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This is Cornwall’s largest theatre venue. Through the 1960s and 70s what was then the City Hall deteriorated and by the mid-80s Carrick Council broached the idea of selling it for development. Immediately a bitter battle began between council and community.
A performance by Duchy Opera in Carn Brea Leisure Centre, starring Benjamin Luxon, brought home the need for a mid-scale venue in Cornwall. A core group, including Mr Luxon, Chris Warner and some Carrick councillors, met to discuss the future. Carrick offered them a 125-year lease on the Hall at £1 a year and £500,000. They accepted and the campaign for a new City Hall began. Work on the venue took just over 18 months and the inaugural performance took place in November 1997. Now the Hall for Cornwall attracts just under 150,000 theatre-goers each year.
The theatre has hosted performers such as Rambert Dance Company and The Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as a wide range of entertainers from Bill Wyman and Mike Reid to Coldplay and Wheatus.
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