Previous productions
Playing with Snails (February 2012)
A new play by Peter Kesterton. A grieving father returns to the scene of his daughter's death and encounters a face from the past.
Cast: Charlie Coldfield, Chloe Whipple
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Bee Watson
Sound: Justine Bock
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
A Christmas Carol: Smoke & Mirrors (December 2011)
A new version of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story written by Shaun McCarthy.
Cast: Charlie Coldfield, Ben Crispin, Loren O'Dair, Joe Sellman-Leava
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Bee Watson
Stage Management: Tom Welch & Hannah Rowley
Movement Direction: Vida Harrison
Animations: James Cleland
Bunnies (November 2011)
A new play by Kieran Lynn, in which a farmer comes up with an absurd solution to the abundance of rabbits on his land.
Cast: Stuart Lyddon, Emily Spetch, Michael Woodman
Direction: Fin Irwin
Design: Thomasin Marshall
Music: Brian Monahan
Stage Management: Issy Irwin
Circus Britanica (June 2011)
A new play by Shaun McCarthy, exploring immigration and xenophobia set within an ageing British circus. This production transferred to Theatre 503 in London.
Cast: Joseph Carey, Andy Kelly, Jenny May Morgan, Tom Sherman, Sophia Thierens, Jos Vantyler
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Becky Hawkins
Music: Elizabeth Westcott
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
Video: Rob Darch, David Williams
Animations: James Cleland
The Dumb Waiter (April 2011)
Harold Pinter's dangerous 1950s play, in which two men await orders in a basement.
Cast: Tom Hackney, Benjamin Warren
Direction: David Lockwood
Set design: Ruth Webb
Costume design: Laurel Coxon
Sound design: Ben Goldstone
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
Waiting for Lefty (March 2011)
A new production of Clifford Odets' political play. Set in 1930s New York, this production transformed the theatre into the meeting room for an angry union meeting.
Cast: Steven Bono, Jenny May Morgan, Jonny Rowden, Tom Sherman, Oliver Stoney, Michael Terry
Direction: Fin Irwin
Stage design: George Barron
Costume design: Bee Watson
Sound design: Paul Bull
Cul de Sac (February 2011)
A new play by Neil Bebber. Three couples put their troubled relationships to one side, when they are suddenly made to realise their place in the universe.
Cast: Jane Bennett, Ben Crispin, Matt Lawrenson, Ben Simpson, Katie Villa, Chloe Whipple
Direction: Charlie Coldfield
Design: Ruth Webb
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
The Little Prince (December 2010)
A new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's story. This production was created by the cast and creative team.
Cast: Ben Crispin, Hasan Dixon, Andrew Macbean, Heather Saunders
Direction: Fin Irwin & David Lockwood
Music: Elizabeth Westcott
Movement: Vida Harrison
Serendip (November 2010)
A new play by Sam Randall. Set in the 1940s Exeter blitz and moving forward to the present day, this play explored women's bonds to one another through tragedy.
Cast: Annette Chown, Robyn Steyn, Katherine Tranter, Tanya Winsor
Direction: Nick Stimson
Stage and costume design: Thomasin Marshall
Sound design: Ben Wills
The Magic Flute (October 2010)
A 1920s version of Mozart's classic singspiel, with a jazz score by Katherine Brooks and a new libretto by Elaine Ruth White.
Principals: Katherine Brooks, Paloma Bruce, Lucy Glasscoe, Stephanie Green, Andy Kelly, Dan North, Simon Pontin, Ben Wills
Musicians: Marcus Frewin-Ridley, Cat Hardy, Damian Sheppard, Chris Smith
Musical direction: Katherine Brooks
Stage direction: David Lockwood
Set design: Ruth Webb
Costume design: Laurel Coxon
A Midsummer Night's Dream (September 2010)
Shakespeare's classic comedy was chosen to open our new performance space, primarily using actors who had worked with us on previous productions. The play was moved to the Exeter Northcott due to delays in opening the new performance space.
Cast: Matt Lawrenson, Lynette Reade, Joe Sellman-Leava, Tom Sherman, Mark Shorto, Ben Simpson, Jeff Sleeman, Robyn Steyn, Michael Terry, Eli Thorne, Katie Villa, David Watkinson, Elizabeth Westcott
Direction: Fin Irwin & Katie Villa
Music: Elizabeth Westcott
Movement direction: Vida Harrison
Beanfield (June 2010)
A new play by Shaun McCarthy. Written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, following the lives of those caught up in the events and their aftermath. This production transferred to the Tobacco Factory in Bristol.
Cast: Ben Crispin, Georgie Rennolds, Ben Simpson, Eli Thorne, Katie Villa
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Phillip Wyatt
Sound design: Ben Goldstone
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
Still (April 2010)
A new play by Steve Lambert. An intense thriller in which a man picks up a hitch-hiker and takes her to his secret childhood hideaway by the river. Ten years later, they return as bones are washed up on the riverbank.
Cast: Rose Romain, Mark Shorto
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Phillip Wyatt
Original music: Andrew Clanfield
Lighting: Rachael Duthie
The Distance (February 2010)
A new play by Craig Norman. Set in a future distopia, exploring the distances that are exposed by the effects of outside influences.
Cast: Jane Bennett, Charlie Coldfield, Alison Collinge, David Watkinson
Direction: David Lockwood
Design: Phillip Wyatt
Original music: Andrew Clanfield