What's On

Acting Academy Auditions Auditions to be a part of either the Minack Musical Theatre Academy or the Minack Acting Academy. Age 11-18. Acting auditions will be in the morning and Musical Theatre auditions will be in the afternoon. Academy students spend one intense day a month working with professional practitioners and visiting speakers, such as directors, actors and West End stars, in practical workshops and talks. The Academies help talented young people develop advanced theatre skills.

Parking will be available at the theatre, please see the car park staff on your arrival

Refreshments on site - Kiosk Dates: Sun 29 Booking and More Information

Baroque Classics by Candlelight - St Germans St Germans Priory Church.

Enjoy some of the best baroque music in a beautiful candlelit setting.
Music by Handel, Corelli and Purcel, played by the virtuoso Jopes Ensemble.
Running time approx 100 minutes, inc interval. Dates: Sun 29 Booking and More Information

Baroque Classics by Candlelight - Totnes St Mary’s Church, Totnes.
Enjoy some of the best baroque music in a beautiful candlelit setting. Music by Handel, Corelli and Purcel, played by the virtuoso Jopes Ensemble. Running time approx 100 minutes, inc interval. Dates: Sat 28 Booking and More Information

Body of Water Propeller Youth Company is a dance performance company for young people based at Falmouth University’s AMATA Arts Centre, led by Grace Murdoch. For this project the company interviewed members of the Cornish community about their relationship to the Sea. Broken down into three sections the dancers and guest speakers explore; 'The Swimmers' - a playful mixed bag of people who swim in the Cornish Sea and why. 'Under the Surface' - a look at what the ocean holds below where the water meets the sky. ‘71%’ a compilation of the power and passion our community has for the great body of water that covers 71% of the Earth's surface. Dates: Sat 07 Booking and More Information

Daisy Rickman "A homage to the sun, the stars, and explorations of the cycles both within ourselves and
throughout the turning wheel of the year."

Having just announced her new album Howl, which will be released on 20th March 2024 (the Spring Equinox), a time for new beginnings, she will join us at the Minnack with her band, performing the album live which we are chuffed to be a part of. Endlessly ethereal, Daisy's voice makes you feel as if you were floating in space.

Dates: Mon 09 Booking and More Information

Duffy Beats the Devil Prepare to be transported to a colourful Penzance from days of yore with Duffy and her friends! This show by award-winning Scary Little Girls is based on the Cornish version of Rumpelstiltskin! Join us for songs and comedy, St Ives witch Maggie Figgie (and her piggy!) and of course Duffy and the Devil themselves!

If you are looking for some Cornish cheer that is genuinely fun for the whole family, then look no further than this hilarious colourful production at the Minack Theatre. Dates: Wed 25, Thu 26, Sat 28, Sun 29 Booking and More Information

Gardening on the Edge TOUR - Discover more about the Minack. Book on one of our special Guided Tours of the theatre. Places on each tour are limited and you will be provided with a headset to ensure that social distancing can be maintained. Each tour will last about an hour and you are welcome to remain in the theatre afterwards to look round on your own. Join Head Gardeners Jeff Rowe or Claire Batten for a socially distanced tour of our sub-tropical cliff top gardens. Discover the species and uncover the stories that make our garden unique on a specialised tour with our award-winning gardeners. Enjoy an insightful walk through a Cornish paradise and learn about the sub-tropical plants and the unique challenge of gardening on the edge of a cliff.
Dates: Thu 12, Wed 18, Thu 19, Thu 26 Booking and More Information

Gillian Burke Join biologist and TV presenter, Gillian Burke, on a road-trip down memory lane as she recalls her chaotic family holidays to the seaside on the Kenyan coast. Whether it’s Kenya or Cornwall, Gillian muses on the draw of the sea and its power to make us pack up and embark on epic journeys. A hilarious and heart-warming blend of storytelling, soundscapes, and science for the whole family.

Gillian presents on the BBC's much- Springwatch series alongside hosts Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Iolo Williams & Megan McCubbin. Gillian lives in Cornwall where she hosts her podcast, If I Ruled the World, available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.
Dates: Wed 11 Booking and More Information

Henry Normal and Nigel Planer A special one-off performance of poetry, stories and thoughts celebrating the sea, the coast and edges of things.

Henry Normal as lived by the sea for over 30 years and been inspired by it for twice as long.

