• DLM

    DLM are Andrew Cresswell Davis, Clare Lindley and Brian Mullan. They play guitars, cello, violin and ukuleles, and use three part harmonies to create a sound full of warmth and rich in dynamic contrast. Strong writing, beautifully arranged, and performed by three highly accomplished musicians.

    Tickets £10.

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  • Edd Bateman’s West African Love Affair

    ‘Diamonds, Gold & Mobile Phones’ is the second, self- produced album by Edd Bateman’s West African Love Affair. The new release is a true romance of cross continental culture and an expression of concern, told in songs of lust for natural resources and longing for a better life by its people. Now with a new lineup back from touring Uganda with Kanda Bongo Man, the story is underpinned by the live dynamite trio of Jeannot Bel’s waterfall style Soukous guitar licks, Felix Ngindu’s hereditary Folklore drum beat and Edd’s omniscient Afro bass.

    Expect to dance until you can’t stand.

    Tickets £11.

  • Ghost Stories: Tales of the Supernatural

    The Paper Cinema

    A bewitching new production based on ghostly tales. Beguiling pen and ink drawings are magically brought to life by two puppeteers and a projector to create a unique, animated film. They are joined by a hugely talented ensemble of multi-instrumentalists performing the atmospheric soundtrack live on stage.

    ‘ingenious and beautiful… bound to delight’  The Telegraph

    Tickets £10, £5 Children

  • THE RAT AFFAIR

    with support from Men Are Singing

    Start the New Year with a rambunctious and soulful musical experience brought to you by The Rat Affair; a band of musicians, theatre makers and visual artists.

    Shifting between sensationally boisterous Eastern European folk and sparse reflective piano works, join The Rat Affair and their unique sound as it enraptures the listener like a rallying call.

    “That’s what being in love sounds like – dramatic and blistering and gorgeous”
    Sarah Gosling, BBC Introducing

    With support from Men Are Singing, a Cornish, all-inclusive, cross-generational male voice choir. Singing songs by Ivor Cuttler, Björk, Talking Heads and some of their own.

    It’s the perfect night to shake those New Year’s blues!

  • Lau

    Lau will be coming to the Tolmen Centre on Saturday May 30th 2020.  Their ‘Unplugged’ concert tour will feature two sets: the first will be stripped down and all-acoustic, while the second will feature their electronics, loops and wild effects, giving us the best of both worlds.

    “…the most musically adventurous trio in British folk – exquisite and hypnotic, musicianship at its best” ***** (Guardian). 
    We are expecting high demand for tickets, which are now available and already selling, online only.

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  • Constantine Community Day, hosted by Transition Constantine

    Join us for another fun-filled, fact-finding day focusing on Food and Resilience.

    Featuring The Big Village Lunch in the Tolmen Centre Marquee from 1:00 – 2:00 pm.

    Everyone welcome – bring food to share.

    Plus an all-day programme of varied displays, information and activities at the Tolmen Centre and Constantine Church.

    The full programme can be downloaded here.

  • September/October

    ‘Our Precious Earth’

    Mixed media works by Sandra Boreham draw attention to the fragility of nature, whilst the beauty of landscape and flora are celebrated by Maxine Hart and Evelyn Binns.

  • Luke Wright, Poet Laureate

    After the hugely acclaimed What I learned from Johnny Bevan and Frankie Vah, we’re delighted to welcome back Luke Wright. With a new Poet Laureate due to be announced in 2019 he’s chucking his hat in the ring. But let’s be honest, he’s a dark horse at best. But Luke really does care about Britain, so he’s on a mission to write poems that might be able to unite a nation divided by austerity and Brexit. Luke delves into the murky world of poets laureate past: the heroes, the villains, and ones who didn’t even write poetry.

    ‘One of the funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation’ ..The Independent

    ‘Pulsating poetic story-telling’ ..The Guardian

    Tickets £10
    Age category: 14+

  • Rocky Shock Horror

    The Wardrobe Theatre brings you another of its signature, darkly comic, grownup shows – a loving, playful fusion of the boxing classic with the cross-dressing cult musical masterpiece. A scary-sexy,knock-out comedy that always punches below the belt.

