1920s Murder Mystery – ‘Drama & Deception’

A Murder Mystery evening – a 1920s themed, Fundraiser for Cornwall Hospice Care

The Plot :
You will witness a story that takes you behind the curtain of an established theatre company with more than meets the eye.

The evening will take you into a world where secrets and affairs intertwine, and the spotlight unveils more than just talent!

Prepare to witness the scandal and revelations that will change lives forever.

Will the show go on, or will their stage be tainted by the truth forever?

Don’t miss this tale of passion, love and the dramatic web that binds them all.

Will the evening end in tragedy??

1920s Fancy Dress is Optional – but lots of fun too !
We’ll have a “Photo Station” for you to record a memory of the evening
The Evening’s action and story sequences will be performed by a group of professional Murder Mystery actors

Doors Open and Welcome Drinks served from 7.00pm. There will also be a Licensed Bar available.
The Murder Mystery starts at 7.30pm

Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance, please :
Murder Mystery including Welcome Drink and your choice of Pasty : £22.50
Choose as and when you book : either a Steak or a Cheese and Onion Pasty, per person
( Tickets are non-refundable )

Book Online or Phone 01726 63513 ( 9.00am to 8.00pm )
or
Buy In-Person at Tourist Offices in : Truro, Boscawen Street, St Austell at Rail Station, Bodmin, Shire Hall and Liskeard, Pike Street

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Cornwall Performing Arts : ‘Young Adults Theatre Workshop’

Are you an adult or young person aged 16 and above passionate about theatre?
Are you keen to join a community of like minded people?

We are recruiting for our community theatre company!
Stormbox Theatre Company is part of Cornwall Performing Arts and is dedicated to creating and producing a wide range of productions and performances giving our members a broad and exciting experience.

We are looking for committed, passionate and dedicated people to come and make theatre with us!

This opportunity is open to all levels of experience – so whether you’re already a seasoned performer or have never stepped foot in a rehearsal studio, a warm welcome awaits!
Perhaps you are a college or university student looking to gain as much experience as possible, maybe you’ve been involved in community theatre for many years are are looking for a new creative challenge, or maybe you’ve always been an avid theatre lover and have always wondered what it might be like to tread the boards yourself – we want to hear from you!
We have opportunities for actors, singers, dancers and musicians to join our team.

We have put on this workshop to welcome new members.
After this workshop, you will be able to sign up to join the company. You’ll be able to work towards, and take part in, future productions, performances and projects.
Membership will require ongoing commitment to scheduled rehearsals and productions.
At the workshop, you’ll get an insight into the creative process and take part in some theatrical activities such as warm ups, devising and script work.
Being a member of this group is very exciting! Together we create and produce theatre productions across a range of genres, so we have a variety of roles available to suit all.
We can also offer opportunities to get involved in directing, costume design, staging, technical and more for those who wish.

The £5.00 fee for this workshop will be deducted from your first membership payment.

Book your place now and we’ll see you there!

For this workshop, comfortable clothing and footwear suitable for movement will be perfect.
Please also bring along a drink.
Any questions or queries in the meantime please email : to.life@outlook.com

Doors Open : 6.30pm. Workshop starts 7.00pm – Ends 8.30pm

Click Here toBook Your Place Now ! Workshop Fee : £5.00 per person (in advance, please)

Book Online or Phone 01726 63513 ( 9.00am to 8.00pm )
or
Buy In-Person at Tourist Offices in : Truro, St Austell, Bodmin and Liskeard

JAM FIRST THEATRE PRESENT “ELF-ISH” – CHRISTMAS FUN FOR THE YOUNG & YOUNG AT HEART!

JAM FIRST THEATRE PRESENTS

ELF-ISH…!

CHRISTMAS FUN FOR THE YOUNG & YOUNG AT HEART!

THURSDAY, 21st DECEMBER: 2.30pm & 6pm

Tickets: £14.00 (Adults) / £10.00 (Children)

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“If you’re sitting comfortably
Upon your theatre seat
I’d like to tell you an Elfish tale
One I think you’ll find a treat
Have you ever met a knocker?
Cornwall’s answer to an Elf
They’re very very silly, if I do say so myself!”

If you’re in need of a healthy dollop of silliness and magic this Christmas, then come along and enjoy 45 minutes of fun with Jam First Theatre’s Christmas Cracker ‘Elf..ish!’.

For ages 4 to 104, touring the Southwest this Christmas.

Created by: West End actors Laurence Pears, Darren Seed and Ellie Leah. Three performers with an impressive range of West End, Broadway and TV shows between them including: The Play That Goes Wrong, Mamma Mia!, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Oi Frog!, Room On A Broom, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie & The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.

Children: You do not need to purchase tickets for under 4s as they will not be allocated seats, so we ask guardians to keep them in close proximity i.e. sitting on guardians laps during the course of the show.

Elf and Safety: We ask guardians to keep young children with them at all times.

Event Details: Doors & Licenced Bar open 30 mins before the start time.

