Theatre Royal Plymouth

Today is the last day to get your applications in for Graeae Theatre Company Write to Play. Open to all D/deaf writers and theatre makers in the South West. Don't miss out! More info here bit.ly/WriteToPlayTRP

Meet local Plymouth boy Sam, playing Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical UK Tour when it comes to Plymouth in November. Book now at bit.ly/Shrek2018

“Brilliantly performed, every scene in this National Theatre Production is a nuanced delight” – Plymouth Live "I have to say it is the most moving, emotive and fantastic play I have ever seen." – What's Good To Do "...War Horse is stunning." – The British Theatre Guide
The reviews are coming in from the opening night of War Horse and they’re all glowing!
... Availability is now extremely limited, with mostly only single seats remaining. Best availability is Monday – Thursday performances, please check our website or contact Box Office for the latest info and returns. http://bit.ly/TRPWarHorse
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We are delighted to open the UK tour of Matthew Bourne's New Adventures Swan Lake, as it returns with a fresh look for the 21st Century.
Don't miss the return of this legendary performance on the 22nd to 29th September here in Plymouth. Book your tickets now: bit.ly/TRPSwan

Look out for four NEW shows going on sale tomorrow from 10am (online & phone) & 10.30am (in person). Including our Christmas Murder Mystery, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Worst Witch Live, and We're Going on a Bear Hunt!
Set your alarms to book early: bit.ly/TRPWhatsOn

Tonight's the night! The spectacular War Horse returns to the Theatre Royal Plymouth and its spiritual home of Devon, 5 years after we launched the original UK & Ireland tour! Best availability for tickets can be found on Monday - Thursday performances. Don't miss out!

Earlier today Joey from War Horse met Royal Navy horse Zabor 🐴 It's definitely the start of a beautiful relationship! War Horse opens TONIGHT, who is joining us? 📷: Edward Borlase

遗忘 means ‘Forgotten’. ‘Left behind’. ‘Erased’.
1917. Shandong Province, Northern China. Times are tough in Horse Shoe Village. Old Six and Second Moon struggle to earn enough to feed their young child. Big dog struggles to overcome opium addiction and for Eunuch Lin, the fall of the Imperial Dynasty couldn’t have come at a worse time. Could a fierce war away in Europe present an opportunity to put both themselves and their struggling nation on its feet?
Forgotten 遗忘 is inspir...ed by the little-known story of the 140,000-strong Chinese Labour Corps who left everything and travelled halfway around the world to work for Britain and the Allies behind the front lines during World War One.
Written by Daniel York Loh. Directed by Kim Pearce.
Running time: 2hrs (approx.) Age guidance: 14+
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Meet Steffan who plays our favourite Ogre, Shrek in Shrek The Musical UK Tour when it comes to Plymouth! Join us for the 'most fun you'll ever had!' The Daily Mirror. Tickets available at bit.ly/Shrek2018

WOW, well done you talented bunch! A huge congratulations to the Theatre Royal Plymouth Young Company. All your hard work and dedication certainly paid off as you shared, performed, and danced your socks off in The Drum this week with THEY.

Meet the company of the National Theatre’s touring production of #Macbeth, including your Macbeth, Michael Nardone, and Lady Macbeth, Kirsty Besterman. Rehearsals began this week ahead of tour beginning at the end of September. Book your tickets now for 16 > 20 October in Plymouth - bit.ly/MacbethTRP

We are delighted to announce that Historic England have awarded us Grade II listed building status. You can find out more here - https://historicengland.org.uk/…/the-li st/list-entry/1457337 📷: Historic England

Only 3 performances left of the fantastic An Officer and a Gentleman! Don't miss this feel-good soundtrack including the hit song from the movie Up Where We Belong along with many 80s classic anthems including Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Livin’ On A Prayer, Heart of Glass, Material Girl, Don’t Cry Out Loud, I Was Made for Lovin’ You, and The Final Countdown. Book your tickets now - bit.ly/TRPOfficer

