal, McGough is and use Public Transport
a poet of many voices. Menace and
early career. Using the latest technology and
all that (I presume we’ve got a projector?)
Wed Green Matinee 2.30pm* to attend this discounted
melancholy there may be, but with plenty he will be delving into his own personal midweek matinee show.
of McGough’s characteristic wit and The compelling story of one family’s century-long,
box of video cassettes and talking us (you)
wordplay too. LiTTLe MACHiNe are the award-winning musical journey; and you already know
through the highlights of his glittering TV GROUPS
must have act at Literary Festivals from all the songs!
career, with many of his trademark stories
York to Dubai, setting classic poems to we’ve come to love him for. If you only buy
music and performing them with energy, one ticket for something this year make sure Three generations of Sherman songwriting is brought
passion and humour. It’s poetry but not it’s this and bring someone with you. You to life in this delightful show: from Tin Pan Alley
like you’ve heard or seen it before. won’t be disappointed by him (me). songwriter Al Sherman— writer for artists including
Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald— to the Oscar and
@McgoughRoger Tickets: £22.80 Grammy Award winning Sherman Brothers (Mary
MAIN
Age: all ages Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book,
AND A
Tickets: £20 DRINK Running Time: 1hr 50mins Winnie the Pooh) up to present day, with songs from
Age: 12yrs+ Robert J. Sherman’s own musical Love Birds.
Running Time: 2hrs 10mins
£15 MAIN
AND A
DRINK Catch this practically perfect family production on its
premiere UK tour celebrating 100 years of Sherman
"What a night. Roger and Little Machine £15 family music.
stormed it!" BEWDLEY FESTIVAL /ExeterNorthcottTheatre Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 29PaddleBoat Theatre Company present Tickets: £9
Family Ticket: £21 for 3, + up
MARGO & MR. WHATSIT
to 3 more tickets £7 each
Age: 4yrs+
Running Time: 50mins
(no interval)
Sun 20 May 2.30pm
FAMILY
Do you have an imaginary friend? A little piece of mischief
only you can see?
Sophia’s imaginary friend is called Mr. Whatsit, and he’s
always there with a new joke to tell and a new game to play
– that is, until the day she unimagines him. Now there’s a ASSOCIATE
new imaginary friend in town – the tea-drinking, lipstick-
wearing, ever-confident Margo.
Can Mr. Whatsit’s childish playfulness keep him from being
unimagined forever? And as Sophia’s imagination goes to
war, will she manage to find peace in her new home?
BALLET CENTRAL BARRY CRYER & COLIN SELL
PaddleBoat Theatre Company present a lively and
Sun 27 May 7.30pm - STRICTLY COME JOKING
imaginative tale full of mime, puppetry, music, clowning Under the artistic direction of Christopher
and object play and invite you to enter Sophia’s world,
where the real and the imaginary collide and friends are
Marney, Ballet Central returns with a new Sun 10 June 7.30pm
programme showcasing the best in dance
never far away. theatre. These young dancers on the cusp Barry Cryer and Colin Sell – the Ant and
of their professional careers will perform Dec of the sanatogen set, reunite to bring
o @paddleboattco a mixed bill, featuring works by world- you a new show, devised by them after the
www.paddleboattheatre.co.uk renowned choreographers. visitors left. Cryer, still a “Sprightly Veteran”
(Undertakers Gazette) and Sell a “Legendary
See Jenna Lee’s brand new creation Black Virtuoso” (Pensioners Website) combine
Swan, a dark twist on the iconic classic, to entertain you with songs, jokes and the
and a gothic reworking of the Fairies amazing realization that they’re still here.
Prologue from Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping
Beauty. An excerpt from FAR by the multi Join them before they come apart.
award-winning choreographer and director
Wayne McGregor will also feature and to Tickets: £22
celebrate the work of Kenneth MacMillan Running Time: 2hrs
the repertoire includes an excerpt from
his rarely-seen Valley of Shadows. Finally,
enjoy Christopher Gable’s Cinderella, a
timeless version of a much-loved fairy tale.
