PLYMOUTH PERFORMANCE WEEKEND 2025​
24-25th May, 2 days, 8 shows
The House, University of Plymouth
Plymouth Performance Weekend returns for 2025!
Following the successful showcase of work by local artists in 2024, this 2-day festival returns on the 24th & 25th of May at The House (for line up, please see below). Over the weekend, there will be 8 shows by local artists involving theatre, comedy, music and performance - with something for everyone. Expect wild true stories and fantastic folk tales, home grown poetry and cracking comedy, drums, food, movement, music and much more!
Support home grown talent in a state-of-the-art performance space and book your tickets now! PPW is curated and produced by Plymouth Performance and supported by The Bridge at the University of Plymouth. Plymouth Performance is made up of a team of local producers passionate about creating opportunities for South West based professional artists to show their work - including theatre, dance, music and performance during Scratch Weekends in the winter and a Performance Weekend in the summer.
The Line Up
Saturday 24th May
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Jung Borthwick, Gim Bap
The performance follows Jung-hee, a first-generation immigrant, as she hosts a live-stream cooking show where she makes gimbap, a traditional Korean dish. Through the process of cooking and interacting with viewers, she explores themes of identity, cultural differences, and the isolation of living abroad. The show juxtaposes the vibrant energy of her broadcast with the quiet loneliness she feels once the camera turns off.
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Plymouth Poetry Festival
Rosemarie Corlett & Frankie Baldry
Hosted by Literature Works and showcasing poetry by the Plymouth Poet Laureates, this will be a taster of the Plymouth Poetry Festival, coming later in the year.
Tony Bligh, Internal
What if you were not who you thought you were... Or started to question everything. WELL WORRY NO MORE! Let's go down a rabbit hole of procrastination to avoid my true self too!!! Maybe we'll learn more about your internal self?
Alex Robbins, Meet Mayor Max
An unbelievable true story told by someone who made themselves a part of it. While learning about Mayor Max, we ask questions about belief, eccentricity and purpose. Get to know the small town of Idyllwild! The town with a dog for a Mayor! Everyone knows everyone and most people have fun nicknames! Call the cops here, and you'll be waiting for hours!
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Sunday 25th May​
Henry Everett, Pan the Wild God is Dead
Performance storyteller Henry Everett brings wild tales from Ancient Greece of the Great God Pan. Deep in the wilds of Arcadia, the first ever Satyr, Pan is born. He is to become God of pasture, overlord of wild creatures, ruler of solitary places. He will save the Gods in Olympus and change all life on Earth, yet his tale is a tragedy.
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Nuria and Weird Baby, Weird Plymouth
Master of the Music is a musical clowning performance which explores the sacrifices of musical excellence through humour. Through reinterpretations of canonical Classical music pieces, Nuria questions the conventions of the world of Classical music.
Weird Baby is the chaotic brainchild of Grace Lightman and Cestra. Weird Baby is the alter ego of Grace Lightman and Cestra. Weird Baby is a chaos experiment in production and action, the only rule is say yes to everything. Expect brown leotards, electronic music and a lot of jumping.
Crumbling Rocks Theatre, Rhizome Tears
Rhizome Tears is a live art performance that explores a personal relationship between mental health, the city and nature. Seeking to tap into a deeply felt anger, frustration and sadness of concrete jungles, materialism and late-stage capitalism, and then provide a sharp relief by lightheartedly entering our happy place somewhere out in nature, where none of those things seem to matter anymore.
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Elements, Taiko – The Big BANG!
A vibrant display of energy, rhythms, power and movement. Through taiko, the Japanese artform of ensemble drumming, we will celebrate our community, showcase our passion and invite you to immerse yourself in the joy that taiko brings. This performance will showcase a variety of pieces including original compositions and open source taiko songs played all across the world.​
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Thank you to all our supporters, past & present
From the Plymouth Performance Weekend Team 2025
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