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Something just a bit different from 

The Inn Theatre Company: 

a drama that isn't Shakespeare!


We're branching out and 'Goodnight Mr.Tom' will be on stage early in 2018.


We have produced and performed more contemporary pieces before, but we've decided to try and make this a regular feature of our production schedule.


If you would like to be involved in this prodcution, either on-stage or backstage, 

we'd love to meet you!


Come along to the auditions 

(details are on the poster) 

and we can get to know one another.


Drop us a line at theinntheatrecompany@gmail.com 

if you would like to know more.


See you soon!

We are The Inn Theatre Company, and here you can find out all you need to know about us, Dartmouth Shakespeare Week (which we started producing in 2003) and all our other productions. A potted history of the company is on this and other pages. You can see pictures of all our previous productions, some of the people involved in getting the show(s) on the road and news of up and coming productions. You can get in touch with us about pretty much anything and we'll get back to you as quickly as possible. Please enjoy everything and, maybe, you'll become inspired to get up and be part of something amazing. 


YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING BY SENDING US AN EMAIL TO:


theinntheatrecompany@gmail.com


and we'll get back to you!


SIX YEARS WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 

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Just some of the fabulous things people have been saying about our 2017 production of 'Othello'

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'I thought your actors had a terrific energy and created characters 

that were wonderfully distinct in both voice and physicality'


Helen Leblique - Theatre Director RSC

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 I've had the great privilege of working with The Inn Theatre Company. 
They  nestle deep into the s/w coast and have perhaps the most splendid of stages- a natural setting to take your breath away. 
The second breath-taking moment is their truly adept skill and mastery of delivering high quality, hugely entertaining and popular work. 
They were born to speak the Bard and you were born to listen. I urge you to go and share in their joy and if need be beg, borrow or steal a ticket - but get one. See you there!

Michael Corbidge 
(Senior Voice and Text Associate
The Royal Shakespeare Company)

 

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CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE & MODERN THEATRE, TOGETHER!

For the past fifteen years The Inn Theatre Company have presented Dartmouth Sakespeare Week in the open-air at Dartmouth Castle, a stunning, natural location for producing some of the finest plays ever written in the English language. 

In 2013, we revisited the darker side of the canon, and presented what many consider to be Shakespeare's greatest play and most moving tragedy - King Lear.


'On holiday in the west country, saw the advert in Dartmouth tourist magazine so decided to bring the family to see King Lear;15 year old, three early twenties and a couple of mature groundlings. What an unexpected treat and on a par with a recent visit to the Globe.  The interpretation, acting, setting, clothing were all excellent.  Hard to believe that the majority of actors were not professional.  The performances of King Lear, Cordelia/fool, Edgar, Edmund, and Duke of Kent were all outstanding.'

From Brian Mcdermid - by email


IT'S WHAT WE DO

We have, over the years, presented some of Shakespeare's greatest plays...and there are still some of them left that we haven't done. However, because we believe in entetainment (much as Will did), we have also revisited some those productions recently.

That being said, although it is about pleasing your audience, it's also about pleasing the actors and those involved in the production; so we try to guage everyone's opinion as to what we should do next, in respect of Dartmouth Shakespeare Week. 

Here's a look at what we have presented up at the Castle thus far.



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Our first produciton in 2003:

Twelfth Night

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2004:

The Taming of the Shrew

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2005:

The Merchant of Venice

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From the top, left to right:  2006 - Romeo and Juliet; 2007 - A Midsummer Night's Dream; 2008 - The Tempest;

2009 - Much Ado About Nothing; 2010 - Macbeth; 2011 - As You Like It 

And Below:

Left: 2012 - Twelfth Night; 2013 - King Lear (please look at 'Diary of a Production' for more wonderful pictures from Lear)


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Here's our fabulous 2014, Commedid dell'Arte production of 'The Taming of the Shrew', with just a few of the cast kicking the whole thing off!

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In 2015 we went back to the fabulous Fifties, with 

'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. 

Fantastic fun and something we had not done before: modern dress. 

Well, modern-ish!

 The fabulous cast of the 2016 tour of 'Twelfth Night'. 

Last night at Pecorama

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Just a couple of shots from the 2016 Dartmouth Shakespeare Week production of 'Romeo and Juliet' directed by Jon Miles

From left to right: Kylie Storman as Juliet; Joe Tapper as Romeo; Jane Windsor-Smith as Nurse; Shirley Tonkin as Lady Capulet.

'The whole production was of the highest quality, probably better than most found in the 

West End of London at the moment'

Robert Mayes (Chelmsford)

Dartmouth Shakespeare Week 2017

'...the Inn Theatre Company have an amazing talent for helping us to get closer to Shakespeare 

and making it accessible to everyone.'

Review from the Dartmouth Chronicle

The Inn Theatre Company Tour - 2016

It seems we are in the process of evolving a tradition. 2014/15 saw the company tour 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. 2016 and we were back on the road again (with Theatre Hub) playing to sell-out audiences, all over south Devon, with 'Twelfth Night'.

And we are already planning the 2017 tour...which will be our rendering of The Tempest - with a female Prospera!

Below are some pictures from the last perfromance in the Twelfth Night tour, at Pecorama in Beer.

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From left to right: Joe Tapper as Feste; Sally Feetenby as Olivia;

James Osben as Malvolio.

L to R: Sally Feetenby as Olivia; Clare Purdy as Viola/Cesario; 

Jane Windsor-Smith as Maria.

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L to R: Max Brandt as Sir Toby Belch;

Chris Harknett as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

L to R : Ben Hamilton as Antonio; Jacob Seldon as Sebastian.

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L to R: Julian Head as Officer (Jools also played Sea Captain and Priest);

Ben Hamilton as Antonio

L to R: Clare Purdy as Viola/Cesario; Rich Turley as Orsino

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Raising a celebratory glass or two at the end of a fantastically sucessful and exciting couple of weeks - well deserved too! 

THE 2017 TOUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THEATRE HUB

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We are doing it all again!


After the incredible, sell-out tour of 2016 and all the plaudits (top ten must-see with Tripadvisor and Expedia) we are teaming up with


THEATRE HUB


and taking 'The Tempest' on-the-road.

One of the most magical and exciting of Shakespeare's plays, it speaks of love, revenge and forgiveness.



'The higlight of the theatrical calendar...is Dartmouth Shakespeare Week, with some brilliant performances at Dartmouth Castle.'

Herald Express

                                            'Stunning backdrop and packed audiences'

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'The highlight of our stay was, undoubtedly, our evening at Dartmouth Castle watching 

'The Taming of the Shrew'. It was a truly remarkable piece of theatre - my wife and I were overawed.'


Hector Bowess (Oxfordshire)


'(Romeo and Juliet)...gave performances which were confident and fully realised, 

bringing real chemistry to their love affair.'


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Above are a couple of short videos that will give you an idea of what we do, how we do it and what it looks like on our magnificent stage out at Dartmouth Castle. On the left is an extract from the 2011 production of As You Like It and to the right, a short promotional montage, with music, of some of the plays and many of the fine actors in the company.

Malcolm.

So, please pull up a chair, make yourself a cup of tea...or something stronger...and take a little time to explore and get to know us.

Who knows? Maybe you'll be inspired to go out and do something like this or even drop us a line and get involved  with

~The Inn Theatre Company~

And

~Dartmouth Shakespeare Week~

 

 

Shahar

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