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Romeo and Juliet

Troubadour Stageworks presents an accessible, family-friendly production of Shakespeare’s tragic romance.

Martin Redfern

Troubadour Stageworks is presenting a production of Romeo and Juliet at Poltimore House on Saturday 27 May.

The company’s energetic and fast-paced production aims to fill Shakespeare’s tragic romance with music and fun, making the play family-friendly and accessible to all.

Romeo and Juliet by Troubadour Stageworks on Saturday 27 May 2023 at Poltimore House

Troubadour Stageworks is a registered charity that works in public education and heritage, producing music and drama aimed at bringing people together in historic spaces.

Its events range from rehearsed readings to full theatre productions, often in sites with little experience of event hosting to provide a model for future self-hosted productions.

The charity is based in the South West and tours its productions across the country.

Development director Judith Morgane also programmes events at St Nicholas Priory and runs Lightbear Lane, an Exeter-based consultancy that promotes the arts in heritage, nature and community spaces.

Poltimore House interior Poltimore House interior. Photo by Alison Day under Creative Commons license.

Poltimore House has a history dating back to 1298, when the Bampfylde family were bequeathed the Manor of Poltimore by a canon of Exeter Cathedral.

The current Grade II* listed 18th-century house is on the site of earlier buildings erected by the family from 1550 onwards. They also owned Bampfylde House, an important Elizabethan town house on Bampfylde Street in the centre of Exeter.

Politmore House was occupied by the family until 1920, then became a school before becoming an NHS hospital which closed in 1974. The house suffered an arson attack in 1987 before being left empty, falling into dilapidation until Poltimore House Trust was created in 2000 to rescue it.

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The Troubadour Stageworks production of Romeo and Juliet is at 2.30pm and again at 6.30pm on Saturday 27 May 2023 at Poltimore House.

Full price tickets cost £15, Friends of Poltimore House pay £13 and under-16 tickets cost £12. They are available via TicketSource.

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