Drama
What's on
Drama performances, events and seminars are shown here. Please remember that coursework performances may not appear until a week before the performance, so please check back regularly. See also the Conferences page.
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Wed 16 MayStart time: 16:00 | Research Seminar: Prof James ThompsonLocation: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.)James will speak about In Place of War (IPOW) – a research and practice-based initiative at the University of Manchester that has sought to document and examine theatre and performance projects in sites of contemporary armed conflict. He will outline the genesis of the project from practice-based training programmes in Sri Lanka in 2000 and the questions that it sought to answer in the main period of research between 2004 - 7. His talk will include descriptions of theatre projects and performances that IPOW has engaged with – from DR Congo, Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Sudan – and with refugee/asylum seeking communities across Greater Manchester. He will discuss how the differences between these projects raise questions about the relationship between the arts and conflict, memorialisation and resistance. He will give an overview of the challenges that these different practices present and will also sketch some of the theoretical or conceptual frameworks that have either been useful in thinking through the projects – or have been tested by the questions that have arisen in the research process. The paper will end with an account of the present state of the project – and the plans for In Place of War in 2012. |
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Wed 16 MayStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 | The Wonderful World Of DissociaAuthor: Anthony NeilsonPresented by: T3 Director: Jordan Murphy Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Dissocia is a colourful and exciting trip that follows Lisa in search of one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. The inhabitants of the wonderful world are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the brutal. |
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Wed 16 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | The Breakfast ClubPresented by: T3Director: Sian Keen & Felicity Cant Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) 'You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms, the most convienent definition, you see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket-case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at seven o'clock this morning. We were brainwashed.' An adaptation of the 80's classic movie, looking at the relationship between teenagers and their parents, stereotypes and the pressures of growing up. |
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Wed 16 MayStart time: 12:00 | Kilter WorkshopPresented by: T3Location: TS1 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Would you like to do 3 hours of site-responsive devising with the West Country's pioneering sustainable theatre company, Kilter? Moving from harnessing your first impressions of a space to warming it, exploring it and developing it's innate textures and rhythms into text, character and narrative. Kilter's co-directors Oliver Langdon and Caroline Garland will work will small teams in the beautiful botanical gardens to introduce ways of working that can create genuine, innovative, theatrical responses to any space. Oliver & Caroline will also talk about their ground-breaking practise as a leading sustainable theatre company, which not only entertains but educates and empowers its audiences, and has developed a fully replicable low-carbon theatre-making strategy, which they are keen to share. |
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Thu 17 MayStart times are 18:00 and 19:15 | The World's Wife Author: Lorna MillerPresented by: T3 Co-Directors: Lorna Miller,Verity Richards Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Eight women. Eight women married to some of the world’s most famous men. Based on Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry collection ‘The World’s Wife’, her characters will be brought to life over a bottle of wine and a girl's night in. Laughs will be had, drinks will be spilled and secrets will be shared as these forgotten women well and truly let their hair down! Not to be missed! |
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Fri 18 MayStart times are 18:00 and 19:45 | RL Author: Emily HolyoakePresented by: T3 Director: Abbi Davey Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) 'You're all my very best friends who are secretly murderers. And I love you all and I would jump in front of buses for you and you're all invited to my wedding.' Apparently, you can't trust anyone on the internet, because every person, in every chat room, on every Star Trek forum, is a 40-year-old predator. Except that there are thousands of people, right now, talking to people they've never met offline who they would probably describe as their closest friends. And if one of those online friends was to ever get sick, or hurt, or worse - that would have real effects. On real people. In real life. 'RL' follows the story of a young woman trying to negotiate her real life relationship with her best friend while tragedy rocks the safety of her online world. It's a little snippet of the internet which focuses on the friendships people form and the communities they belong to, and the reality of how those things threaten to fall apart when people keep things hidden. |
