Towns
The main towns in the area for shopping are Penzance, St Ives
and the City of Truro.
Penzance: Recognised as the capital of West Cornwall, it is extremely popular for
shopping. Although not boasting any major department stores, this does not detract from all that it has to offer for any keen
shopper.
St Ives: For those of you who love to shop and take home souvenirs, then St Ives is a delightful
experience. It is full of character, with many independent shops were you can browse to your hearts content. For the art lovers
amongst you, you will find many fine galleries that sell all types of art and craft.
Truro: The City of
Truro is the capital of Cornwall, as such it has a beautiful 19th century Cathedral and many major stores as well as artisan
and boutique shops to browse for the ideal gift to take home.
As well as these towns which are the best to visit,
we also have the towns of Hayle, Camborne, Redruth, Helston and Falmouth all within easy reach by car or rail for a spot of
shopping etc.
Theatres:
There are several good theatres
and companies with in west cornwall for the theatre goer from the Hall for Cornwall in Truro to the Minack Theatre on the
cliffs at Porthcurno, here as some of the events for the summer of 2010 we will add to them as we have more details made available.
Hall for Cornwall:
Minack Theatre Porthcurno (2011 programme)
May 23-27 Surfing
Tommies- a play by Alan Kent
May 30-June 3 Guys and Dolls- a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
June
6 -10 Canterbury Tales- A play adapted from the stories of Geoffrey Chaucer
June 13-17 Fantastic Mr Fox- by Roald
Dahl adapted for the stage by David Wood
June 20 - 24- Alice- a play with songs based on Alice in Wonderland by
Lewis Carroll
June 27- July 1 Outside Edge- A comedy by Richard Harris
July 4-8 The Death of Sherlock
Holmes- a comedy by Bill Scott
July 11- 15 Hamlet- A play by William Shakespeare
July 18-22 Madame Butterfly - An
Opera by Pucinni
July 25-29 The Lion in Winter- A play by James Goldman
Aug 1-5 Cyrano de Bergerac- A play by Edmund
Rostand
Aug 8-12 Thieves Carnival- A play by Jean Anouilh
Aug 15-19 Much ado about Nothing- A Play by William Shakespeare
Aug 22-26 The Prime of Miss jean Brodie- adapted from the book by Muriel Spark
Aug 29-Sep 2 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead- A Play by Tom Stoppard
Sept 5- 9 Fiddler on the Roof- A musical by Gerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick & Joseph
Stein.
Sept 12 -16 Our Town- A Play by Thornton Wilder
Sept 19-23 The Pirates of Penzance- a comic opera by Gilbert
and Sullivan
Sept 24-25 Proms at the Minack
Other theatres in west cornwall include The Acorn Arts Centre
in Penzance & Kidz R Us in St Ives - as we find out their programme for the yr we will put on here.
Many other local companies also put on plays, shows and musicals throughout the year and again as we find out their programmes
we will put them on here.
Special Events
There are many special events
throughout the year in Cornwall with one off celebrations etc:
Helston Flora Day is the 8th of May
Golowan Festival
in Penzance
Laforwda Festival in St Just
September Festival of Music and theatre in St Ives- throughout september.
Newlyn Fish Festival- August Bank Holiday
Royal Cornwall Show- Early June
Stithians Agriculural Show- July
RNAS Culdrose Air day- July
St Ives Lifeboat Day.
Again as we find out the exact dates for the events we
will put them on.