Plymouth

Fight Night

Ontroerend Goed, The Border Project, Drum Theatre Plymouth, Richard Jordan Productions and Vooruit in association with Adelaide Festival present Fight Night .

Five performers. Five Rounds. Your vote. One survivor.

Belgium’s multiple Fringe First-winning company Ontroerend Goed and Australia’s The Border Project put the power into your hands to vote for your favourite candidate amongst our five actors in an immersive exploration into the intricacies and traps of voting systems and mediatized democracy. Fight Night makes elections a theatrical game.

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Girls Like That

Please note that this show will take place at the Theatre Royal's Pop-Up Theatre, at the production and learning centre, TR2.

When a photo of Scarlett goes viral at school everyone has an opinion, rumours run riot through the corridors and Facebook, but Scarlett remains silent.

This challenging and explosive new play explores the pressures facing young women today in the wake of advancing technology.

Following the sell out success of Blood Tie, the Young Company return with a new play written by Evan Placey (winner of the Brian Way Award 2012 for Best Play For Young...

Summer Stake Out - Musical Theatre Academy

Please note that this activity will take place at the Theatre Royal's Pop-Up Theatre, at the production and learning centre, TR2.

Fun and creative activities over the summer holidays with the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Spend a week immersing yourself in Musical Theatre. Learn essential vocal techniques, how to put movement with song and perform a short piece at the end of the week.

Monday 5th – Friday 9th August 2013 10am – 4pm

Musical Theatre Academy is open to all young people aged 11 – 16 years.

All workshops are subject to a minimum of 10...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Firmly crowned as a modern day classic, Matthew Bourne’s powerful, provocative and totally original interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm, dazzling audiences in the West End and Broadway, and across Europe, Asia and Australia.

Boldly shattering the traditional concept of swans in tutus, and blending dance, humour and spectacle with extravagant award winning designs by Lez Brotherston and lighting by Rick Fisher, Matthew Bourne has created a passionate and contemporary Swan Lake for our time.

This thrilling,...

Playday at West Hoe Park

Families looking for a playful place to play need look no further than West Hoe Park for a fun and free event during the school holidays.

National Playday takes place every year across the country and this year it happening on Wednesday 7 August.

Plymouth’s event will take place from 11am until 4pm at West Hoe Park, which will be packed with free novel and exciting attractions including water play, den building, a climbing wall, bouncy castles, face painting, junk modelling, storytelling, craft activities and an under-fives play area.

The UK-wide event has grown...

Playday at West Hoe Park come rain or shine

Families looking for a playful place to play need look no further than West Hoe Park for a fun and free event during the school holidays.

National Playday takes place every year across the country and this year it happening on Wednesday 7 August.

Plymouth’s event will take place from 11am until 4pm at West Hoe Park, which will be packed with free novel and exciting attractions...

Silver for Ruta in 50m final after second semi-final world record

Plymouth's Ruta Meilutyte finished in silver medal position in the 50m breaststroke final at the World Championships in Barcelona on Sunday (4 August), behind Russia’s Yuliya Efimova.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian swimmer, who competes for Plymouth Leander and studies at Plymouth College, had broken her second world record in the space of a week in Saturday's 50m semi-final to follow her...

Prince Harry opens Royal Navy's new centre in Devonport

HRH Prince Harry was in Plymouth today (Friday 2 August) to open a new £30m amphibious centre in Plymouth's Devonport Naval Base.

Royal Marines Tamar, the centre of operational and training units for small craft crews of landing craft, hovercraft and fast boats at HM Naval Base, Devonport, was launched on Friday 2 August accompanied by HM Band Royal Marines.

The royal guest, in...

British Military Fitness helps people in Plymouth burn off over two million calories

People in Plymouth have been busy doing burpees and squats this summer thanks to British Military Fitness (BMF), the UK’s biggest and best-loved outdoor fitness classes, and as a result they have helped to burn off over two million calories nationwide. BMF set the target of 2 million calories when they launched their START campaign in May. BMF START events took place across the city.

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Protective surfacing works to start on city roads

A programme of protective micro-asphalting will be starting on city roads on Thursday 8 August.

Micro-asphalt surfacing will be used on roads that are structurally sound but starting to deteriorate, as a preventative measure against future damage that would be more costly to repair.

The process involves mixing cold bitumen and aggregates together in a specialist lorry before...

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