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Carn Marth Amphitheatre 2025

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 25TH AUGUST, 7PM

THE SECRET GARDEN
THE PLANDITS
The Secret Garden at Carn Marth Amphitheare, Lanner, Monday 25th August 2025

 

 

Tickets on sale now - £16 full, £12 under 16s/concs (booking fee applies)

Join Mary, Colin and Dickon as they tell you the story of their favourite place in the world - The Secret Garden.

Following their success in 2024, The Plandits are bringing us their re-imagining of the classic Frances Hodgson Burnett book. Suitable for anyone aged 6+ who loves literature and the great outdoors, audiences have described the show as ‘truly captivating’, ‘uplifting’, ‘totally charming and magical’.

This heartfelt, energetic production is full of original music, puppetry, interaction and laughs. As the three characters discover the transforming power of being active, the magic of nature and the joy of play, we’re sure you’ll leave this performance with a renewed enthusiasm for the world around you!

We are delighted to be welcoming new-to-us company, The Plandits, to the Amphitheatre this year and we are very much looking forward to seeing their take on this all time favourite story.

As usual, our gates will open an hour before the show, so bring your picnics, rugs and cushions and get settled in for a magical evening.

Hot and cold drinks will be on sale during the interval - please bring cash, thanks.

Tickets on sale now - £16 full, £12 under 16s/concs (booking fee applies)

 

FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST, 7PM

PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA
QUILL AND INKLING

beth and ivan from quill and inkling carnmarth amphitheatre 29th august 2025

 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! £16 full, £10 under 16s/concs, £45 family (2 full +2 kids/concs) (booking fee applies)

Being a teenager is a difficult time in your life. Take Perseus for example. An impoverished, but ambitious young lad, from a single parent home, has to try and make his way in the world while dealing with the delusions of his mother. She insists that they are royalty, and his father was a God! How is he supposed to live up to that?

Andromeda would love to be left alone, but being actual royalty, she has duties, like marriage, and a mother who is insufferably vain. Embarrassing enough, but when she starts including her daughter in her vain boasts life is about to get a lot more dramatic for the young girl.
Then there are the Gods. They are starting to take an interest in all of these goings on. That rarely makes things easier, they do have a way of making things more difficult…

Quill and Inkling Theatre Company has been weaving tales of adventure, mystery, and myth for over a decade. Their productions blend dynamic storytelling with innovative use of puppetry and physical theatre. From intimate spaces to grand stages, their work connects with audiences of all ages.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! £16 full, £10 under 16s/concs, £45 family (2 full +2 kids/concs) (booking fee applies)

As usual, our gates will open an hour before the show, so bring your picnics, rugs and cushions and get settled in for a magical evening.

Hot and cold drinks will be on sale during the interval - please bring cash, thanks.

 

 

 

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The Theatre Quarry History

After the purchase of the land on Carn Marth by the Trust it was decided to convert the lower quarry into an open air theatre. At first this was a very rough and ready affair. Despite this and a power failure half way through, the first production, by Cornwall Theatre Company ‘The Three Musketeers’, was a tremendous success and generated much needed funds for the group. Enthusiastic audiences of over four hundred brought cushions, blankets and most importantly, food and drink.

 

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early works at the theatre

 

Since those early days the Theatre Quarry has seen productions and performances every year by many differing groups, these include Shiva, Kneehigh, Miracle, Hammered Steel, Carharrack & St Day Silver Band and Doreen Fiol’s influential Children’s Theatre, among many others. We now have purpose made terracing thanks to the efforts of local Stone mason Roger Eslick and the generous loan of an earth mover from the now defunct Kerrier Groundwork Trust, and electricity on site

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The postcode of the theatre is TR16 5TA, (Grid Ref SW714 406) for those of you needing to find us on a map.

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