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Sat 19 MayStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 and 21:00 | Seawall & The Zoo Story Author: Simon Stephens and Edward AlbeePresented by: T3 Co-Directors: Tom Chapman, Simon Cuthbert Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Two short plays written by world-renowned playwrights exploring the human psyche through different theatrical forms. Simon Stephens' Seawall, a funny, intimate and ultimately shattering monologue, and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story, an absurd, intense, unhinged dualogue, are placed together here to explore the affect of atmosphere on an audience. |
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Mon 21 MayStart times are 17:00 and 19:00 | No Strings Author: Faith Russell Presented by: T3 Co-Directors: Faith Russell,Lili Davies Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) What happens when a one-night stand ends up hurting the people you love? After Emily and Michael share a drunken night of passion, Emily is content to never see Michael again, but little does she know the repercussions of her actions... |
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Mon 21 MayStart time: 19:00 | Bird Pie: An Adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits Author: Roald DahlPresented by: T3 Director: Laura Doble Location: Exeter Northcott Theatre This performance workshops the strangest partnership ever to have been seen in children's literature - Mr and Mrs Twit. This experimental production takes the grotesque imagery, dark humour and intruiging characteristics of The Twits into comedy sketches, crazy movement and audience interaction. With both the performers and audience on the stage of the Northcott Theatre, this energetic, fun, and sometimes gruesome show journeys around the space, and balances the joy of child-like imagination with the dark reality that lies beneath. |
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Mon 21 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | Narrative Author: Adam BrummittPresented by: Random Acts Theatre in conjunction with The University of Exeter Director: Adam Brummitt Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Narrative offers audiences a theatrical experience without presumption, preconception, definition, or, indeed, expectation. Doesn't it…? It is unproven, its audience unproven, the darkness from which it emerges unproven, an unproven darkness. It is all unproven, it is you…unproven. In a postdramatic style harkening to the works of Handke, Crimp, and Crouch, Narrative pronounces all, and all unproven. More might be offered in the ways of the particulars of plot, character, and so forth…were that to have any application to this piece. A departure for the playwright, NARRATIVE represents the author's first foray into the personally unexplored conventions of post-modernist drama and features a performance by theatre veteran Peter Thomson, continuing in the challenging, experimental tradition to which Random Acts Theatre has devoted its efforts. RESEARCH AIM In this phase of my examination of the conventions by which the effect of character consciousness is demonstrated through the practice of playwrighting, my research has led me to the writing and staging of a postmodernist piece entitled NARRATIVE. The piece seeks to examine the negotiation of the presence of a perceived consciousness represented through character employing the techniques of a school of thought that renounces the very existence of character. While attribution of 'character' is perhaps inescapable, Narrative is presents as a stage happening without inherent context, asking of its audience to not ask of the play however impossible that may be. |
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Tue 22 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | Sit Down Stand Up Author: Angus Cook and castPresented by: T3 Director: Angus Cook Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) A collaboration of various comedy performances created purely for your entertainment. Several sketches and movement sequences for both on and off the screen will be illustrated by a talented and diverse group of performers being compered by Angus Cook and his odd style of stand up routine. |
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Tue 22 MayStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 | The Rotten Apple Theatre ProjectAuthor: The CastPresented by: T3 Co-Directors: Rebecca Pantling,George Bradley Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) Welcome aboard the Rotten Apple Express! For one night only, come with us on a fantastic musical train journey full of eccentric characters, accompanied by the Rotten Apple Orchestra. Leave your worries behind on the platform, and experience a brand new piece of devised musical theatre. |
