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:
6/5/2010 Rodney Bewes in Three men in a boat
18/5/2010 Motionhouse
19/5/2010
Bat Symphony the ultimate rock experience with Steve Steinman
20/5/2010 Joe Longthorne
21/5/2010 Noche Flamenca
traditional flamenco
Minack Theatre Porthcurno
May 24-28 A Mere Interlude- A new play by Alan Kent
based on a short story by Thomas Hardy.
May 31-June 4 Jesus Christ Superstar- Lloyd-webber musical of Jesus' last
6 days.
June 7-11 Metamorphosis- Inspired by Franz Kafka's story.
June 14-18 James and the Giant Peach- adapted
from the book by Raoul Dahl.
June 21-25 the Doctors Daughter- Inspired by Williams Shakespeares "Alls well that
ends well"
June 28- July 2 West side Story- Bernsteins take on Romeo and Juliet.
July 5-9 Romeo and Juliet-
One of Shakespeares most famous plays.
July 12-16 La Bourgeouis Gentlhomme- A story set in C17 France by Moliere.
July 19-23 The Bartred Bride- Smetanas comic masterpiece.
July 26-30 On the Razzle- Play by Tom Stoppard.
Aug
2-6 Moby Dick the Musical- a comic musical set in a Girls School.
Aug 9-13 Loves Labours Lost- Shakespeares play set
in the small principality of Navarre.
Aug 16-20 Trumpets and Drums- Comical play set at the time of the American Revolution.
Aug 23-27 Larkrise- play based on the books of Flora Thompson, set in the english countryside of 1880.
Aug 30-Sept
3 Hot Mikado- Gilbert and Sullivans operatta moved to 1940's of blues and swing.
Sept 6-10 The Rover- A lively restoration
comedy, set in Venice by Aphra Behn.
Sept 13-17 The Gondoliers- The ever popular satire on Republicanism again by Gilbert
and Sullivan.
Sept 18/19 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.