    Tickets £10, £8

  • Twelfth Day

    Orcadian fiddler Catriona Price and harpist Esther Swift have played together for over 10 years, bringing an adventurous mix of folk, jazz,pop and classical influences to their compositions and arrangements. Their last album, ‘Cracks in the Room’ was described in fRoots as “a boldly brilliant record, suffused with dark humour and wildly inventive musicianship”.

    Tickets £11

  • Juliet and Romeo

    Lost Dog

    Following his tour de force, Paradise Lost, Ben Duke’s new show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. They didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after.

    Well they lived at least. Now 40ish, at least one of them in the grips of a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love.

    “Pure pleasure. Smart, subversive and sexy.”……..The Guardian “Squirmingly funny and no less heartbreaking.”…The Times “Glorious. Full of warmth and intimacy.”…..The Independent

    Taken from David Lane’s review:

    “I had the joy of seeing this last night at Déda in Derby. I’m so glad I did, as it’s wonderful!”

    “This is really a piece of theatre inter-laced with dance. There’s lots of dialogue, much of which is very funny – the audience was laughing out loud at times. At others times it’s incredibly sad. The beauty of the show is the tenderness and connection between the 2 characters, and the parallels and contrasts with Shakespeare’s star cross’d lovers. You’ll find yourself thinking about your own relationships too. The show definitely respects the original story while embracing some of its silliness – there’s honesty and authenticity in this performance. The choice of music is so apposite. It’s music with baggage, which will trigger memories in the audience, and it underpins the dance beautifully. Juliet & Romeo should appeal to a wide audience spectrum: theatre lovers, Shakespeare buffs, dance enthusiasts, and to anyone who has ever loved!”

    “I asked some of the audience for their reactions to Juliet & Romeo last night. Those who helped me were overwhelmingly positive – here are some quotes:”

    • “The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen”
    • “Equally funny, and beautiful, and moving, and touching – I cried lots at the end”.
    • “It’s absolutely blown me way – it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen!”
    • “Everyone’s heard of Romeo & Juliet, but this is a great concept – a really,really clever idea delivered beyond my wildest expectations.
    • “This is an amazing blend of the very small ups and downs of a domestic relationship, mixed with the history of Romeo & Juliet, and then some beautiful dance which tells a very powerful story”.
    • “I definitely want to see this again” (several people said that)

    In association with Carn to Cove Tickets £10, £8

  • Andy Irvine

    A rare chance to see one of the greatest of all Irish singers and musicians, in an intimate solo show. Andy has been hailed as “a tradition in himself ”, and has spent a 50+ year career playing in a dazzling variety of bands, notably Planxty and Patrick Street, and with such names as Christy Moore, Paul Brady and Dick Gaughan.

    Tickets £12.50 Children half price

  • Budapest Café Orchestra

    We are delighted to welcome back the Budapest Café Orchestra, led by leading violinist and composer, Christian Garrick., playing traditional folk & gypsy music with jazz and swinginflections whilst Klezmer, Romanian Doinas andHungarian Czardas are awarded fresh treatments.

    ”The music is magic in their hands”… Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3

    Tickets £12

  • Give Me Your Love

    Ridiculusmus

    Welcome to the world of war veteran Zach. As the last man standing, Zach has retreated into a tiny dugout under a barrage of hostile fire. His enemies are cunning,using every trick in the book to mess with his mind. Even the landscape is weird: it’s a cardboard box, in Zach’s kitchen, in Port Talbot. Hilarious, poignant, haunting, strange and unforgettable.

    “Ridiculusmus at their best”….The Stage

    Tickets £10, £8

  • Great Train Robbery

    Scratchworks Theatre

    Four train robbers were never caught. What if the anonymous four were women, hired to clean the robber’s hide-out? After all in 1963 who would suspect a woman? Using a raucous combination of physical theatre, live music and clowning Scratchworks uncovers the truth about history’s forgotten women.

    Non-stop invention and hilariously funny.

    Tickets £10, £8, £5 children

  • Martin Simpson

    We welcome a return visit from the virtuoso folk/blues guitarist and singer, nominated Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2Folk Awards 2018, and listed in Gibson Guitars’ Top 30 acoustic guitarists of all time. His last appearance was a sell-out so we recommend booking early.

    “One of the virtuoso instrumentalists of the English music scene”

    ‘Sounds better than ever’ **** 4 Stars The Guardian

    Tickets £15

  • William Dalrymple

    Constantine Book Club Plus

    Multi award-winning William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of many books including In Xanadu, White Mughals, and most recently his collaborative book, Koh-I-Noor. Born in Scotland he now lives in Delhi with his family. A ‘master story-teller’ his work is meticulously researched. This is a rare opportunity to hear him speak in Cornwall.