We have had a blast with the opening night for THEY! An experimental and explosive new production created by, with and for young people. Don't miss out - Only 3 days left. Book your tickets here: bit.ly/Young-THEY

We have had a fantastic opening here in Plymouth for An Officer and a Gentleman. Don't miss out this week - book your tickets now or Sergeant Foley will demand your D.O.R.! bit.ly/TRPOfficer

Blood will have blood. Discover how the blood effects are created in the @NationalTheatre’s production of one of Shakespeare's most gory tragedies, Macbeth. See the show in Plymouth this Autumn with tickets available at - bit.ly/MacbethTRP

Write to Play Year Six applications are open! Calling all D/deaf and disabled writers based in South West England. Read the experiences of previous Graeae Theatre Company Write to Play participants below and find out more: http://bit.ly/2OtwwsJ

We've had a fantastic time this week with our YC Create Summer School in The Lab! A huge congratulations to the group on their performance of The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.
Regular YC Create sessions start on Tuesday 18th September. Call Dani to sign up on 01752 230375! Head over to bit.ly/TRPCreate for more info. A special thank you to BBC Children in Need for funding the project, and thanks to the Plymouth Play Scrapstore for providing materials for the set.

The historical figure of Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire by Malcolm’s men on this day in 1057. Come and see the National Theatre bring Shakespeare’s take on Macbeth’s story to life in Plymouth this Autumn. Book now – bit.ly/MacbethTRP

What a fabulous evening of beautiful music. Russell Watson in his show Canzoni i d'Amore was a treat. He has come through major health scares and in spite of predictions that he may not sing again has proved he has emerged an amazing singer and truly warm and endearing entertainer.

The programme was packed with meaningful songs and poignant lyrics. He gave his all as did everyone on stage. Please may we have him back again soon. A very special man with a great deal of courage.

We had the best day seeing the enormous turnip production today. Such engaging talented actors, wonderful puppetry and songs! We all loved the show from start to finish, laughed and clapped a lot! Thank you so much 😊 we can’t wait for the gingerbread man! :D

Miss Saigon was the best stage show I have ever seen.

The cast were so professional .

The lead stars voices were spectacular .

Costumes and scenery were breathtaking .

The helicopter scene blew me away.

I want to see it all again.

Well done all.

Miss Saigon tonight was Brilliant !!! Saw it 30 years ago in London and couldn't wait to see it tonight . I was not disappointed it was incredible the cast and the awesome scenery had me in tears " AMAZING " .

Just saw Miss Saigon, absolutely fab!!

The performance was out of this world, and the woman who plays Kim has a fantastic voice (So do all the rest,but her vocal was phenomenal) loved the engineers role, so funny.

I’ve just been to opening night of Some Mother’s do ave em. So many tickets still available .... get some while you can

It’s hilarious. Brilliant and so funny. ���

A great night xx

I unfortunately broke my leg 5 weeks ago and have had tickets booked for The Band for ages. The front of house staff were truly exceptional. Firstly swapping my ticket for a wheelchair seat and then providing me with a proper seat and stool to rest my leg on for the performance. Also the front of house manager checked everything was ok more than once through the evening. The most comfortable evening I have ever spent at the theatre and a fab show!!!

I took my mum to see Summer Holiday last night as a birthday treat and it was fantastic. Not only a great performance but the service and hospitality was first class. I reserved a table in the restaurant for the evening and the food was absolutely perfect. The young lady looking after us for the evening was very pleasant and professional, with nothing being too much trouble. After the first part of the show we returned to our table for the interval and our drinks were waiting on the table perfectly on time.

My mum had a wonderful evening and I look forward to coming back again soon. Many thanks indeed for providing a very memorable and special evening.

I just want to say a huge heartfelt thank you to whoever my husband spoke to in the box office. It's been a really rubbish time of it recently - so an unexpectedly kind full refund with less than three hours notice was very much appreciated. It actually made me cry with gratitude. I love a night at the Theatre Royal and look forward to many more when times feel brighter.

