Tickets
Tickets from £10 | Under 16s from £5
Dates
Performances Tuesday and Thursday only
About this event
words and music by Ethyl Smyth
A concert performance presented by Tête à Tête
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music Director: Patrick Bailey
Mrs Walters: Rachel Nicolls
Harry Benn: Mark Wilde
Ned Travers: Thomas Humphreys
Policeman: Simon Wilding
A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so win her heart. What could possibly go wrong?
This tale of love and mischief by the sea is for farce lovers of all ages. Written by suffragette Ethyl Smyth, it combines folk music and opera in a night of enchanting music and impish plotting and scheming by an early pioneer of the feminist movement.
Tête à Tête is delighted to bring opera back to the Minack stage after its magical production of The Firework Maker’s Daughter in 2022. Coming hot on the heels of the Cornish tour of Fault Lines with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in March 2024. Enchanting music and playful skulduggery against the magical backdrop of the cliffs and sea, the perfect late summer evening.
Accessibility
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Facilities
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Sat 15th Aug, 2026
St Ives Theatre, St Ives
£17.50 — £17.50
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Sat 15th Aug, 2026
YHA Treyarnon Bay, Padstow
£0 — £0
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Sat 15th Aug, 2026
The Ritz Theatre, Penzance
£29 — £29
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Mon 17th Aug, 2026 — Tue 1st Sep, 2026
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
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Thu 3rd Sep, 2026 — Fri 4th Sep, 2026
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
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Mon 21st Sep, 2026 — Thu 24th Sep, 2026
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
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