“There is a beast. Because I saw it”. I saw the beast of a show that is EUTCO’s latest Northcott offering, a contemporary retelling of William Golding’s ‘Lord of The Flies’. Casting aside any harrowing memories of GCSE English Literature, the production charges into the 21st century. It’ll make you laugh, it’ll make you cry, […]
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Review: EUTCo’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’
Morbidly chuckle-raising and intelligent in its silliness, EUTCo’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ was a laugh for even the theatrically inexperienced like me. The Uni Theatre Company exhumed the body of this wartime classic and paraded it across the Barnfield Theatre to bemused and rapturous applause. Looking at the character sheet, the play is essentially the […]
Review: EUTCo’s ‘The Shape of Things’ in the M&D Room
On the 9th of November I was privileged enough to review EUTCo’s performance of Neil LaBute’s ‘The Shape of Things’. I knew I was in for a night of culture when I entered the M&D Room to find it in the style of an art gallery. The room was lined with portraits of a man […]
EUTCo’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’
When: 17th – 20th January 2018 at 19:30 Where: Exeter Northcott Theatre Tickets: £15 (concession £12) Available from: https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/a-clockwork-orange/ A Clockwork Orange is an iconic story, most well known from Burgess’s original novel and Kubrick’s 1971 film. EUTCo’s 2018 production seeks to explore concepts of power and control both within the family unit and an external […]
Review: EUTCo’s “And Then There Were None.”
There is something deeply chilling about a performance which starts with more actors than the tiny stage can comfortably accommodate and ends with one single dead body sprawled out as part of the scenery; an adamant, apathetic reminder of the story which you have just watched unfold. And Then There Were None is, beyond doubt, […]
EUTCO presents: ‘Me, as a Penguin’
Tom Wells’ charmingly eccentric comedy-drama has been taken on by EUTCO, and it’s safe to say that the theatre company has done the play justice. The play explores themes of love, loyalty (to a sofa, of all things!), compromise and coming of age through a fun, relatable lens. EUTCO’s use of a minimalistic set does […]
Review: Bristol Dramasoc’s “A Sleepless Night”
In just one and a half weeks Bristol Dramasoc devised an animated and fun loving piece, gracing our own M&D stage with childish vigour. As part of a performance exchange with EUTCo we were treated to A Sleepless Night directed by Dan Durkin and Phoebe Simmonds. The show was told through the eyes of a […]
What to expect from EUTCo’s “Animal Farm”
“All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.” I have been lucky enough to attend a preview of EUTCo’s adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and I must say that I was extremely impressed with the result. Four months of hard work have truly paid off, culminating in a visually impressive […]
Review: Monster
A s Storm Angus set in, I sat down to watch Duncan Macmillan’s ‘Monster’, EUTCO’s first Term 1 show. In the newly (theatrically) appreciated Mardon Hall, I took a seat on the right-hand side of the common room, split from the other half of the audience by the stage in the middle of the room […]
Review: Vera Vera Vera
“Bobby’s dead and you’re still breathing. That’s a fucking walking talking tragedy that is.” Delivered during one of the play’s most intense scenes, this line does a pretty good job of capturing the essence of Haley Squire’s black comedy. Featuring the directorial debut of Poppy Harrison, EUTCo’s production of “Vera Vera Vera” is beautifully bleak, […]