The Cornish Mining World Heritage Events Programme
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Celebrating ten years of global recognition for Cornwall & west Devon’s mining heritage Events programme Eighty performances in over fifty venues across the ten World Heritage Site areas www.cornishmining.org.uk n July 2006, the Cornwall and west Devon Mining Landscape was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. To celebrate the 10th Ianniversary of this remarkable achievement in 2016, the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Partnership has commissioned an exciting summer-long set of inspirational events and experiences for a Tinth Anniversary programme. Every one of the ten areas of the UK’s largest World Heritage Site will host a wide variety of events that focus on Cornwall and west Devon’s world changing industrial innovations. Something for everyone to enjoy! Information on the major events touring the World Heritage Site areas can be found in this leaflet, but for other local events and the latest news see our website www.cornish-mining.org.uk/news/tinth- anniversary-events-update Man Engine Double-Decker World Record Pasty Levantosaur Three Cornishmen Volvo CE Something BIG will be steaming through Kernow this summer... Living proof that Cornwall is still home to world class engineering! Over 10m high, the largest mechanical puppet ever made in the UK will steam the length of the Cornish Mining Landscape over the course of two weeks with celebratory events at each point on his pilgrimage. No-one but his creators knows what he looks like - come and meet him for yourself and be a part of his ‘transformation’: THE BIG REVEAL! Tavistock Bedford Square and Kit Hill - 25th July Liskeard and Minions - 26th July Lostwithiel - 27th July St Austell and Wheal Martyn - 28th July Trewithen - 29th July Truro and Wheal Jane - 30th July St Agnes, Wheal Coates - 1st August Redruth, East Pool Mine and Heartlands - 2nd August Camborne, King Edward Mine and Godolphin House - 3rd August Hayle - 4th August Penzance - 5th August St Just, Botallack and Geevor Tin Mine - 6th August (the farewell party, or just au revoir..?) For more information see http://www.themanengine.org.uk Picturing the Mines Nationally renowned print makers and artists Jesse Smith and Bernard Irwin will be holding open one day events in each of the ten World Heritage areas when they will be imaginatively mapping the layered histories and landscapes of our globally important mining heritage. Join them to share stories and memories, film, soundscapes and see their amazing maps taking shape, eroding and reforming over the day. Tavistock - Town Hall - 26th May Liskeard - Liskerrit Centre - 1st June Wheal Martyn - 8th June St. Agnes - Miners & Mechanics Institute - 14th June Gwennap - Gwennap Pit - 16th June King Edward Mine - 22nd June Helston - CAST - 23rd June Penzance - Trewidden Gardens - 7th July Hayle - Harvey’s Foundry - 12th July St. Just - WI Hall - 14th July For more information visit https://picturingthemines.wordpress.com The Zigzag Way A stage adaptation of Anita Desai’s novel, The Zigzag Way is a powerful story of mining and migration, and the coming together of two entirely different cultures through the movement of a Cornish mining community to Mexico in the 19th century: Porthcurno - Minack Theatre - 23rd-27th May Redruth - St Euny Church - 30th-31st May Perranporth Village Hall - 1st June St Keverne - Roskilly’s Farm - 2nd June Helland - Village Hall - 3rd June Illogan Village Hall - 5th June St Austell - Wheal Martyn - 4th June Port Isaac - Village hall - 6th June Pendeen - Geevor Tin Mine - 7th June Wendron - Poldark Mine - 8th June Upton Cross - Sterts Theatre - 10th June Grampound - Village Hall - 11th June St Austell - Wheal Martyn - 12th June Callington CAVe - Town Hall - 14th June Gwennap - Gwennap Pit - 15th June Indian Queens - Indian Queens Pit - 16th June Penzance - Penlee Park - 17th June Falmouth - The Poly - 18th June Mawnan Smith - Trebah Gardens - 1st July Hayle Methodist Church - 2nd July Mawgan Porth Village Hall - 3rd July Tavistock - Town Hall - 5th July Truro - Hall for Cornwall - 7th July For more information and bookings go to www.collectivearts.org.uk or www.trebigganproductions.com Trevithick “Trevithick!” is a biographical comedy that will light a fire in your belly, bring joy to your heart and set your brain whirring like a four way valve on a steam engine. This is the true story of a man who was as much artist and magician as he was an engineer - one of Cornwall’s, and the Industrial Revolution’s, greatest sons. Come and find out how much we owe to his genius: Falmouth - The Poly - 12th May St Keverne - Parish Hall - 20th May Bodmin - Bodmin College - 21st May Indian Queens - Indian Queens Pit - 22nd May Launceston - Town Hall - 27th May Pool - East Pool Mine - 3rd June Penzance - The Acorn - 4th June Godolphin