Announcing Forever Young: music, laughs, and old friends

In Forever Young, the Northcott Theatre has been transformed into a retirement home for older actors – but this lot aren’t living out their days quietly! Beloved performers from your favourite Northcott plays and pantos will return to belt out rock and pop anthems, reminisce about their stage days, and raise a little hell along the way.

“Forever Young is a very special show that I’m thrilled to bring to Exeter,” says Martin Berry, our Creative Director and Joint Chief Executive, “I can’t wait to get our audiences’ favourite Northcott actors back on stage, plus some new faces – all in one gloriously silly play. Forever Young lets them run riot as larger-than-life versions of themselves, all while belting out well-known, much-loved songs everyone will recognise.

The cast is yet to be announced, but the soundtrack will include I Will Survive, Barbie Girl, I Love Rock ’n’ Roll, Imagine, Respect, and many more.

“It’s going to be packed with laugh-out-loud moments,” adds Berry, “and there’s a real heart beating underneath the mischief. Yes, we all have to grow old – but who says we have to grow up?”