MAY 2025 WEEKEND | New Plymperf

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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

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.

Poetic Plymouth: Plymouth Laureates

in Performance

Hosted by Join Literature Works and Plymouth Laureates Rosemarie Corlett and Frankie Baldry for an evening of poetry, featuring a brand-new commissioned piece exclusive for the Plymouth Performance Weekend. Applications are open now to be the next Plymouth Laureate of Words 2025-27 and Plymouth Young City Laureate 2025-26 on the Literature Works website, so why not come along and find out more.

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 Robins, Meet Mayor Max

"An unbelievable true story told by someone who made themselves a part of it. While learning about 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!"

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.

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.

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.