Young Promoters is a new group of young people in the arts industry working to increase the appeal of arts in Cornwall to, and for, our own age group.
BLOOD TIE Based on The Bacchae by Euripides Created by Kevin Johnson, Rebecca Huggins and David Lane Click here for the audition form Blood Tie Audition At the dead of winter in a school choked by rules, a new boy arrives. Rebellious and subversive, his enigmatic presence has the power to unlock suppression and overthrow [...]
read on...Genre: Theatre Audience: Everyone 12+ 19th May @ 8pm Acorn Arts Centre Tel: 0845 094 0428 At 4pm every Saturday, from 1976 to 1988, tens of millions of Britons were in the grip of an extraordinary sports phenomenon; watching two fact men (aka Shirley Crabtree and Martin Ruane) pretend to fight each other. This is [...]
read on...Genre: Theatre 18th May @ 7.30pmPolruan Village HallTel: 07980 034651 Wooden Heart is moving and comic by turns, this is a new play exploring the mind of a father who is searching for his missing child. In 1950s New York, we meet Geppetto – a struggling actor who is trying to live wit h what [...]
read on...Genre: Theatre Audience: Children 6+ and families 18th May Polruan Village Hall Tel: 07980 034651 Pinocchio is a magical retelling of the Pinocchio story. The show explores the fantastical adventures of a naughty little puppet on his quest to become a real child. Using 2 performers and puppetry, Pinocchio conjures up a myriad of outlandish [...]
read on...Genre: Music/Poetry Audience: Adults 15th May @ 7.30pmWhitecross Village HallTel: 01726 870211 16th May 2012 @ 7.30pmLaunceston Town HallTel: 0845 094 0428 Tanya Davis is a poet and songwriter, fusing words and music together in a refreshing matrimony of vulnerable stories, unique expression, and compelling sound. With a soft, articulate touch on an old electric [...]
read on...Genre: Music Audience: Everyone 4th May @7.30pm Lelant Village Hall Tel: 01736 752181 Guitarists Kathy Dyson and Deirdre Cartwright join forces to invoke the spirit of the late great New York jazz guitarist Emily Remler, who died of heart failure at the age of 32 in 1990. An intimate guitar duo performing swing, [...]
read on...Cornwall’s Young Promoters ‘Menu’ Scratch night has moved venues! The North Shore MENU is TOMORROW!!! This Thursday 19th at a new venue Tolcarne Beach, Newquay… masks, silhouettes, shorts, origami adventures, photography, live music, installations….Main Course served up from Rianne White, cube theatre & undertow, Jamie Trotter, Hazardous Cargo, Up t’Kreek Ttheatre…. and the compere stylings [...]
read on...Genre: Comedy Audience: Everyone 12+ 27th April @ 7.30pm Mullion School Tel: 01326 240098 28th April @ 7.30pm Grampound Community Hall Tel: 01726 883874 A hilarious and emotionally endearing story which explores the joys, pains, excitement and isolation of living in both rural and urban environments. Maxwell, an inspirational young performer, jumps seamlessly into [...]
read on...Genre: Theatre Audience: Everyone 10+ 27th April @ 7.30pm Port Isaac Village Hall Tel: 01208 882862 28th April @ 7.30pm Harrowbarrow & Metherall Tel: 0845 094 0428 Bright, sparkling and full of comic mischief, the Dancer and the Devil invites your to lose yourself in a world of twisted cabaret, the smell of woodsmoke and [...]
read on...Genre: Children Audience: 3-7 year olds and families 26th April @ 7pm Kehelland Village Hall Tel: 01209 710887 12th May @ 2.30pm Trannack School Tel: 01209 719128 Emily was growing up fast. When she walked her big toe was peeking through the seams of her old trainer. ‘Come on’ said Mum. ‘It’s time to get [...]
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