MyCornwall Magazine - Dec/Jan

Enjoy seasonal entertainment from pantomime to choral music and classical ballet
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1. Treasure Island, at the Hall For Cornwall
until December 31, stars Edward Rowe
(aka Kernow King) as Long John Silver
and is packed to the gunnels with songs
you’ll know and enough silly jokes to
make the sternest pirate giggle. Ooo-arr!
www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
2. In Miracle Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty,
the well-known fairy tale is given the
Miracle treatment! At the Cornwall Riviera
Holiday Camp in 1959, the Yellowjackets
are bursting to entertain the campers with
their mangled version of this classic story,
following the adventures of a resourceful
princess with insomnia when a resentful
fairy’s wicked spell goes horribly wrong.
Age 7+. December 8 to 11, Guildhall, St
Ives; December 15 to 31, Princess Pavilion,
Falmouth. www.miracletheatre.co.uk
3. Sit back and enjoy The Royal Ballet
on the big screen, as Peter Wright’s
spectacular production of The Nutcracker
comes to Cornish cinemas. Created in
1984, it remains true to the spirit of the
original Russian classic, set to Tchaikovsky’s
irresistible score and featuring sweeping
snowscapes, magical stagecraft and a
showstopping series of dances performed
in the dream-like Land of Sweets. It will
be broadcast live from Covent Garden on
December 8, and will be shown at selected
Cornish cinemas including Newquay
Lighthouse and Redruth Regal.
4. ‘Owdyado Theatre’s Twisted Christmas
is a darkly comic evening of seven
macabre mini plays all with a festive
flavour: how to buy the perfect gift for your
unloved ones, the dark side of Christmas
cracker jokes, and one woman’s maniacal
plot to murder Santa Claus. Suitable for
14+. Saturday December 10: Blisland
Village Hall; December 11: Cornish Bank,
Falmouth; December 14: St Austell Arts
Centre; December 16: Launceston Town
Hall; December 17: Perranporth Memorial
Hall; December 28: St Mawes Memorial
Hall. www.owdyado.co.uk
5. The Christmassy Christmas Show of
Christmassy Christmasness is a delightfully
silly one-man show from Squashbox
Theatre. Saturday, December 10, The Old
Library, Bodmin; December 11, Princess
Pavilion & Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth;
December 17, Minack Theatre (indoors);
December 22, The Acorn, Penzance.
6. The Mediaeval Baebes perform
Christmas carol classics, traditional
folksongs and arrangements from their new
MydWynter album at Truro Cathedral on
December 15. A spirited show of beguiling
choral music backed by exotic and period
instruments. www.mediaevalbaebes.com
7. Near-ta Theatre’s cult comedy
Christmas.Time. returns to The Poly in
Church Street. Charlie and Toby are in the
clink on Christmas Day. What’s stopping
them from creating Christmas around
them? Absolutely nothing! Join them in
their festival of carols, Claus, Christ and
custody... December 15 to 18, 20 to 23.
www.thepoly.org The Alverton, Truro,
December 27.
8. David Mynne performs Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol as a mesmerising oneman
show. Suitable for age 8+. St Ives
Guildhall, December 17; Acorn Penzance,
December 23. www.mynne.com l
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Issue 75 | December 2022 - January 2023