(^102) Cornwall Life: August 2019
C
ornwall’s award-
winning Miracle
Theatre celebrates 40
years of producing
original, inventive and
entertaining theatre with a brand
new comic escapade, A Perfect
World, which concludes a 55-date
open-air tour this month.
Written and directed by Bill
Scott with original music by Tom
Adams, A Perfect World tells the
story of a feisty young woman
venturing into a ‘Boy’s Own’
world of undiscovered jungles,
treasure maps, campfires and
penknives. She stumbles upon
a bountiful paradise, whose
inhabitants seem entirely
peaceful, productive and fulfilled.
Is this tranquil place the best of
Throughout August
A PERFECT WORLD
all possible worlds? Or is it all too
good to be true?
‘People have dreamt of Utopias
since the earliest times,’ says Bill
Scott. ‘Literature contains many
weird and wonderful variations of
possible perfect worlds. There have
been various attempts to build
real-life Utopian communities, but
they invariably have one thing in
common: a “perfect” world comes
at a price. It’s a wonderfully rich
theme, especially when linked to
the popular genre of exploration
and adventure – think Indiana
Jones meets Doctor Who!”
Bill has assembled a strong cast
of Miracle regulars - Benjamin
Dyson, Ben Kernow, Rose
McPhilemy, Dan Richards and
Hannah Stephens – for this brand
new, hair-raising adventure
through undiscovered lands.
A Perfect World has a number
of dates in Cornwall during
August. They are at The Castle,
Bude (August 6), Tregrehan
Gardens, St Austell (7 and 8),
Halsetown Inn, near St Ives (9),
Coronation Park, Helston (10), St
Mawes Castle, The Roseland (13),
Tremenheere Sculpture Garden,
Gulval, Penzance, (14) Fal River
Cruises trip to St Mawes (15),
Roskilly’s Farm, The Lizard (15),
Epiphany House, Truro (17 and
two performances on 18 August),
Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel
(20 and 21), Enys Gardens, St
Gluvias, Penryn, 22-24). More
details and online booking at
miracletheatre.co.uk
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Miracle Theatre bring their new adventure A Perfect World to an end after a tour of summer of shows
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