    Tickets £5

    williamdalrymple.uk.com

  • Tolmen Summer Gallery

    April/May: ‘Character and Setting’ – an exhibition of etchings by John Howard RE – from his time as artist in residence at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and Hugo Jones – whose portraits capture expression through line, finding movement in the contours of the face.

    June/July: Contemporary still-life paintings by Si Hamling who studied painting and printmaking at Falmouth School of Art.

  • London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra

    The LPSO are much more than a skiffle band! They are a musical/comedy showband following in the tradition of Spike Jones and his City Slickers but with a modern slant.

    To the LPSO skiffle means “anything goes” as long as it is musical, entertaining and fun. Their performances are energetic, colourful, bizarre, tuneful, virtuoso and hilarious.

    Tickets £11

  • An Illustrated Talk by Ed Martin

    SEABIRDS, SOLITUDE AND THE SUBLIME

    In an illustrated talk, Ed Martin shares stories of his recent adventures
    from Falmouth to Iceland by sailing yacht and sea-kayak.

  • Open Clasp: Key Change

    Play screening

    We saw this wonderful show live in Edinburgh in 2015 when it won the Carol Tambor Award and was whisked off to New York.

    Sadly we couldn’t get the live show to Cornwall, but this film of the stage play is the next best thing. Devised by women in an HM Prison, The Guardian described it as “exquisite…singing with everyday poetry as if the devising had unlocked a waterfall of creativity.”

    “moving, intimate and superbly acted”…..New York Times

  • Leviathan

    Leviathan is the critically acclaimed work by award winning Cornish choreographer James Wilton.

    Leviathan follows Ahab, a ship captain hell-bent on capturing the white whale: Moby Dick, a beast as vast and dangerous as the sea itself, yet serene and beautiful beyond all imagining.

    Ahab’s crew are drawn into the unhinged charisma of their captain, blindly following him on his perilous adventure towards almost certain destruction.

    Multi-award winning choreographer James Wilton re-imagines Herman Melville’s seminal novel, Moby Dick.

    Featuring a cast of six, Wilton’s trademark blend of athletic dance, martial arts, capoeira and partner-work, Leviathan will have you on the edge of your seat.

    It will leave you gasping for air under the sheer ferocity of movement, all accompanied by a powerful electro-rock soundtrack by Lunatic Soul.

    Leviathan is man versus nature; be careful what you fish for.

    Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) from 01326 341353 or online via www.tolmencentre.co.uk

  • Medical Maelstrom

    Presented by Helford River Children’s Sailing Trust

    We are thrilled to welcome back the hilarious Medical Maelstrom in an evening of musical entertainment in aid of HRCST. Medical Maelstrom are three doctors, who also happen to be rather good at music. Expect an evening of song,reflections on the humancondition and a large dose of humour to lift the spirits.

    Tickets £12, Children £5

  • MacQuarrie and Toms

    MacQuarrie and Toms formed in 2014. Since then they have played throughout the UK and Europe. In 2018 the duo were featured artists at Festival Interceltique de Lorient, the same year that they also supported Fairport Convention as part of their 50th anniversary tour.

    Most recently the duo played with Welsh Folk Group Jamie Smith’s Mabon, to perform a commission piece to mark the 40th year of the Lowender Peran Festival in Cornwall.

    Since their formation the duo have released 2 EPs, both of which have featured on BBC Introducing and in 2017 they won the International Pan Celtic Instrumental Duo competition in Ireland.

    MacQuarrie and Toms aim to bring Celtic Folk music to a wider audience by combining traditional playing techniques with modern effects.

    Tickets £9 – Under 12s £4.50

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  • Kim & Andrew Lowings

    Daughter and Father duo Kim and Andrew Lowings have been writing and collaborating together since 2011. The pair have become well established on the British folk circuit and together form half of the band Kim Lowings and The Greenwood. As a duo they are able to showcase their songwriting skills and the intricacies of their acoustic sound with a warm and captivating stage presence. The sound draws together mountain dulcimer, guitar, bouzouki and piano to resonate with Kim’s lyric writing and arrangements of traditional folk song.

