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For a suitable Ordnance Survey map of the area please buy OS Explorer 102 - Land's End, or see my map for more details.

Macbeth at the Minack Theatre 2006

The Minack is a cliff-top ampitheatre cut into the granite cliffs of Cornwall at Porthcurno some 4 miles southeast of Land's End - grid ref SW385220. Its creator, Rowena Cade, moved to the area with her widowed mother in the 1920's and set about building a house for themselves from the local St. Levan granite. Always very interested in the works of Shakespeare and 'The Theatre', Rowena began designing costumes for her family and friends, mainly as 'something to do on a summer's evening'. Productions of "A Midsummer's Night Dream" were held in the open air in 1928 and 1929 and received very favourable interest. This set Rowena wondering what plays to produce the following years. She looked around at the rugged cornish coastline and decided the area was just right for a production of Shakespeare's "Tempest". The gully above Minack Rock was utilised as a very rudimentary seating area for the audience and her house doubled as a ticket office. With the help of a couple of local craftsmen over the next couple of years, Rowena managed to build a simple stage and terraced seating so that in the summer of 1932 the first production took place. With the sea as a backdrop and the spectacular cliffs above Porthcurno as frames the 'magic' of the Minack Theatre was born. For information on the 2008 season please look below or send an SAE to: THE MINACK THEATRE, PORTHCURNO, PENZANCE, CORNWALL TR19 6JU For more information Telephone (01736) 811902 or email at: info@minack.com


SUMMER SEASON 2008

Date

Production

Presented by:

May 19th - 23rd

AS YOU LIKE IT

Westcountry Theatre Co.

May 26th - 30th

THE SLIPPER & THE ROSE

Truro A.O.D.S

Jun 2nd - 6th

HAPPY END

Stage Company Trucco

Jun 9th - 13th

COMEDY OF ERRORS

Full Tilt Theatre Company

Jun 17th - 20th

LIFE OF PI

Central School of Speech & Drama

Jun 23rd - 27th

PINOCCHIO

Illyria

Julne 30th, July 1st - 4th

JASON

Miracle Theatre

July 7th - 11th

THE ALCHEMIST

Brighton Little Theatre

July 14th - 18th

UNDER MILK WOOD

Newport Playgoers

July 21st - 25th

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Surrey Opera

July 28th - Aug 1st

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER

The Tower Theatre

Aug. 4th - 8th

CHARLEY'S AUNT

Questors Theatre Co.

Aug. 11th - 15th

WILD OATS

Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre Co.

Aug. 18th - 22nd

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

The Mitre Players

Aug. 25th - 29th

HENRY V

Derby Shakespeare Theatre Co.

Sept. 1st - 5th

 JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS

Hertfordshire Players

Sept. 8th - 12th

 THEY CAME TO A CITY

Gatehouse Theatre Company

Sept. 15th - 19th

THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD

Cambridge University  G & S Society

Sept. 20th - 21st

PROMS AT THE MINACK

Mount Charles Band & Guests

     

Tickets £8.50 each - a 10% Discount applies to groups of 8 or more

All information subject to change and Copyright © Minack Theatre 2008


The Rowena Cade Visitor Centre - Opening Hours:


April to September: Open daily from 09.30am to 5.30pm
October to March: Open daily from 10.00am to 4.00pm

Daytime Visitor Prices: Adult - £3.50, Under 16 - £1.40, Child under 12 - Free, Over 60 - £2.50


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