Barbershop’s funniest quartet. Three guys and a girl tell the tale of a matador who moves to Norfolk – expect laughs, tears and stampeding cows.
‘A feast of frenetic ridiculousness and technically superb singing’ – **** (Scotsman).
In association with Carn to Cove
The Third International Tolmen Guitar Festival will run for three full days October 14th 15th and 16th 2011. There will be 5 major recitals/concerts covering Classical, Jazz, World Music, Flamenco, Early Music and many more other events, workshops, masterclasses and even film. The Festival will cut across genres – headline acts vary from Martin Carthy – one of folk music’s greatest innovators – to Vladislav Blaha the Czech classical maestro – to the amazing 6 piece TG Collective who play mixed jazz, gypsy and flamenco – to a Polish Guitar ensemble who will bring a string quartet to play with them!
We are delighted to welcome back the amazing band Hope Street from Burundi led by Steven Sogo. No-one who attended last year’s concert by this band – their first ever outside their home country – will forget the scenes as a full house of all ages simply stood up and danced – in the aisles, on the seats, and on stage – to the intensely natural but pulsating music delivered by Steven and Hope Street. The tour went on to Womad and beyond, but we doubt if the atmosphere of that night could have been equalled!
They are back in UK for another visit to Womad and an extended tour – and their return visit to the Tolmen Centre promises another night to remember. Tickets are still only £9 and £8 with children – and it was the kids who set it all going last year – welcome at £4.
A superlative mystery comedy thriller set in a bird hide on the Suffolk marshes. Following his superb performance of Under Milk Wood last year, Guy Masterson returns in a two hander with Ronnie Toms. Tim Whitnall’s play is a wrought, taut, exquisitely balanced black comedy that keeps the viewer glued to the seat until the final full stop.
A multiple five star reviewed show at the Edinburgh festival 2009
A weekend event at the Tolmen Centre and Jubilee Wharf offering creative dance workshops for all ages. Even if you have never danced before: babies, teenagers over 50s all are welcome.
A new adaptation of Carol Ann Duffy’s poems, imagining the wives’ perspective of famous men. From Mrs Faust and Frau Freud to Queen Kong and Mrs Midas, this darkly funny show slices through history and myth.
‘Performed with awesome style and confidence by the splendid Linda Marlowe… wonderful’ Observer
Every week the Locksmith’s wife reads aloud the next instalment of Dickens’ latest story to an assortment of characters who may have walked out of his novels.
But when she falls sick, the Locksmith has to step into her shoes and fiction and reality blur as they find themselves facing their deepest secret.
Tickets £8, £7 Children £4
Our annual celebration of Constantine’s talents.
It is the year 1906 and provincial audiences are eagerly awaiting the return of the Ffitch Repertory Players with their latest offering The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin.
It is anticipated that this resourceful troupe of actors will once again brighten the lives of rural folk and bring a glimmer of the the glamour of London’s West End to their very doorstep.
Tickets £8, £7, Children £4
American Folk legend Peggy Seeger has written hundreds of songs, many now folk standards. Her partner Ewan Macoll’s song “The first time ever I saw your face” was inspired by her. She is a multi instrumentalist and a mesmeric performer. We are proud to present her at the Tolmen Centre.
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
Spooky happenings in the Museum. Things to make and things to make you shake.
Look out behind you!
When the shops are shut for good, when the shutters come down for the last time, when the final homes are bought up, what happens to communities then? Evocative, charming and funny, Cscape brings these communities to life in a vivid blend of dance, theatre, film, poetry and music.
“Cscape are poetry for the eyes and should not be missed” …Western Morning News
Mercury Award nominated jazz pianist Kit Downes with bassist Calum Gourlay and James Maddren on drums.
A breathtaking improviser, and weaver of magical piano soundscapes, Kit Downes is world class’ ….Helen Mayhew, Jazz FM
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
Stalag Happy is a funny and moving account of a truly inspiring story, portrayed through the use of sharp, comic, often touching dialogue – imaginative and inventive design – and a suitably nostalgic 1940s soundtrack.
Stalag Happy is a new play dramatising the true story of the abstract artists Sir Terry Frost and Adrian Heath whilst interned in the German POW camp Stalag 383 between 1941 – 45. “Edward Elks and Dan Frost were simply splendid… As thought provoking as it was touching… Well worth seeing twice.”…The Cornishman Tickets £8, £7 – Children £4 In association with Carn to Cove
Suzette is a ballet dancer. Morry is a married city worker, on the verge of losing everything, who can’t stop secretly going to see her perform.
