• Films in April

    The Shambles presents: ‘A Life on the Farm’ and ‘The Nettle Dress’. At Wiveliscombe Town Hall, Friday 7th and Sunday 7th April Read more…

  • Four Seasons in one afternoon

    A snowman melts, wasps chase a sandwich, a cow does a poop and Newby the sheepdog wins the trials. How can all this happen in just one afternoon? Read more…

  • Four Seasons

    Saturday 9th March (1:30pm and 4pm) and Sunday 10th March (10:30am and 1:30pm), 2024 The Shambles is delighted to welcome back Little Bulb, of Mountain Music fame, to Wivey, with this beautiful show; a theatrical love letter to nature for children and their families! We begin in Winter, where frost crunches underfoot, icy winds blow, […] Read more…

  • Praise is Lovely!

    It’s always nice to be thanked, so to get this from Wiveliscombe Town Council was special. Read more…

  • MONDAY 18th DECEMBER: An Evening with Eleven Magpies

    Led by Bristol-based composer, multi-instrumentalist and music director Ian Ross (Wise Children, Kneehigh), the band features Alex Vann (Spiro, Three Cane Whale), Elizabeth Westcott (Yesterday’s Camel) and James Gow (Jow). To book tickets please follow the link: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/601697“ Together, Eleven Magpies chart a whirling journey of plucked and bowed strings, through humorous miniatures and sorrowful […] Read more…

  • Help! I think I’m a Nationalist (say it softly) 

    Well he (Seamus Carey) came. He saw Wivey Explorer Scouts putting out the chairs.  He even played his Cornish bagpipe. Event number three at the Town Hall with another full house, taking our seats not knowing exactly what to expect of the advertised “controversial sell out comedy show about identity, second homes, xenophobia and (aforementioned)  bagpipes.”  Was it […] Read more…

  • A Vampire Visited Upon Wiveliscombe

    A horror film is not the standard Sunday afternoon matinée, but neither is it typical to have the composer of the musical score perform live for the audience. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a silent film first screened in 1922. Adapting the story of Dracula, but without the permission of Bram Stoker’s heirs, all […] Read more…

  • We Scaled A Mountain

    Last night saw our Town Hall properly open its doors for the first time in over 50 years. And what a night it was. Mountain Music, performed by the phenomenally talented Little Bulb Theatre, tells the story of European settlers setting out to find a new life on foreign shores, taking their musical traditions with […] Read more…

  • Help! I think I’m a Nationalist

    Thursday 26th October, 2023. Doors open: 6:30pm, start time: 7:30pm Cornwall is at a tipping point. House prices soar, the population shifts, tensions rise. Some people see it as a separate nation, whilst others see it as a prime holiday destination and playground for the rich. Seamas Carey is confused. He is desperately trying to […] Read more…

  • Nosferatu – a symphony of horrors!

    Sunday 22nd October, 2023. 4pm. Doors open 3:30pm Nosferatu (1922) is arguably the film that gave birth to the horror genre. Notable as the first cinematic interpretation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, its combination of expressionistic acting and unforgettable images render it just as powerful and unsettling today as when it first thrilled cinema goers 100 […] Read more…