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Avenue Q is a musical comedy that features both puppets and human actors. The unconcealed puppeteers, costumed human actors and puppets all visibly interact on stage; a format which parodies Sesame Street. The production was staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 22nd and 26th of February during its 2011 U.K. tour.
Peter Pan was staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 11th of December 2004 and the 9th of January 2005 in association with The Hiss and Boo Company Ltd. The design of the programme cover features a hand drawn image of Captain Hook and his ship.
A play by Neil Simon, London Suite consists of four one-act plays which were adapted into a television movie in 1996. Set in a London hotel overlooking Hyde Park, the plot overlaps a series of four plays entitled ‘Setting Accounts’, ‘Going Home’, ‘Diana and Sidney’ and the ‘Man on the Floor.’ The play was staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 12th and 17th of July 2004 and featured John Challis and Sue Holderness, who are best known for their roles in Only Fools and Horses.
The Shell Seekers is a 1987 best selling novel by Rosamunde Pilcher. Set in Cornwall and London between the Second World War and present day, it tells the story of Penelope Keeling who examines both her past and her relationships with her adult children. The play was staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 8th and 13th of March, 2004.
The modern pantomine took form with Henry James Byron’s Aladdin, or the ‘Wonderful Scamp’, in 1861. Since then, Aladdin has become a regular feature at theatre’s across the U.K during the Christmas pantomine season. Aladdin was staged at Queen’s Theatre Barnstaple between the 15th of December 2005 and 8th of January 2006 by the North Devon Theatres in association with the Hiss & Boo Company Ltd.
The Play What I Wrote is a comedy play written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben. Foley and McColl form a double act together called ‘The Right Size’ who feautre in the play as the characters ‘Sean’ and ‘Hamish’ alongside Toby Jones. The play celebrates the British comedy act Morecambe and Wise and explores the general nature of double acts. The play premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre in the summer of 2001 before opening in the West End during the winter. It was eventually staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 7th and 12th of March 2005.
Opening Lines was an initiative devised by Hall for Cornwall to nurture and develop emerging and established play writes in Cornwall. The initiative emerged from Hall for Cornwall’s strong commissioning policy and a five day residency project in collaboration with The Royal Court Young Writers Programme, The Works: Dance & Theatre Cornwall, Kernow Education Arts Partnership and Creative Partnerships Cornwall. It began in the form of a short play competition, open to any writer of any experience level over the age of 15, who lived and worked in the South West or had strong connections to Cornwall. The three winners were Henry Drake with the play ‘Extreme Seafood’, Jane Pugh with ‘Jason’ and Victoria Field with ‘Blood’. All three plays were produced by Hall for Cornwall in July 2005.
The Dick Whittington pantomine ran at Hall for Cornwall between the 9th of December and the 7th of January 2006/07 in association with The Hiss and Boo Company Ltd. The production featured BBC Radio Cornwall’s Mid Morning presenter David White as the baddie King Rat, with Jeffrey Holland directing the production and also playing Sarah the Cook. The pantomine was choreographed by Tracey Tickle with Frank Kershaw in charge of costumes.
Girls Night is a musical comedy by playwright Louise Roche. Roche first staged the play with her friends at a local community arts centre after setting up a theatre company with her husband in 2003. The couple then sent Girls Night on two medium scale tours in 2003 and 2004 to test the market, although the play would soon prove to be an astounding success. This programme cover is from the July 2006 performance at Hall for Cornwall when star names Lucy Speed and Gwyneth Strong were recruited for the play’s first Number One tour. Girls Night then toured for two years in America before finally premiering in New York and becoming a Broadway smash hit.
The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer. The Orchestera performed at Hall for Cornwall on the 22nd September 2006. This programme cover from their performance features a photograph of the orchestera which reflects the theatre and design trends of the time.