About Miracle Theatre

Since 1979 Miracle Theatre has toured over 60 productions, of which 34 have been new writing and 28 have been original adaptations of classic texts. Here are some of our highlights over the years:

1979 Miracle’s first production The Beginning of the World – a very cheeky outdoor adaptation of the medieval Cornish Miracle play, The Ordinalia.  

1984-1986 McBeth and The Joke Machine tour from Newlyn to Colchester in a giant yellow pyramid. 

1988-1993 UK tours of English Heritage castles with ‘comedy playlets’ about the Spanish Armada and the Civil War. 

1993 First incarnation of the ‘Ffitch Repertory Company’ with an indoor tour Aladdin. 

1995 The pink van hits the road.

2005 Miracle Theatre becomes a regularly funded organisation of Arts Council England. 

2012 Miracle Theatre produces Tin, a feature-length film, based on the stage production. 

2014 35th Anniversary summer tour of The Tempest, watched by 15,000 people. 

2016 The start of a regular Christmas slot at the Princess Pavilion with Cinderella. 

2021 Recovering from the pandemic with Starcrazy in the open air and Everyman in the circular, social-distancing inspired Fleapit. 

2024 Miracle Theatre resumes winter touring of community venues across the Southwest with sell-out production of Hell’s Bell.

Check out our Time Capsule for images and paraphernalia from the past 40+ years!