Controversial sex campaigner Marie Stopes fled to Portland in an attempt to escape the limelight from her contretemps with the Catholic Church. AsOne Theatre’s play Escaping the Storm shines a light on the complexity, brilliance and other sides of the famous (infamous) Stopes. As Escaping the Storm goes on tour, we talk to Jane McKell […]
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Ian McKellen announces Exeter date in solo 80th birthday fundraising tour of favourite theatres
It starts with Gandalf, and could end up with you on stage with him! Ian McKellen is going on tour to celebrate his 80th and raise funds for theatre
One dish to satisfy a thousand different mouths | The Conductor and creating work for an international audience
The Conductor is a play about art persisting in the face of massive challenges. Director Jared McNeill talks about the concert-play and theatre
3 performers, 3 perspectives, 1 international crisis: join Summit at Dartington
Audience invited to be delegates at Summit on international disaster at Dartington Live in a new piece by Dartington alumni Andy Smith
Questions of leadership, national identity and the cost of war, Henry V is a play of our times
Forget the tub-thumping, the touring Stf-theatre company’s production of Henry V is a play for our times which questions leadership
All the right words… An Evening Of Eric And Ern on tour
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Morecambe & Wise Show, where two of the UK’s top entertainers cemented their legendary status, so it seems timely that the stage show An Evening Of Eric And Ern is setting off on the road, and calling into the Northcott Theatre, Exeter on the way. The highly acclaimed portrayal […]
The Wipers Times – satirical, historical stage show tour. Q&A with Ian Hislop and Nick Newman
The Wipers Times, the story of a satirical front line trench newspaper during the World War I is touring theatres in the UK. Here’s a Q&A with the writers
Aalam Dost: The world needs to hear this story!
The poetic play Aalam Dost by Prankur Chaturvedi and performed by Pratik Rajen Kothari about depression premiered in Mumbai
Tax breaks plough £137m back into UK theatre productions
Theatre tax breaks benefited 2,980 theatre productions benefited during 2017/18, what’s your experience and that of the cultural sector?
Immerse yourself in the shared audio theatre experience of Split Second at Barnstaple’s Fringe TheatreFest
Split Second is a complex and intense look at the dynamics of a relationship in shared listening environment. It’s part of the Barnstaple
“Rage and pain and fear and hope and love”: the power of autobiographical theatre, by Bella Heesom
Through inspiring empathy the arts can foster a common humanity. Actor, writer and theatre-maker Bella Heeson, explores the power of autobiographical theatre, which she discovered creating her show My World Has Exploded A Little Bit
Exotic tales and physical comedy from Clown Noir at Barnstaple
A tale of life and of clowning is performed by Clown Noir in Nose Business, which is at the Barnstaple Theatre Festival
The Wild West comes to Barnstaple Fringe Fest via puppets in SPAGHETTI! (Is a Western)
Made for grown ups, but suitable for all ages, SPAGHETTI! (Is a Western) has puppets rifing and riffling on the Wild West theme at the Barnstaple Fringe Theatre Festival
Broken Air Putting the Art into Dying: solo theatre performance inspired by Cornish artist Peter Lanyon at Barnstaple Fringfest
A solo theatre performance inspired by the life and death of Cornish artist Peter Lanyon is at the Barnstaple Theatre Fest
Human vulnerability highlight in clown form in Bianca Bertalot’s Cinco Coisas
Bianca Bertalot’s new solo clown show Cinco Coisas, explores two sides of being human through clowning, dance and improvisation