Par Bay’s free family festival OF PAR-formance AND PAR-ticipation is back!
Join us as we celebrate the opening of THE CREATION WORKS / HWEL AN GWRIANS
A sustainable, accessible, residential rehearsal centre run charitably to the benefit of Par Bay & beyond.
Expect Spectacular PAR-formances and Aerial Acts
Cornish music and singing, activities to PAR-ticipate in, great coffee & pizza to PAR-take of, and a host of PAR-tner organisations sharing knowledge of our unique natural environment
The PAR-teee PARt 4 – Another step into the wonderful for the people of Par Bay
SUPPORTED BY
Are you looking for rehearsal / development space from June 2025?
WHO ARE WE?
The Creation Works offers a beautiful new accessible, affordable, residential rehearsal space with everything you need to develop your next piece of theatre, dance or outdoor performance, in Par, Cornwall. Designed and run by performance makers, The Creation Works CIO is a charity dedicated to removing barriers to participation in the arts & culture for all. We host residencies, workshops, masterclasses, development processes, industry showings & rehearsals.
THE OFFER
• 9.75m x 11.6m studio
• Unbroken white ‘back wall’ ideal for film/photography
• Semi-sprung Junckers dance floor with under-floor heating
• Aerial rigging points built in to the steel frame
• Ceiling height pitched from 5m – 6.3m
• Theatrical sound & lighting, full blackout, lots of natural light
• Kitchen, Wet-room & WC
• 4 bedrooms (2 x single, 1 x double, 1 x twin/double)
ENGAGEMENT WORK
with local community participants
WORKSHOPS / MASTERCLASSES
for Cornish performance-makers
A DONATION
to The Creation Works CIO to support ongoing work with the community
If you are a small scale dance or theatre company developing work for children / young people, perhaps you can deliver a free performance to one of our local schools or youth organisations?
If you are an international theatre company, looking to exchange skills, could you run a professional workshop for Cornish performance-makers? Can your work be shadowed?
If you are a travelling creative writer or musician wanting to be inspired by a new landscape and its people, what can you offer in return?
THE CREATION WORKS SITS:
• At the edge of Par Track, a large park with full size running track, gym, and community cafe
• 500m from the mainline train station (Par) on the Penzance – London – Glasgow line
• 700m from a three-quarter mile sand beach
• On several bus routes
• 3.5 miles from Fowey, 3 miles from Charlestown, both walkable on the South-West Coastpath
• 3.5 miles from St Austell
ACCESSIBILITY:
• Level entrance
• Lift to accommodation
• 3 bedrooms are wheelchair accessible
• 1 has a profiling bed, and connecting door to ‘carer’s room’ if required
• Kitchen with wheelchair accessible sink, oven and counter area
• Fully accessible wet room with Roommate audio-describer
• Mobile hoist for use anywhere in building (& off site by arrangement)
• Mobile hearing loop
• By train from London, The Creation Works is wheelchair accessible on level paths
SUPPORT:
Where useful, The Creation Works can offer:
• Mentoring
• Connecting artists with engagement practices to partners / participants from the local community and beyond
• Support in developing meaningful engagement practice as part of work made here
• Connecting artists to venues in Cornwall and Plymouth
• Programming outdoor work at our own PAR-teee festival
• PAR-tnering and Collaboration
LOCAL AMENITIES (within our village):
• Co-op and Spar convenience stores, Co-op supermarket
• Post office• Take-away restaurants (Pasties, Fish & Chips, Chicken, Chinese, Tandoori)
• 4 Cafes
• Launderette, Hairdressers & Barbers, Taxis
• 5 pubs (all serving food)
ADDRESS:
The Creation Works, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2PA