Kneehigh is one of the world’s most celebrated theatre companies and their international hits include Brief Encounter and Tristan and Yseult.
Rebecca is timeless; the book beloved by generations and the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film a classic of the genre. Now Rebecca bursts onto the stage! Emma Rice, the award winning director, has created a spellbinding new production of Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece which conjures Cornish romance and theatrical magic.
Following the mysterious death of his first wife, Maxim de Winter returns to Manderley with his new young bride....
Book now to climb into the best seats for Plymouth’s spectacular 2014/15 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk – the family pantomime you’ve bean waiting for!
With giant laughs, spectacular special effects, stunning costumes and lots of audience participation this magical family show will be everything you would expect from the South West’s biggest pantomime.
Panto star Bobby Davro returns along with John Challis, Chico and Jeffrey Holland to complete the superb cast!
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, including a 20 minute interval
Trustees of the Clothworkers’ Foundation have announced their intention to make a single award of up to £150,000 each year over the next five years to a regional producing theatre in England as part of a broader £1.25 million programme to support the dramatic arts.
A different England region will be selected each year, beginning with the South West in 2014. The first winner will be...
It’s 1972 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Sizwe Banzi’s passbook gives him just three days to find work. No work and he’ll be deported. That was four days ago.
So when Sizwe stumbles across a dead body with a passbook, he asks himself – does his identity card really define who he is? Could he give up his family and his name in order to survive?
Genesis Future Directors Award winner Matthew Xia directs this momentous, Tony-nominated play which exposes the struggle for freedom and identity in apartheid-era South Africa, unravelling the brutal absurdities of everyday life...
The Prince of the Pagodas – a classic story that celebrates the power of family love.
David Bintley’s breathtaking interpretation of Benjamin Britten’s only commissioned ballet score has its first UK performances.
Princess Sakura mourns the death of her brother and the slow disintegration of her once all powerful father the Emperor who, broken by the death of his son, allows his new wife to take control of his kingdom. Determined not to do her stepmother’s bidding, the Princess chooses a repellent but fascinating Salamander from her choice of suitors and, after a dangerous...
An explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose.
It’s Aya’s wedding day. Her third. Her current two husbands aren’t too fussed. In a society in which there are few women, that’s just what happens. But as the household prepares for the wedding feast, a stranger arrives – one who threatens to challenge everything they believe in.
Against a backdrop of modern rural India, Sharmila Chauhan weaves an extraordinary tale of love and wonder. From the preparation of luxury food and the sacrifice of the lamb to the dressing of the bride and the dance to end...
A new legend will be born at the Theatre Royal Plymouth this Christmas with the arrival of our spectacular family pantomime Robin Hood.
Packed full of action, adventure, and an abundance of comedy as well as heroes and villains aplenty! Can our favourite outlaw Robin Hood save the day and win the heart of Maid Marian?
Our star cast includes Lee Mead as Robin Hood, Bobby Davro (Will Scarlet), Nigel Havers (Sheriff of Nottingham) and Jeffrey Holland as our Panto Dame!
Get ready for a sheriff-busting, arrow-shooting, tights-wearing, hog-roasting extravaganza!...
The newly refurbished Theatre Royal in Plymouth is opening its doors for two exciting family-friendly open days this autumn.
The Theatre is inviting the public to "explore, discover and create" with the 'Theatre Royal Plymouth Open Days' in October and November. The Theatre Royal says the events will offer an exclusive opportunity to explore the new look building, discover how the...
Plymouth's Theatre Royal has announced a search to find two teams of young stars for its upcoming production of Robin Hood .
The family pantomime will star Nigel Havers (playing 'The Sheriff'), Bobby Davro ('Will Scarlet') and Lee Mead ('Robin Hood') and will run from Friday 20 December 2013 to Saturday 25 January 2014.
The Theatre is seeking talented boys and girls aged...
Plymouth’s Theatre Royal is among the nominees at The Stage for the UK Theatre Awards to be held in London’s Guildhall on Sunday 20 October.
The Theatre Royal Plymouth is nominated for the ‘Promotion of Diversity Award’ – an award that recognises the diversity in programming as well as the theatre’s work in creative learning.
The theatre’s creative learning programme works...
