The story of a woman with snaky hair, a sea-slime monster and a boy determined to protect his mother.
One of the most exciting stories from Ancient Greece as told by two professors who have very different ideas about where the story should begin. Starting with Perseus as a boy, the story takes us through all the twists and turns of how he sets out on his great quest to capture the head of Medusa, the snake haired Gorgon. How he tricks the grumpy Graeae, meets the beautiful Hesperides and finally defeats the cruel King Polydectes – rescuing young maiden, Andromeda,...
A little known gem, A Cottage on Dartmoor was one of the very last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionised cinema. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who later became known as one of this country’s leading filmmakers, for such features as The Browning Version and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Starring Norah Baring and Ugo Henning, it is an exciting melodrama, a tale of love and revenge set on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. In the words of one reviewer, it “out-Hitchcocks Hitchock”. It has been restored from materials in the BFI National Archive...
Actors from Kneehigh Theatre Company and from the Eden Project have created a show from the plays, correspondence and diaries of Nick Darke, the much-loved Cornish playwright, poet, lobster fisherman, environmentalist, beachcomber, broadcaster, film-maker and chairman of St Eval Parish Council.
Fusing extracts from lesser-known works with firm audience favourites such as The King of Prussia and Hell’s Mouth, and featuring exclusive extracts from Nick’s private journals, this imaginative show explores the creative process of the writer and creates an exciting new showcase for Nick’s...
