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Exeter Northcott Theatre Summer 2021 What's On THEATRE 2021 IS BACK! SUMMER WHAT’S ON /ExeterNorthcottTheatre @ExeterNorthcott @exeternorthcott BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 EXETERNORTHCOTT.CO.UK BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 | 1 WE’RE BACK AND WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU. This summer we’ve got lots of events to entertain, inspire and get you laughing with the people you love. “Our experience at Exeter Northcott Here’s to having something to look forward to! was exceptional. I may have cried a little with the sheer joy it brought me and my family. Theatre, how we have missed you.” Audience member, BOOK WITH CONFIDENCE Treasure Island, Book now for any show and if Covid Dec 2020 affects you or us in any way, we’ll give FRI 21 - SUN 23 MAY you a full, no-fuss credit or refund. FRI 6PM SAT 11AM, 2PM & 6PM BSL INTERPRETED SUN 2PM & 4.30PM TICKETS £18 AUDIO WE’RE A ‘GOOD TO GO VENUE’ DESCRIBED SD We have enhanced cleaning, temperature tests and one-way systems, plus a warm CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE We all want to meet people welcome from extra staff ready to help. from history. The trouble We will always adhere to all government is everyone is dead! So it’s guidelines and if anything changes, SD SOCIALLY-DISTANCED time to prepare yourselves for this very special we’ll let you know. This means the event can be production of Horrible booked in socially-distanced Histories live on stage! bubbles. You can sit with friends CHEERS! or family in bubbles up to 6 and Can you beat battling We have a wide selection of drinks for you there will be spaces between you Boudicca? Would you be to pre-order or buy on the day. and the next group. Save time by a martyr for the Magna pre-ordering drinks to be picked Carta? Will you lose your up from a collection point and heart or head to horrible HOW TO REACH US we’ll bring interval drinks to Henry VIII? Will Parliament your seats. survive gunpowder Guy? Parking is available on the campus Dare you stand and deliver grounds. Buses are back to normal with to dastardly Dick Turpin? the Uni bus (Previously the ‘D’ bus) running FH FULL HOUSE Escape the clutches of from the city centre straight to the theatre. This means the performance is Burke and Hare and move sold to full capacity and you can to the groove with party More details can be found at exeternorthcott.co.uk book in groups as large as you like. Queen Victoria! Save time by pre-ordering drinks, and if you’d like to talk, drop us a line at It’s the horrible history which will be waiting for you at a [email protected] / of Britain with the nasty collection point. 01392 726363 (Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm) bits left in – to entertain the whole family. Members get 20% off on selected shows, marked by this logo. Anyone can become a Member on our website. 2 | EXETERNORTHCOTT.CO.UK BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 | 3 An Exeter Northcott Theatre production The absorbing tale of an unlikely friendship It’s a story of growing up and growing old, of in association with University of Exeter Drama Department AN EXETER that develops between an ageing West Indian individual responsibility and shared history, recluse, living in a derelict cottage and tending of two worlds joined by a painting, and (just NORTHCOTT his bees at the edge of a picture-postcard possibly) a little magic. English village, and Misty, the fiery, sixteen-year- PRODUCTION old heir to the nearby manor house, who bursts Directed by Alix Harris into his life one summer and turns his world upside down. By Sophocles, adapted by Bertolt Brecht, An Exeter Northcott Theatre production translated by Judith Malina ONLINE ONLY “Men in power always threaten the fall of the state” By Tyrone Huggins When Thebes’ new ruler, Kreon (David Annen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End), “YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO LEAVE decides to stamp his authority TO CHANGE A THING. SOMETIMES THE on the city by refusing to bury his own nephew for alleged BEST WAY IS TO STAY AND CHANGE cowardice in battle, he isn’t counting on the determination THINGS WHERE YOU IS.” of Antigone (Rachel Nwokoro, THU 27 - winner of The Stage Debut award SAT 29 MAY In a rarely performed version 7.30PM for Best Performer) to see her by Bertolt Brecht, Antigone THU 24 JUN - SAT MATINEE 2.30PM brother laid to rest. is being made exclusively SAT 3 JUL As topical in today’s world ALL PERFORMANCES 7.30PM for digital streaming, mixing ARE CAPTIONED of ‘strong man’ leaders as it theatre and filmography. WED & SAT MATINEES 2.30PM TICKETS £12.50 was when it was first written, Staged in the theatre with a full THU 1 JUL 7.30PM Sophocles’ gripping political professional cast alongside a Please note that this SAT 3 JUL 2.30PM thriller pits a teenage girl against chorus of students from The production is only available in the UK TICKETS £16-£24 the power of the