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Exeter Northcott Theatre launches spectacular Spring/Summer 2024 season

Exeter Northcott announced today over 100 exciting new events at its Northcott and city centre Barnfield theatres from January until June 2024, including:

  • Musical extravaganzas: smash-hit parody Unfortunate and Windrush celebration RUSH: A Joyous Jamaican Journey .
  • Laughs for all: must-see comedies The Time Machine and The Importance of Being... Earnest? and stand-up from Georgie Carroll and Romesh Ranganathan .
  • Social justice spotlights: Women’s History Month brings powerful stories Protest and WANTED
  • Family entertainment: Belongings , a
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Exeter Northcott Theatre Launches Spring/Summer 2023 Season

Exeter Northcott has announced a new season of events at its Northcott and Barnfield theatres for January to August 2023, revealing a rich range of absurd comedies, cutting-edge dramas, family favourites and innovative South West-based productions:

  • 74 events across Exeter over the next eight months.
  • Olivier Award-winning West End comedy Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) .
  • Mark Gatiss directs ABBA comedy The Way Old Friends Do .
  • Bone-chilling ghost story When Darkness Falls .
  • School holiday stage adaptations of beloved children’s
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Barnfield Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk - Online panto

Event Date: 
13/02/2021 - 12:00pm to 20/02/2021 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
ONLINE via Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Peter Duncan presents Jack and the Beanstalk: The Grand Family Pantomime Online

13 Feb 2021 — 20 Feb 2021

Ticket £25 per household with unlimited access for the week!

Our theatres find themseles in unexpected times with the great festive tradition of the family pantomime cancelled in many towns and cities across the land, but riding to the rescue, to make sure that panto-loving audiences don’t miss out on this special experience is 'Blue Peter' legend Peter Duncan with his biggest and best "Here's One I Made Earlier" challenge!

Peter, a critically acclaimed...

Oh What A Nite! Featuring The Jerseys comes to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/27/2019 - 9:13pm

OH WHAT A NITE! featuring The Jersyes comes to Exeter Barnfield Theatre on Monday 6 April 2020!

Direct from their residency at Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s famous Horseshoe Bar – this is a Celebration Of The Amazing Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons featuring The Jerseys and their LIVE band The Four Reasons!

Join 'Oh What A Nite!' as we celebrate the timeless music of the 100 million album selling Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Incredible falsettos, beautiful acapellas - the authenticity of the sublime harmonies of the 60s and 70s - with a huge...

ELTC present their 64th annual pantomime – Robin Hood

Join the gang this Christmas as Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC) get ready to hit bullseye once again with their retelling of the classic story Robin Hood.

Head to Sherwood Forest and meet Robin and his Merry Men, outlaws robbing the rich and always landing themselves in trouble because of their terrible plans.

Trying to keep them in line are Maid Marian and her Girlpower Gang, but the girls will have their work cut out for them unless both groups learn to work together to take on Nottingham’s meanest Snotty Notty and Sir Guy.

Snotty is the Sheriff of Nottingham...

Exeter Little Theatre Company present The Dresser

Event Date: 
18/09/2018 - 7:30pm to 22/09/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

ELTC return to Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre this September to bring to life Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, which captures the drama and relationships behind the scenes of a touring theatre company during World War II.

Taking centre stage is Sir (David Gunn-Johnson), the last of the great, but dying breed of English actor-mangers. However, when he arrives at the theatre in a bad shape and unsure what play his company are performing, or his lines, he must rely on his trusted dresser Norman (Dave Hill) and fellow actors to get him on stage.

Amid the roaring air sirens and...

Why are stars descending on Exeter?

Authored by Exeter-Rep
Posted: Thu, 03/15/2018 - 2:13pm

In February Dani Harmer- TRACY BEAKER herself- played the leading role in ‘Twelfth Night’ in the city centre for three weeks.

Now Matt Lapinskas - Anthony Moon from Eastenders - is scheduled to appear in the city in April, whilst Russell Grant arrives for a month in June!

What is attracting these top TV performers to Exeter?

All are starring in new productions for Exeter Rep - the city’s new professional theatre!

Matt Lapinskas, an audience favourite in Eastenders and runner-up in Dancing on Ice, stars in the world premiere of ‘Frankenstein’. He will play...

Exeter Little Theatre Company present Beauty and the Beast with an Exeter twist

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/18/2017 - 2:07pm

Exeter Little Theatre Company [ELTC] presents the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter.

When the spoiled and arrogant Prince Scott is cursed by an evil fairy, he must learn to love before the last rose petal drops or face staying a beast forever.

With the help of his trusted servants he might stand a chance to break the spell when he meets the smart and charming Belle, whose family runs the popular Bottoms Up pub in Exeter.

However, the beast has competition in the romance stakes for Belle’s heart as the city’s heartthrob Gaston...

ELTC's Beauty and the Beast Pantomime

Event Date: 
21/12/2017 - 7:00pm to 06/01/2018 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Be our guest this Christmas and enjoy a tale as old as time with Exeter Little Theatre Company's production of Beauty and the Beast.

When the spoiled and arrogant Prince Scott is cursed by an evil fairy, he must learn to love before the last rose petal drops or face staying a beast forever. With the help of his trusted servants he might stand a chance to break the spell when he meets the smart and charming Belle, whose family runs the popular Bottom’s Up pub in Exeter.

Can our brave bookworm learn to not judge a book by its cover? She’ll need the help of her family and...

Beauty and the Beast

Event Date: 
21/12/2017 - 7:00pm to 06/01/2018 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

21st – 23rd December, 27th – 31st December, 1st January, 3rd – 6th January BatB_A4

in the Auditorium

Tickets £13.50 (£12)

3rd & 4th January all tickets £10

Be our guest this Christmas and enjoy a tale as old as time with ELTC’s production of Beauty and the Beast.

When the spoiled and arrogant Prince Scott is cursed by an evil fairy, he must learn to love before the last rose petal drops or face staying a beast forever. With the help of his trusted servants he might stand a chance to break the spell when he meets the smart and charming Belle,...

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