Posted By: Editor
December 4, 2024
Coming up at the
The Cygnet Theatre
Friar’s Gate, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter, EX2 4AZ
TEL: 01392 277189
Fougou Music Presents Will Butterworth Trio
£14 / £10 U 18
Friday 24th January 7.30pm
Will Butterworth grew up in Devon Playing classical music on the cello and improvising on the piano. This piano trio is about interaction and swing. Playing some of the wonderful tunes of the great American song book with a huge sense of adventure.
Line up: Will Butterworth piano, Marcus Vergette bass, Preston Prince drums.
Blue Vanguard Jazz £15
30th January; 27th February & 27th March 7.30
Cygnet Theatre is delighted to welcome The Blue Vanguard to its new home for a regular jazz evening. The Blue Vanguard is a monthly jazz club dedicated to bringing the finest national and international guests to our home town of Exeter. The Club has run successfully since September 2011 and has a loyal following.
Fougou Music presents The Sam Richards Trio
£14 Full / £10 Student
Friday 14th February 7.30pm
Sam Richards is a Devon legend! A totally original pianist, he straddles stride technique, blues and orchestral soloing. The trio also includes Mike Westbrook’s bass player, the seriously swinging Marcus Vergette & inventive drummer, Steve Day. These guys are long time students of Thelonius Monka.
La Vie en Rose £15
Saturday 15th February 7.30pm
The South-West’s favourite gypsy jazz and hot swing band has a well-earned reputation for its take on the ‘Hot Club’ style. Toe-tapping rhythms and soaring melodies combine in a virtuoso performance of gypsy favourites, jazz standards, soulful ballads and Latin swing, all played with the verve and joy that is the heart of this music.
Exeter Drama Company presents Edifice and Artifice
14+ £12
20th – 22nd February 7.30pm
A new play by Claire Temple, Edifice and Artifice is a satire on the wealth gap today. It takes place in the London headquarters of fictional oil company Starco, and the protest camp laying siege outside. As London floods and the government factionalises, it’s only a matter of time before the haves and have-nots collide.
The Orchard Café Quartet £15
Friday 28th February 7.30pm
The Orchard Café Quartet’s music is a perfect blend of traditional and contemporary string quartet music. The programme includes music from: The Lord of the Rings, Howl’s Moving Castle and Gladiator. Listeners will also be taken on a journey through Denmark, Norway and Sweden through contemporary folk music arrangements.
Fougou Music presents Django Chutney
£14 Full / £10 Student
Friday 7th March 7.30pm
Django Chutney is a combination of 3part vocal harmonies. It has a huge repertoire that draws from so many eras and genres of the 20th Century, virtuosic guitar
show-offery, and ridiculous sense of fun and musical adventure. All ages, and musical tastes will find something to enjoy in Django Chutney’s hugely entertaining and energetic performances.
Don’t Go Into the Cellar! Present The Thirty-Nine Steps
£14 Full / £10 Student
Friday 14th March 7.30pm
Award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin plays man-on-the-run Richard Hannay, falsely accused of a murder he did not commit. He is pursued across the moors of Scotland by the nefarious Black Stone, and clandestine criminal organisation hell-bent on plunging the world into a global war. In a race against time, Hannay must evade capture and certain death to prevent the assassination of a foreign dignitary by anarchist spies.
Last Dance Saloon £15 Full / £12.50 Student/Under 18
Saturday 15th March 7.30pm
Two people of a certain age, with tangled pasts, find each other at a dance retreat in Buenos Aires. A spark is lit and their passion smoulders – this was meant to be. But one has work and family ties in South America; the other in North Devon. A multi story mix of stories ancient and modern, music, song and tango.
Giles Shenton Productions present Dead on Cue £15
Friday 28th March 7.30pm
Written and performed by Mark Carey, this spooky thriller is set in the same theatre dressing room, during the same play, at the same theatre, but 60 years apart. During both time periods the theatre is hosting a performance of Hamlet where ‘time is out of joint’. What is the unearthly link between the two productions? How can the same things be happening to different people 60 years apart? Why are the actors fascinated by the old dressing room mirror? Just don’t look into it you might not like what you see!
The First Men in the Moon
£15 Full / £12.50Student/Under 18
Saturday 29th March
It’s 1919 and Bedford, a penniless playwright moves to a country cottage in Lympne in Kent convinced that he is capable of the writing of “ a very good play”. However, his new neighbour Professor Cavor is a scienctific genius on the verge of discovering a substance that will change (or possibly destroy) the world. Thrown together by chance the unlikely duo form a bond, forged from Bedford’s avarice and Professor Cavor’s ambition and set off in a metal sphere ‘’to boldly go’ where no men have gone before.
Giles Shenton Productions present: ‘Flo’ Smith
£15
Thursday 10th April 7.30pm
It’s 1969 and a woman looks back on her life in London. From the Boer War to The Summer of Love, Flo Smith: daughter, sister, wife, mother, widow and grandmother recalls with horror, humour, tears and joy those turbulent times at home and in the world beyond her front door.
Fougou Music presents The Jonathan Gee Trio
£14 Full / £10 Student
Friday 11th April 7.30pm
Pianist/singer Jonathan Gee is one of the most imaginative composer-pianists operating today. Tonight he will be combining three of his recent shows in one: Beatles Reimagined, rearranged Spandau Ballet, Kate Bush, Wayne Shorter & Michael Brecker tunes.
Rowan Stuart
£12.50
Saturday 19th April 7.30pm
South-African singer-songwriter Rowan Stuart will make his Exeter debut at the Cygnet Theatre with Mattie James on bass.
With a sound best described as ‘story-driven dream folk pop’, his live performances have him on vocals, guitars and loop station. Consisting of songs from his seven albums, as well as
re-interpreted classics from some of his favourite songwriters.
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