Great Hall

New programme of shows at The Great Hall

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/23/2016 - 11:55am

Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced a new programme of shows that will take place at The Great Hall on the University of Exeter’s Streatham campus.

Extending the range of work that is presented by the theatre, the new shows announced include 10cc in Concert, Jimmy Osmond in Concert, YolanDa Brown and Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams and Chinese State Circus.

Exeter Northcott has also announced new shows from their autumn season which are now on sale. These include Duchy Opera’s One Fine Day, X Factor winner Matt Cardle: Intimate and Live, Globe Theatre’s The Two...

Legendary 10cc to perform in Exeter

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of their seminal album Sheet Music – which included Top 10 hit The Wall Street Shuffle – 10cc will embark on a 26-date theatre tour, commencing 23rd September at Hall For Cornwall in Truro, before heading to the Great Hall in Exeter in September.

Led by 10cc co-founder Graham Gouldman, the band will perform two sets at each concert, the first half of the evening comprising Sheet Music its entirety, with a pause for the symboli.c turning of the vinyl album.

Released in 1974, Sheet Music reached No 9 in the UK album charts and entered the Top...

Reggae legends UB40 head for Exeter

Due to popular demand, reggae legends UB40 have confirmed seventeen UK live dates for October 2015. The autumn leg of UB40’s ‘Getting Over The Storm’ tour begins on Friday, 2nd October at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill and ends at Cardiff’s new state-of the-art Tramshed venue on Saturday, 24th October – by which time the band will have completed ninety UK shows and performed to over 170,000 people since the tour began in March 2014, making it the biggest UK tour of UB40’s career. UB40 are Robin Campbell (co-lead vocals and guitar), Duncan Campbell (lead vocals) Earl Falconer (bass, vocal...

Bournmouth Symphony Orchestra - Country Folksongs

Event Date: 
16/04/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a classical concert at Exeter's Great Hall. 'Country Folksongs' will include works by Khachaturian and Dvořák

Programme:

Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus Khachaturian - Violin Concerto Dvořák - Symphony No.7

Aleksandar Marković - CONDUCTOR Nikita Boriso-Glebsky - Violin

Khachaturian was a composer with an incredible gift for melody, and the Violin Concerto is a fun and playful example of this. Its lush, oriental-sounding tunes, high-flying virtuosity and yearning melodic intensity soon appealed to worldwide audiences...

Muse add Exeter date to Psycho tour

Muse are to play Exeter's Great Hall as a last minute addition to their latest Psycho tour - a rare treat for the Cathedral City.

The Teignmouth three-piece have sold over 17 million albums worldwide and their last album The 2nd Law, topped the chart in 21 countries in the world, including the UK. It was also their highest ever debut in the USA, entering their chart at No 2.

They will be playing the Great Hall on Exeter's University campus on 20th March. Tickets are bound to sell out quickly.

Tickets are available here .

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Divine Moments

Event Date: 
20/11/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in concert.

'Divine Moments'. Classical music concert featuring works by Dvorak, Sibelius in Exeter's Great Hall. With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and soloists.

Programme:

Dvorak - Violin Concerto Sibelius - Symphony No 5 Dvorak - Symphonic Variations Sibelius - Scene with Cranes

Both Sibelius’ symphony and Dvořák’s concerto were troublesome to write, and both works saw a number of revisions. Sibelius was going through a difficult time in his life, despite his success and popularity, when he wrote the Fifth...

Clean Bandit

Event Date: 
26/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

Rather than the usual bombast or snooze-inducing ‘relaxation music,’ the U.K. four-piece known as Clean Bandit mash classical music and pop forms for an airy and dreamy yet driven sound that’s like the chamber music version of house music.

Following their recent sold-out UK headline tour, Clean Bandit are very pleased to announce details of more UK headline shows, which will take place throughout October and November.

Tickets £16

http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Heavenly Adagio

Event Date: 
09/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Great Hall, Exeter

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Heavenly Adagio

MOZART Clarinet Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

Kirill Karabits conductor Andreas Ottensamer clarinet

The BSO opens its 2014/15 concert season with Principal Conductor Kirill Karabits leading the Orchestra in Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, which occupies a singularly important place in the composer's output. It was with this piece that Bruckner finally achieved widespread recognition, and it has remained the most popular of his nine symphonies. The opening melody apparently came to him in a dream: a friend from Bruckner...

Duke Dumont

Event Date: 
25/09/2014 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
The Lemon Grove, Exeter University

Duke Dumont was known as a ‘producer’s producer’. He was the name on a 12” record the DJ knew to reach for when he wanted to please the crowd, without them knowing who had constructed the mesmerising sonic confection they were dancing to. In 2013 Dumont topped the UK charts on with the Grammy nominated ‘Need U (100%)'.It became the most played song on Radio 1/1Xtra, and had Duke performing at over 200 shows around the world.The official video has now surpassed 17 million views on YouTube. Having ended last year signing an album deal with Virgin Records, Duke’s been in the studio nailing...

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls

Event Date: 
22/09/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Lemon Grove, Exeter University

When is an underdog no longer an underdog? Is it when he’s the act who begins the Olympics Opening Ceremony? Maybe it’s when he has headlined both Wembley Arena and O2 Arena, two of the UK capital’s biggest venues? Or perhaps it’s when each of his records is bigger and more successful than the last? Or maybe it’s simpler than that: maybe an underdog is no longer an underdog when he connects in the way that Frank Turner connects, writing songs that inspire their crowd to reflect, to singalong, to holler along, to hold their arms aloft, all at once.

It is almost a decade since Frank...

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