state and asks AN EXETER University of Exeter Drama and that the streaming AGE 12+ how far we’d be prepared to go Department. providers will charge a £3 transaction fee. NORTHCOTT to stand up for what we believe SD is right. Directed by Daniel Buckroyd PRODUCTION 4 | EXETERNORTHCOTT.CO.UK BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 | 5 SUN 4 JUL BESTBEST NEW NEW COMEDY COMEDY SARAH MILLICAN 7.30PM BOBBY DAZZLER TICKETS £31 WINNER WINNER WINNER WINNERWHATSONSTAGE WINNEROLIVIER AWARD 2015 BROADWAYWINNER WORLD AT THE WHATSONSTAGE AWARD 2014 OLIVIER AWARD 2015 UK AWARDBROADWAY 2015 WORLD Sarah has spent the last year writing jokes GREAT HALL AWARD 2014 UK AWARD 2015 and growing her backside. In this, her sixth international tour, you’ll learn about what FH happens when your mouth seals shut, how to throw poo over a wall, trying to lose weight but only losing the tip of your finger, a surprisingly funny smear test, and how truly awful a floatation tank can actually be. BACK BY FRI 16 JUL PHENOMENAL SIMON & GARFUNKEL 7.30PM DEMAND! W e c a n ’ t THROUGH THE YEARS TICKETS £20 b e l i e v e i t either! SD Critically-acclaimed as one of the greatest tribute shows in the world, Simon & Garfunkel BACK BY Through the Years has toured the globe extensively. Fronted by Dan Haynes and Pete PHENOMENAL Richards, collectively known as Bookends, DEMAND! the show is a “masterpiece” (BBC Radio) W e c a n ’ t in musicianship; exquisitely recreating the b e l i e v e i t unmistakable sound of Simon & Garfunkel. either! SAT 17 JUL SHOWSTOPPER! 7.30PM THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL TICKETS £22.50 SD Every Showstopper! performance is a brand- new musical hit waiting to happen - The Showstoppers transform your suggestions – for setting, musical styles, show title and more – MON 9 - into an entirely different show every single night! SAT 14 AUG Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute 7.30PM finest – an Olivier Award-winning show direct WED & SAT MATINEES from the West End. 2.30PM TICKETS £24.50 - £39.50 FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AMADEUS ORCHESTRA FRI 23 JUL 7PM AGE 8+ AMADEUS ORCHESTRA AT EXETER CATHEDRAL TICKETS FH Join the Amadeus Orchestra this summer for their annual £15-£35 AT EXETER visit to Exeter Cathedral with this lively programme: RETURNING FOR YET ANOTHER The Cornley Drama Society CATHEDRAL BADELT Pirates of the Caribbean CALAMITOUS RUN! are putting on a 1920s murder FH mystery, but as the title suggests, LUTOSLAWSKI Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini We can’t believe it either! everything that can go wrong… Malcolm Forbes-Peckham – Piano Mischief’s multi award-winning does! As the accident prone thesps RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances international smash-hit comedy battle on against all the odds The Play That Goes Wrong is DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to reach their final curtain call, returning to Exeter, following its hilarious results ensue! Philip Mackenzie – Conductor previous sell-out success! 6 | EXETERNORTHCOTT.CO.UK BOX OFFICE 01392 726363 | 7 LE NAVET BETE AND EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE PRESENT “ENORMOUS FUN” WED 1 - SUN 5 SEP REVIEWSGATE WED – SUN 7PM SAT & SUN MATINEES 2.30PM SAT 4 SEP 2.30PM SUN 5 SEP 2.30PM “A RIPPING GOOD YARN WITH AN TICKETS £18 ABUNDANCE OF THEATRICAL SURPRISES” FH THE STAGE Following their hugely successful Christmas run, “GREAT FUN! IDEAL FOR CHILDREN La Navet Bete return with their swashbuckling, “A 5-STAR ADVENTURE” smash-hit comedy for all the family. WHO LOVE AN ADVENTURE” REVIEWSHUB REVIEWSHUB Featuring dastardly pirates, tropical islands and Exeter’s favourite funny men Le Navet Bete are a mermaid you’ll never forget, set sail on the back this summer with their hilarious take on The Three Musketeers. Jolly Todger with Jim Lad, Long John Silver and WED 18 - SUN 29 AUG Supported by a top notch band of brothers a whole host of other characters for a hilarious WED - SUN 7PM Armed with only a baguette and his questionable and sisters including long-time co-conspirator voyage across the seas. steed join hot-headed d’Artagnan as he travels to SAT & SUN MATINEES 2.30PM (and funny man director) John Nicholson Paris to become a musketeer. Will things go to (Peepolykus, BBC Radio 4) internationally Award-winning Le Navet Bete (The Three FRI 27 AUG 7PM Musketeers, Dracula: The Bloody Truth) join plan? It’s unlikely! renowned choreographer Lea Anderson MBE TICKETS £18 forces with UK comedy writer and director John Featuring hilarious heroics, raucous romances (The Cholmondeleys) and critically acclaimed set Nicholson (Peepolykus, BBC Radio 4) to play AGE 7+ and some bonkers fun with BMX bikes, Le Navet designer Ti Green (Touching the Void, Bristol Old out Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary tale as Bete condense Dumas’ 700-page classic into Vic/ national tour), this show is the company’s you’ve NEVER seen it before.
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