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Wed 23 MayStart time: 10:00 | Digital Storytelling WorkshopPresented by: Fiona MacbethLocation: WH2 A 3-day workshop with Megan Alrutz from University of Texas at Austin. Megan has extensive experience in using digital media with youth and communities. She will be sharing her approach by taking a small group through a practical process of creating and editing a couple of stories. The group will include young people currently in foster care with Devon County Council. Students taking part in this will need a current and clean CRB disclosure through the University. Weds 23rd 10am - 4pm (WH2) and Thurs 24th 10am - 9.30pm and Fri 25th 10am - 4pm (WH2) |
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Wed 23 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | It Is EnoughAuthor: Georgina CampbellPresented by: T3 Director: Milli Jarlett Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Enough is a dance and physical theatre piece that was inspired by Bach’s Cantata No. 82 ‘Ich Habe Genung.’ It explores the relationships between six characters, and how their lives are affected and influenced by the themes that are present in the music: sleep, departure, freedom, and contentment. |
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Thu 24 MayStart times are 18:00 and 19:00 | A Pocket-full of PoetryAuthor: Emma TruePresented by: T3 Director: Emma True Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) A selection of poetry about all aspects of life, presented and devised by the cast. Do not underestimate the power of poetry! |
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Thu 24 MayStart times are 17:00 and 18:30 and 20:00 | Shatter Glass Author: Nick Smith and David WilsonPresented by: T3 Director: Nick Smith and David Wilson Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) Toby Jeffers has everything: Money, success, women. A high school reunion reunites him with an array of characters from his past. A doctor, a gold-digger, a teacher, two detectives, a lawyer, a journalist, a priest, a football player and one seriously annoyed Ex-girlfriend, all with one thing in common – they hate his guts. What could possibly go wrong? Shatter Glass is an audience interactive murder mystery, where YOU act as the characters’ guests. On your arrival you will be given a role to perform throughout the reunion, and will be introduced to the character who you will be accompanying. Don’t get too comfortable though. With a murderer in your midst, it’s only a matter of time until one of the guests mysteriously dies. You have 45 minutes to identify the killer. However when each character has their own interests to protect, who will you trust? How will you deal with the consequences of a decision, in a game where more than one life is at stake? |
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Fri 25 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | End and BeginningAuthor: Roland SchimmelpfennigPresented by: T3 Director: Jens Peters Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) A new translation of the play by Roland Schimmelpfennig (currently the most-performed German playwright). It explores narration and chorus, mixing mythical and surreal elements with everyday life – magical realism. UK Premiere. |
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Fri 25 MayStart times are 16:30 and 19:30 | Blurred Vision Presented by: T3Director: Isabel Tennyson Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) 8 people. 7 of these people are friends. These 8 people are in the same place, a party. They speak to the same people, all drink the same drink and doing more or less the same things.Though if you were to ask them what how as the party last night, they would all tell you different things. Why? Could it be that our misguided perception of self is behind our deluded construction of reality. An observational comedy about every single one of you. Can you spot yourself in this group of friends? Oh, we can. Cast: James Bush, Anita Copely, Ella Cordrey, Claudia Campbell, Henry Fewster, Bryony Hanlon, Alex Mancuso, Anya Williams Written and Directed by Isabel Tennyson. Assistant Directed by Beka Carter Produced by Kath Darke Choreographed by Kerry Treacy |
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Fri 25 MayStart times are 16:00 and 18:00 | Parmo Posh Author: Bryony Twydle,Jonny ProudPresented by: T3 Co-Directors: Bryony Twydle,Jonny Proud Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Parmo Posh tells the story of Gina Millburn, a 25 year old teacher from Middlesbrough who has left home to pursue a teaching career in the beautiful south. Not long after arriving in London, she finds herself teaching politics at a private day school in Richmond called St Hilda’s, run by the needy and all too personal Miss Jennifer Baxter. However Gina, ashamed of joining the private system, has told her parents back in Middlesbrough that she works for a rough inner city comp in Tottenham. Gina moves in with Adam and Trixie, two other teachers at St Hilda’s. Their living situation is disturbing to say the least, with Jennifer Baxter popping round all too often. Her predicament takes a turn for the worse when her younger sister Lisa turns up unexpectedly to tell her of her parents recent divorce announcement. Gina reluctantly returns home but in doing so she is forced to come face to face with her Northern roots. The play is a tongue-in-cheek look at regional and class stereotypes and seeks to inform the audience of the Middlesbrough delicacy Parmo. |
