The Locksmith’s Wife by Mark Crees

Every week the Locksmith’s wife reads aloud the next instalment of Dickens’ latest story to an assortment of characters who may have walked out of his novels.  But when she falls sick, and the Locksmith has to step into her shoes, fiction and reality blur as they find themselves facing their deepest secret.

Poignant and heart-warming, The Locksmith’s Wife combines skilful readings from some of Dickens’ greatest works with a bittersweet tale of a blighted marriage.

“It would seem cube have another hit on their hands”
- The West Briton on The Uninvited

“This is surely drama of high quality, for which the terms riveting, mesmerising and spellbinding are not excessive.  Bleak and dark it may be, but from beyond that very bleakness emerges the satisfaction of witnessing the craft of staged drama at the top of its game.”
- Charlie Pugh, The Tolmen Centre, Constantine

The Uninvited is a story with a dark heart, told with innocence, love, brutality, and break-neck dialogue, where, in the end, an unlikely redemption is allowed to find a voice.

“a masterclass in the art of a one-man show”
- The West Briton on Hyde and Seek

“audacious and wonderful”
- The West Briton on Hamlet

“We are committed to producing new work, literary adaptations, and revivals of classic texts.  Our choice of projects is led by a search for material that will challenge us as artists and excite audiences both new and existing.  We have devoted ourselves to learning how theatre works, to discovering its essence.  We are passionate about exploring the connection between actors and audience.

With a simple and clean approach, our plays explore the emotional and psychological lives of characters within stories that are always designed to be relevant to our modern lives.  We are interested in how people live and behave, particularly when faced with extreme situations.”

cube are:
Benjamin Symes, Artistic Director
Ben Oldfield, Associate Artistic Director
Jon Welch, Associate Writer

Students at Truro School are currently working on The Eighteenth Emergency by Betsy Byars, adapted by Iain Macdonald, directed and produced by cube

cube is the Theatre Company in residence at Truro School
http://www.truroschool.com

We make theatre with and for young people.  Our work reflects the world we live in - all our plays are about real people dealing with extraordinary events.  We respond to the world around us - we choose stories and characters that speak to young people.

We work with students from secondary schools, colleges, universities and drama schools.  Our work with students derives from the plays in our repertoire.  This has been the basis of coursework for students of GCSE English, AS and A Level Drama, BTEC Performing Arts, and Foundation Arts Degree.

In our often indiscriminate information heavy environment, cube aims to use our projects to promote a greater sense of social, cultural and historical knowledge and, most importantly, to foster a search for wisdom. Always focussing our outreach programme on our current project, we will look for ways of promoting self-discovery, empowering both children and adults with improved skills and understanding.

We are fully equipped to deliver our education work; each of our directors has depth of experience in a variety of fields and our education officer has been delivering education and training for 9 years. We will also make use of the special skills of a variety of practitioners chosen for the purpose.

Education work is extremely important to us for two main reasons: firstly we believe passionately in creativity and its effects in creating a better community; and secondly, because this enables to build great theatrically and culturally literate audiences for the future.

To book a cube show, please contact , or call us on 07785 263499

We tour fully self-contained, with our own lighting and sound.  We are experienced at adapting to smaller, more challenging spaces.  For larger venues with their own lighting and sound facilities, we may want to contact you to discuss options.