    Tickets £9 – Under 12s £4.50

  • Talisk

    Sottish firebrands Talisk have stacked up several major awards for their explosively energetic yet artfully woven sound, including 2018’s Belhaven Bursary for Innovation & 2017’s Folk Band of the Year both at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

    Mohsen Amini – the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year 2018, Hayley Keenan and Graeme Armstrong seamlessly meld concertina, fiddle and guitar to produce a multi-layered, enthralling signature that has effortlessly captivated audiences from the USA to Australia, and throughout the UK.

    Appearances at world-leading festivals – including the Cambridge Folk Festival, Denmark’s Tønder, WOMAD UK and Las Palmas, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Celtic Colours, Milwaukee Irish Festival and five successive outings at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections – have amassed a die-hard following, whilst the world’s folk and world music media have also lauded high credits upon the trio. The release of their hotly anticipated second album, Beyond, in October 2018 was met with a five-star ‘Top of the World’ review in Songlines, praising the band as “incredibly infectious and endearing… fresh, invigorating, accomplished and playfully frisky.”

    Tickets £11 – Under 12s £5.50

  • Love Me Restore Me – £8500 raised

    I cannot thank everyone enough for the amazing support given for our ‘Love Me Restore Me’ Campaign. Not only have we reached our target but we have exceeded it by £250. Wow and double wow!!!

    What a team/crowd effort – knowing you are there behind this project because you know the importance of the building to the community is phenomenal.

    Big hugs from all at the Tolmen Centre

    Tracey Clowes xx

  • Tolmen Spring Gallery

    From January: Figurative paintings by Jo King celebrating film noir, pop art, portraiture and life studies. His work is exhibited, published and collected internationally.

    From February 24th: Drawings by Lynne Treloar, which focus on the artist’s passion for rural life, are shown alongside photographs documenting local history. Much of the work was made at Carwythenack Farm.

  • Police Cops in Space

    The multi award-winning comedy trio are back with their critically acclaimed EdFringe sell-out comedy; set in the most dangerous place on Earth …Space.

    Sammy Johnson, the last Police Cop in the universe, blasts off in an unmanned escape pod. Now on a distant planet, Sammy must team up with Alien fighter pilot Ranger and his trusty Cyborg C9 as they embark on an intergalactic adventure to find Earth, avenge his father and become the best damn Police Cop in space.

    “Big, consistent laughs..it’s not just funny, it’s exhilarating”  …The Guardian

    Tickets £10, £8

  • Pete Oxley and Nick Meier

    These are two masterly guitarists, although very different in style. Oxley has been playing on the British jazz scene since 1997, with everyone from Stacey Kent to Gilad Atzmon, while Meier, originally from Switzerland, has toured the world, absorbing musical idioms en route. In the course of a dozen pieces the array of changing sounds, moods and textures they create is gorgeous, fascinating and apparently endless.

    Tickets £11

  • Sam Carter

    Named Best Newcomer at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Sam Carter has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, via an attention grabbing appearance on Later… with Jools Holland and a tremendous performance in a specially assembled band to back Richard Thompson at Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Described as ‘the finest English-style finger-picking guitarist of his generation’ by Jon Boden (Remnant Kings, ex- Bellowhead), Sam has toured the world, equally happy to perform intimate solo shows on acoustic guitar, on electric with a full band, or to collaborate with other artists.

    Tickets £11

  • Translunar Paradise

    Theatre Ad Infinitum’s wordless tale of life, death and enduring love returns to tour the UK and Chile following years of extensive international touring amassing nine awards.

    Original performers George Mann and Deborah Pugh are joined by Sophie Crawford to retell, with precise gesture and touches of humour, the story of widower William who escapes to a comforting world of fantasy and memories rather than confront his grief. From beyond the grave, his wife Rose returns to help him let go. This poignant, life-affirming tale uses intricate and lifelike hand-held masks – created by Madame Tussaud’s senior sculptor Victoria Beaton – to travel back and forth through William and Rose’s relationship, wordlessly conveying a lifetime of memories in 75 minutes.

    How it all started…

    Theatre Ad Infinitum  premiered Translunar Paradise at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and experienced an overwhelming response from audiences and professionals alike receiving three awards and three award nominations, selling out our run at The Pleasance Dome, and picking up four & five star reviews across the board.