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Sat 26 MayStart times are 18:30 and 20:30 | Sad Stories of the Death of KingsAuthor: William Shakespeare, Adam Miller-Batteau, and Richard KnoxPresented by: MFA Staging Shakespeare Co-Directors: Adam Miller-Batteau,Richard Knox Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) What makes a King? With a crown, and a bare kingdom for a stage, come explore the nature of Kingship through a selection of speeches and soliloquies of William Shakespeare. Journey through the inner-most thoughts of Kings Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V as they question the cares that come with a crown. Sad Stories of the Death of Kings is an intimate glance into what it takes to be a King, what power and responsibility is acquired from wearing a crown and how a King deals with the heavy burdens of that authority. Featuring Adam Miller-Batteau and Richard Knox on alternate performances, this production invites you and your friends to an audience with three of Shakespeare’s Kings. |
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Sun 27 MayStart times are 18:30 and 20:30 | Sad Stories of the Death of KingsAuthor: William Shakespeare, Adam Miller-Batteau, and Richard KnoxPresented by: MA MFA Staging Shakespeare Co-Directors: Adam Miller-Batteau, Richard Knox Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) What makes a King? With a crown, and a bare kingdom for a stage, come explore the nature of Kingship through a selection of speeches and soliloquies of William Shakespeare. Journey through the inner-most thoughts of Kings Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V as they question the cares that come with a crown. Sad Stories of the Death of Kings is an intimate glance into what it takes to be a King, what power and responsibility is acquired from wearing a crown and how a King deals with the heavy burdens of that authority. Featuring Adam Miller-Batteau and Richard Knox on alternate performances, this production invites you and your friends to an audience with three of Shakespeare’s Kings. |
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Mon 28 MayStart times are 17:00 and 20:00 | DraculaAuthor: Bram Stoker, adapted by Jonathan DalyPresented by: T3 Director: Jonathan Daly Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) An up-and-coming solicitor, Jonathan Harker travels across Europe to Transylvania in order to assist the mysterious Count Dracula acquire a set of properties in London, Whitby and Exeter. But on arrival Jonathan discovers matters concerning the Count ...aren’t what they seem and when he realises he has been made a prisoner within the battlements of Dracula’s fortress, Jonathan understands that he has given this monster the keys to a new world, and to the hearts and souls of both his fiancée and his friends. Based on the gothic novel by Bram Stoker, Dracula: An Adaptation recreates this classic Victorian horror on stage. Through use of narration and dialogue, scenic imagery and physical movements inspired by Eastern Martial Arts, this production portrays the narrative of the novel in an interactive space where no audience member will kept be safe, and where the truth concerning the Harker heritage will be revealed.... Dracula’s legacy an endless curse. |
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Mon 28 MayStart times are 18:30 and 21:30 | Dr Horrible's Singalong BlogAuthor: Joss, Jed & Zack Whedon and Maurissa TancharoenPresented by: T3 Director: Joshua Lucas Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) Dr Horrible is your everyday mild mannered evil-supervillan of pure unbridled horribleness (he has a PhD in it). He wants nothing more than to conquer the world and bring it under his heel make the world a better place and win the girl of his dreams Penny. Although if forced to choose he’d probably settle without the first two. Sadly he also has to deal with his arch nemesis Captain Hammer, the city’s resident Hero, who also has his eyes and his ‘Hammer’ on Penny (his fists are not the ‘Hammer’). Will Horrible and his sidekick Moist (“Do you need anything dampening?”) succeed in joining the Evil League of Evil, or will Captain Hammer and Horrible’s affection for Penny stand in the way? |
