Join us for a jam-packed summer of outdoor theatre suitable for all the family.
Please bring picnic blanket or camping chair and come prepared for the weather conditions as there is limited shelter. Refreshments will be available to purchase from Parterre Cafe or Courtyard Coffee and you are also welcome to bring your own.
Everywhere’s a Beach
Wednesday 5 August | 1pm – 1.35pm & 3pm – 3.35pm
Everywhere’s a Beach is perfect for the whole family, as a charmingly ridiculous performance, taking place on a giant revolving beach parasol! Produced by Hikappe Theatre.
You’ll be swept away as this show embraces everything we love about the beach. Our spinning parasol creates the perfect setting for our eccentric beach loving characters. Watch as their world collides with yours, as sophistication turns to chaos in this aerial circus performance.
Everywhere’s a Beach is a non-verbal production, making it accessible for deaf audiences, and for audiences who may not use English as a first language.
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Thursday 6 August | 1pm – 2.40pm
The Pantaloons present The Hound of the Baskervilles. How can one show possibly contain so much action and adventure? Elementary, my dear! The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new riff on the fiendishly famous case. Will detective duo Holmes and Watson discover the deadly secret of the Baskerville family curse before it strikes again? Or are they barking up the wrong tree?
Find out in this delightfully inventive show that will have you yelping with excitement and howling with laugher. Features live music, audience interaction and more mystery than you can shake a magnifying glass at. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
The Three Musketeers
Wednesday 12 August | 2pm – 4.15pm
All for One – and One for All! Young D’Artagnan is desperate to join Athos, Porthos and Aramis as an elite Musketeer of the King’s Guard. To prove himself he plunges headlong into a breathlessly thrilling adventure to retrieve the Queen’s jewels, restore Her Majesty’s honour, survive the machinations of scheming Cardinal Richelieu, and cross swords with the deadliest of femmes fatales Milady de Winter.
Set against a sweeping panorama of 17th century France at war, this production is a whirlwind of excitement, broad comedy and ingenious storytelling. Romance! Swashbuckling! Intrigue! Murder! Betrayal! Revenge…! Dumas’s classic has got the lot!
Produced by Illyria Theatre.
Treasure Island
Wednesday 26 August | 1pm – 2.40pm
It’s pirate ships, pieces of eight and salty old sea dogs in Quantum Theatre’s swashbuckling new adaptation of the classic pirate adventure, Treasure Island.
From the moment young Jim Hawkins stumbles upon a treasure map at the Admiral Benbow Inn he finds himself embroiled in the murky underworld of pirates – and soon he is on the high seas in search of the pirate hoard . But once aboard the Hispaniola, Jim becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map’s existence..
Join Long John Silver and his motley crew in this action-packed adventure for the whole family.