The Tolmen Centre is at the heart of village life in Constantine, Cornwall. Many residents and friends enjoy events here; a wide and loyal audience has developed for the varied arts programme including music, theatre and cinema, and the Centre has built up an excellent reputation in the Cornish arts community. Miracle, Cube, Cscape, and Pipeline theatre companies are regular visitors both to perform and to develop new work.
The Café Tolmen is often open for meals when there’s an event at the Centre. Please call us on 01326 340630 to pre-book your meal from 6pm.
The Tolmen Centre is a not-for-profit organisation entirely run by volunteer help – no-one gets paid for their time. This creates a rather special ethos around the place – and allows us to be ambitious in what we promote and undertake.
If you would be interested in volunteering in any capacity, please get in touch with member of our team. Volunteers receive free tickets to events at which they help.

Theatre
Thursday April 3rd
7:30 pm
After All
Solene Weinachter
The subject of Solène’s new self-created solo show may be death, but the work is bursting with vitality. Weinachter hooks us from the start with a highly demonstrative re-creation of her beloved Uncle Bob’s funeral. The family has gathered for a service at the crematorium when, unexpectedly, Weinachter’s father asks his dance-trained offspring to get up and dance. The results were, as she shows us, hilarious. As a dancer Weinachter is a joy to watch, lithe and inventive, and her musical choices, from a pan pipes cover version of My Way through to Donna Summer are astute.In association with Carn to Cove and the Rural Touring Dance Initiative
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £12/£10

Gallery
Monday April 7th - Sunday May 25th
Margaret Beringer
This is Margaret Beringer’s first public exhibition, focusing mainly on her seascapes, coastal landscapes and mixed media paintings capturing the beauty and magnificence of Cornish coastal views.

Film
Wednesday April 23rd
7:30 pm
Bagdad Cafe
Tolmen Movies
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanour are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.
Doors open 6:30
Films starts 7:30
Tickets £5 on the door

Music
Saturday April 26th
7:30 pm
Hannah Scott duo
“Your music moved me to tears.”
This is the refrain contemporary folk artist Hannah Scott regularly hears as she leaves the stage.
The best stories elicit profound personal reactions and in the 15 years she has been writing and performing, Hannah has become a consummate storyteller. Her music is shaped by human stories, with family, in all its chaos and glory, sitting at the heart of herwork. Her lyrics are powerful and poignant, and her voice feels strangely familiar, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Her writing may be deeply personal but her music has a universal appeal that extends beyond the melodies you catch yourself humming days after listening to her songs.
The connection she forges with her audiences often finds its most profound expression in the stories shared by audience members after her performances: the woman whose elderly mother lost a sibling in childhood and is moved to tears by Boy In The Frame; the young father who, upon hearing My Dad & I, realises he wants to spend more time with his small children; the adoptive parents who, like Hannah as a step-parent, may not have been the first person to hold their child, but Love You Like I Did. A deep-rooted desire for this connection has always been the driving force behind her songwriting and live performances.
Born in Suffolk and raised by an artist mother and an eccentric entertainer father, with music going back three generations to her songwriting great-grandmother, creativity was always destined to be an integral part of Hannah’s life. At the age of four, her father bought a second-hand piano for £70 from a friend in the pub and she didn’t look back, falling in love with both playing and listening to classical music. Picking up a guitar in her early teens as the influence of her peers and more contemporary music took hold, Hannah taught herself some simple chords that would lay the foundation for her earliest attempts at songwriting.
Hannah’s career highlights include having her song No Gravity featured on the hit international TV series Grey’s Anatomy, recording a live session on BBC Radio 2 with Dermot O’Leary and opening for Madeleine Peyroux, performing to an audience of two thousand. She has also shared the stage with folk luminaries such as Seth Lakeman,
Pre show supper is available from Cafe Tolmen – book in advance with Barbara on 01326 340630
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £14/£12/&7

Theatre
Friday May 2nd
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Multistory Theatre LAST DANCE SALON
This captivating new show explores love, legacy and the future we envision for coming generations. Filled with music, dance, drama and laughter, it promises a deeply moving experience. Two people, no longer in the first flush of youth, meet at a dance retreat in Buenos Aires. A spark is ignited. With family ties in Chile and Devon, they navigate the challenges of a long-distance relationship sustained by tango sessions in Argentina that include unexpected flights of the imagination.
If you feel so inclined, there is the opportunity to throw a few shapes yourself at the end of the evening.
Cafe Tolmen supper available pre show – book via 01326 340630
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £12.50