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Tue 29 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:00 | Being A Dickhead's CoolAuthor: Eleanor Alexander and Dora LynnPresented by: Nora+Dora Director: Eleanor Alexander and Dora Lynn Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) ‘Being a Dickhead’s Cool’ is a new reality TV show following the lives of six friends as they move in together. We’ve seen Essex, we’ve seen Chelsea and we’ve even seen Newcastle… but now it’s time take peek into the lives of their edgier, more alternative peers. Witness the break-ups and make-ups of Britain’s underground crowd as they are thrust into limelight. Is their lifestyle as individual as their haircuts? Who are the real people behind these alternative exteriors? An absurd and comic play questioning what is cool in today’s society. |
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Wed 30 MayStart times are 17:30 and 20:00 | Domestic Author: Tim McNivenPresented by: T3 Director: Tim McNiven & Jac Moore Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) David and Sarah, two students; met, got together, fell in love and bought a flat for their last year. But then they broke up... What comes next is arguments, turmoil and unburied secrets. But the question remains; if they hate each other so much, why do they stay?? |
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Wed 30 MayStart times are 18:00 and 20:30 | Shaddra: May the Free Spirit Live OnPresented by: T3Director: Amy Novadnieks Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) Shraddha provides passion, politics, violence, and family. The Olympics are coming, and they need their swimming pool. Relating very closely to recent events such as Dale Farm, this performance will be following a Romany Gypsy Family and their eviction from their camping grounds. Against tradition, Pearl has fallen in love with a Gorger, Joe. Before Pearl's family are gone forever, can Joe hold onto her? |
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Thu 31 MayStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 | So, I ExistPresented by: T3Co-Directors: Rosie Frost,Harry Kearton Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) What do we think about? And how much of that do we actually say? 'So, I exist' is a devised piece based on the verbatim material of 40 people who decided to talk. |
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Thu 31 MayStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the Northcott Presented by: MA/MFA Staging Shakespeare programmeLocation: Exeter Northcott Theatre Shakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - VICE Theatrical representations of evil fascinated Elizabethan audiences and still attract and intrigue us today. This production will draw on Shakespeare’s medieval influences, taking the audience on a journey spanning the cosmological picture the Elizabethans inherited, in a dark and gripping exploration of the Vice figure. Directed by Ellie Chadwick. 7pm - LOVE'S FINE WIT Love’s Fine Wit seeks to interpret the sonnets for a modern audience. Set against contemporary relationships we will discover whether the cards that the fates deal us are the same as they were in Shakespeare’s time. Written by Laura Baggs Directed by Mikkel Hamik 8.15pm - MEASURE FOR MEASURE: TWISTED VIRTUE Twisted Virtue explores gender roles as a social construct through the lens of a reversed society in which women are the dominant power, commenting on ‘privilege’ (among other things), and continuing the ongoing discussion of basic human rights for everyone. Directed by Raphael Massie Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Thu 31 MayStart times are 16:30 and 18:30 and 20:30 | Tell Tales Presented by: T3Co-Directors: Viki Browne, Jac Moore Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Tell Tales is a multi disciplinary, multi sensory, devised piece, introducing you to a world of stories and imagination. Utilizing homemade props, scenery, puppets and costume, we present a chaotic jumble of performance and play. |
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Fri 01 JunStart times are 17:00 and 19:30 | Personality: A Monologue for fourAuthor: Laura-Jayne BrownPresented by: T3 Director: Laura-Jayne Brown and Olivia Bussey Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) A dark comedy about the reality of living as four people in one body, exploring the ethical implications of medication that suppress personalities. Who is the original personality? Which one deserves to remain? How can they be judged? Are personalities still people? And what if they’d rather be insane and together, than fit in and disappear? |
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Fri 01 JunStart time: 18:00 | The Tim Burton ProjectPresented by: T3Director: Sarah Yeoman Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) An exploration of Tim Burton's work, characters, art and stories, including music from Danny Elfman. The project will be an installation encompassing live performance/film/audio etc, aiming to take the audience on a journey. |
