The season begins at Easter with daytime performances of a new play by John Brolly, based on the Cornish tale The Mermaid of Zennor and performed by the Minack Youth Theatre. Evening audiences can enjoy a darker tale, as veteran Kneehigh actor David Mynne takes the stage with his acclaimed one-man performance of Dracula, The Vampyr. One of the highlights of the season will be Les Misérables: Let the People Sing, scheduled during the summer half-term from May 25 to 30.
The Minack is one of 11 venues across the UK invited by Cameron Mackintosh and Music Theatre International (MTI) to host the first amateur productions of the entire musical. The performance will feature a combined group of Cornish companies led by Helston Theatre Company, with Redruth Amateur Musical & Pantomime Society, St Austell Amateur Operatic Society, and Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Boublil and Schoenberg, writers of Les Misérables, will feature later in the season too, when London-based company, Sedos, will present one of their lesser-known pieces, The Pirate Queen.
This epic tale of love, honour, and piracy is set in Renaissance Ireland. Fans of iconic musical theatre can look forward to The Who’s Tommy, which will be performed live on the Minack stage by the British Theatre Academy in August. The spring season will also include Zoe Cooper’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, a family-friendly version of Treasure Island by La Navet Bete, and a collection of comedies.
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