Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Theatre
Despite being 200 odd miles from London's West End, the turnover of the
Theatre Royal Ply-
mouth
(
Click here
)
is only bettered by the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare
Company (RSC). That's down in part to its innovative TR2 production centre, which fea-
tures facilities for set, costume, prop-making, and stage-sized rehearsal spaces. It helps at-
tract world premieres (such as Matthew Bourne's
Edward Scissorhands
) and secures work
to produce key shows (
Legally Blond
e and
Shrek
for the West End, and
Mary Poppins,
the
Australian tour). The theatre's award-winning Drum performance space pioneers new writ-
ing; highlights include
Love, Love, Love
;
The Empire
and
pool (no water)
.
Cut into the cliffs near Land's End, this amphitheater was started by indomitable Rowena
Cade in the 1930s. The season runs from June to September and features touring and local
productions.
and exciting in the UK. Joyful, anarchic and acclaimed productions include
Tristan &
Yseult
,
Nights at the Circus
,
A Matter of Life and Death
(at the National), and
Cymbeline
(in association with the RSC). Also look out for their pop-up theatre, the Asylum, near St
Agnes.
FILM & TV LOCATIONS
War Horse
(2011) Steven Spielberg shot his WWI epic amid Dartmoor's tors.
Alice in Wonderland
(2010) Tim Burton filmed his Disney fantasy at Antony House, in East Cornwall.
Doc Martin
(2004-) The north Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac doubles as Portwenn, home to grumpy medic
Dr Ellingham (Martin Clunes).
Sense and Sensibility
(1995) Ang Lee's version (starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet) was filmed at Ply-
mouth's Saltram House.
Summer in February
(2013) Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens and the southwest Cornish coast star in this
plein-air
period drama about local painter Alfred Munnings.
Hound of the Baskervilles
(1965) The BBC's classic version was filmed in the wilderness that inspired it: Dart-
moor.
