2025 Performance Archive

Performance

3 – 16 Apr 2026 4pm

Giants

A riotous reimagining of the legend of Cormoran, the terrible giant of St Michael’s Mount, packed full of songs and fun. Perfect afternoons for all the family.

View event Steve Backshall vs Dinomania

Performance

18 – 19 Apr 2026 3pm & 6:30pm

Steve Backshall vs Dinomania

Additional performance now on sale! Dinomania team up with Steve Backshall for a thrilling live dinosaur adventure packed with action, science, and giant prehistoric creatures.

View event Myths & Monsters

Performance

25 – 27 May 2026 4pm

Myths & Monsters

Craig Johnson of Squashbox Theatre guides you through a strange, magical world, using a quirky and ingenious blend of puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy - all presented in that unique Squashbox style!

View event The Piskie in the Garden

Performance

29 May – 28 Aug 2026 4pm

The Piskie in the Garden

An old gardener is woken late at night by mysterious noises coming from the potting shed. If it’s not a fox or a badger it can only mean one thing, he has a piskie in the garden. All the family will enjoy this charming story as the hapless gardener is outwitted by the piskies.

View event King Arthur

Performance

1 – 4 Jun 2026 2:30pm, 6:30pm & 7:30pm

King Arthur

Camelot is in trouble. If King Arthur can’t turn things around, this civilisation will be remembered as nothing more than a rather dull time in British history. Legendary family fun.

View event Peer Gynt

Performance

8 – 11 Jun 2026 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Peer Gynt

A highly visual, hilarious and deeply human show, set in the surreal world of Norse mythology, filled with ludicrous characters and scary trolls. Think, Fungus the Bogeyman meets Dr Faustus!

View event Pinocchio

Performance

22 – 25 Jun 2026 10:30am, 2pm, 6pm & 7pm

Pinocchio

A wooden puppet longs for adventure but finds cruelty, trickery – and fire instead! Would being a real boy be any better? Former Minack Trophy winners Illyria celebrate this magical coming-of-age classic.

View event Five Beacons of Light

Performance

3 Jul 2026 , 7:30pm

Five Beacons of Light

A new choral work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Di Sherlock, celebrating the human spirit as a creative force. Cornwall Youth Choir join Sonoro’s professional singers, illuminating environmental hopes and fears through music.

View event Journey to the Stars

Performance

20 Jul – 5 Aug 2026 4pm

Journey to the Stars

Let Squashbox Theatre be your guide on a journey through the cosmos: across the solar system, past twinkling stars, towards distant galaxies… to the edge of space and time itself!

View event The Sea Show

Squashbox Thatre presenting The Sea Show

Performance

10 – 26 Aug 2026 4pm

The Sea Show

Come and celebrate the sea with tall tales, silly slapstick, fantastic facts, live music and songs - unmissable fun for children and adults of all ages!

View event Goodnight Mister Tom

Performance

17 Aug – 1 Sep 2026 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Goodnight Mister Tom

Ten-year-old William Beech is evacuated from war-torn London to live with reclusive widower Tom Oakley. As their unlikely friendship blooms, dark secrets from William's past threaten to tear them apart. An unforgettable tale of redemption.