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Exeter Northcott Theatre launches Autumn 2010 season 27/07/10

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce details of its full Autumn 2010 programme of events. Packed full of classic and contemporary plays, music, comedy, dance and family shows, there is sure to be something to tempt everyone.

Click here to download a PDF of the new Autumn 2010 Season Brochure.

The season opens with Filter Theatre’s Twelfth Night (5 – 9 October), an irreverent and fast-paced take on this much-loved comedy. Originally performed in the RSC’s Complete Works Festival, it’s one of the freshest and most acclaimed Shakespeare productions of recent years. The drama continues with Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds’ production of George Lillo’s The London Merchant (20, 22 & 23 October), a lost dramatic gem of the Georgian era, presented as part of their Restoring the Repertoire residency, which includes a Script In Hand reading of John Bull (21 October) and a free illustrated talk on the history and restoration of the Regency Theatre Royal (The Georgian Globe, 23 October). Other drama includes English Touring Theatre’s heart-warming Rum and Coca Cola (10 – 13 November), directed by Don Warrington (Rising Damp, Manchild) and Simon Ward and Susan Penhaligon star in a new touring production of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III (23 – 27 November). For fans of new writing, ScriptUnscript present The Sugar Syndrome (17 & 18 November), the debut play by the award-winning young playwright Lucy Prebble of Enron fame.

For families, international collective Peut-être Theatre invite you to meet The Bug and The Butterfly (10 October), an exciting new show for adults and children that fuses dance and music with Spanish and English text, inspired by the poems of Frederico Garcia Lorca; Vamos Theatre’s Nursing Lives (1 – 3 December) is a full-mask theatre production, designed to appeal to audiences from 8 to 108, that celebrates nurses at work and play during the years of World War II; Exeter Northcott will also be hosting a series of events as part of EXE-treme Imagination (1 – 7 November) – a new festival of literature for children and young people packed with amazing things to do with stories and texts. Highlights include the chance to meet celebrated authors Floella Benjamin (6 November), Michael Morpurgo (4 November), Bel Mooney (7 November) and John O’Farrell (7 November), and Show of Strength Theatre Company & Travelling Light Theatre Company present Celebration (6 & 7 November), a wonderful collection of plays written just for children and performed at different times and locations over the weekend.

For Christmas 2010 our family show is Tall Stories’ Room on the Broom (Tues 14 December – Sun 2 January). From the creators of The Gruffalo, and based on the best selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the show features songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up (and their grown ups).

The ever popular Jasmin Vardimon Company return with their new work 7734 (2 & 3 November), which once again combines dance, video, text and music to create an awe-inspiring performance, and English Touring Opera present a double bill of operas set to texts by famous playwrights: Promised End (29 October) is a new opera by Alexander Goehr based on King Lear, one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, whilst The Duenna (30 October) is the first new production after hundreds of years, of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play. This opera, the most popular of the Georgian period, is tuneful, sabre-tongued, light-hearted and irreverent.

Music this season comes in a variety of forms with the return of the ever popular Classical Concert Series, featuring Pianist Freddy Kempf (17 October), classic jazz performed by Mitch Winehouse (19 November), spectacular song and dance numbers performed by a West End cast in Gotta Sing Gotta Dance (14 – 16 October), and Hit Me! The Life & Rhymes of Ian Dury (11 October), which is a warts-and-all portrait of the Blockhead’s lead singer, featuring many of his best songs performed live.

On the comedy front, Ardal O’Hanlon promises lots of topical gags in his new stand-up show (31 October), as he laughs in the face of mounting adversity - recession, inclement weather, an ageing body, and impending doom, and you’re invited to ‘tuck in’ as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli in The Nearly Naked Chef (14 November), as the celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening’s entertainment.

Times are tough for everyone so we’ve made sure that there are prices to suit every pocket, including a new concession for patrons aged 60+ on most shows. Further savings can be made by buying a Season Saver, which allows customers to see up to 4 plays at a discounted price. For younger members of our audience we’re pleased to continue to offer FREE tickets for Under 26s through Arts Council England’s A Night Less Ordinary scheme.

Tickets go on general sale for the Autumn 2010 Season on Friday 30 July and are available by calling the Exeter Northcott Theatre Box Office on 01392 493493, or choose your seats online at www.exeternorthcott.co.uk Alternatively buy in person from Exeter Northcott Theatre, Stocker Road, EX4 4QB.

For further information and to request interviews, review tickets and images, please contact Katherine Scott, email k.j.scott@exeter.ac.uk

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