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Fri 01 JunStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the NorthcottPresented by: MA/MFA Staging ShakespeareLocation: Exeter Northcott Theatre Shakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - VICE Theatrical representations of evil fascinated Elizabethan audiences and still attract and intrigue us today. This production will draw on Shakespeare’s medieval influences, taking the audience on a journey spanning the cosmological picture the Elizabethans inherited, in a dark and gripping exploration of the Vice figure. Directed by Ellie Chadwick. 7pm - LOVE'S FINE WIT Love’s Fine Wit seeks to interpret the sonnets for a modern audience. Set against contemporary relationships we will discover whether the cards that the fates deal us are the same as they were in Shakespeare’s time. Written by Laura Baggs Directed by Mikkel Hamik 8.15pm - MEASURE FOR MEASURE: TWISTED VIRTUE Twisted Virtue explores gender roles as a social construct through the lens of a reversed society in which women are the dominant power, commenting on ‘privilege’ (among other things), and continuing the ongoing discussion of basic human rights for everyone. Directed by Raphael Massie Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Sat 02 JunStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the NorthcottPresented by: MA/MFA Staging ShakespeareLocation: Exeter Northcott Theatre Shakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - VICE Theatrical representations of evil fascinated Elizabethan audiences and still attract and intrigue us today. This production will draw on Shakespeare’s medieval influences, taking the audience on a journey spanning the cosmological picture the Elizabethans inherited, in a dark and gripping exploration of the Vice figure. Directed by Ellie Chadwick. 7pm - LOVE'S FINE WIT Love’s Fine Wit seeks to interpret the sonnets for a modern audience. Set against contemporary relationships we will discover whether the cards that the fates deal us are the same as they were in Shakespeare’s time. Written by Laura Baggs Directed by Mikkel Hamik 8.15pm - MEASURE FOR MEASURE: TWISTED VIRTUE Twisted Virtue explores gender roles as a social construct through the lens of a reversed society in which women are the dominant power, commenting on ‘privilege’ (among other things), and continuing the ongoing discussion of basic human rights for everyone. Directed by Raphael Massie Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Mon 04 JunStart times are 14:00 and 18:00 | Mary Stuart Author: Friedrich SchillerPresented by: T3 Director: Kathrin Rosenberger Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) "I feel again the crown upon my brows. And dignity possess my swelling soul!" Starting the story three days before Mary Stuart’s execution, Schiller gives us his own fictional account of the Queen of Scots‘ struggle to obtain a pardon form Elizabeth I. Mary’s friends have left or betrayed her. She is left with only one hope, the Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth’s favourite. |
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Mon 04 JunStart times are 16:30 and 19:00 | Caesar 2012 Presented by: T3Director: Tom Myles Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) A modern, fast-paced version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. |
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Wed 06 JunStart time: 16:00 | Research Seminar: Composed Theatre - David RoesnerPresented by: David RoesnerLocation: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Book launch with David Roesner and Matthias Rebstock |
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Wed 06 JunStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 | Tempted?Presented by: T3Co-Directors: Rob Stenson,Grace Hopper Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) You’ve got 23 hours until your deadline. In your way stands a questionable takeaway and a possible outing to Arena. What would you do? Through comedy, dance and general musical nonsense, this piece will exploit all those irresistible opportunities that tempt us hard-working students on a day-to-day basis. |
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Wed 06 JunStart times are 17:00 and 20:00 | The Drink-Driving Project Presented by: TDDP Devising GroupCo-Directors: Laura Brown, Rosie Archer Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) “Why don’t you have another one?...” It’s a phrase heard often in bars, clubs, restaurants and pubs. It’s a phrase that determines whether you walk in a straight line, or wobble across the car park. It’s a phrase that determines whether you drive or not, even if you should get a taxi home. It’s a phrase that determines whether someone lives or dies. The Drink Driving Project will introduce you to the drivers, the bartenders, the paramedics, the lawyers, the victims, the families and friends whose lives are overtaken and intermingled as soon as a driver injures himself or another under the influence. It only takes a split second for one drink to bring a whole entanglement of people together. But how do they cope? What do they do? What next? “Go on then. It’s only one drink...” |
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Thu 07 JunStart times are 17:00 and 19:30 | Little ThingsPresented by: T3Director: Alice Higginson Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) A devised piece, drawing influence from Lecoq’s notion of observing little details in everyday life and the contemporary concept of observational comedy. The piece will be a series of sketches about the absurdities of everyday life which usually pass us by. A collaborative process drawing on the performers’ own personal experiences and taking our stimulus from the ‘everyday’. |
