‘The 39 Steps’ (adapted by Patrick Barlow)

Directed by Kelly Harrison

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling, hilarious and unmissable comedy The 39 Steps.

The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London music hall north by northwest to Scotland’s most remote highlands.

Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies?
Will they ever get to eat this darned fish?

A cast of six actors plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining and riotously funny adventure.

Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7:00pm. Curtain Up: 7:30pm

Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance : Reserved Seats
Adults : £12.00
Students with ID : £6.00
( Tickets are non-refundable )

Free Car Parking

By Arrangement with Fiery Angel Limited “The 39 Steps”
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon

“The Lord of the Flies” – Cornwall Youth Theatre Company

THURSDAY, 23rd MARCH, 2023 – 7.30pm

CORNWALL YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY

THE LORD OF THE FLIES, by William Golding.

“We’ve got to have rules and obey them.

After all, we’re not savages.

We’re English; and the English are best at everything.”

Golding’s 1954 novel is a classic study of how not to govern, of how not to follow rules and how to watch your world crumbling in front of you … exciting and daunting …

As CYTC approaches its 40th Anniversary, join us and become part of our tribe…

Click here for tickets:

Adult: £10.00
Concession: £8.50
Students: £5.00
Family (2 adults/2 children): £25.00
Booking fee applies.

Bash Street Theatre: “The Battling Butlers!”

Bash Street Theatre presents “The Battling Butlers!”

Live music, physical comedy & circus skills combine to tell a story as old as time…

Juggling babies, toddlers on stilts and teaching your kid Joey to ride his first unicycle…

These are all part of everyday life for showman Joe Butler, in this poignant, family love story involving the ever-changing relationship of a father-and-son double act, The Battling Butlers.

What sort of parent actually encourages their five-year-old to play with fire, anyway?!

Using a unique blend of physical theatre, circus skills, original songs and live music, The Battling Butlers is a study in role-reversal and the inevitability of change, as the old order makes way for the new.

Click Here to Book Your Tickets Now : Advance tickets:
Adults: £10.00
Under18s : £5.00
Family (2A+2U18s) : £25.00

Or Phone : 01726 63513
Or Buy at Tourist Offices in St Austell, Truro & Bodmin

NB : On The Day tickets:
Adults: £12.50
Under 18s: £7.50
Family (2A+2U18s) : £32.50

Trewoon Panto – Little Red Riding Hood

Trewoon Panto : “Red Riding Hood”

Doors Open & Licensed Bar an hour before the Show. Theatre opens 30 minutes before the show starts.

Evening Shows Start at 7.30pm. Saturday Matinee Starts at 2.30pmTickets in advance :
Adults : £7.00 (+60p Booking Fee) : £7.60
Under17s : £5.00 (+40p Booking Fee): £5.40
(Tickets are non-refundable )

Free Car Parking,
Licensed Bar,
Reserved Seats

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St Austell Players: ‘Arcadia’, Tom Stoppard

The St Austell Players present Arcadia by Tom Stoppard :

A play about Time – and how to survive it.

Widely regarded as the greatest playwright of our age, Stoppard’s witty comedy dances between the centuries in a single room in a wealthy Derbyshire country house, where characters from the Regency period and present day attempt to develop and discover a world of sense and order in the chaos of history and the present world.

In 1809, the brilliant and gifted thirteen year old Thomasina Coverly is exploring mathematics, thermodynamics and the meaning of ‘carnal embrace’, guided by her tutor Septimus Hodge. Her mother, Lady Croom, spends most of her time in the beautifully landscaped English garden, occasionally noting with alarm that her daughter is growing up fast.

In 2022, Bernard Nightingale is on the trail of a scandal surrounding Lord Byron. Did Byron shoot a rabbit, a hare, or a poet? Just who is having an affair with whom and what on earth is Noakes doing to Lady Croom’s garden?

Restormel Arts presents ‘Owdyado Theatre : ‘Twisted Christmas’

‘Restormel Arts’ presents ‘Owdyado Theatre : ‘Twisted Christmas’

“Nasty but nicely comic entertainment…in ‘Owdyado’s twisted world nothing is ever what it seems” Lyn Gardner (Twisted Tales Outdoors)

After the successful Twisted Tales Vol.1&2 and Twisted Tales Outdoors, ‘Owdyado Theatre are excited to present their first seasonal show – Twisted Christmas.

Featuring writers from Cornwall and across the UK, this selection of original dramas includes tales of how to buy the perfect gift for your unloved ones, the dark side of Christmas cracker jokes, and one woman’s maniacal plot to murder Santa Claus.

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!

Audiences on Twisted Tales Outdoors…
“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!!!”

Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Show Starts at 7.30pm
Show finishes approx. 9.45pm

This is a Restormel Arts Presentation !

**Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance : Adults £12.00 / Under 21s £10.00**

Or Phone CRBO on 01726 63513
or
Buy at Tourist Offices in St Austell (at Rail Station), Truro or Bodmin

Please note Tickets are non-refundable
NB Suggested that the show is suitable for ages 12+

Reserved Seats
Free Car Parking

THE SEASIDE TOWN – performed by The Cornwall One Parent Support Family Drama Group & Friends

The Family Drama Group have taken their ideas of a Seaside Town to write their own script.

The Drama Group brings the tails of “The Seaside Town”, from bygone days, alive with acting, music and dance.

A performance for all the family to enjoy.

Adults: £4.00
Children, 3 – 17 years old: £2.00
Under 3s: Free
Group discounts available.