Tonight he’s going to talk to her.
There’s just one problem.
She’s dead.
This is a special scratch performance of a new Cube show. Audience feedback is invited and a “pay what you think it deserved system” will operate. Suitable for ages 12+.
A glorious combination of gypsy hotclub, flamenco, jazz and contemporary classical influences underpin this superb ensemble.
The group is centred around the two acoustic guitars of Jamie and Sam,and includes double bass, cajon and trumpet and violin players. “All the strumming and picking and rhythms of gypsy, contemporary, flamenco jazz with a beautiful Bach arrangement thrown in for good measure.”…..Birmingham Post
In association with Carn to Cove
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
More adventures of our intrepid lady riders, Gia Shaw and Sarah Thomas, as they move on to the wilds of Georgia.
Tickets £5
Following sell out concerts at Blakehay Theatre, Magenta hit Cornwall for one night only. Using acoustic instruments, five voices and a generous sprinkling of humour, they play a range of traditional, contemporary and original songs.
In aid of the Heritage Centre
Tickets £9
Written and performed by Pip Utton “A day without laughter is a day wasted”
Chaplin remains one of the greatest clowns of all time. He created an image of himself for public consumption that hid the darker sides of his personality. Pip Utton steps in and out of the screen and becomes Charlie Chaplin, stripping away the myths and the moustache and revealing the man beneath.
‘Pip Utton is the doyen of the Fringe one-man show.’ The Daily Telegraph Tickets £8, £7 Children £4
A rare visit to the Uk by the legendary Bob Brozman, probably the finest performer in the world on the steel guitar.
A master of slide, finger-style, and percus- sive guitar, Bob’s exhilarating show spans the global and musical spectrum. His playing resonates with elements of blues, jazz, Gypsy swing, calypso, and even the most modern hip-hop and ska beats.
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
The producer and designer of Scaramouche – Guy Masterson – will bring us his own celebrated and renowned solo version of the great Dylan Thomas ‘play for voices’ with all the design and production values that his company has become famous for. It has played all over the world – they’re just back from the Adelaide festival – and this is one of only a handful of productions licenced by the Dylan Thomas estate. Guy plays every one of the enormous range of characters in what is justly described as a tour de force.
For just one night in Cornwall – only at The Tolmen Centre May 9th at 7.30
The well-known Loveny Male Voice Choir is coming to the Tolmen Centre.
Melanie Uren will be their guest soloist.
In aid of the Twinning Association
Tickets £7.50. Phone 01326 250769.
Coming to us straight from WOMAD, Steve Sogo and Hope Street. He is a young and very dynamic musician from Burundi who took to the guitar in the middle of the civil war to express his wish to live and to live a normal life.This music is pure, original blues. His songs are a cry for life; full of pain and hope.
Steve Sogo makes acoustic, hand made music that can be perfectly combined with African traditional sounds in a perfect reflection of his cultural identity and heritage.
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
The Tolmen Centre plays host to a live broadcast of one of Radio 4’s longest running programmes.
The first ever live radio broadcast from the Tolmen Centre. We don’t know who will be on the panel, but whoever it is, it’s a first for us!. There’s already a long list of people wanting to attend, but we are not full yet so if you want to be there – and maybe even ask a question on air – phone the Box Office number 01326 341353 Its FREE courtesy of the BBC. It does mean an early start as the warm up sessions start not long after 7.00 to be ready to broadcast by 8 and continuing until 8.45
On August 14th (yes it’s the middle of the holidays but that’s when they could all get here!) at 7.30 we welcome back Edward Shaw and his “string quartet plus clarinet” STRINGENDO for a gala classical concert. This is to raise funds for the land purchase, and the Shaw family, to whom we extend grateful thanks – are arranging for this to be an evening to remember – classical music, chilled wine, light refreshments – and if we’re lucky a chance to view the newly acquired garden to the rear of the Tolmen Centre.
+ Summer Drinks & Desserts
+ Handmade Jewellery & Cards
Tickets: Adults £8.00, includes a drink and dessert
Heritage Collection and Tolmen Centre Fundraiser
Helston School Jazz Band – famous for its quality performances – will be playing at the Tolmen Centre. Tickets are only £5 and the funds raised will be split between The Heritage Centre and the Tolmen Centre Land Purchase Fund.