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Thu 07 JunStart times are 15:00 and 15:40 and 16:20 and 17:00 and 18:40 and 19:20 and 20:00 and 20:40 | Vignettes Presented by: T3Co-Directors: Alexander Palmer,Kat Cory Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) ‘Vignettes’ is an immersive experience. This devised production will be created and inspired by memories of the cast. Creating a personal and totally unique experience for those involved – cast, crew and audience. We want to push the boundaries between actor and audience to it’s limit, whilst also exploring the relationship between actor and person. (When are the performers ‘actors’ and when are the performers being themselves?) This will be an intimate and special experience for all concerned as the audience is let into the private worlds of the performers. We will be relying on the performers’ creativity, honestly and openness to devise from personal memories. Open up to your own memories, as you enter ours. Please arrive promptly. Late comers cannot be admitted. |
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Thu 07 JunStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the Northcott Location: Exeter Northcott TheatreShakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - SET ME FREE: AN ADAPTATION OF THE TEMPEST A stunning original sound design, daring dramaturgy, and electrifying choreography combine in Set Me Free to tell the story of Shakespeare’s enchanted isle and challenge traditional readings of The Tempest through the media of movement and music. Directed by Nora Williams. Musical Director: Marcus Frewin-Ridley. 6.45pm - TIMON OF ATHENS Shakespeare’s obscure and unfinished play grapples with the darker side of money, friendships, and a corrupted government. Set in a modern, raw, urban city, Timon of Athens eerily depicts the current state of our economics and how our humanity has become affected by it. Directed by Noelle Fair 8.30pm - STONE NO MORE A lavish Jacobean masque with an intimate contemporary feel. Join the cast of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in their attempts to bring Hermione’s statue to life with music, dance and the magnificence of Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Oberon. Directed by Evelyn O'Malley Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Fri 08 JunStart times are 17:00 and 19:30 | Pathways Presented by: T3Director: Ed Johnson and Chloe Young Location: RS1 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) A stylised devised physical theatre and mask piece. A Collaborative project that will focus on the theme of "Decisions in life" and exploring to what extent we and others have control over our own free will, with moments relating to fictional and real life stories from the cast. |
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Fri 08 JunStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the NorthcottPresented by: MA/MFA Staging ShakespeareLocation: Exeter Northcott Theatre Shakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - SET ME FREE: AN ADAPTATION OF THE TEMPEST A stunning original sound design, daring dramaturgy, and electrifying choreography combine in Set Me Free to tell the story of Shakespeare’s enchanted isle and challenge traditional readings of The Tempest through the media of movement and music. Directed by Nora Williams. Musical Director: Marcus Frewin-Ridley. 6.45pm - TIMON OF ATHENS Shakespeare’s obscure and unfinished play grapples with the darker side of money, friendships, and a corrupted government. Set in a modern, raw, urban city, Timon of Athens eerily depicts the current state of our economics and how our humanity has become affected by it. Directed by Noelle Fair 8.30pm - STONE NO MORE A lavish Jacobean masque with an intimate contemporary feel. Join the cast of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in their attempts to bring Hermione’s statue to life with music, dance and the magnificence of Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Oberon. Directed by Evelyn O'Malley Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Sat 09 JunStart time: 12:00 | Almost End of T3 Sports DayPresented by: T3Location: Flowerpot Fields Got any energy left after hundreds of T3 performances? What could be better than a nice relaxing afternoon of sporting fun and frollics? Starting the day with some classic egg & spoon races, sack race, relay etc. continuing on to some mixed rounders and mixed rugby (non full-contact). NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. NO AUDITION REQUIRED. Everyone is welcome! Location: Flowerpot Fields (go to Mill on the Exe on Bonhay Road, cross over the bridge (Miller's Crossing) with the big millstone. Flowerpot Fields is the massive field on the right after the bridge. Look for Drama Students! |
