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The vigorous work from Cornwall's Kneehigh Theatre and Newcastle's Live Theatre should be encouraging news for troupes in regional American cities that want to develop plays with potentially broader appeal.

Broadway's fine British imports: 'Brief Encounter,' 'Pitmen Painters' Peter Marks 2010

You can also book a gourmet surfing day, including a cookery masterclass and lunch at Ben's Cornish Kitchen in Marazion (01736 719200), followed by trips to Cornwall's best breaks with a guide from Global Boarders (globalboarders.com).

Pastures new: UK spring break ideas 2011

The essential plot is that a young man dies while abseiling down a cliff on Cornwall's coast; the death is no accident and the police have to discover who sabotaged the climbing equipment.

Careless in Red, by Elizabeth George Maxine 2009

It's too rainy to visit Porthminster beach cafe, St Ives' other foodie claim to fame, but fans might like to know that a more easterly outpost is opening this spring at Mawgan Porth, just west of Padstow on Cornwall's north coast.

Take the Chef Challenge in Cornwall 2012

The essential plot is that a young man dies while abseiling down a cliff on Cornwall's coast; the death is no accident and the police have to discover who sabotaged the climbing equipment.

Book review Maxine 2009

The essential plot is that a young man dies while abseiling down a cliff on Cornwall's coast; the death is no accident and the police have to discover who sabotaged the climbing equipment.

Careless in Red, by Elizabeth George Maxine 2009

The essential plot is that a young man dies while abseiling down a cliff on Cornwall's coast; the death is no accident and the police have to discover who sabotaged the climbing equipment.

March 2009 Maxine 2009

Surfing Tommies, first produced in the south-west in 2009, is poet and playwright Alan M Kent's award-winning drama about three Cornish tin miners who, fuelled by the local reverend's promise of glory to those who join the war effort, swap the mines for the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

This week's new theatre 2011

In another case, the U.K. Royal Navy frigate HMS Cornwall's capture of 17 Somali pirates aboard a hijacked vessel in the Indian Ocean Feb. 15 stirred controversy after the director of the Public Prosecutions Service instructed the navy to return the offenders to Somalia.

Shipping Companies Urge Governments to Tackle Piracy Neena Rai 2011

Why If you don't live that way you probably think Cornwall's too far for a weekend, but fly to Newquay after work on Friday from many UK airports and back early on Monday morning and it becomes totally viable – especially if you stay somewhere near the airport.

Five great beach weekends 2011