About Us
The Minack Theatre, Visitor Centre, Coffee & Gift Shops
Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6JU, UK
Theatre Manager - Philip Jackson

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Registered Charity No. 271483

The Minack is a partner in Cornwall Arts Marketing,  a project part-financed by the European Union - Objective One

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The Minack Theatre is the most famous open-air theatre in Britain, possibly in the world; from above it looks as though some wandering Greeks, two thousand years ago, had carved a theatre into the granite cliffs of Porthcurno, Cornwall.

In fact, it was just over seventy years ago that there was nothing there except a sloping gully of gorse and heather and below that, the sea of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Minack Theatre, Visitor Centre and Coffee Shop are private property, once belonging to Rowena Cade. In 1976 it was placed in the hands of a specially formed Charitable Trust, of which Miss Cade was the senior trustee. Much of her life's work had been dedicated to creating, building, carving and caring for "My beloved theatre" and she continued to take an active interest in its progress until her death in 1983.

In 1988 the Visitor Centre was opened which houses a permanent record of the creation of The Minack. 

The Centre has recently been refurbished with enhanced model and audio-visual elements.

During the ’97-’98 winter a new entrance complex and the Coffee/Gift Shops were completed and now offer improved facilities for audience, visitors and staff alike.

For a more detailed history of The Minack click on the link below.

The History of Minack

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