Born in the Gardens
By Peter Nichols

Set in an ageing mock- Tudor house in Bristol in 1979,
Maud and her stay- at- home son, Mo, pass their days happily together.
He talks to the cat, plays his drums and concocts ridiculous cocktails for them both
while she sits chatting away to the people on the telly.
No amount of coaxing from Maud’s suave elder son, Hedley, and Mo’s glamorous twin sister,
Queenie, will persuade the eccentric pair to lead a more normal life –
even the “michael wave” is a gadget too far
and part of a world neither wishes to inhabit.

This is a story set when new technology, business morality and
social patterns were changing the nation’s behaviour….

Master playwright, Peter Nichols (“Privates on Parade” & “A day in the Death of Joe Egg”),
reveals in his hilarious and deeply touching play that change is not always for the best
and that ‘opening the cage door does not necessarily imply an escape..’

REVIEW OF Born in The Gardens

MAY 16-17   7.30pm

Tickets £10 (no concessions)

Booking Information

New Theatre Box Office
Cash & Cheque only 01392 277189
Exeter Visitors Information and Tickets – Dix’s Field, Paris Street, Exeter
Cash, Cheques & Cards 01392 665885

SOLO CONCERT by Mark Waistell

Following the collection of a beautiful handmade guitar from Brook Guitars in Devon,
Mark started practising and then decided to takesome time away from work and try writing songs.
They came surprisingly quickly and soon he had 20 written in 20 days.
John Godsland of Orchid Electronics provided an introduction
to the top record producer Mark Tucker (Show of Hands, Ralph McTell, Fairport Convention,
Richard Shindell …and many more) and, very surprisingly, he said he would like to produce a CD.
A very steep learning curve, the expertise of Mark Tucker and support from a
wonderful “band” of Phil Beer (Show of Hands),
Gerry Conway (Fairport Convention. Jacquie McShee’s Pentangle and The Dylan Project) ,
Barney Morse-Brown (Chris Woods band) and Spencer Cozens ( John Martyn and Joan Armatrading) resulted in the appropriately-named “Latecomer” album.
Twelve songs of love and loss, of family and dreams, of social comment and observation showcase Mark’s voice and guitar with carefully crafted and thought-provoking lyrics supported by memorable melodies and accompaniments.

Review of CD Latecomer on Folkwords

www.markwaistell.com

Listen to a Mark Waistell Track

June 9th      7.30pm

Tickets £8

FEN

Cygnet Company                          Director Peter Ellis

Caryl Churchill is one of the most gifted playwrights
working today. Her intelligence and wit have produced
plays as diverse as Cloud 9, Soft Cops, and Top Girls which
enjoyed a very successful revival at Chichester, on tour
and in the West End.
Fen is the result of workshops with people in the Fen-lands
and tells the story of their lives.
Although it is set in East Anglia its themes of rural life have
much in common with Devon.

Tickets £10 (£8, £6)

Booking Information
New Theatre Box Office
Cash & Cheque only 01392 277189
Exeter Visitors Information and Tickets – Dix’s Field, Paris Street, Exeter
Cash, Cheques & Cards 01392 665885