THEATRE

Andy Ford Back in the Saddle tour

Andy Ford brings his Back in the Saddle tour to Devon

The second half of 2022 is looking very busy and exciting for West Country comedy star and Plymouth Theatre Royal Panto Legend Andy Ford.

He is about to launch into the Autumn leg of his Back in the Saddle Live Comedy Tour around the South West, including shows in Plymouth on 18th September, Torpoint on 23rd September and his home city of Exeter on Sunday 2nd October.

Andy...

Internationally acclaimed theatre company come to Devon

British Touring Shakespeare are delighted to come to two beautiful Devon venues: Blackberry Farm near Holsworthy with their hilarious new production of the Shakespeare comedy The Merry Wives Of Windsor ; and The Plough Arts Centre at Lapford Mill near Crediton with a brand new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror tale Dracula .

The Merry Wives Of Windsor is a hilarious...

Cygnet Theatre Celebrates Forty Years with Open-Air Performance in Farringdon

Multi-award winning Cygnet Theatre is celebrating a phenomenal forty years of its acting training and drama school. To mark the occasion, they are staging the Cygnet Dream Festival, launched with the help of a celebratory cake baked in the shape of a swan.

Founder of the Farringdon Society of Arts and managing director of LittlePod vanilla, Janet Sawyer, is playing host to the Cygnet...

Richard Chappell Dance returns to Exeter Northcott with UPLIFT

This spring Richard Chappell Dance ’s UK tour continues with a new mixed bill, UPLIFT , a specially curated evening of transformative dance from some of the brightest young choreographers and performers from South West England and Wales, at Exeter Northcott on Friday 3 June.

The centre piece of the evening will be a moving extract from Richard Chappell Dance ’s seminal work, Silence...

Sidmouth theatre sells out shows, after lockdown return

Hungry theatre lovers have finally been able to get their fix for live performances following lockdown with tickets selling out at an ‘amazing’ rate for the first five Sidmouth shows.

Among the sold out shows, at the Manor Pavilion Theatre, was Sidmouth Youth Theatre’s production of ‘The Show Will Go On’ and the Moonstone Theatre Company’s ‘Dead in the Water’ – an original classic...

Bespoke steel cover takes centre stage at new Devon amphitheatre

A ONE-OF-A-KIND cover has become the focal point of a new flood storage area that doubles as an outdoor performance space in Sidmouth, Devon.

The steel cover, which was created by Wrekin Products , forms an integral part of a significant flood alleviation scheme in the area. Laser cut with an intricate leaf pattern, the product was left ungalvanized meaning the surface would oxidise...

Ben Hur - the theatre show

Brixham Theatre Bolton Cross Brixham TQ5 8TA

April 8th 7.30pm April 9th 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £10 (£8) Bookings: https://www.brixhamtheatre.co.uk Tel: 01803 415987

Based on the classic 19th Century novel by Lew Wallace, Ben Hur is a meticulously crafted stage drama, packed with drama, action, and hope, set across the 1st Century Roman Empire. The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder, sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mother and sister are missing. Despite exacting revenge...

Teignmouth choir join top vocal trio Tenors Unlimited in That’s Amore

Local Teignmouth choir South Devon Singers will be joining the number one selling classical vocal trio Tenors Unlimited, the ‘Rat Pack of Opera’ in their show “That’s Amore” at Teignmouth Pavilions, The Den Crescent, TQ14 8BG, on Saturday 5th February 7.30pm.

Tenors Unlimited has performed alongside such notables as Sting, Lionel Richie, Beyoncé, Hayley Westenra, Simply Red and the...

Devon rising star appears in West End Does: Christmas alongside stage legends

One of Devon’s most promising young talents will be appearing on the West End this festive season, as Stagebox members take to the stage as part of West End Does: Christmas .

15-year-old Millie Gubby, who trains with award-winning theatre, TV and film performance programme Stagebox at its London centre, will be among 60 young actors and performers who will be part of the much-...

Full cast revealed for first ever UK tour of the dazzling West End production of Dream Girls

Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to reveal the full cast of the dazzling, multi award-winning musical Dreamgirls , as it embarks on its first ever tour of the UK, opening at the Liverpool Empire Theatre this December, coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth from 26 July – 06 August 2022.

Dreamgirls will star Nicole Raquel Dennis as Effie White with Sharlene Hector performing the...

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