This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action, following our handsome hero Richard Hannay in his exciting adventures.
After a sell out run as part of the Summer Play Festival 2013, Paul Taylor- Mills and his company bring back this comic tour-de-force for one last time.
Join Ballet Theatre UK on this dramatic re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen's all time favourite story of The Little Mermaid, who falls in love with a human Prince.This charming and poignant ballet explores the nature of longing , how making choices have lasting consequences and how goodness can be rewarding in unexpecting ways.
"A ballet company of great achievement" The Dancing Times.
"Glittering costumes, expressive dancers....a pleasure to witness a production of this calibre" Dance Europe Magazine.
If only life could be like the movies! This fizzy concoction takes the classic ingredients of romantic comedy, love, humour, coincidence and fantasy and serves them up with a surprisingly touching twist… Strawberries in January is a biting heartwarming comedy about four romantically challenged singletons who stumble through contemporary Montréal in search of love.
Originally written in Québec French the play won the Masque Award for Best Original Script. This version by Scottish writer Rona Munro, author of Iron and Bold Girls, was commissioned as part of the Traverse Playwrights...
Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel of romance and mystery comes to Cygnet Theatre in a vibrant production.
Orphaned Jane lives miserably with her aunt, Mrs reed until she is sent to lowood, a place of fleeting moments of joy and friendship amid the privation and challenges of school life.
Moving to Thornfield hall as Governess, Jane meets the brooding Mr rochester, her emotions blossom and marriage beckons. however, rochester hides a secret which threatens to tear them apart.
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer have developed a strong reputation for delivering great performances time and time again. Once known mainly for their instrumental skills with Scottish smallpipes, accordion and Swedish nyckelharpa, they are now being accepted as impressive song arrangers and writers. Vicki & Jonny effortlessly blend traditional material with contemporary interpretations whilst equally creating original self penned tunes and songs that are entirely at home in the tradition. Out of this combination they have developed a sound that is both familiar and fresh.
A true story created by three generations of the same family about parents, children and falling in love.
When theatre-maker Tom Frankland’s aunt died in 2006, he and his father inherited suitcases containing letters written by his grandparents across twenty-five years. They reveal the astonishing life and love of a couple living through two world wars and a recession. As an excuse to spend time together, Tom suggested they create a performance inspired by the letters. In creating their debut performance together, father and son uncovered more than they bargained for.
An imaginative new adaptation of Alice in Wonderland set during WW1, featuring innovative puppetry and live music.
Bombs rain down. Sheltering in her dusty cellar, Alice rediscovers her past amongst old lamp shades & moth-eaten christening gowns. Meanwhile her son Alan, a WW1 soldier, makes the same imaginary journey down the rabbit hole to escape the madness of the trenches, returning them both to a wonderland of talking rabbits, mad hatters & savage queens.
Based on Lewis Carroll’s literary classic & the real life Alice who inspired it, Metta Theatre bring...
Nereus Pike is slowly floating down from the sunshine to the bottom of the sea. He’s not unhappy about this. He's smiling. Beaming in fact.
This is a new, extraordinary tale of myth, magic, adventure and angler fish by Fringe First Award winning comedian and theatre maker Laura Mugridge, with original music performed live by Tom Adams
Expect sea creatures, animation and a nautical jumper.
"Although this show is small, its heart beats loudly" Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“A life-affirming, love-affirming odyssey full of exquisite tiny details… while her show may...
With the FIFA World Cup less than two weeks away, Devon and Cornwall Police is launching its annual summer drink and drug driving crackdown. Sunday, June 1, 2014, will see the launch of the initiative in support of a wider national campaign to reduce risk on our roads. The consequences of driving while over the limit the morning after drinking are a particular focus of the campaign with late night World Cup matches, including England games, taking place from Thursday, June 12. Despite long term reductions, drink driving still accounts for 15% of road deaths and almost 10,000 casualties...
Lapford & District Horticultural Society open their gardens on the 28 and 29 of June in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
Twelve unique parish gardens can be viewed including the school and allotments. Nine gardens are located in the village, with three about a mile away.
The floral selections range from petite patio-type gardens, to large displays, all with distinguishing qualities from variable soil to an assortment of flowerage. There will be the opportunity to meet the livestock of some of the gardeners, and plants will be available for purchase. Cream teas,...