Nigel Planer is a comedy legend, an actor, writer and more importantly for this show
he's a great poet. He joins Henry Normal, BBC Radio 4's 'poet in reticence' to reunite a
team that entertains, educates and informs (but mostly entertains it must be said).
Expect poetry, stories, jokes, Q & A, fun, knitwear and a few surprises
Dates: Thu 12 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Concerts 2024 St Michael's Mount Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Sat 21 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Falmouth Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar;

Dates: Fri 13 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Marazion Marazion Community Centre
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Fri 20 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Paul Church of St Pol de Leon, Paul
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Sat 14, Fri 27 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Penryn St Gluvias Church, Penryn
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Sun 22 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Penzance St John's Hall, Penzance
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Sat 28 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 St Hilary St Hilary Church
Every autumn, IMS Prussia Cove holds a three-week Open Chamber Music seminar, which brings together 120 of today’s most talented musicians from across the world to rehearse and perform chamber music. Programme details and performers are announced throughout the seminar; please visit www.i-m-s.org.uk for updates nearer the time. Dates: Sun 15 Booking and More Information

IMS Open Chamber Music 2024 Truro St Kea Church, Truro
Purcell-Britten: Chacony in G minor for string quartet
Britten: Three Divertimenti for string quartet
Thomas Adès: Alchymia for Clarinet and String Quartet
Interval
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale for clarinet, violin and piano
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67
Dates: Sun 29 Booking and More Information

Musical Theatre Academy Auditions Auditions to be a part of either the Minack Musical Theatre Academy or the Minack Acting Academy. Age 11-18. Acting auditions will be in the morning and Musical Theatre auditions will be in the afternoon. Academy students spend one intense day a month working with professional practitioners and visiting speakers, such as directors, actors and West End stars, in practical workshops and talks. The Academies help talented young people develop advanced theatre skills.

Parking will be available at the theatre, please see the car park staff on your arrival

Refreshments on site - Kiosk Dates: Sun 29 Booking and More Information

Old Time Sailors Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, 'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing! You will be sailing back to the 19th century for an immersive experience of traditional seafaring music performed in a way you have never seen before. The Motley Crew and their plethora of traditional and eclectic instruments will take you back to the time of clashing tankards, and drunken debauchery. Sing and dance along like a drunken sailor as the band perform centuries old folk and shanty songs. Fancy dress is encouraged, so pull out your best seafaring garments me hearties and join the festivities! Dates: Tue 10 Booking and More Information

Porthleven Town Band Porthleven Town Band, Third Section Champions of Great Britain 2023, take us on a musical journey ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’, traversing the globe from our corner of Cornwall. Dates: Fri 27 Booking and More Information

Roo Panes British folk singer-songwriter Roo Panes releases his new album ‘The Summer Isles’ on March 24th 2023 via Leafy Outlook following 2022’s ‘Nightjar and the Nightingale’ EP.

Encompassing both a yearning for adventure, and a keen sense of place, in ‘The Summer Isles’ Panes presents a mature and accomplished collection that explores a multitude of themes including love and refuge, childhood memories and nostalgic wonder. The breadth of emotion on show throughout the album is testament not only to Roo as a songwriter, but moreover as a person. Across each of these gentle yet powerful songs, Roo Panes appears as someone truly in love with life; who cherishes each and every small moment of joy, however fleeting.
Dates: Mon 30 Booking and More Information

Samson and Delilah Trebah Amphitheatre.
The Killigrew's are up to their usual devious ways in Falmouth and Queen Elizabeth is not at all happy. Sir Francis Godolphin is fighting the Spanish in Penzance and is not at all happy. Blissfully unaware and occasionally happy, the Tudor players of Penryn are staging 'Samson & Delilah.'

'Samson and Delilah' is a fun, historical drama set during the backdrop of the Spanish Armada. The tour travels along Cornish coastal communities - from Mousehole to Penryn - where the Cornish and Spanish finally meet. Two worlds are about to collide both on and off the stage!
Running time approx 120 minutes.
For audiences 8+ Dates: Thu 12 Booking and More Information

Seth Lakeman Songs of the Sea
Westcountry folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman will be accompanied by folk singer and musician Benji Kirkpatrick and Devon singer-songwriter Alex Hart to play two unique shows at the Minack featuring songs written about the sea from his extensive back catalogue. Seth was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 for 'Kitty Jay'. His thrilling solo performance of the eponymous title track on live television at the time won him unanimous praise and started him on an incredible solo journey. The follow up was the gold-selling ‘Freedom Fields’, produced by his brother Sean Lakeman, which went on to become Seth’s first of 6 UK Top 40 albums and features the enduring favourite ‘Lady of the Sea’. Seth is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kitty Jay this year.

Dates: Fri 13 Booking and More Information

The Boatswain's Mate by Ethyl Smyth
presented by Tête à Tête
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CONCERT PERFORMANCE, NOT FULLY STAGED OPERA
A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so win her heart. What could possibly go wrong?

