Creative Director Martin Berry in Exe Men rehearsals. Headshot of Ashley Pharoah. Elevate Festival logo.

Elevate Festival: Adapting Exe Men

A conversation with Ashley Pharoah and Martin Berry

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Join acclaimed screenwriter Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) and Northcott Creative Director Martin Berry in conversation about the Northcott world premiere production of Exe Men. The two men will discuss their process of bringing the iconic story to the stage, including taking questions, lifting the lid on how Ashley made the transition from screen to stage, and how they handled a cast of 40 people and a play with 31 scenes.


Elevate Festival

This event is part of Elevate Festival, a week-long celebration of new work from South-West artists.

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