Box Office 01326 341353 to reserve tickets.
“A man, not a particularly good one, waits for his lover outside an abandoned restaurant in a forgotten corner of town. It is raining. She is late. She’s never late. And then the restaurant door opens. Tonight he has a choice to make. Tonight there is only one dish on the menu… Chef’s Special.”
Following their recent acclaimed success with The Uninvited, CUBE and Jon Welch return with a completely new and totally different confection. Chef’s Special is a musical cornucopia featuring song, dance and live music – a heady blend of tango, culinary percussion, and lashings of haut cuisine! A very modern musical comedy.
In association with Carn to Cove
Tickets £8, £7 Children £4
An international sell-out show. The world’s three most stupid musicians entertain with their hilarious antics as they compete, ridicule, argue and seduce their way through Bach to Beatles.
“Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes” The Sunday Times.
In association with Venue Cornwall
Tickets £8, £7 Children £4
In aid of Save the Children
Johnny Cowling has been an entertainer for over ten years with a unique blend of humour, music and a rare ability to bond with his audience.
One of our great undiscovered comedy talents….brilliant – a true entertainer, who could make anybody laugh.” Fern Britto
Following the success of last year’s Guitar Symposium a return visit by Ben Salfield, Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the wonderful Cristofaro/ Ramelli Duo.
A great welcome back to Portico Quartet, who wowed everyone with their sell out show last year. With their second album just released,we look forward to another sensational evening
“A phenomenon in the making”….The Independent
Tickets £9, £8 Children £4
11pm on Millennium Eve: Ancient clown Scaramouche breaks fifty years’ silence to give his final performance and charts a bizarre odyssey through crumbling empires, comic misadventures and the 20th Century’s darkest episodes, revealing the loves, the brutalities, the ecstasies and the tragedies beneath his seven white masks in an epic, poetic, profoundly moving tale.
Justin Butcher’s “Scaramouche Jones” is an international phenomenon made famous in 2000 by Pete Postlethwaite’s beautiful production. Now, directed by solo maestro Guy Masterson, Butcher makes the centenarian clown he originally created for himself brilliantly his own.
“Mesmerising”…The Guardian In association with Venue Cornwall
Fresh from their recent series on Radio 4, a trio of Victorian gentlemen humourists, the Penny Dreadfuls bring you the visually resplendent, aurally pleasurable Aeneas Faversham Forever, one of this year’s most scrumptious and comically edifying Edinburgh Fringe treats. “Think ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’ with a dash of ‘Ripping Yarns’ and a twist of ‘Big Train’.
Grab the chance to see the Penny Dreadfuls live” – The Guardian
In association with Venue Cornwall
Tickets £8/£7 Children £4
Our annual celebration of Cornish character and creativity.
UK Comedy Tour 2010
Best Medicine Management (formerly known as Good Sense Of Humour) are delighted to announce the first national tour for Radio 4, Five Live and Sky TV regular: JAMES SHERWOOD.
“gloriously pedantic and quite brilliant” The Scotsman
With TV and radio credits ranging from Radio 4’s flagship comedy shows ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘The Now Show’, through to 6Music’s ‘Jon Richardson Show’ and BBC2’s ‘Mock The Week’, James Sherwood is one of the country’s foremost young comedy writers and performers. He is also the creator and head writer on Radio 4’s brand new topical panel show ‘I Guess That’s Why They Call It The News’, and makes regular appearances on the ‘Richard Bacon Show’ (Five Live) and Sky TV’s ‘Evening Press Review’.
“elegant, intelligent stand-up” The Guardian
Having recently completed his fourth sell-out Edinburgh run, James has firmly established himself across the country and has a dedicated fan base that return year on year to see his latest show. Always accompanied by his trusty keyboard, he eschews the well-worn path of song parodies and changed lyrics, in favour of original compositions and delightful, self-contained ditties.
“savage satire” Sunday Times “fantastic” TimeOut
“piercing” Evening Standard “sharp, precise and ingenious” Chortle
He’s been compared with Bill Bailey, Marcus Brigstocke, Richard Digance, Tim Minchin and Richard Stilgoe, whilst creating a name and a niche of his own.
Tickets £8, £7 Children £4
A sparkling and entertaining show of poetry, music and badinage. Rated unmissable by Edinburgh Fringe critics, this unusual and exciting mix has delighted audiences across the UK and abroad. Presented in association with Carn to Cove. Tickets £7/£6