This tale of love and mischief by the sea is for farce lovers of all ages. Written by suffragette Ethyl Smyth, it combines folk music and opera in a night of enchanting music and impish plotting and scheming by an early pioneer of the feminist movement.
Dates: Tue 10, Thu 12 Booking and More Information

The Chronicles of Atom and Luna Atom and Luna are twins. They never break any rules and never, ever go into the deep dark wood. But these are no ordinary twins. Trouble is, only the birds and the moon know just how special they are… When life takes an unexpected turn all rules are turned upside down. Atom and Luna must venture into the deep, dark wood to find Old Mother Redbeard and to save their larger-than-life visitor, Iffly Sney.
Packed full of puppetry, music and Murray Lachlan Young’s lyrical text, The Chronicles of Atom & Luna is brought thrillingly to life by director Nina Hajiyianni.
An other-worldly adventure for ages 6 – 106.
Running time - 90 mins, inc. interval. Dates: Wed 18 Booking and More Information

The Cornish Proms Symfoni Kernow return to perform a Last Night of the Proms set at The Minack Theatre. An eclectic mix of music from classical, pop, musical theatre and Cornish tunes with the traditional Proms finale. Performed by a 16 piece orchestra and 4 singers, you will hear a beautiful version of Abide With Me which has the Last Post echoing throughout it. There will be a medley of songs from the two world wars which has great hits like Run Rabbit Run, White Cliffs of Dover and We’ll Meet Again – great for an audience sing-a-long. The evening closes with a fireworks display accompanied by the orchestra. Dates: Sat 14, Sun 15 Booking and More Information

The Oggymen For over a decade, The Oggymen have championed contemporary Cornish folk music and celebrated those songs that bind us to our landscape, to our community, and to our past. At the iconic setting of The Minack Theatre, join The Oggymen to hear their acclaimed arrangements of songs that have been sung in Cornish communities both past and present. Their wide repertoire ranges from trade union songs appropriated by Cornish miners in the 1980’s to those sung at Falmouth Working Boat regattas and Cornish pilot gig races within recent memory. Set against the backdrop of Cornwall’s most unique setting, this concert is a special part of the celebrations marking the 200-year founding of the RNLI. This evening promises to be an unforgettable experience, capturing the very essence of Cornwall's distinctive spirit and honouring the remarkable legacy of the RNLI. Dates: Wed 11 Booking and More Information

The Pirates of Penzance Cambridge University’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society is thrilled to return to the Minack Theatre for the 50th year, with the duo’s most acclaimed and adored musical swashbuckler. Finally in his 21st year, Fredric is able to free himself from his apprenticeship to the Pirate King and his useless crew. Immediately upon venturing into the Cornish coast, Frederic encounters the Major General’s gaggle of daughters, falling head over heels for the beautiful Mabel. Yet their happy future is in jeopardy: the pirates are not ready to part with Frederic yet, and a loophole in his contract leaves the former apprentice in a very sticky situation. Will Frederic be able to leave the motley crew once and for all - and will Mabel wait for him to do so? Bursting with fun and frivolity, and featuring some of operetta’s most iconic arias, from ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’ to ‘Poor Wand'ring One’, the Cambridge University G&S Society’s rendition of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ is an adventure not to be missed. Dates: Wed 18, Thu 19, Fri 20, Sat 21 Booking and More Information

Theatre and garden visit Time slots for visitors Dates: Fri 06, Sat 07, Sun 08, Mon 09, Tue 10, Wed 11, Thu 12, Fri 13, Sat 14, Sun 15, Mon 16, Tue 17, Wed 18, Thu 19, Fri 20, Sat 21, Sun 22, Mon 23, Tue 24, Wed 25, Thu 26, Fri 27, Sat 28, Sun 29, Mon 30 Booking and More Information

To Be 0r Not To Be Recommended age 12+
Occasional mild bad language. Religious content. Reference to suicide.
Two men on the precipice, deciding whether to jump or not!
First up, Happy As Larry. Poor Friar Lawrence is having a bit of an existential crisis, trying to piece his life back together after that whole Romeo and Juliet fiasco. Will he find his faith again, or is he doomed to forever swear off love potions?
In our second piece, Unsex Me Here, we meet Ben, an actor whose dreams of playing Hamlet have somehow landed him in a fuzzy rabbit costume at kids' parties. Watch him hop between despair and determination as he channels his inner Lady Macbeth – minus the bloodstains, plus the floppy ears!
Join us at the chapel for an evening of laughter, second chances, and unexpected career moves.
Est. run time 100 minutes, plus interval. Dates: Thu 26 Booking and More Information

Wake The River Helston Old Chapel.
Experience the captivating sound of Wake the River, a trio that's making waves in the music scene. Elizabeth Freeborn's soulful lead vocals, Amy Woodburn's dynamic songwriting and backing vocals, and Ashley Height's skilled guitar and percussion come together to create a truly memorable performance.
Wake the River is quickly gaining recognition in the industry.
Run time approx 100 minutes plus interval. Dates: Tue 10 Booking and More Information