Posted 6th July 2025
Posted 2 months ago
By Alan Caig
The Cemetery Club November 2013
The Cemetery Club is a very New York five-hander, by Ivan Menchell, Jewish humour at its best
Posted 6th July 2025
Posted 26th June 2025
Posted 2 months ago
By Alan Caig
Confusions 28 - 31 March 2016
One of Alan Ayckbourn's more than 70 works for the theatre. Estuary chose four of the one act plays which make up Confusions: Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls and Gosforth's Fete
Posted 3rd December 2024
Posted 9 months ago
By Alan Caig
The Hypochondriac by Moliere April 2025
Moliere's fast-paced farce in a sparkling version by Richard Bean, whose One Man Two Guvnors set a new standard for updates of classic authors. An amateur production
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
Like a House on Fire al Fresco July 2024
We presented a shortened version of the show for three nights in the courtyard of Powderham Castle.
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett March 2024
Entertaining Angels is a modern play which deals with issues of fidelity, sacrifice in marriage and keeping secrets - but is also very funny and insightful
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
Like a House on Fire: An Incendiary History of Exeter Theatre April 2023
Like a House on Fire is the history of theatre in Exeter - and a rich and influential history it is too. One or two jokes and songs help it all go down nicely
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
Duets by Peter Quilter April 2022
Three short plays about ordinary couples finding out about each other, in extraordinary ways.
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
The Mellstock Quire by Clare Philbrock, adapted from Under the Greenwood Tree November 2021
Clare Philbrock's lively and evocative adaptation of Hardy's classic novel focused on the courtship of Fancy Day and . It made a welcome return to the stage for Estuary, post-pandemic
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
The First Cut or Isabella's Revenge November 2019
A mostly true telling of the amazing story of Exeter's Ship Canal, the first in Britain, by 200 years, to have working locks.
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
The First Cut or Isabella's Revenge - Al Fresco
The First Cut was Estuary's first venture after the pandemic closed down all social gatherings in 2020. Only possible outdoors, the show was a hit in its new outdoor form.
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
The Memory of Water April 2019
Shelagh Stephenson has cleverly wrapped her story in a witty and yet at times poignant script as the events leading up to the funeral unfold. Her characters are believable and their conversations, at
Posted 2nd September 2024
Posted 12 months ago
By Rhed Crews
Much Ado About Nothing November 2018
Much Ado About Nothing was written in 1598 when the 34 year old William Shakespeare was at the very height of his powers. It is one of his best loved comedies – indeed an important landmark in the his