    Following this success the show went on to win a total of nine awards internationally and has toured extensively in the UK in Sept-Oct 2011, Jan-Feb 2012, and Oct-Nov 2013. They  were thrilled to sell out a week long run at the They were thrilled to sell out a week long run at the London International Mime Festival at Barbican in 2012, a week at the Bristol Old Vic and many nights in venues across the UK (including at The Tolmen Centre).

    The piece returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2012 and sold out for a second consecutive year.

    Translunar has also enjoyed extensive international touring in Bogota at the Ibero-American Theatre Festival, Colombia and going on to tour in Brazil for three months with Galharufas Producoes, in Italy, Norway, Israel, Greece, Croatia, Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium and the USA.

    Awards

    The Wijkjury First Prize Award, The Netherlands 2014 | Argus Angel Award 2012 (Brighton Fringe) | Liverpool Daily Post ‘Best Fringe Show of 2011’ | The Fringe Review ‘Outstanding Theatre Award’ 2011 | The Observer ‘Iron Man’ Award for Kim Heron | Brave New World Award & Audience Award at the Sarajevo MESS Theatre Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2011 | 1st Prize BE Festival Development Award 2010 | Best Theatre Direction Award at ACT Festival Bilbao, Spain 2011

    Award Nominations

    The Stage Award for ‘Best Ensemble’ 2011 | Total Theatre Award for Visual/Physical Devised Theatre | Brighton Fringe ‘Best of Edinburgh Award’

    Reviews

    The Times * * * *: “An admirable, infinitely gentle and wordless story of loss and remembrance” -Donald Hutera.

    The Stage ‘MUST-SEE!’ Show: “I really cannot recommend this highly enough – it is not just one of the best shows I have seen at this year’s fringe, but any fringe.” -Alistair Smith.

    “This is a show that will steal your heart.” ★★★★★ Scotsman

    “Uniquely devastating” Observer

    5 Star Reviews: The Scotsman | What’s On Stage.com | Fest Magazine | British Theatre Guide | Fringe Review | Edinburgh Guide.com | Fringe Guru

    4 Star Reviews: The Times | The List | Exeunt Magazine | Edinburgh Festivals Magazine | Three Weeks

    Tickets £12, £10

  • The Angels of Fore Street

    Pipeline Theatre

    On holiday in Cornwall they crashed the car and lost the dog, but had the best Christmas ever. A heartwarming community show made with and by people from Camborne and Redruth.

    Tickets £6, £3, £15 family

    Book Online at crbo

  • Sarah Gillespie

    Sarah Gillespie is a critically acclaimed singer songwriter renowned for mixing elements of blues, folk and jazz with her distinctive streetwise lyricism.

    She is joined by Mercury nominated Kit Downes (piano), Ruth Gollar (bass) & Chris Montague

    ‘Haunting tunes and striking lyrics…yearningly pretty and bitter sweet’  The Independent

    Tickets £11

  • Frankie Vah

    Luke Wright

    Following the multi-award-winning What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, Luke Wright’s new verse play deals with love, loss, and belief, against a backdrop of 80s politics and music. Simon, a vicar’s son from Essex, has become Frankie Vah and replaced religion with radical politics and ranting poetry. He and his beloved girlfriend Eve live in love and penury, but when Frankie goes on tour with indie darlings The Midnight Shift, his new world is put to the test.

    ‘Pulsating, poetic storytelling’ The Guardian

    Tickets £10, £8

  • Monster

    Worklight Theatre

    Everyone has felt the prickle of anger, so why do some men lash out while others stay in control? In an amazingly fast moving performance, Joe Sellman-Leava channels his own irritation at his chirpy,cheery girlfriend, MikeTyson‘s tirades, Patrick Stewart fearfully recollecting the domestic violence that scarred his childhood and passages of Shakespeare, brimming with spite and anger. A thrilling new performance about violence and masculinity, from internationally acclaimed Worklight Theatre.

    Tickets £10, £8

  • Michèle Roberts

    Constantine Literary Group

    Michèle Roberts is the author of twelve highly acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House which won the WH Smith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her memoir Paper Houses was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week

    Tickets £5

  • Tolmen Autumn Gallery

    Sept/Oct: A retrospective of Peta White’s colourful and expressionist paintings, drawn from her experience as a Jungian psychoanalyst.

    Nov/Dec: An exhibition of Sally Wills’ mosaics incorporating found materials including shells, glass, china with smalti and tesserae.