THE MISANTHROPE
Tues 23 – Sat 27 April |7.30pm
Sat Matinee |2.30pm
How to lose friends and infuriate people..!
We are excited that The Misanthrope, considered to be Molière’s best work, will be performed on our stage this April. We went to very first script read-through back in January and are thrilled with the brilliant response it is receiving on tour.
Master wordsmith Roger McGough dips his quill into this classic mockery of manners and morals set amid 17th century French aristocracy.
Poet Alceste is disgusted with French society. In pursuit of honesty, he embarks on a one-man crusade against forked-tongues, frippery and fakery. But could the woman he has fallen in love with be the worst culprit of all?
BEHOLD
Sat 6 April | 7:30pm
Watching and being watched, the seen and unseen.
Devon Youth Theatre and Devon Youth Dance Company present Behold: What do we reveal, what do we hide?
DYT have devised A is For Elephant, an intriguing show which centres on two mysterious rooms and their inhabitants; DYDC have worked with award-winning choreographer Raquel Meseguer to create Perfect Life.
JV2- TOMORROW
Tues 16 – Wed 17 April |7:30pm
Award-winning choreographer Jasmin Vardimon (Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells) identifies scenes from her celebrated repertoire.
Tomorrow presents the debut tour of this year’s JV2, a vibrant and fresh new group of 10 young international dancers.
The show debuted in Canterbury last week and we’ve got some hot-off-the-press production shots which you can look at here.
GUYS AND DOLLS
Mon 29 – Sat 4 May | 7:30
Sat Matinee 2:30pm
Exeter Musical Society presents a classic musical about loving to gamble and gambling to love.
Set in 1950s New York, Guys and Dolls follows high roller Sky Masterson in his plight to win the heart of Salvation Army Sergeant Sarah Brown. But is it only for a bet or has he really fallen in love?
This Tony Award winning musical is full of comedy and joy throughout with such songs as Luck Be a Lady, Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat, I’ve Never been in Love Before and the title song, Guys and Dolls.