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Coming Events

Browse all forthcoming events at the Minack

June 2026

View event Pinocchio
Pinocchio
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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 Leskyn Kernow
Leskyn Kernow
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Leskyn Kernow

Leskyn Kernow returns to the Minack after several sell-out performances. Showcasing Cornwall’s finest Jazz musicians, you will be in for a night of familiar swing favourites, plus a few surprises thrown in.

View event The Girl on the Train
Girl on the Train
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The Girl on the Train

Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train is a gripping psychological thriller that keeps audiences guessing until the final moments.

July 2026

View event The Girl on the Train
Girl on the Train
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The Girl on the Train

Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train is a gripping psychological thriller that keeps audiences guessing until the final moments.

View event Five Beacons of Light
Five Beacons of Light - Sonoro
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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 Too Many Greek Myths
Too Many Greek Myths
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Too Many Greek Myths

Join Living Spit as they tackle everything from Hades to Heracles, Midas to Medusa, with their trademark blend of harebrained humour, questionable wigs and a total disregard for historical accuracy. Can they conquer the labyrinth of legends before time runs out? Or will the gods have the last laugh?

View event Once Upon A Musical
Once upon a Musical
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Once Upon A Musical

Get ready for a spectacular celebration of the musicals that made our favourite stories sing! Join The Minack Musical Theatre Academy for Once Upon a Musical where classic literature leaps off the page and into dazzling performances.

View event Bal Govenek
Bal Govenek
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Bal Govenek

View event Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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Animal Farm

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." When the animals of Manor Farm rebel against their human oppressor, they dream of a paradise where all animals are equal. But as the pigs seize control, the noble revolution descends into a chilling dictatorship.

View event Journey to the Stars
Journey to the Stars
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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 Jack Absolute Flies Again
Jack Absolute Flies Again
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Jack Absolute Flies Again

Sheridan’s classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update. Join Jack as he takes to the skies in this rollicking new comedy.

View event The Piskie in the Garden
Banner-Piskie
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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 Davina and the Vagabonds
Davina & the Vagabonds
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Davina and the Vagabonds

With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band draws from the last 100 years of American music and is converting audiences one show at a time.

View event Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen banner
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Dear Evan Hansen

Award-winning company, BTA, present the hit musical packed with some of the biggest musical theatre songs of the last decade, with a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar-winning composers for The Greatest Showman) and book by Steven Levenson.

August 2026

View event Journey to the Stars
Journey to the Stars
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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 Piskie in the Garden
Banner-Piskie
  • Performance

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 Anything Goes
Anything Goes
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Anything Goes

Join the highly acclaimed BROS Theatre Company on the deck of the SS American for an unforgettable transatlantic toe-tapping musical journey, performed in this perfect venue. Hilarious, uplifting, unmissable.

View event The Sea Show
Squashbox Thatre presenting The Sea Show
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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 Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar

Power, loyalty, and betrayal collide in Shakespeare’s gripping political thriller. Set in ancient Rome, Julius Caesar is packed with tension, ambition, and deadly consequences.

View event Goodnight Mister Tom
Goodnight Mister Tom
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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.

September/October 2026

View event Goodnight Mister Tom
Goodnight Mister Tom
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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.

View event The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
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The Marriage of Figaro

Following their sell-out Opera Evening last summer, Wild Arts returns with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. This opera of comic intrigue, secret lovers and clever disguises is a whirlwind of joyous music and sparkling theatrical mischief and the perfect summer treat.

View event Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale
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Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale wants to marry. He just needs to find the perfect bride… With a devious doctor and a young couple secretly in love pulling the strings, what could possibly go wrong?

View event Iolanthe
Iolanthe CUGSS 2013
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Iolanthe

In Iolanthe, fairies, lords, and love collide in a farcical battle of politics and passion. With sharp wit, catchy tunes, and plenty of surprises, this classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta proves that love and law don’t always mix!

View event The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy reimagined with a sparkling 1920s twist: fizzing physical comedy, glamorous art-deco styling and a lustrous live jazz soundtrack remixing Beyoncé, the Beach Boys, Lionel Ritchie and many more.

View event Ben and Tom Waters
Ben & Tom Waters
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Ben and Tom Waters

Father-and-son duo Ben and Tom Waters bring their electrifying blend of boogie woogie, blues and rock 'n' roll to the stunning Minack Theatre - world class musicians in an unforgettable setting.

View event Proms at the Minack
Camborne Town Band
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Proms at the Minack

All the pomp and circumstance of the Last Night of The Proms but with a Cornish twist. Camborne Town Band and special guests will dazzle you with music from around the world with a special visual display to further add to the experience.

View event The Songs of Joni Mitchell
The Songs of Joni Mitchell
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The Songs of Joni Mitchell

Celebrating one of the greatest songwriters of all time, The Cornish Bank are thrilled to bring Jesca Hoop & Lail Arad to perform intimate interpretations of their favourite Joni Mitchell songs.

View event Joshua Idehen
Joshua Idehen
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Joshua Idehen

The Cornish Bank hosts Joshua Idehan who performs a transcendent collection of poems filled with grief, euphoria and hope including track ‘Mum Does The Washing’, a whip smart poem examining how the world works.

View event The John Martyn Project
The John Martyn Project
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The John Martyn Project

The Cornish Bank host this musical collective dedicated to the pioneering legacy of John Martyn, with each of the six artists bringing their own story and relationship to his music.

View event Seth Lakeman
Seth Lakeman Granite Way
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Seth Lakeman

Westcountry folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Seth celebrates 20 years of Freedom Fields in 2026. His gold-selling follow-up to Kitty Jay features favourites including Lady of the Sea and White Hare.