Further information and tickets available from Liz on 07737 573 647 or e.northcott@sky.com

St Austell Players: “Bouncers & Shakers”

St Austell Players present Bouncers by John Godber, directed by Kim Rowe, and Shakers by John Godber and Jane Thornton, directed by Rose Lancaster.

Godber’s 80s classic Bouncers and the, later added, sister play Shakers (co-written with Jane Thornton) were originally penned to expose the dark underbelly of 80s night-life in Britain.
This production has been revised for a more modern audience, without forgetting its working class, social context.

Four Bouncers. Four cocktail waitresses. One Double-Bill of hard-hitting, hilarious physical comedy !

Through outrageous observations, colourful characters, and lively, emotional snapshots, Bouncers and Shakers explores the shadowy underbelly of Britain after dark, as seen through the eyes of four cocktail waitresses and the men on the club door.

Cue giggly girls, pogo-punks, Mr & Mrs Trendy and “lads on the razz” tittering at the thought of a ‘Long Slow Comfortable Screw’ as Bouncers and Shakers offers a fascinating view of the reality behind the pulsating beats of the dance floor and the not-so-glitzy-glamour lurking beyond the plastic palms and Pina Coladas.

Please note performances contain explicit language and adult themes.

Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. The Plays start at 7.30pm
Programmes and merchandise will be available to purchase at the event.

Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance :
Adults : £12.00
Students with ID : £6.00
Under18s : £6.00

Or Phone CRBO on 01726 63513
or
Buy In-Person at Tourist Offices in St Austell, Bodmin or Truro

One Act Plays: ‘Womberang’ and ‘Top Girls’

One Act Plays St Austell Players

present

A Night of One Act Plays:

‘Womberang’ and ‘Top Girls’

Womberang is directed by Sowena Nelson and written by Sue Townsend.

‘It is the afternoon gynaecology clinic and an assortment of patient’s sit in a grim hospital room. Rita Onions breezes in.
Her verve and energy, combined with a complete lack of respect for authority, gradually spreads an infectious, joyous anarchy throughout the patients as she demolishes officious hospital staff and generally sorts out the patients personal problems.’

Interval

Top Girls is directed by Dorothy Nelson and written by Caryl Churchill.

‘Marlene’s star is rising.
She’s snatched a promotion from the hands of a male colleague who was convinced the job was his. To celebrate, she throws a Saturday night dinner party for herself.
In attendance are famous women from history, literature and legend.
The women share their extraordinary experiences of life, work, love and children.’

Doors & Licensed Bar open from 7.00pm. The Show starts at 7.30pm.
Programmes and Merchandise will be available to purchase at the event.
Free Car Parking On-Site.

Tickets in advance : Adults, £12.00, Under18s, Students with ID, £6.00
( Tickets are non-refundable )

Click Here to Book Your Tickets Online Now
or
Phone CRBO on 01726 63513
or
Buy at :
Bodmin Shire Hall – Bodmin TIC
Truro Tourist Office, Boscawen Street

Sun & Moon Theatre : ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is not that strange?”Join us for this hilarious, bold, and bittersweet show featuring love, deception, confrontations, and second chances.
Suitable for all ages, enjoy a perfect summer’s evening with Shakespeare’s most enduring romantic comedy showcasing a vivacious ensemble, razor-sharp wit, and live music. Sun & Moon Theatre are delighted to be showcasing it at St Austell Arts Centre!

Sun & Moon Theatre will be touring this summer with a joyous, vibrant production of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies.

It’s 1945, the war has ended, and Messina’s young men have returned ready for peace, celebration and … romance?
Hero and Claudio are in love and engaged to be married, while Beatrice and Benedick are in a perpetual ‘merry war’, engaged in battles of wits and wills. But not everyone has come back unscathed, not all scars are visible, and the spread of misinformation has its consequences …

Reviews of past shows:
★★★★★ “Creative genius … a magical production. I can’t wait to see what happens next!”
★★★★ “Shakespeare at its best. Catch this dynamic theatre company, whether you are a fan of Shakespeare or not … you soon will be!”
★★★★ ” A summer’s delight … charming and funny.”
★★★★ ‘Such a talented cast’
“This production succeeded in magnificent style. Boasting hilarity and heart in equal measure, Sun & Moon harnessed the comedy’s madcap energy while foregrounding the very human, very relatable relationships that make this play tick.”

Photo credit: Matt Austen
Doors and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Play starts at 7.30pm
Free Car Parking

Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance :
Standard : £12.00
Over65s : £10.00
Under18s : £10.00
‘Benefits’ : £10.00

About the company:
Based in the South West, Sun & Moon Theatre specialise in Shakespeare and their ethos is making Shakespeare for all, focusing on producing accessible and entertaining productions for a wide range of audiences.
They love to explore the text, working with Quarto and First Folio scripts as a springboard to actors’ development, and always ask ‘Why this play now?’.
They produce indoor productions, open-air productions, workshops and one-to-one sessions. They adapt their show to every audience and performance space and their goal is always to entertain and invite their audiences to share in brilliant stories, text and characters that have stood the test of time.

Their previous productions and projects, both indoor and open-air, include Swindlers, Follies and Schemers (2011), Let’s Misbehave: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013 and set in the 1920s), Twelfth Night (2013), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (with Brite Theater) (2014), Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and set in the 1940s), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 and set in the 1980s), The Sun and the Moon (2015), The Tempest (2015), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2016 and set in 1959-1961), Shakespeare by the Quay (2017), Twelfth Night (or What You Will) (2017-18 and set in 1917), As You Like It (2018 and 2021 and set in the present day), All the World’s a Stage (2018-19), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2019 and set in the 1990s), From Shakespeare with Love (2020), Austen Readathon Series: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility (Virtual events in 2020).