Breakfast was really great here at the Pendennis. Fresh fruit, yoghurt, scrambled egg, mushroom, tomato, hash browns, toast, jams and tea or coffee. So with a good start to the day we headed off for Minack Theatre. High on our list of must see’s we discovered it closes when they have performances and we knew they had several the next few days. We had to see it this morning or we would be out of luck!
Driving through the narrow lanes, you need to hug the roadsides with their colourful floral wildflowers.......some people seem to have trouble moving over! We had been advised to drive right up to the carpark on top of the hill. Some people don’t realise there is free parking and walk up.
Driving through the narrow lanes, you need to hug the roadsides with their colourful floral wildflowers.......some people seem to have trouble moving over! We had been advised to drive right up to the carpark on top of the hill. Some people don’t realise there is free parking and walk up.
The theatre was a lifelong work for Rowena Cade. She moved to Cornwall as a young adult and eventually brought her mother to live with her after her father died. Keen on the theatre, and brought up with family productions a regular form of entertainment, she wanted to build a theatre down the cliff face. The many hours of dedication with hard physical labour by her gardeners and herself are humbling!
The first thing that catches your attention are the stunning views.....white sandy coves, black cliffs, green hills and aqua blue sea. This is the Cornish coast as one imagines it......and the music Cornish Rhapsody was written specially for a production here at Minack Theatre.
Beautiful cottage gardens drip down the hill filled with Flag irises, echiums in every colour including an unusual raspberry red. Orange flowers and many sea tolerant plants filled the beds.
Concrete and stone was carved by Rowena herself with names of plays and patterns. Carefully stepped down the cliff she has created an amazing amphitheatre with the stage at the bottom and the sea as a backdrop. Description does not do it justice!
Seats were popped into nooks and crannies to rest and soak in the atmosphere.
With a small museum and video, production telling the story of this amazing place you need to allow a good two hours here.
Reluctant to leave......the shut sign went out in preparation for the afternoon performance of Anthony and Cleopatra. They have both Shakespeare, and other traditional works as well as more lighthearted plays and children’s events.
Concrete and stone was carved by Rowena herself with names of plays and patterns. Carefully stepped down the cliff she has created an amazing amphitheatre with the stage at the bottom and the sea as a backdrop. Description does not do it justice!
Seats were popped into nooks and crannies to rest and soak in the atmosphere.
With a small museum and video, production telling the story of this amazing place you need to allow a good two hours here.
Reluctant to leave......the shut sign went out in preparation for the afternoon performance of Anthony and Cleopatra. They have both Shakespeare, and other traditional works as well as more lighthearted plays and children’s events.
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