Tickets: Adults £14 · Children £10 · There will be no Interval.

ST AUSTELL PLAYERS PRESENT: “ANNE BOLEYN” BY HOWARD BRENTON

ST AUSTELL PLAYERS PRESENT: ANNE BOLEYN

22nd – 25th November – 7.30pm

Tickets available, from Ticketsource, by clicking the link below:

£12 Adults / £6 Under 16s & Students with ID

Don’t lose your head…

Make sure you’ve booked your tickets for St Austell Players’ latest production – Anne Boleyn. Premiering at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2010, Howard Brenton’s take on the life of perhaps Henry VIII’s most famous wife is an enthralling tale following the life of the infamous queen and her struggle with power, politics, love and ambition.

Told through the eyes of both Anne and King James I, as he is haunted by her powerful impact, this fresh retelling is a new take on a classic story.

‘OWDYADO THEATRE PRESENTS “TWISTED CHRISTMAS” (New tales to twist!)

THURSDAY, 7th DECEMBER – 7.30pm

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Tickets in advance : Standard : £12.00 , Unwaged : £10.00, Ages 14 – 17 years : £8.00 ( Tickets are non-refundable )

CRBO Box Office :
( No Booking Fees )
Buy Online or Phone 01726 63513
Or In-Person at Tourist Offices in Truro, Boscawen Street, and St Austell (at Rail Station)

‘Owdyado Theatre’s TWISTED CHRISTMAS!

(8 NEW TALES FOR 2023!)

Nasty but nicely comic entertainment…

“In ‘Owdyado’s twisted world nothing is ever what it seems.”

Lyn Gardner

‘Owdyado Theatre’s Twisted Christmas returns to the South-West this year, telling new tales, with its deliciously depraved take on the holiday season.

Featuring writers from Cornwall and across the UK, this selection of 8 original micro-plays includes tales of how to buy the perfect gift for your unloved ones, the dark side of Christmas cracker jokes, and why you should never turn your back on a pantomime dame.

Influenced by cult classics such as Inside No.9, The Twilight Zone and Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, Twisted Christmas promises a darkly comic evening of macabre mini plays all with a festive flavour!

Watch the Twisted Tales trailer here (if you dare…!)

Twisted Tales is presented by Cornish touring company ‘Owdyado Theatre. They are well-known amongst their fans for their unique style of slick, detailed and comedic work. It will be performed by company regulars Connie Crosby and Charlotte Bister. Daniel Richards (one half of Cornwall’s longest-running cult Christmas show ‘Christmas.Time’) directs the piece.

Ages 14+

Quotes from previous shows:

Twisted Tales (at Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe 2022):

***** “we cannot rave enough about this incredible show”

West End Best Friend

***** “a power packed two-hander” Broadway Baby
**** “accomplished and morbid storytelling” The Wee Review
**** “if you like dark comedy, Twisted Tales is a must see” The Outlier, Scotland

Audiences on Twisted Tales Outdoors (summer 2021)
“LOVED IT, managed to make me laugh until my face hurt.”
“Wonderfully witty and devilishly clever”
“One of the most visually pleasing, exciting, funny pieces of theatre I’ve seen. I spent a lot of time laughing or sitting on the edge of my seat. Go watch it if you can!”
“Beg, borrow or steal to get yourself a seat for this, it’s utterly delicious…Great cast, dark as hell, and brilliantly funny. Winner!”
“Blindingly great night of twisted tales…such a fabulous and entertaining evening, I never see them coming!!!”

CRBO Box Office :
( No Booking Fees )
Buy Online or Phone 01726 63513
Or In-Person at Tourist Offices in Truro, Boscawen Street, and St Austell (at Rail Station)

JAM FIRST THEATRE: “CORNISH KNOCKERS” – Fun for all the family!

Darren Seed & Laurence Pears are “The Cornish Knockers”!

Following on from the success of Jam First Theatre’s sell-out Christmas show ‘Elfish’, the two hungry Knockers are back and up to their crazy tricks!

This time, they’ve managed to break out of the mine and find themselves on a silly, whacky and hilarious adventure to stop their tummies rumbling!

Be prepared to laugh your socks off!

Suitable for ages 4-104.
The Show runs for 45 minutes, without an interval

The Knockers!

Created by West End actors Laurence Pears, Darren Seed and Ellie Leah.
Three performers with an impressive range of West End, Broadway and TV credits between them including: The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, SisterAct, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Oi Frog & Friends, Room On The Broom and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.

Doors & Licensed Bar from 2.30pm Show starts at 3.00pm

Best to buy your Tickets :
Adults : £10.00, Under16s : £5.00 in advance –
All Tickets are £1.00 extra ‘On The Day’

( Tickets are non-refundable )

Book Online or Phone CRBO on 01726 63513

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TOUCH THEATRE PRESENTS “BOMBSHELLS” by Joanna Murray-Smith

Venue : The Assembly Room, St Austell Arts Centre, 87 Truro Road, St Austell, PL25 5HJ

Tickets in advance : Standard : £12.00
(Sorry. No Concessions )
(Tickets are non-refundable )

Book Online or Phone CRBO on 01726 63513 (9.00am to 8.00pm)

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At last year’s Cornwall Drama Association’s annual awards ceremony, Touch Theatre won 4 of the Association’s most prestigious awards: Best Play, Best Ensemble, Best Actress and Best Director, for its production The Welkin.

