THEATRE

National Theatre comes to Vue

Two diverse but equally outstanding productions from National Theatre are coming live to Vue Plymouth and will form part of its September Big Screen Events calendar.

Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in NT Live: Julie on Thursday 6th September. Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, where Jean and Kristina clean up in the kitchen...

Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Young Company present THEY

After the success of The Blue Road (2017) Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Young Company return to the stage with THEY from Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 August in the Drum.

This is going to be brilliant. Really brilliant. We can’t tell you what’s going to happen because we’re not exactly sure ourselves. But it’s going to be alright. Probably . . . The rest, THEY say, is history.

Directed...

War Horse comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth

War Horse, the unforgettable theatrical event based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel is now on a 10th Anniversary UK tour and comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Wednesday 29 August – Saturday 15 September.

War Horse, which has been seen by over seven million people worldwide, completed its record breaking eight year London run at the New London Theatre on 12 March 2016. It has won 25...

Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em

The first ever stage production of popular 1970s classic TV comedy, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 5 – Saturday 8 June.

Betty has exciting news for Frank, but he’s preoccupied by possible fame as a magician. With guests arriving for dinner and crossed wires all round, priceless misunderstandings are on the menu.

Joe Pasquale stars as the...

New play inspired by the Suffragette-Suffragist struggle comes to Plymouth

A new play inspired by an imagined meeting between two great leaders of the women’s suffrage campaign is coming to the Barbican Theatre Plymouth as par of a tour of the South West.

The Cause depicts the explosive meeting of minds when Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst come together at a time when campaigns for women’s rights were at their most revolutionary & embattled....

The Damned United comes to Plymouth

The stage adaptation of The Damned United is touring to Theatre Royal Plymouth on Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 May. Award-winning playwright Anders Lustgarten (LAMPEDUSA/THE SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY) has adapted David Peace’s novel for Red Ladder Theatre Company which brings the play to Theatre Royal Plymouth as part of its first UK tour.

Combining fiction, fact and hearsay, David Peace’s...

Critically acclaimed drama This House comes to Plymouth

James Graham’s critically acclaimed and prescient political drama This House which played to sold-out houses at the National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and in the West End comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 May.

Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the production is designed by Rae Smith with lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Stephen Warbeck, choreography...

Performance: STORY #1

A reflective consideration of how and why we construct narrative.

Rachel Mars and Greg Wohead take Pixar’s 22 Rules for Storytelling and How Stories Make Us Human, make them f*ck each other, kidnap the resulting baby and dance out a prophecy of its future life before its barely opened eyes.

We promise no less than 110 minutes. We promise real fictional characters. We promise a plot. We promise a surprise twist. We promise a rupture. We promise an ending. We promise a rupture.

Please note, this performance contains explicit sexual content and images, and is therefore...

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella returns to Plymouth

Matthew Bourne’s tour of Cinderella returns to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 30 January – Saturday 3 February 2018.

Matthew Bourne said: “Cinderella is one of my most heartfelt works and a personal favourite amongst my re-imagined classic stories. I’m delighted to have brought together this cast of current star performers, experienced New Adventures veterans and exciting young talent...

Stiltskin perform Christmas magic at The Soapbox Children’s Theatre

The award-winning Soapbox Children’s Theatre is getting ready for Christmas with their latest performance: Elves and the Shoemaker – which is opening tomorrow! Stiltskin will be sprinkling their Christmas magic on this classic tale with puppets, entertaining characters and foolish behaviour.

Tom, the shoemaker, can only make one shoe - who can help him make the matching pair? Late at...

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