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Sat 09 JunStart time: 17:30 | Shakespeare at the NorthcottPresented by: MA/MFA Staging ShakespeareLocation: Exeter Northcott Theatre Shakespeare: No Copyright! A season of new takes on Shakespeare, as part of the MA/MFA Theatre Practice: Staging Shakespeare. 5.30pm - SET ME FREE: AN ADAPTATION OF THE TEMPEST A stunning original sound design, daring dramaturgy, and electrifying choreography combine in Set Me Free to tell the story of Shakespeare’s enchanted isle and challenge traditional readings of The Tempest through the media of movement and music. Directed by Nora Williams. Musical Director: Marcus Frewin-Ridley. 6.45pm - TIMON OF ATHENS Shakespeare’s obscure and unfinished play grapples with the darker side of money, friendships, and a corrupted government. Set in a modern, raw, urban city, Timon of Athens eerily depicts the current state of our economics and how our humanity has become affected by it. Directed by Noelle Fair 8.30pm - STONE NO MORE A lavish Jacobean masque with an intimate contemporary feel. Join the cast of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in their attempts to bring Hermione’s statue to life with music, dance and the magnificence of Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Oberon. Directed by Evelyn O'Malley Tickets are available from the Northcott Box Office. Ticket prices are as follows: 3 shows: £10 (£5 student / concession) 2 shows: £6 (£4) 1 show: £4 (£2) |
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Sun 10 JunStart times are 14:00 and 16:00 | The Best of Writers BlocAuthor: Amelia Newman, Jonathan Daly, David Wilson, Tim McNiven.Presented by: T3 Director: Jac Moore and Viki Browne Location: TS3 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) A showcase of the most promising pieces written for Writers' Bloc over the academic year. |
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Mon 11 JunStart times are 18:30 and 20:00 | The Fat Lady Sings in Little GrimleyAuthor: David Tristram, Daniel O'GormanPresented by: T3 Director: Zac Price Location: RS2 (Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road) In 2010 - Director Dan O'Gorman witnessed the worst Amateur Dramatic Society production ever recorded....with less talent than Michael Jackson's Plastic Surgeon... On June 10th 2010 - The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society launched their new show the 'SEX PANTO'! for the T3 Festival! Panned by critics and its hapless creator- Gordon....the society took an indefinite Hiatus, Gordon hit the bottle, Margaret started lining her tea with cocaine, Joyce began busking outside the job centre and Bernard took up a part time job as a zoo-keeper! All looked hopeless.....until 2012! This Summer, Gordon, Margaret, Bernard and Joyce will, for the last time- attempt to save their horrific society...by staging A MUSICAL!....But with the locals who saw their last production still in therapy, and a rival am-dram society recently set up just down the road and selling like hot-cakes...this won't be easy... BUT DON'T FORGET: It's Never Over Until the Fat Lady Sings! |
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Mon 11 JunStart times are 17:00 and 19:30 | MactoAuthor: David WilsonPresented by: T3 Director: David Wilson Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Welcome to The Academy, the self-professed future of education! A place with no curriculum and no teachers, where students duel in the hallways and where a single mind could break the universe. Follow Sundry, a mildly baffled TV reporter as she delves into the world of The Academy and the minds behind it, encountering along the way; Amanita Muscaria, a sentient Library and a very confused figment of the imagination. Macto is at heart a socio-philosophical (if irreverent) re-evaluation of modern education and the implications it carries, both for the indivual, and the social whole. |
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Tue 12 JunStart times are 17:00 and 18:30 | Love's Labour's LostPresented by: T3Co-Directors: Emma Cann,Rebekah Carter Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) It's Shakespeare...but with a twist We're not 'putting on' the play...we're using it as a stimulus and throwing it into the 21st century! We'll be keeping some of his language and throwing in some of ours too. *We want it to be fun*...Potential song, potential dance but it depends on where this journey takes us as we want the cast to have a say in the overall piece too... |
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Wed 13 JunStart times are 17:30 and 19:30 | Until Normal Service ResumesAuthor: Jack WrightonPresented by: T3 Director: Jack Wrighton Location: TS2 (Alexander Building, Thornlea, New North Rd.) Until Normal Service Resumes is a comedy/drama that follows a group of strangers queuing to hand in any documents they posses that could help rebuild the national records after the previous government deleted them in a spiteful move against anyone who should wish to take over the country after their defeat. With them went the media, which they so carefully controlled. Without the news most people have been in the dark for week as to what happened in the final days of the revolution. All they have is the stories they’ve heard from whispers on street corners or rumors from friends. |
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