Near-ta Theatre

Welcome to the Near-ta Theatre website!

Please look around the site for information on the company, its current shows, aims for the future, and history.

Based in Cornwall, our style of fast-paced, comic theatre has delighted audiences of all ages, and over the past few years we have developed a reputation for creating original and entertaining productions. With a young group of enthusiastic and talented actors, writers, musicians and technicians, our intention is to bring our unique style of "rock and roll drama" to more audiences across the South-West.

It's not your usual or conventional theatre, it's Near-ta Theatre.

Written by Brianne Fitzpatrick, David McEntegart, and Ciaran Clarke

Directed by Ciaran Clarke

Performed by David McEntegart and Brianne Fitzpatrick

Not content with offering a single show this summer, Near-ta Theatre return to The Poly with ‘A Certain Kind of Light’, a new, original work from the minds of three international writers.

Part light-hearted look at the foibles of online communication, part visual spectacle, ‘A Certain Kind of Light’ is ultimately the touching story of a chance meeting and its ensuing internet romance. Utilizing layers of multimedia and stunning pictorial trickery, this intimate comedy follows the lives of two individuals connected by their computer screens and their attempts to realize a relationship in the physical here-and-now. ‘A Certain Kind of Light’ brings a distinctly human quality to a study of the way we interact in an overwhelmingly virtual world.

A tale of coffee, chemistry, and chatrooms, ‘A Certain Kind of Light’ is a sweet, at times heartbreaking, story for anyone grappling with connections of their own.