This year, In a departure from its usual fare of thought provoking drama, Touch Theatre brings you a comedy, drama, cabaret, night.

To help create the required intimate atmosphere, this event will take place in the Arts Centre’s Assembly Room. As such, seating will be limited and unreserved. therefor, early booking is essential.

In Bombshells, an exhausted mother, the bride to be, a fading star, a jilted wife and lonely widow – provide a funny and often moving combination of comedy, truth and rapture.

Join us for a talking heads style evening where 5 residents of North Heatherton invite you in for a snapshot of their world – these sublimely funny and touching monologues will stay with you long after the evening is over.

Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Show starts at 7.30pm
Show duration approximately 75 – 90 minutes

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“COME OUT FIGHTING” – BY NICK BAMFORD, INSPIRED BY BIZET’S CARMEN.

Please note – this show is suitable for adults only.

“COME OUT FIGHTING”

Sat 14th October – 7.30pm

Tickets in advance : Standard : £10.00 ( £12.50 On The Day )

Tickets available by clicking here

Love is a Battlefield: a story of male passion, violence and sexual identity; a gay re-imagining of the story of Carmen.

Corporal Joe Donaldson’s suppressed sexuality finds vent only in violence, honed by his military training. But then he meets Carl and is propelled headlong into unknown waters – the world of a celebrity boxer and infatuation with a young man whom life has taught not to trust love or commitment.

As his world crashes down around him, Joe’s confusion, and his violent instincts threaten to destroy them both.

Essentially a love story inspired by Merimée and Bizet’s immortal Carmen, Come Out Fighting explores male sexuality and its testosterone-driven links with aggression and violence.

Two squaddies, both damaged by childhood abuse, are pitched into a desperate, sado-masochistic affair, fuelled by jealousy, anger and betrayal where fighting and sex become indistinguishable.

Can they overcome their compromised understanding of physical and emotional relationships to find what they both crave, even if they have yet to recognise what that is?

Set against this troubled romance is the wry subplot of a gay celebrity boxer whose manager struggles to keep the nature – and insatiability – of his fighter’s sexual appetite under wraps.

Come Out Fighting has passion, action, even some comedy – and something to say to everyone. The script manages successfully to combine a sense of gritty realism of the life of a Squaddie, of Joe’s coming out and of Carl’s hidden vulnerability, all with a certain amount of humour.

Come Out Fighting is a new play by Nick Bamford and performed by What Now Product!ons. New to Cornwall, the company brings decades of experience to produce engaging, original, new writing for both stage and screen…..

We examine what it is to be human..

We reflect, we explore, we question, we look at old stories and tell them in new ways, or find out what happened next…

Check out our website

Come Out Fighting is funded by FEAST, national Lottery and Arts Council England.

BODMIN MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY: JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT

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Sha la la Joseph you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR JOSEPH!

One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors, along with his father Jacob and eleven jealous brothers who sell him into slavery.

Whilst Joseph is imprisoned by an Egyptian noble, he discovers he can interpret dreams and eventually becomes the Pharaoah’s right hand man as he helps end Egypt’s famine.

The magical musical is full of catchy songs in a variety of styles, from a parody of French ballads (“Those Canaan Days”), to country-western (“One More Angel in Heaven”) and calypso (“Benjamin Calypso”), along with the unforgettable classics “Any Dream Will Do” and “Close Every Door.”

Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Show starts at 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee – Doors Open at 2.00pm. Show starts at 2.30pm

Click Here to Book your Tickets in advance :
Adults : £13.00
Under16s : £10.00
Reserved Seats
( Tickets are non-refundable )

Or Phone 01726 63513
Or Buy at Tourist Offices in St Austell – at Station, Bodmin – at Shire Hall, Truro – in Boscawen Street

St Austell Players: “THE TEMPEST” by William Shakespeare

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Tickets in advance : Reserved Seats
Adults : £12.00
Students with ID : £6.00
Under16s : £6.00

Watch The Tempest’s comedy trio here!

St Austell Players present The Tempest, Shakespeare’s classic tale of power and magic, forgiveness and revenge, complete with illusion, treachery, and Gucci handbags.

Prospero, usurped duchess of Milan, lives exiled with her daughter Miranda on an unknown island, consumed by thoughts of retribution.
When a familiar ship appears on the horizon she seizes her opportunity and enlists the help of her servant, the island spirit Ariel, to enact revenge on those responsible for her downfall and force her treacherous sister Antonio into repentance.

And thus, into The Tempest. For this is no ordinary storm, and this is no ordinary island.