Nature Knows Best

TicTac Theatre (which stands for two is company three’s a crowd theatre) is an emerging theatre company based in Exeter that specialises in two-handers and multi role productions.

TicTac’s repertoire includes a mixture of classical and contemporary plays.

TicTac Theatre will soon be undertaking its third production “Nature Knows Best”.

“Nature Knows Best” is a compilation of three short comedy plays by Devonshire playwright Nick Discombe. Each play portrays a day in the life of three different animal couplings.

“Sheep Mount” is a hilarious, yet poignant piece, in which a ewe and a ram escape their depressing lives on an enclosed farm in Devon, to roam free on Dartmoor. The defiant ewe, Zoe, is fed up of the farmer taking her young and hopes to rescue her relationship with her ram, Wayne, despite his roving eye. Meanwhile Wayne has been contending with many horrible scientific treatments from the farmer.

“Sea Gull Heaven” gives us a look into the life of two gulls that have been living out their days at a tip, where there are easy pickings for food because of mans wasteful habits. But due to city dangers and a wasteful life, they wish to get back to nature, so fly to the coast of Dawlish where they aim to cleanse their spirits.

“Seahorse Ride” changes our perceptions, as we see conventional roles within a relationship switch. The male of the species carries the children and gives birth to them and he is not at all happy about it. Not just for the obvious reason, but also because of mans effects on the environment that are deteriorating any chance of his births being successful.

Nature Knows Best is being performed on Wed 17th & Thu 18th May. You can see them at 7:30pm at Cygnet Theatre Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ

Tickets £5 www.cygnettheatre.co.uk Phone:01392 277189 Or EVIT (Exeter Visitor Information & Tickets): 01392 665885 www.wegottickets.com

TicTac Theatres previous productions were “The Open Couple” by Dario Fo and “You Were After Poetry”.

“The Open Couple” premiered at the Bike Shed Theatre as part of the ‘From Devon With Love’ festival. Following on, were performances at a variety of theatres and festivals including the Harrogate theatre, The Queens Theatre Barnstaple, Alma Tavern Bristol, Stroud festival and Cygnet Theatre.

“You Were After Poetry” took them to the same venues and in addition, The Everyman Theatre Cheltenham.

Hannah & Scott are now hoping to build on the success of their last two tours by taking “Nature Knows Best” to Festivals around the UK, continuing to expand TicTac Theatres strong reputation for producing quality performances.

• “TicTac are a two-handed company founded by Hannah Brooks and Scott Goodair – and if you searched all year you couldn’t cast The Open Couple better.”

• “Brooks and Goodair attacked this demanding play with verve”

• “Brilliantly performed by TicTac Theatre”

For further information, or to support or sponsor the company, please visit www.tictactheatre.co.uk