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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 12/25/2015 - 11:43pm

Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend - 25-28 December 2015

THEATRE

Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. Performance times and tickets: www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend (18-20 December)

THEATRE

Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not to let Christmas interfere...

Theatre announces new season and new look

The Bike Shed Theatre has launched a new website, a newsletter, a trailer and a whole new look.

With more behind-the-scenes information, interviews with artists and specialist cocktail recipes, the subterranean venue offers an an enticing glimpse inside for anyone who’s curious.

A new season of work kicks off with a festival of the finest Devon-based theatre companies. From Devon with Love is a celebration of fresh new work from homegrown voices, taking place this January. Hot on its heels, The Laugh Out Loud festival brings acclaimed comedians to Exeter, including The...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 12/10/2015 - 12:57pm

Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend (11-13 December).

THEATRE

Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not to let Christmas interfere...

In The High And Far Off Times

Event Date: 
21/01/2016 - 7:00pm to 30/01/2016 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Cygnet Company Directed by Alistair Ganley “In the high and far off times….” Rudyard Kipling’s animals

In the High and Far off Times brings favourite tales from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books and Just So Stories to vibrant life in a playful new production.

Cheer as Rikki-Tikki-Tavi takes on Nag and Nagaina, in a dramatic fight for survival. Then indulge your ‘satiable curtiosity as we travel around the world to discover

“How the Rhinoceros got his Skin” “The beginnings of the Armadillos” “How the Camel got his Hump” and “How the Elephant got his Trunk”,

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In the High and Far Off Times...

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/08/2015 - 11:40am

“In the High and Far Off Times...” Rudyard Kipling’s animals, directed by Alistair Ganley

“In the High and Far off Times …” brings favourite tales from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book and Just So Stories to vibrant life in a playful new production.

Alistair Ganley Cygnet Theatre’s Artistic Director, whose devised productions (More Grimms Tales, Trolls, Memories of Childhood / Trinity (exe-treme imagination festivals 2013 & 2014) have enthralled audiences at Cygnet Theatre and beyond for nearly thirty years, has selected and devised this production to delight and entertain...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 12/04/2015 - 10:34pm

Your essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend (4-6 December).

THEATRE

A Christmas Carol Daily, Exeter Northcott Theatre Creative Cow present a magical new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved Christmas classic. Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not to let Christmas interfere with his miserly routine. But one Christmas Eve, Scrooge receives some unexpected supernatural visitors who are determined to show him the true spirit of Christmas and the error of his ways. Tickets £12-£28. Show runs until 3 January. https://...

TEDxExeter tickets sell out in 22 minutes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 12/03/2015 - 12:42pm

Massive demand meant that tickets to TEDxExeter 2016 sold out faster than ever before on Tuesday.

Tickets for the live event at the Exeter Northcott Theatre sold out in 20 minutes, and tickets for the simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium all went before the end of the day.

TEDxExeter is Exeter’s leading festival of ideas, and next year’s conference will be the fifth held in the city. It is also streamed online so that everyone who could not get tickets can still watch it live. Videos of all the talk will also be free to watch online after the event....

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Event Date: 
28/12/2015 - 2:00pm to 09/01/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion Theatre, Manor Road, Sidmouth

Join Ali Baba over mountains and desert to outwit the villainous Chief Thief to buy freedom of this friends. A sparkling story to make this the best panto around.

Ticket Prices £12/£6 under 16s

http://www.manorpavilion.com/

Peter Pan

Event Date: 
24/12/2015 - 12:00pm to 30/12/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

Following a hugely successful Christmas pantomime "Snow White last year Trio Entertainment will be bringing their swashbuckling version of classic J.M Barrie fairytale Peter Pan to Exmouth Pavilion this Christmas. The world renowned tale has been reimagined into a wonderful fun-filled family Pantomime.

Trio Entertainment are thrilled to announce that Louis Emerick will lead the cast as the evil Captain Hook along side Hollyoaks star Beth Kingston as Wendy, Britain's Got Talent finalist Stephen Hall as Pirate Winkle and returning by popular demand after his role as Muddles in Snow...

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