I came here tonight for the first time ever to watch summer holiday with my mum all I can say is it was well worth the money for the tickets n the atmosphere was brilliant staff r lovely n helpful deffo gonna come again near Christmas with the children to watch a show with them xxx

Had the most fantastic visit yesterday. We were late coming in to watch Peter Pan because of unexpected events and the staff and ushers were amazing with us. I was really worried we wouldn't be allowed in or couldn't be sat in our seats without disturbing other's but they sorted everything out and weren't rude or cross with us. We really appreciate that. Peter Pan was brilliant and my son got a shout out as it was his 9th birthday. Great experience as always!!

First time visit to Theatre Royal, came to see The Nativity - The Musical absolutely loved it so funny, a definite watch for all the family. Would also say a big Thankyou to the theatre having not been before and not very mobile on the legs rang to book my tickets. The person I spoke to couldn’t have been more helpful and the seats we had were excellent and I had easy access to my seats and they were really comfortable. Ironically the only thing that I would change is to have an extra cushion for the seat to raise the height, not for view, but for comfort due to hip and muscles discomfort in regular position, so I sat on my coat.

Been to see The Jungle Book Matinee on 6/4/18 it was the first musical we’ve all ever been too, and early birthday treat for my daughters who are nearly 10&11. Fabulous story line, singing out of this world (Mowgli was awesome!) and the wit was bril, placing plenty of laughs all the way through, a lot owed to Baloo! Absolutely enjoyed it, but not what we expected, but a much better different. Very visionary, current, and well Choreographed. Would easily watch it again! At £22 per ticket money well spent, loved the fact the monkeys came into the audience and played people up. We were 2nd row and had a fabulous view! All performers are all very agile being as they all scampered up and down scaffolding scenery with great ease, and had head for heights unlike myself! � well done to everyone in the show, hope We get to see many more like it ��

Went to see the panto Peter Pan last week. Andy Ford made the show with his comedy and banter. The bits in between were average and we were really disappointed with Steve McFadden as Hook. His acting was poor and lumbered with no sense of bounce or energy. Think he should stick to Eastenders as he plays a better bad guy in that than he does Hook. He mumbled and spoke so fast we couldn't understand or hear half of the things he said. Been to several Pantos here and this one was the poorest we have seen. Service at the theatre was fab as usual, friendly, helpful and cheerful staff.

We went to see summer holiday Saturday. Was really disapointted that ray Quinn decided not to do evening show . But must say the stand in and cast were really good . A bit sad that some songs were from another film . But they had people off their seats and singing so a great effort who needs stars when you have really good stand ins . And cast . Well done to all one thing when you do lights on bus the people in the front get blinded by lights . So dip them a bit . Would see it again .

Excellent pantomime, best I’ve ever been to. Great auditorium with plenty of leg room and good view of stage. Just a shame that toilet facilities and cafe were so small considering the amount of people that can be in the theatre at any time.

Been to see a Peter Pan tonight. The show was really good but was hard to see a lot of the cast, especially the children as there was so much smoke in lots of scenes. By the time the smoke disappeared the scene was over. Was a shame as missed lots of what was going on. Also the one dance that the children did had the adults standing in front so again blocked the views. Apart from that it was an enjoyable performance.

Andy Ford made what otherwise could have been an average Panto this year, jokes (without the crudeness of last years) very good and his timing was brilliant. Audience of ages appreciated his efforts far more than the so called star who couldn’t even be bothered to address the audience at the end of the show. Lighting and sound very good this year,well done all concerned.

The Paul Zerdin panto of couple years back still head and shoulders better than anything since.

Myself and my family went to see the jungle book tonight and for the first time I left the theatre royal extremely disappointed.

It’s not anything like jungle book story and none of the characters look like the characters. The performance was extremely short when I was charged £26.50 each person, my daughters were in tears having been So excited about it I’m afraid to say it was a waste of fuel and time for us all.

I don’t feel this was accurately described performance.