Blackmore Theatre

Keeping Up Appearances - Monday Evening
2023-07-24 20:30 - 23:30 (Europe/London) | Blackmore Theatre, 10 Bicton Street, Exmouth, EX8 2RU
“Lady of the house Speaking”
When Hyacinth Bucket, everyone’s favourite social climber, hears that the part of Lady Melvern is yet to be cast in a murder mystery play for the local amateur dramatic society, nothing will stop her from taking this role. The director, long-suffering neighbour Emmet, has other ideas.
Much to Hyacinth’s dismay the cast mainly consists of her family – sister Daisy and her husband Onslow and her lusty sister, Rose. Daddy is of course a problem from start to finish, causing continuous mayhem throughout.

Night Must Fall
2023-06-12 13:00 - 16:00

1950' - The Musical - Saturday
2023-05-27 20:30 - 23:00
Back for it’s next edition, this time set in the 1950’s we return for an evening of all things 50’s.

1950' - The Musical - Friday
2023-05-26 20:30 - 23:00

1950' - The Musical - Thursday
2023-05-25 20:30 - 23:00

Murder, Margaret & Me - Saturday Evening
2023-03-11 19:30 - 22:30
Philip Meeks – full-length, dark comedy
Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie didn’t want Margaret Rutherford to bring her fabled spinster to life. And Margaret Rutherford was mortified at the prospects of sullying her reputation with something as sordid as murder…
This is the story of the real reason why the acting legend and “the funniest woman alive” didn’t want to take on the role that made her celebrated across the world. Margaret and Agatha form an unlikely friendship filled with high tea, brandy snaps and gossip. Meanwhile Agatha turns detective herself and she’s on a mission. She’s determined to unearth Rutherford’s tragic and shocking secret.

Murder, Margaret & Me - Saturday Afternoon
2023-03-11 14:30 - 17:30

Murder, Margaret & Me - Friday Evening
2023-03-10 19:30 - 22:30

Murder, Margaret & Me - Thursday Evening
2023-03-09 19:30 - 22:30

Murder, Margaret & Me - Wednesday Evening
2023-03-08 19:30 - 22:30

Murder, Margaret & Me - Tuesday Evening
2023-03-07 19:30 - 22:30

Murder, Margaret & Me - Monday Evening
2023-03-06 19:30 - 22:30

The Railway Children - Sunday Matinee
2022-12-11 14:30 - 17:00
Mike Kenny’s imaginative stage adaptation of E. Nesbit’s much-loved children’s classic.
Famously filmed, this story of a prosperous Edwardian family – mother and three children – forced into near-penury in the rural north of England captures the anxieties and exhilarations of childhood with great tenderness and insight.
As Mike Kenny says of his remarkably faithful adaptation, ‘You don’t need a real train to perform this play… the most powerful prop is the imagination of the audience, the most effective tool the skill of the actors.’ So this version of The Railway Children, which offers three plum roles for young performers, is eminently suitable for schools, youth theatres and drama groups – anywhere, in fact, where the cry of ‘Daddy! My Daddy!’ is likely to provoke a tear.
Mike Kenny’s version of The Railway Children was first staged at the National Railway Museum in York in 2008, before receiving a major production at Waterloo Station in London in 2010.

The Railway Children - Saturday Evening
2022-12-10 19:30 - 22:30

The Railway Children - Saturday Matinee
2022-12-10 14:30 - 17:00

The Railway Children - Friday
2022-12-09 19:30 - 22:30

The Railway Children - Thursday
2022-12-08 19:30 - 22:30

The Railway Children - Wednesday
2022-12-07 19:30 - 22:30

The Railway Children - Tuesday
2022-12-06 19:30 - 22:30

Blood Brothers (play version) Saturday
2022-10-15 21:00 - 23:00
The story of the two differing lives of fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, separated by a secret pact between Mrs Johnston, their mother and Mrs Lyons, her employer, is told.
How chance has thrown them together through the years, from the moment they swear their allegiance as boyhood ‘blood brothers’ and into adulthood. Their family lives could not be more different, Mrs Johnston a struggling single parent raises Micky with his numerous elder siblings. Mrs Lyons a housewife, whose husband works away and who cannot have children of her own, cherishes her Edward who is given nothing but the best. She is determined that the circumstances of the boys’ birth should be kept from him, fearing the consequences.
The childhood pursuits, give way to teenage longings and love for a girl called Linda. Eddie’s life moves on with success. Mickey and Linda struggle to make ends meet. As they mature, the differences between Eddie and Mickey become more marked. Eddie reaches out to help. Mickey resents his interference and his lasting friendship with Linda.
In a final, dramatic confrontation involving the mothers, the truth comes out and the boys’ fate is sealed.

Blood Brothers (play version) Matinee
2022-10-15 15:30 - 17:30

Blood Brothers (play version) Friday
2022-10-14 21:00 - 23:00

Blood Brothers (play version) Thursday
2022-10-13 21:00 - 23:00

Blood Brothers (play version) Wednesday
2022-10-12 21:00 - 23:00

Blood Brothers (play version) Tuesday
2022-10-11 21:00 - 23:00

Blood Brothers (play version) Monday
2022-10-10 21:00 - 23:00

Fritillaries - Folk Concert
2022-09-22 08:00 - 23:00
Six years after moving away from Exmouth, Fritillaries are thrilled to bring their tour show to the Blackmore Theatre. They’ll be playing as a fourpiece stringband, in one of only four unique shows, with Kit Massey on violin and Andy Hamill on double bass.
Playing together since childhood, Hannah and Gabriel share a unique intimacy and ability to draw audiences into their world. Their debut album – about places and people missed and found in isolation, and things found growing when we dig down into spaces the light doesn’t reach – was released on Pear O’Legs Records in July to widespread critical acclaim and support from BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
RNR magazine noted their ‘youthful energy, freshness and cliché-free approach to roots’. At The Barrier called the album ‘exceptional’, with Cerys Matthews describing it as ‘wonderful’ and Folk Radio UK as ‘outstanding’: ‘an enthrallingly scenic, tranquil and fruitful debut … capturing the purity, inventiveness and talent of the duo’s playing’.
This event will be one of only four stringband dates on the album tour (London, Birmingham, Bristol, Exmouth), with the duo being joined by Andy Hamill (Laura Mvula, Annie Lennox, Martha Reeves) on double bass and Kit Massey (Aphex Twin, Anna Calvi, Pete Tong) on violin. As a four-piece, Fritillaries bring deep groove, lush strings and moments of joyous uplift.

1970' - The Musical - Saturday
2022-08-27 20:30 - 23:00
Back for it’s next edition, this time set in the 1970’s we return for an evening of all things 70’s.

1970' - The Musical - Friday
2022-08-26 20:30 - 23:00

1970' - The Musical - Thursday
2022-08-25 20:30 - 23:00
