Rebeca Ortega Flamenco Dance from Spain – AZAHAR

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

An unmissable evening of authentic flamenco dance and music from Spain. Did you know? Flamenco reflects the history, diversity, and spirit of Spain and its people. Flamenco is a form of song, dance, and guitar music that originated in the Andalusian Roma of southern Spain. Flamenco is intense and passionate, expressing a range of emotions, […]

Aled Jones – Full Circle

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Prepare to hear Aled Jones as you’ve never heard him before. He was the boy treble who captivated the world with his angelic voice. Selling over seven million albums, Aled was the original, classical crossover star. His recording of Walking in the Air, from the animated film The Snowman, firmly established him as a household name […]

Tickets from £30 – Tickets from £70

The Ultimate Bubble Show

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Experience the best in soap bubble entertainment.  Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble.  This is a fast paced show full of high energy and surprises as Ray uses various different gases to create incredible bubble sculptures, […]

Tickets £10

The Ultimate Bubble Show

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Experience the best in soap bubble entertainment.  Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble.  This is a fast paced show full of high energy and surprises as Ray uses various different gases to create incredible bubble sculptures, […]

Tickets £10

2024 Torbay Dance Festival

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Open Festival 2nd – 8th/9th of April SESSION TICKETS DAY TICKETS SEASON TICKET CHAMPIONSHIPS

Afternoon Tea Experience at the Palace, Hosted in Stage Left

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Enjoy a fabulous Saturday afternoon tea experience in Stage Left our newest event suite. Delight in the gentle and elegant atmosphere with a host of talented local musical performers who will entertain you and your friends. Served from 2pm to 3.30pm. Doors open at 1.45pm. The Afternoon Tea experience ticket price includes scones, cream and […]

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

‘For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride’ - The i.  As seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, Live At The Apollo & Mock The Week. STRICTLY 14+ Likely to be swearing and adult content ‘Hysterical’ - The Mirror ‘Very […]

Tickets £15 – Tickets £17

Spiritual Connections – A day of healing, readings, crafts and an Evening of Mediumship

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Come along to the Palace Theatre for a day of healing, readings, crafts and an Evening of Mediumship with Infinity. 11am-4pm: Stage Left's Mind and Body Fair .. entry is free but donations are welcome. 5pm-7pm: Private readings including tarot, harmony board, psychic and ribbons, foot readers - £10 per slot, book your slots in […]

Doctor and the Medics (with support from Lion) — charity concert

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Dr and the Medics were created almost at the dawn of the 80’s, in 1982 by The Rev Dr. Clive Thomas Jackson. The band has had a very colourful and successful career as both recording artists and performers. Undoubtedly they are best known for their massive 1986 No 1 'Spirit in the Sky' which sold over 24 Million copies […]

Tickets from £15 – Tickets from £20

Play on Words Festival 2024 -Thursday Programme

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 to paper and try your hand with a creative writing or writing family history workshop. Choose to book a single ticket or get one free […]

Play on Words Festival – Devon History Matters

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 the future. In this far-reaching lecture Dr Gray calls upon more than forty years of unparalleled archival work which has resulted in some fifty versatile […]

Play on Words Festival: Exploring and Writing Your Family History workshop

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival 2024 (formerly the English Riviera Literature Festival). This participatory workshop will include the chance to look at elements of your own family history and think about the most interesting parts to follow up. The workshop with Alison Huntingford will look at census records, certificates of births, marriages […]

Play on Words Festival – Mothers of the Mind

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 story of the remarkable mothers who shaped them. Born and educated in Torquay, Rachel Trethewey read History at Oxford University, where she won the Philip […]

Play on Words Festival – History Tours of Torquay

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 Museum pictorial archive for a virtual circular tour of Torquay including the Museum, the Strand, Seafront, Cockington, Chelston, Watcombe and Meadfoot with lots of fascinating […]

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

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 children but vilified by the BBC, teachers, critics and librarians. She sold more than 600 million books, despite being banned by the BBC, libraries and […]

Event Series Gaslight

Gaslight

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

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 insane in order to steal from her. The suave and confident Jack Manningham appears to live a comfortable life with his wife Bella. But a […]

Tickets £15

Play on Words Festival 2024 – Friday Programme

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

Friday 26 April 2024 9.30am-10.30am: Writing History with Peter Marsden (Stage Left) Writing history is linking up known information to tell a 'story', and so is different from writing fiction. It is trying to get into the thinking of past people, and creating what the author thinks happened - but this may be wrong.  It […]

Play on Words Festival – Writing History

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Writing History with Dr Peter Marsden Writing history is linking up known information to tell a ‘story’, and so is different from writing fiction. It is trying to get into the thinking of past people, and creating what the author thinks happened – but this […]

Play on Words Festival: Creative Writing Taster Session

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival 2024 (formerly the English Riviera Literature Festival). This free ‘taster’ workshop with Chris Woodhouse is for adults who would like to explore their interest in creative writing. It is suitable for beginners who would like to try out and build on their skills as well as those […]

Play on Words Festival – Daughters of Devon

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Daughters of Devon with Rosemary Griggs With a unique blend of theatre, history and re-enactment which draws on extensive research into 16th century Devon Rosemary will introduce her Daughters of Devon series of historical novels and her new book The Dartington Bride. Historian, author and […]

Play on Words Festival – Romance

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Mary Georgina De Grey Writers are in the unique position of being able to reflect on society and investigate its evolution. The romantic novel, revealing the changing dynamics of relationships, reaches a wide public. Mary Georgina will use published novels to show its importance. Genre: Romance. […]

Play on Words Festival – Readings by the Resident Palace Theatre Creative Writing Group

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival 2024 (formerly the English Riviera Literature Festival). The resident Creative Writing group at the Palace Theatre led by tutor, Chris Woodhouse present a series of short readings. The group meet regularly on a Wednesday morning as part of the ongoing Write Time Write Place creative writing series, […]

Play on Words Festival – The Penhaligon Saga

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Terri Nixon Terri Nixon is an author of historical fiction, family sagas, and mythic fiction. An introduction to The Penhaligons and the Battens; worlds apart, but sharing more than they realise… Or would like. Their West Cornwall fishing and mining town faces new struggles to […]

Play on Words Festival – Ten Writers One House

The Palace Theatre Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom

As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Jenny Ridd Jenny Ridd, historian and writer, lived in an old house visited by Pre Raphaelite poets and painters Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal. The house also hosted a guidebook-writing lithographer; an Exeter artist and newspaper publisher; a one-book geologist; a Georgian lesbian diarist; […]

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