Play on Words Festival 2024 -Thursday Programme

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

Lovers of books and writing will enjoy our third annual literature festival, taking place throughout our beautiful theatre. Hear about the topics that have inspired local writers to put pen […]

Play on Words Festival – Devon History Matters

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Dr Todd Gray Only by examining the past can we hope to grasp the nature of modern society and anticipate […]

Play on Words Festival – Mothers of the Mind

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Rachel Trethewey Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and Sylvia Plath are three of our most famous authors, this talk explores the […]

Play on Words Festival – History Tours of Torquay

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Phil Badcott Local historian Phil Badcott provides an entertaining and informative talk using digitised magic lantern slides from the Torquay […]

Enid Blyton – Noddy, Big-Ears & Lashings of Controversy

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

As part of the Play on Words Festival 2024 programme (formerly English Riviera Literature Festival) Everybody of a certain age has read an Enid Blyton book. She was loved by […]

Event Series Gaslight

Gaslight

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton

Bijou Theatre Productions bring a classic Victorian thriller to our stage, a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife […]

Tickets £15

The Palace Theatre Paignton