April

Pentillie House Gardens

Pentillie's gardens are not open every day, just on specific open days.
 
Garden open days (spring 2012): Sun 25th March & Sun 15th April. £6 entry pp (children under 12 free), 11am-4pm. No booking required.
 

Guided garden tours: These will be on the 1st Tuesday of every month (apart from June). Numbers will be limited to 50 and anyone is welcome - individuals, couples, groups of friends or more organised groups, e.g. WI or NADFAS. Booking essential.

Tour dates: 6th March, 3rd April, 1st May, 12th June, 3rd July. £12.50 pp, inc guided tour & afternoon tea. 2pm-5:30pm. Please contact Pentillie on 01579 350 044 for further information.

 

Garden Open Days

2012 garden open days are as follows; Sun 25th March and Sun 15th April.

Miracle Theatre Company Spring Tour

Wonderful Miracle Theatre are touring with their current show Tin.  This exciting collaboration between Miracle Theatre, English Touring Opera, featuring Ben Luxon and local community choirs will be at various venues throughout the South West  in March and April. They will be playing at the Wharf in Tavistock on 11th and 12th April.

For details go the their website.

 

 

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Easter Eggstravaganza!

2 - 5 April 2012
TR2

Two Theatre Royal workshops and activities: Quack for 5 - 7 year olds and Greece Lightning for 8 - 11 year olds.

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Welsh National Opera Afternoon Tea

3 April 2012
The Mezzanine Level

Indulge yourself and friends with a sumptuous afternoon tea. Members of the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera will provide accompaniment with a mouth-watering programme of music by Mozart and his contemporaries.

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Welsh National Opera (WNO) The Marriage of Figaro

3 April 2012
Theatre Royal

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro is a ravishingly beautiful opera, both deeply affecting and funny. Once you meet its characters they will be an acquaintance you will want to keep for the rest of your life.

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Welsh National Opera (WNO) Beatrice and Benedict

4 April 2012
Theatre Royal

Berlioz's final opera adapts Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing focussing on the relationship between one of the most famously quarrelsome couples in western art.

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Welsh National Opera (WNO) La Traviata

5 - 7 April 2012
Theatre Royal

Decadence, romance and devotion in 19th century Paris; Verdi's deeply moving opera remains as haunting and touching as ever.

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The King and I 2012

10 - 14 April 2012
Theatre Royal

The heart-warming story of the British governess brought to the court of Siam to tutor the King's many children is told using one of the most beautiful scores ever written.

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Theatre Royal Tour and Lunch 2012

11 April - 30 May 2012
Theatre Royal and the mezz Restaurant

Our backstage tour takes you behind-the-scenes to view the Theatre Royal auditorium from the stage, the flexible format of the Drum Theatre, the orchestra pit, the traprooms and front-of-house areas.

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A History of Everything

12 - 28 April 2012
Drum Theatre

Ontroerend Goed return to the Drum Theatre this spring to present you with a history of everything, from the present day all the way back to the Big Bang.

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On Golden Pond 2012

16 - 21 April 2012
Theatre Royal

A deeply moving and touching exploration of the relationship between the elderly couple, their daughter and their grandson follows. As the summer wanes, there is a realisation that time is against them.

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Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! 2012

24 - 28 April 2012
Theatre Royal

Nutcracker! follows Clara's bittersweet journey from a hilariously bleak Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross' Orphanage, through a shimmering, ice-skating winter wonderland, to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland.