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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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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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A lifelong passion for the technical side of theatre saw Maurice pursue a dual career as a partner in Stage Electrics and also as chief electrician at the Exeter Northcott Theatre, where he launched the careers of a number of the country's top stage lighting designers and technicians. His services to drama and his commitment to training in theatre resulted in him being awarded an MBE in 2009.
Maurice touched the lives of everyone who has ever worked at the Exeter Northcott Theatre; he retired as Chief Electrician in 2009 but remained on the staff as Technical Training Associate until very recently when his illness made this impossible. Maurice's personal commitment to the development of young people at the beginning of their careers has been, and will remain, a very important part of the Northcott's culture and he will be greatly missed.
Maurice co-found Stage Electrics with David Whitehead in 1979, a company which has grown into an internationally trading business with a turnover of £27.5 million. Recently, with the onset of illness, Maurice has helped cement the current management structure to ensure that the company continues to thrive without his guidance.
His long-time business partner David Whitehead said: "Maurice was a private man with strong beliefs and principles who stuck with them throughout his life. He had a talent for developing individuals and would go out of his way to help others. He remained actively involved in Stage Electrics right up until the time of his death."
The Funeral
Where: St.Saviours House, St. Agnes Avenue, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2DU
When: 2.30pm on Tuesday 20th July
Click here for a map to the funeral
Flowers and Donations
It has been asked that rather than sending flowers, generous donations would be greatly appreciated to Hospiscare who have been of considerable support and comfort to Maurice in the past weeks.
Donations can be sent to the Funeral Directors Sillifant and Sons, 19-20 Holloway Street, Exeter, EX2 4JD.
There will also be a retiring collection for Hospiscare after the funeral.
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