A delicate exploration of relationships; sometimes refreshing and comical, often exposing and unpredictable. ImPACT is a triple bill of inspiring and captivating dance theatre created by up and coming choreographers Olivia Lockwood and Michael Williams and award winning choreographer Adam Benjamin. Exim, an exciting new company of talented local dancers and choreographers, combining a collective passion for meaningful, honest and thought provoking dance work, present their triple bill of dance theatre presentations ImPACT TOUR on Friday 14th November.
Over the last few months people have been calling in to offer information and memories about Trinity Hall – now Cygnet Theatre – in Friars Gate, Exeter. Trinity Hall is 100 years old this year and everyone is invited to a spectacular birthday celebration!
Up and coming young local playwright Tom Nicholas has gathered and formed the stories people have brought into a play called Trinity, which has been woven into an immersive piece of theatre by Alistair Ganley and Clare Parker, Cygnet’s talented Artistic Director and Dance Specialist and Choreographer.
Cygnet Theatre are celebrating the centenary of their Friars Gate home by producing a large scale community production written by local playwright Tom Nicholas, for this year’s Exetreme Imagination festival.
"Trinity" summons up the spirits whose stories fill the building, and invites the audience to explore the spaces as the past comes out of the woodwork to meet them.
Based on research, conversation and historical events and infused with theatrical magic, Trinity explores the building through the eyes of the people who have worked and played here. In particular, the young...
Exeter born Mark Carey is returning to Cygnet Theatre in Exeter for his solo show Into The Breach.
Charting one man’s battle with Shakespeare, Into the Breach is a tour-de-force for Mark who plays all 17 delightful and endearing characters involved in a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V mounted in a remote Devon Village in 1942.
Mark, a successful actor and writer, began his theatre career here in Exeter, first of all at St Thomas’s High School (now West Exe Technology College) and with the help and encouragement of Monica Shallis, founder of Cygnet Theatre, he went on to...
Exeter Born Actor returns to Devon with a new play set in a Devon Village
Exeter born Mark Carey is returning to Cygnet Theatre in Exeter for his solo show Into The Breach.
Charting one man’s battle with Shakespeare, Into the Breach is a tour-de-force for Mark who plays all 17 delightful and endearing characters involved in a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V mounted in a remote Devon Village in 1942.
Mark, a successful actor and writer, began his theatre career here in Exeter, first of all at St Thomas’s High School (now West Exe Technology College) and with the...
Budding actors ( over the age of 18) are being given the opportunity to attend a fantastic five day course at the Cygnet Theatre.
The course will explore voice, scene work, character development, movement and improvisation leading to an informal showing of work in progress on the final afternoon.
This is an introduction to the types of work undertaken in vocational training. There will be an opportunity to audition for the Cygnet Company to anyone interested.
The course will take place between the dates of: Monday 4th August – Friday 8th August
For anyone over 18yrs wishing to perfect their acting skills, this five day course will explore voice, scene work, character development, movement and improvisation leading to an informal showing of work in progress on the final afternoon.
This is an introduction to the types of work undertaken in vocational training. There will be an opportunity to audition for the Cygnet Company to anyone interested.
The course will take place between the dates of: Monday 4th August – Friday 8th August
If music be the food of love… These famous lines from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night give a flavour of Cygnet’s Summer season.
The theatre has much on the menu to tempt you:
Wren Music are bringing five much loved West Country folk musicians James Findlay and Solaference to Cygnet Theatre on 23 May and Jonny Dyer and Vicki Swan with Marilyn Ticker and Paul Wilson on 13 June.
The main course on offer is Shakespeare’s Classic comedy of wit and folly – Twelfth Night, served with renaissance style by director Jacquie Crago, which previews on 11 June and plays at Trebah...
Anthos Arts, a collaborative of theatre professionals who work with 20 14-16 year olds from various areas of Devon and backgrounds, are to perform their new show ‘Wings in the Way’ in May.
Wings in the Way is a fast moving, funny, thought provoking and emotional performance, which asks audiences to think about our place within local and global communities.
The cast will explore the difficulties faced, through physical theatre, when community is no longer a fixed state.
Wings in the Way is to be performed in various Devon locations throughout May. The dates are as...