Tickets: A £16.50 B £14.50
C £12.50 D £12.50
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £9 groups 10+
Student Standby: £5
Age: 6yrs+
Running Time: TBC
GROUPS
MEMBERS
30 Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 31MOZART //
Tickets:
A £36 B £33 C £26 D £21
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Student Standby: £5
Pre-Show Talks: 6.30pm
Wed 23, Fri 25 & Sat 26 May
(Venues TBC).
Tue 22, Wed 23 & Sat 26 May 7.30pm
GROUPS
English Touring Opera presents an energetic new production TALK
of one of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s classic
comedy The Marriage of Figaro. During the course of one
eventful day, Figaro and Susanna must overcome every
obstacle put in their way by Count Almaviva and his cronies
before they can finally be united as man and wife. Blanche
McIntyre (Tosca, 2017) returns to direct this most warm- Praise for Il tabarro &
hearted of operas, equally acclaimed for its sublime music and
huge sense of fun. Gianni Schicchi (2011)
Sung in English with surtitles
“Ensemble work doesn’t get
PUCCINI // tighter than this”
IL TABARRO & GIANNI SCHICCHI
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Thu 24 & Fri 25 May 7.30pm
THE INDEPENDENT
Puccini’s one-act operas Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi could
hardly be more different: one is a moody romance ending
in a grotesque murder on a barge in Paris, and the other is
a sparkling comedy about a family inheritance in Florence.
First performed in 2011 to great critical acclaim, this double
bill shows Puccini at his finest as a master of the theatre that
SUNDAY EXPRESS
speaks to the heart.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
whatson.englishtouringopera.org.uk
DAILY TELEGRAPH
THE TIMES
32 @ExeterNorthcott Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 33Iolanthe
photo: kayyoungphotography.com
MAIN
AND A
DRINK
£15
Mon 28 May – Sat 2 June 7.30pm Tickets:
Wed Green Matinee 2.30pm*
Mon – Thu Evenings: «««« «««« ««««
A £36 B £34 C £32 D £28
Sat Matinee 2.30pm Fri & Sat Evenings: “It looks superb, sounds divine “entirely enchanting” “this absurdly silly but sweetly
A £38 B £36 C £34 D £30
Flashdance – The Musical returns to the UK for the first time Wed Green Matinee: and ends happily. Who could TIME OUT touching version of Iolanthe is
since 2011 starring Strictly Come Dancing Champion Joanne A £28 B £26 C £24 D £20* ask for more?” a comic pleasure.”
Clifton as Alex Owens and A1 heart-throb and singer-songwriter Sat Matinee:
Ben Adams as Nick Hurley. A £36 B £34 C £32 D £28 THE EVENING STANDARD THE GUARDIAN
Flashdance tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex, Concs: £2 off bands B-D
a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, who dreams of Age: 11yrs+ Tue 5 – Sat 9 June 7.30pm Tickets: A £26 B £23
C £20.50 D £18
Running Time: TBC
going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming
a professional dancer. When a romance with Nick Hurley
Sat Matinee 2.30pm Sat Matinee: £18.50
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
complicates her ambitions, she harnesses it to drive her dream. GROUPS Student Standby: £5
Having wooed audiences with the Pirates of Penzance,
H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, Sasha Regan returns with Age: 6yrs+
Prepare to be blown away with an astonishing musical spectacle *Support the environment Running Time: 2hrs 25mins
and phenomenal choreography to this iconic score, including the and use Public Transport her most critically acclaimed production to date, Iolanthe.
Post Show Talk: Wed 6 June
smash hits Maniac, Gloria, I Love Rock & Roll and the award- to attend this discounted
winning title track Flashdance - What a Feeling. midweek matinee show. Universally regarded as Sir Arthur Sullivan’s most beautiful
score, Iolanthe is a topsy-turvy love story between the GROUPS
Presented by Selladoor Productions - producers of most unlikely of couples… fairies and members of the MEMBERS
Footloose, Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors and Runaway House of Lord’s! Sasha Regan’s inimitable inventiveness TALK
Entertainment, Flashdance - The Musical is not to be missed! combined with Gilbert and Sullivan’s inherent barminess
make for an unmissable night out.
