We’re excited to announce two wonderful tours coming up in March & April 2026.
The Rime of the Ancient Marriner.
The first production to tour will be ‘The Rime of the Ancient Marriner’ a bold retelling of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem lauded as one of the greatest poetic ballads and a touchstone for the Romantic Movement. When Samuel Taylor Coleridge rediscovers the voice of the Ancient Mariner, his epic poem becomes a mirror, revealing the storm of guilt, love, and redemption within the poet himself.
When the Mariner, in a moment of reckless impulse, shoots an albatross, nature itself turns against him. The wind dies. The sea burns. His shipmates perish under a curse that leaves him as the sole survivor on a ship, adrift among the dead.
Haunted by spirits, tormented by isolation, the Mariner is forced to confront the cosmic weight of his crime.
Visually striking, dramatic and full of pathos, this is the third time the company has tackled this iconic piece. This adaptation is written & directed by Allan Neve. The two previous play adaptations of the poem were in 1995, written and directed by Dave Hunter and in 2010, written by Emma Spurgin-Hussey and directed by Rory Wilton.
The Importance of Being Earnest.
A farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead double lives.
Join Algernon and Jack, back peddling through the awkward situations they create for themselves, by evading their unwanted social obligations.
The Importance of Being Earnest is one of Oscar Wilde’s most famous plays and is the final play of his four drawing room productions which premiered in 1895.
Enjoy Cornwall Youth Theatre Company perform Wilde’s wit and humour with strong characterisation and fast paced repartee.
Information
Both plays will tour Cornwall with four dates each over March & April. For dates, venues and tickets visit our website.
We’re still looking for sponsorship for our main tour and for our Spring and Summer season of work, which we hope will run from April to June 2026.If you’d like to be part of our journey and support our work then please email Ellen on info@cornwallyouththeatre.co.uk or you can support us and donate via our website.
