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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.
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Maurice Marshal 1934 - 2010 »
Maurice Marshal MBE, former Chief Electrician and Technical Training Associate at Exeter Northcott and co-founder of Stage Electrics has died following a courageous battle to fight cancer at the age of 76.
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University steps in to operate Exeter Northcott 20/05/10 »
The University of Exeter has agreed to set up a new company to run the Exeter Northcott. The theatre will go ahead with both the Exeter Summer Festival events and is planning a winter programme, including a Christmas show.
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New enhanced hearing system installed »
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Are you under 26? Get free tickets to the theatre... »
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Exeter Northcott announces autumn season highlights 28/06/10
Exeter Northcott is delighted to be back in business this summer – packed houses have already enjoyed a production of West Side Story in collaboration with the University of Exeter as a warm up to the Exeter Summer Festival which began last Friday. We will shortly be announcing full details of our Autumn 2010 programme of events which will include classic and contemporary plays, music, comedy and dance, but to whet your appetite we are delighted to announce a few highlights which are going on sale this week including our family show for Christmas 2010: Room on the Broom (Tues 14 December – Sun 2 January).
Adapted by Tall Stories theatre company, from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, this delightful show tells the story of a witch and her cat who set out to fight a witch-hunting dragon. Physical storytelling, original songs and puppetry combine to create laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up (and their grown-ups too!). Tall Stories created Room on the Broom following the success of their previous adaptations of the Donaldson/Scheffler books The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child. The Maidenhead Advertiser described the show as “A magical spell of really enjoyable family fun!’
Ardal O’Hanlon promises lots of topical gags in his new stand-up show (Sun 31 October), as he laughs in the face of mounting adversity - recession, inclement weather, an aging body, and impending doom. Ardal is probably best known on TV for his much loved role Father Dougal Maguire in Channel 4’s BAFTA winning series Father Ted, but other acclaimed roles include George Sunday/ Thermoman in My Hero (BBC 1) and Eamon in Big Bad World (ITV).
The ever popular English Touring Opera return to Exeter Northcott at the end of October with an opera double bill: Promised End (Fri 29 October) is a new opera by Alexander Goehr, based on King Lear, one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. One of the UK’s most respected composers, Goehr has created a new piece of inspiring lyric theatre. The Duenna (Sat 30 October), is the first new production, after hundreds of years, of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Duenna, a play with songs composed by the Linleys of Bath, depicting the scandalous elopement of the Irish playwright with Elizabeth Linley, a celebrated singer and society beauty. This opera, the most popular of the Georgian period, is tuneful, sabre-tongued, light-hearted and irreverent – the jewel of Georgian England.
Tickets go on general sale for all these events on Tuesday 29 June and are available by calling the Exeter Northcott Theatre Box Office on 01392 493493, or click on the BOOK ONLINE links to choose your seats online. Alternatively buy in person from Exeter Northcott Theatre, Stocker Road, EX4 4QB.
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