34 @ExeterNorthcott /ExeterNorthcottTheatre Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 35««««« Tickets: £9.50
“no-holds- Family Ticket: £22.50
for 3 + up to 3 more
barred comedy” tickets £7.50 each
presents Age: suitable for all ages
METRO Running Time: 40 mins
ugly duckling
(no interval)
«««« FAMILY
“Hugely funny”
THE TIMES "A spellbinding treat"
Sat 16 June 2pm, 4pm & 6pm THE STAGE
Don’t miss Northern Ballet’s hugely popular
Ugly Duckling as it returns to the stage for
WHO, ME. the first time since 2013.
Wed 27 June 7.30pm Ugly Duckling is lonely and fed-up,
ignored by those around her who think
Doctor Who is about to face his greatest she is too ugly to fit in. She tries to
challenge: his number one fan. Rob make friends with fellow ducklings
Lloyd (BBC America’s Doctor Who: Earth as well as with frogs, cats and
Wed 13 June 7.30pm Conquest) is putting The Doctor on trial. even a fox, but realising she is
Is Doctor Who (the television show) guilty not like any of these animals,
Following a sold out run at London’s of inciting in Rob a debilitating obsession, she is left sad and alone.
Menier Chocolate Factory and two or has it shaped him into a well-rounded, Follow the duckling on
critically-acclaimed West End runs, David mentally-sound member of society? her journey as she
Baddiel takes his Olivier-nominated one- overcomes her troubles
man show to theatres nationwide. WHO, ME. is a hilarious romp across the and realises that she
Doctor’s 54 years, 13 faces and countless was beautiful
My Family: Not the Sitcom is a show adventures. all along.
about memory, ageing, infidelity,
dysfunctional relatives, moral policing Retelling the famous Hans
on social media, golf, and gay cats. A Tickets: £15 Christian Andersen fairytale,
massively disrespectful celebration of Concs: £2 off Ugly Duckling is the perfect
the lives of David Baddiel’s late sex-mad Age: all ages opportunity for your little ones
mother, Sarah, and dementia-ridden Running Time: 80mins (no interval) to enjoy live ballet, music and
father, Colin. theatre for the first time.
GROUPS
Come and be offended on David’s behalf! As seen on CBeebies, Northern
Ballet’s sell-out productions
Tickets: £27 CURRY for children are not to
Age: 14yrs+ AND A
Running Time: 2hrs «««« DRINK
be missed.
“boasts side-splitting £12
MAIN
AND A
laughs and also moves
DRINK people to tears”
£15
EVENING STANDARD
36 @ExeterNorthcott /ExeterNorthcottTheatre Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 37BALLET BLACK
Tilted Wig Productions and Malvern Theatres present Tickets: A £25 B £22 Tickets:
C £19.50 D £16.50 A £21.50 B £18
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Wed Green Matinee: £15*
Sat Matinee: £17
Concs: £2 off bands B-D Mon 25 & Tue 26 June 7.30pm
C £15 D £13
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
Schools: £9 for groups 10+
by Charles Dickens Schools: £9 groups 10+ (Wed
mat & Tue - Thu eves B-D)
Student Standby: £5
Age: 7yrs+
Student Standby: £5 Running Time: TBC
With Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Havisham Audiences can’t resist the ‘joyously unpredictable’
Age: 12yrs+ Post Show Talk: Mon 25 June
Adapted by Ken Bentley (Guardian) programmes danced by Ballet Black, back
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
for their seventh year.
GROUPS
*Support the environment and
MEMBERS
Tue 19 – Sat 23 June 7.30pm use public transport to attend Led by Artistic Director Cassa Pancho, this company
celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, TALK
this discounted midweek
Wed Green Matinee 2.30pm* matinee show. showcasing technique, precision and grace in
Sat Matinee 2.30pm specially commissioned pieces.
