The Vagina Monologues is a play written by Even Ensler which took Broadway by storm before embarking on its first UK tour in 2004. The play, which sees 3 women perform a collection of stories about women, was staged at Hall for Cornwall on the 29th and 30th of January 2004.
Hall for Cornwall’s seasonal programmes list all the performances and events which are programmed to take place at the theatre during the designated seasonal period. This collection item is the front cover of the programme produced for winter 2000.
The Hall for Cornwall yearly music programmes list all the performances and events which are programmed to take place at the theatre during the designated period. This collection item is the front cover of the programme produced for the series of music events which were scheduled to take place at HfC between 1999 and 2000.
The NHS was established by Clement Atlee’s Labour government in July 1948. In 1998, the service celebrated it’s 50th anniversary which encouraged a series of celebrations to commence across the country. A concert was thus staged at Hall for Cornwall to commemerate this significant anniversary of the NHS in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Scene was a local magazine aimed at young people in Cornwall and promised to give reviews and reactions to events at Hall for Cornwall.
City Hall Truro’s theatre opened as the newly refurbished Hall for Cornwall in November 1997. During its first Christmas season, Hall for Cornwall, in association with Albemarle Montrose Productions and C&A, staged the Cinderella pantomine. The production ran between the 19th of December and 10th of January and featured Heather Jay Jones as Cinderella and Robbie Dee as Buttons. The newly refurbished Hall also included a restauraunt called Stars which was housed on the mezzanine level overlooking the main entrance and boasted ‘an enviable reputation for first class cuisine.’
The Dick Whittington and his Wonderful Cat pantomine was staged at Hall for Cornwall between the 18th of December and 9th of January 1999/2000. The pantomine follows Dick Whittington as he leaves his rural home for London in search of riches.
An advertisement inside the programme for the Christmas production of Dick Whittington and his Wonderful Cat, detailing the upcoming production of ‘Bananas in Pyjamas – Live on Stage’ at Hall for Cornwall, February 2000.
An advertisement inside the programme for the Christmas production of Dick Whittington and his Wonderful Cat promoting Stars restaurant’s pantomine menu, Christmas 2000.
An advertisement inside the programme for the Christmas production of Dick Whittington and his Wonderful Cat, detailing the upcoming performances of Pride and Prejudice and Murder at the Vicarage at Hall for Cornwall in February and March, 2000.