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...
Plymouth's Theatre Royal is set to re-open on Thursday (26 September 2013) after a six-month regeneration project.
Phase One of the project has involved major refurbishments to the front of house areas and includes an extension to the front of the building, a new shop and café including alfresco seating, a showcase restaurant and a terrace overlooking the city.
Secret terror cells, political conspiracy, police bungling, state-sponsored bomb plots… this is London, 1896.
Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel, The Secret Agent is theatre O’s heartbreaking but hilarious chronicle of passion, betrayal and terrorism.
Set at a time of social upheaval and growing disparity between rich and poor, at the heart of this tale is a woman fighting to protect her young brother from exploitation and violence.
In their trademark highly imaginative style, music hall and early cinema collide in theatre O’s return to the stage...
Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtain- twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf is always at the door.
When Agnes Eaves and her daughter arrive late one night, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun?
Seamlessly synchronising live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, this is the wickedly twisted international hit tale from the multiple award-winning company behind...
War Horse: Only Remembered with reading by Michael Morpurgo and songs performed by John Tams and Barry Coope.
Author Michael Morpurgo tells the powerful and deeply-moving story of young Albert and his beloved horse Joey. Seen through the eyes of Joey, who witnesses the pity of war on both sides of the trenches, as he moves from life on a farm in peaceful Devon to the devastation of the Western Front in the First World War.
Michael is joined by acclaimed musicians John Tams and Barry Coope, who accompany him with the rousing yet haunting songs specially composed...
Ontroerend Goed, The Border Project, Drum Theatre Plymouth, Richard Jordan Productions and Vooruit in association with Adelaide Festival present Fight Night .
Five performers. Five Rounds. Your vote. One survivor.
Belgium’s multiple Fringe First-winning company Ontroerend Goed and Australia’s The Border Project put the power into your hands to vote for your favourite candidate amongst our five actors in an immersive exploration into the intricacies and traps of voting systems and mediatized democracy. Fight Night makes elections a theatrical game.
