THEATRE

Family Fun Day at Theatre Royal Plymouth

On Friday 28 October, Theatre Royal Plymouth is giving people a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes at the Theatre.

As well as guided on-stage and backstage tours, there will be a chance to see how sets are designed and built, whilst also having the opportunity to see demonstrations of how the lighting and sound works within with Theatre.

Visitors will have the rare...

First songs released for new musical The Wind in the Willows

Two songs from the highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows have today been released which premieres at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 8 – 22 October.

With music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the tracks feature Rufus Hound as the lovable menace Mr Toad in ‘ The Amazing Mr Toad ’ and the full cast performing the opening song ‘ Spring...

Search begins for panto Babes

The search is about to begin to find two teams of 10 talented children to play alongside Lesley Joseph and Duncan James in this year’s classic family pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Auditions for these coveted parts will take place at the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Production and Learning centre, TR2, in Cattedown, Plymouth on Saturday 8th...

Heads Will Roll!

A Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Heads Will Roll The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth Thursday 6 – Saturday 22 October

Heads Will Roll is a dark epic comedy about delusion, vanity, and the corruption of power from the insatiably curious Told by an Idiot. Inspired by the myth of El Dorado - the fantastical city where rivers ran with gold – the Told by an Idiot and...

The Duke comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth

Shôn Dale-Jones, the multi-award winning writer/performer behind Edinburgh Fringe favourite Hugh Hughes, performs The Duke, a Hoipolloi, PBJ Management and Theatre Royal Plymouth Production, a new solo show raising money for Save The Children’s Child Refugee Crisis Appeal. The show is presented free to audiences, with donations to the charity welcomed.

Funny, poignant and playful, The...

What I Learned From Johnny Bevan comes to Plymouth

National tour of poet’s multi award winning politically charged theatre debut coming to Plymouth Barbican Theatre

He’s best known for blistering, incisive and astute performance poetry and regular slots on BBC Radio, but it was Luke Wright’s first theatre show What I Learned from Johnny Bevan that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm and then sold out three weeks at London’s Soho Theatre...

Award winning play Spine comes to Plymouth

Soho Theatre and Francesca Moody are delighted to announce the UK tour of Spine, Clara Brennan’s hilarious and heartbreaking, multiple award-winning play.

Taking in an initial 13 theatres around the UK, the tour showcases Soho Theatre’s commitment to touring and sharing the best work with the widest possible audience around the UK and beyond. Spine’s UK tour begins at the The Drum in...

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons

The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliver and Bernadette are about to find out.

Walrus’ Theatre award winning show, fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons is coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth Monday 6 – Saturday 10 September.

This two-person show imagines a world where we’re...

Alvin Ailey return to Theatre Royal Plymouth

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the world’s most popular dance companies, will return to the UK for the first time in six years and presents an exhilarating mixed bill of dance at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 20 & 21 September, during its autumn UK tour 2016.

Founded in 1958, the company is recognised by the U.S. Congress as a vital American “Cultural Ambassador to the...

Alvin Ailey

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 20:00 to Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 20:00
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The irresistible dancers of Ailey are back in Plymouth after their sell-out last visit in 2010 with a dazzling array of offerings.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Robert Battle, Ailey continues to wow audiences and critics around the world. The all-star lineup will include new works by some of today’s most acclaimed choreographers, as well as Ailey classics including the beloved crowd-pleaser Revelations, the most widely seen modern dance work in the world.

“THE CROWD STARTS CHEERING BEFORE THE CURTAIN GOES UP” – The New York Times

Robert Battle Artistic...

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