Film
Wednesday May 7th
7:30 pm
Ama Gloria
Tolmen Movies
When Cleo’s beloved nanny Gloria must suddenly return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, Cléo makes her promise that they will see each other very soon. Gloria invites Cléo to her island and the two must make the most of their last summer together.
Doors open 6:30
Film starts 7:30
Tickets £5 on the door

Film
Wednesday May 21st
7:30 pm
She Said
Tolmen Movies
Two New York Times reporters break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Doors open 6:30
Film starts 7:30
Tickets £5 on the door

Music
Sunday May 25th
7:30 pm
Rainey’s Revue
Pre-show meals must be booked in advance via Barbara on 01326 340630.
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £16/£13(students, low-unwaged)
Children £8

Talks
Friday June 6th
6:30 pm
From Cornwall to Morocco
Jane Johnson
Book Launch Event.
At the launch event for Secrets of the Bees the author Jane Johnson talks about her latest novels, The Black Crescent and Secrets of the Bees.There will be new and second hand books and Moroccan jewellery on sale.
Wine, cheese and biscuits will be available from 6.30pm.
Tickets £7.50

Music
Saturday June 7th
7:30 pm
Namvula
Weaving together a global soundscape that takes inspiration from the deep grooves of Africa, the lyrical sensibility of folk-pop, and the improvisational freedom of jazz, Namvula transports listeners into different worlds with refreshing honesty, crossing boundaries with sonic sensitivity and evocative lyricism. A singer and songwriter whose artistic journey is an exploration of cultural intersections and heartfelt storytelling, her music reflects the nuances and complexities of her mixed Zambian and Scottish heritage, and a restlessness born of her diasporic upbringing.
At the core, Namvula is a storyteller with an over-arching hope in our capacity as humans to touch each other’s hearts and to fill the world with a little more grace, and a little more love.
Join us for a beautiful, intimate evening of song, word, soul, heart and human humanness at its most essential.
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £15/£12/£7.50

Film
Wednesday June 11th
7:30 pm
Emilia Perez
Tolmen Movies
The veteran French director Jacques Audiard takes a huge gamble with this gritty crime thriller turned glitzy soap opera boasting standout performances from Oscar winning Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez.
Doors open 6:30
Film starts 7:30
Tickets £5 on the door

Film
Wednesday June 25th
7:30 pm
Conclave
Tolmen Movies
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
Doors our 6:30
Film starts 7:30
Tickets £5 on the door

Music
Sunday July 6th
7:30 pm
THE BOOKSHOP BAND
The award winning Bookshop Band write and perform songs inspired by books. Formed in September 2010 they released their first album two months later and have since released 13 albums collaborating with over 100 authors, including Philip Pullman, Louis de Bernieres and Margaret Atwood.
They have toured extensively around the UK, Europe, Canada and America, and are equally at home in a bookshop, at an arts centre, in a folk club or on a festival main-stage. They have been commissioned by the BBC, The V&A, and most recently by Aardman Animations to compose the music and songs for thier Oscar and BAFTA Nominated musical Robin Robin, with the band picking up an Ivor Novello Award nomination for their score. The band have been working with producer and musician Pete Townshend (The Who) on thier 14 studio album, due for release in late 2023.
Between them Beth Porter and Ben Please bring the books to the stage along with a multitude of instruments, including cello, harmonium, glockenspiel, guitars and ukuleles which, along with their distinct voices, create a cinematic sound that draws the audience right in to a highly intimate performance, at once touching and mesmerizing, heart wrenching and funny. No previous knowledge of the books is required as the band guide the audience through the stories behind each song’s inspiration.
Beth has performed and recorded with Peter Gabriel, The Proclaimers and is part of The Lost Words Spell Songs alongside musicians including Karine Polwart, Kris Drever and Julie Fowlis. The band are based in Wigtown, Scotland’s Book Town.
Pre show supper is available from Cafe Tolmen – book in advance with Barbara on 01326 340630
Event Starts: 19:30
Tickets £15/£12/£7.50
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Gallery
Friday August 22nd - Saturday September 6th
Sara Thomas
Constantine Art Society Annual Exhibition
My art conveys a sense of warmth, positivity and uplifting energy suggesting feelings of joy, comfort and hope. I try to symbolise the emotional nourishment which brightens the viewer’s mood.
August 22nd to 6th September

In July 2024, Constantine Enterprises company received a grant of £13,500 from Cornwall Council’s Good Growth fund. Together, with £1,500 of our funds we have used this grant to make acoustic, audio and lighting upgrades at the Tolmen Centre.
Read more here