YORK'S award-winning Pilot Theatre Company comes to Exeter Northcott with their play The Fever Chart for a week from Tuesday, February 9.

Produced in association with York Theatre Royal, the production brings to life the work of playwright Naomi Wallace, best known for her political plays including One Flea Spare and The Trestle At Pope Lick Creek.

Written as a trilogy, it explores the conflict in The Middle East in three different stories. The settings include a zoo in Palestine, a hospital in Tel Aviv, and a yard in Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Box Office: 01392 493493.

The magic of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has been transformed into a fast-paced, dazzling display of live theatrical entertainment for family audiences to enjoy.

Experience the sights and sounds of the best-selling fantasy novel ever written, in a live stage production with sparkling magical effects at Plymouth's Theatre Royal from Tuesday, February 16 until Sunday, February 21. Box Office: 01752 267222.