Cross - Godolphin House - 12th June Bude - Parkhouse Centre - 17th June Pool - Heartlands - 18th June St Austell - Wheal Martyn - 19th June St Austell - Arts Theatre - 21st June Constantine - The Tolmen Centre - 30th June Helston - Epworth Hall - 1st July Penzance - Penlee Park - 2nd July Mawnan Smith - Trebah Gardens - 3rd July Camborne - Camborne Wesley Church - 8th July Porthluney Beach - Caerhayes Beach Café - 10th July St Just - Town Hall - 24th July Pendeen - Botallack Count House - 1st August St Ives - Guildhall - 2nd August Wendron - Poldark Mine - 3rd August Falmouth - The Poly - 4th August St Agnes - Driftwood Spars Cliffside Garden - 7th August For more information and bookings go to www.trevithick.co.uk “Tin” the movie - open air cinema The feature film version of Miracle Theatre’s critically acclaimed stage production, based on real life events surrounding a banking scandal in the mining community of St Just in the 1890’s. Originally touring around Cornwall and west Devon as the Cornish Mining WHS contribution to the Cultural Olympiad in March 2012, you can now see the screen adaptation starring Jenny Agutter, Dudley Sutton and Ben Luxon, alongside the cream of Cornish acting talent: Helen Bendell, Ben Dyson, Steve Jacobs, Dean Nolan, and Jason Squibb: Tavistock - Wharf Theatre - 2.30, 4.30 and 7.30pm 28th April (indoor) Newlyn Filmhouse - 8pm 4th August (indoor) St Austell - Wheal Martyn - 22nd August Gwennap - Gwennap Pit - 23rd August Pendeen - Botallack Count House - 24th & 25th August St Agnes - Driftwood Spars Beer Garden - 6th & 7th September Redruth - St Rumon’s Club - 9th September (indoor) All screenings except Tavistock and Newlyn, gates open at 8.30pm, screening starts at sunset (approx. 9.15pm) Film runs 90mins Pre-screening refreshments available. Please bring your own seating and a torch! For more information and to book go to www.tinmovie.com or call 01726 879500 The Trench An interactive theatrical experience that simulates life in the trenches using an area of ‘No Man’s Land’ landscape at Levant Mine. Audience members will become participants who ‘enlist’ and are given a real identity, taken to the trenches and discover for themselves the realities of life on the Western Front and the build up to going over the top. Pendeen - Levant Tin Mine - 1st-10th July For more information and to book visit www.crbo.co.uk/events.php?evGrp=331 The Tinworking landscape of Dartmoor - European conference Celebrating ten years of global recognition for Cornwall & west Devon’s mining heritage Events programme This conference, which also marks the 25th Eighty performances in over fifty venues anniversary of the Dartmoor Tinworking Research across the ten World Heritage Site areas Group, will celebrate the diversity of Dartmoor’s industrial landscape, its relationship to Tavistock as a Devon Stannary Town, and will compare its features and technologies with those of contemporary tinworking areas of continental Europe - including the Czech Republic, Germany, France and Spain. Tavistock - Tavistock Town Hall - 6th-11th May (and site excursions to Dartmoor) For more information and to book visit www.dtrg.org.uk/booking.html www.cornishmining.org.uk Camelford World Heritage Launceston Tavistock Padstow Site Areas map Minions Kit Hill Wadebridge Morwellham Gunnislake Bodmin Liskeard Newquay Saltash Plymouth Charlestown St Austell St Agnes Portreath Camborne Truro St Ives Redruth Hayle Penzance Falmouth WORLD HERITAGE SITE AREAS St Just The St Just Mining District Helston The Port of Hayle The Tregonning and Gwinear Mining Districts with Trewavas The Wendron Mining District The Camborne and Redruth Mining District with Wheal Peevor and Portreath Harbour “Our mining The Gwennap Mining District with Devoran, Perran and Kennall Vale culture shaped The St Agnes Mining District The Luxulyan Valley with Charlestown your world” The Caradon Mining District The Tamar Valley Mining District with Tavistock The World Heritage Site covers the ten areas within Cornwall and west Devon that contain the best surviving landscapes created by the development of innovative hard rock mining technology in the 18th and 19th centuries. Our engineering expertise, and distinctive mining culture, were then exported across the globe. To explore more about the impact of Cornish mining on the world, or places to see and things to do throughout the Site, visit www.cornishmining.org.uk Photo credits: Heartlands image © Toby Weller Wheal Betsy image (front cover) © Ainsley Cocks The Tinworking landscape of Dartmoor image (Wheal Betsy) © Barry Gamble We want to ensure your needs are met. If you would like this information in another format or language please contact us at the above address. All content, unless where specified, © Cornwall Council, 2016. Design: The Communications Unit, Cornwall Council, May 2016 jn40700 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006.