GROUPS
As part of their latest double bill, renowned British
The producers who have delighted audiences in recent
years with Travels with my Aunt, Our Man in Havana and
MEMBERS
choreographer Cathy Marston, choreographs a new
“a delicious confection of a
A Christmas Carol are back with Dickens’ timeless classic narrative ballet for the Company. Based on Can Themba’s Dream, richly choreographed…
South African fable The Suit, this is the first dance
in a powerful new stage adaptation.
adaptation of the affecting short story.
but subverted by a rude and
Following a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, young Pip is given an unexpected surreal spirit of misrule.”
chance to better himself by visiting the reclusive and mysterious Miss Havisham. In the Completing the evening is Arthur Pita’s Olivier nominated
decaying grandeur of her house, Pip falls in love with Estella and helped by an anonymous A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream, described as THE GUARDIAN
benefactor, he moves to the bustling city to pursue his dream of winning Estella’s heart and of ‘charming and hilarious’ by Dance Europe magazine. The
becoming part of the educated elite. production mixes classical and contemporary to distil the
essence of Shakespeare’s comedy, unfolding to an eclectic “magical, funny, beautiful
Olivier Award-winning actress, Nichola McAuliffe, leads the cast as the iconic Miss Havisham. soundtrack that includes Eartha Kitt, Barbra Streisand
and Yma Sumac. Performing it, ‘the company have never
and anarchic”
Nichola is best known for her role in the long running TV series, Surgical Spirit, the films
Tomorrow Never Dies and Chéri and her many stage appearances including Kiss Me Kate for looked better’ (Independent). THE STAGE
the RSC, The Night of the Iguana in the West End and Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van.
www.balletblack.co.uk
38 @ExeterNorthcott /ExeterNorthcottTheatre Registered Charity No. 1151620 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 39Tall Stories present Tickets: £14
Family Ticket: £39 for 3, + up
to 3 more tickets £13 each
Age: 4yrs+
Running Time: 55mins
daily telegraph the times mail on sunday
(no interval)
« « «
FAMILY whatsonstage libby purves city am
a trademark touring
and watermill theatre
production
“Faultless family fare…
Sat 7 & Sun 8 July One of the best examples
Sat 2pm & 4pm; Sun 11am & 2pm of children’s theatre”
WHATSONSTAGE.COM
“An exquisite piece of theatre” by IAN HISLOP & NICK NEWMAN
THE STAGE
The Snail and the Whale © Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Join a tiny snail on her trip round the world in Tall Stories’ Mon 10 – Sat 15 September 7.30pm Tickets
Mon – Thu Evenings & Sat Matinee:
(creators of the The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom stage Wed Green Matinee 2.30pm* A £31.50 B £29 C £27 D £23
shows) magical, musical adaptation of the fantastic picture “An imaginative and Fri & Sat Evenings:
book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Sat Matinee 2.30pm
heartfelt adaptation” A £33.50 B £31 C £29 D £25
Wed Green Matinee: £22*
Longing to see the world, a tiny snail hitches a lift on the THE LIST Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s The Wipers Times
tells the true and extraordinary story of the satirical
Concs: £2 off bands B-D
tail of a humpback whale. Together they go on an amazing Student Standby: £5
adventure - but when the whale gets beached, how will the newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Age: 10yrs+
snail save him? Follow the tiny snail’s exciting journey, as Somme. The Wipers Times is coming to Exeter direct Running Time: 2hrs 20mins
seen through the eyes of an adventurous young girl and her from a record breaking West End season.
*Support the environment and use
seafaring father...
Public Transport to attend this
discounted midweek matinee show.
Storytelling, live music and lots of laughs, in a show for
everyone aged 4 and up.
"remarkable forerunner to Private Eye"
GROUPS
/ExeterNorthcottTheatre
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