Drama

  • Thu
    10
    Oct
    2024
    Fri
    11
    Oct
    2024
    7:30 PMSt Austell Arts Theatre

    'Can't Wait To Leave'

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    Meet Ryan.

    19 (but young for his age).
    School drop-out (but smart).
    Turkey sandwich enthusiast (365 days a year).
    Absolute stunner (no addendum).

    He's new in town, and all he wants to do is check out. The hard part is coming up with an exit plan.

    When the one person he thought he could rely on ups and leaves, Ryan finds himself adrift in a city he still hasn’t learned to like, looking for direction. Six months to kill, no money, no rules… surely this is the worst possible time to be alone?

    That's when he meets Richard, who seems to have all the answers...

    Fierce, razor-sharp, and uncompromisingly honest, Can't Wait To Leave is a bitingly frank portrayal of loneliness and self-discovery.

    Theatre Reviews :
    "A great debut [and] a fabulous narrative... Can't Wait To Leave is tender, enthralling, energetic, shocking" - Bookmarks and Stages ★★★★★

    "Hawkins gives his all to this performance and barely misses a beat... This is a show that has been written, directed and acted with a high level of understanding and care" - Broadway Baby ★★★★
    "An intelligent performance [with] excellent presence and energy which doesn’t let up... it’s an impressive portrayal of somebody who knows they want to leave, but doesn’t know where they want to go." - Theatre & Tonic ★★★★
    “A highly accomplished monologue… [and] there’s plenty to laugh at.” - The Quintessential Review ★★★★

    Phone Credit : Max Caine

    NB Recommended Ages from 16 years plus

    Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Play starts at 7.30pm

    Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance :
    Adults : £14.00
    Concessions : £11.00

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    ( Tickets are non-refundable )

    Book Online or Phone 01726 63513 ( 9.00am to 9.00pm ) - Need help booking? Just call us !
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    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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    More Info !
    Can’t Wait To Leave had a short initial run at Waterloo East Theatre in February 2023 and enjoyed highly positive
    reviews, with LastMinuteTheatreTickets calling the show “a superbly written and performed piece of theatre” and
    LondonTheatre1 awarding it a five-star review.
    It subsequently ran at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the same year and was highly praised by critics and audiences, receiving a slew of highly positive reviews and going on to sell out its final performance. The show was subsequently nominated for an OffFest award.
    A solo performance with additional voice cast, the show addresses and explores themes of loneliness among young
    people, childhood trauma, family estrangement, and sexual identity.
    Particular praise has been given to both the
    writing and performance, with BroadwayBaby writing that the show is “[written] with impressive realism and deep
    connection to [its] founding concepts” and BroadwayWorld noting that the play’s star Zach Hawkins “does incredible
    work... he waltzes through the flowing stream of consciousness with ease, handling the final shift in tone with depth
    and reflection.” Audience response has also praised the rare positive and nuanced representation of male bisexuality, something still relatively uncommon in modern media.

  • Fri
    15
    Nov
    2024
    7:30 PMSt Austell Arts Theatre

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    May 1988.
    Robin Hesketh, a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher’s Government, comes home to his idyllic Cotswold residence two days after passing the notorious Section 28 that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” by Local Authorities.

    But life is not as blissful as it seems.
    The foxes have dug up his garden, his wife has a hangover and the fridge is empty.

    A morning of comical marital sparring evolves into something darker and deeper as an incident from the past tests their relationship to its limits.

    This funny, brutal and ultimately touching play was premiered at the National Theatre in 2019.
    In an Election Year there could not be a better time for its revival.

    Advisory Age 14+. Explores themes of sexuality and suicide.

    This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.

    Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Show starts at 7.30pm

    Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance Now ! : Standard : £12.00
    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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  • Thu
    12
    Dec
    2024
    7:30 PMSt Austell Arts Theatre

    Near-ta Theatre "Christmas.Time."

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    Bringing bucket loads of Christmas spirit once again this December is Near-ta Theatre’s cult festive comedy, and Cornwall’s longest running festive show—celebrating its 15th year! - "Christmas. Time."

    Charlie and Toby are feeling low, and why wouldn’t they? It’s Christmas Day and they’re serving time at His Majesty’s pleasure.
    But why shouldn’t they be having a Merry Christmas in spite of their incarceration?
    What’s stopping them from creating Christmas around them?
    Absolutely nothing!

    And so they set off on their festival of carols, Claus, Christ and custody . . . .

    Join them on a fantastical adventure through Dickens, pantomime, musical, Christmas dinner and Christmas films!
    See as they build a wonderfully Merry Christmas around them with songs, snowmen and lots of laughs in this truly festive show that puts the ‘cell’ firmly back in ‘celebration’!

    Written and performed by Daniel Richards (‘Owdyado Theatre) and Ciaran Clarke (Wosson Cornwall), and directed by Simon Harvey (o-region, Kneehigh) Christmas. Time. is a musical comedy for all the family, and year after year proves a festive and fantastically funny Christmas offering from Near-ta Theatre!

    Doors Open and Licensed Bar from 7.00pm. Show starts at 7.30pm

    Click Here to Book Your Tickets in advance : Standard : £12.00
    Tickets are non-refundable
    NB : Card Payment Online now needs your Postcode (again) after the Card Security Number - Watch for it!

    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

    NB : Card Payment Online now needs your Postcode (again) after the Card Security Number - Watch for it!