Established 1980 Phone +44 1392 277189 | Type Drama school Founded 1980 | |
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Founder Monica Shallis & Mary G Evans Location Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4AZ
England Website www.cygnettheatre.co.uk Address Friars' Gate, Exeter EX2 4AZ, UK Similar Barnfield Theatre Ltd, Northcott Theatre, The Bike Shed Theatre, Theatretr Exeter, Exeter Phoenix Profiles | ||
Cygnet Theatre is a drama school based at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter, Devon, England.
It was founded in 1980 out of an association between Monica Shallis (1939−2006), Mary G. Evans (born 1934) and the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, then under the direction of Richard Digby Day. It operates as a working theatre company, regularly producing plays to a professional standard, both at the Cygnet Theatre and on tour, giving its students a first-hand experience of life in the theatre industry. It is one of the smallest drama schools in the UK, only taking in an average of five students per year. Its Patron is Peter Brook.
Visiting Directors include Richard Digby Day, Amanda Knott, Peter Ellis and Marina Calderone.
The Cygnet Theatre performs around six productions a year at the Cygnet Theatre, and visiting companies also perform regularly.