Outdoor Theatre This Summer in Mid Devon
Summer 2024 outdoor theatre in Mid Devon!
Mid Devon is buzzing with fun-filled events and entertainment. Now the days extend long into the evening, it’s time to enjoy some outdoor garden entertainment. With a range of plays and shows on offer, here’s where you can indulge in some cultural leisure time this summer.
Image courtesy of Sun & Moon Theatre
A Winter’s Tale, performed by the Sun & Moon Theatre: Friday 21st June – Friday 19th July
Friday 21st June, 7pm – Lapford Mill, Crediton
Sunday 30th June, 7pm – The Walronds, Cullompton
Friday 19th July, 7pm – Knackershole Garden Theatre, Dulverton
Sun & Moon Theatre are delighted to be returning to venues across Mid Devon with A Winter’s Tale. From the wintry cool courts of Sicilia to the summer sun festivities of Bohemia, experience seasonal change and the passage of time in this spectacular comedy drama.
The Winter’s Tale combines the best of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories to make for an entertaining night at the theatre – controlling kings, a courageous queen, kind princes, a lost princess, courtroom drama, storms, shipwrecks, festivals, runaway couples, a rogue-ish trickster, disguises, mistaken identities, emotional reunions and a spellbinding final act!
Considered by critics to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, this vibrant production will be a delightful and gripping feast of ensemble action, comedy, drama, trials, love, romance, live music, puppetry and magic. Suitable for all ages, this enchanting and exciting play – with one of theatre’s most famous stage exits (involving a bear …) – is the perfect way to spend a summer’s evening with family, friends, loved ones or solo.
For more information, visit: Sun & Moon Theatre
Image courtesy of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre
The Tempest Outdoor Show: Sunday 23rd June, from 7pm
Outdoor Shakespeare is back! It must be summer, because The Festival Players are once again heading for Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (TCAT)!
Shakespeare’s last, and great, play is a triumphant compilation of intrigue, magic, and humour. Prospero, an exiled Duke with supernatural powers, creates a great storm which sees his enemies shipwrecked on his island. Magic abounds, plots are exposed, and a colourful array of characters gain their deserts. Fascinating entertainment.
A summer treat for the whole family. Licensed bar available – bring your own picnic and chairs / blankets.
For more information, visit: The Tempest – Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (tivertontheatre.com)
Peter Pan at Lapford Mill: Saturday 15th Jun, 4:30pm
Get ready to think happy thoughts and fly high as the mischievous Peter embarks on an awfully big adventure, introducing the Darling children to the lost boys, the cheeky Tinkerbell, the hilarious Smee, and a host of other exciting characters before facing the most feared villain of them all, the infamous Captain Hook!
Filled with catchy music, heaps of audience interaction, and a laugh-a-minute script, this hilarious and exciting musical of the boy who never grew up promises to have every member of the family entertained throughout…You’ll be HOOKED!
For more information, visit: Immersion Theatre – Outdoor Peter Pan
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in the Square: Wednesday 3rd July – Saturday 6th July, 7.30pm
Cider with Jonesy in association with Crediton Arts Centre present a return to Shakespeare in the Square.
If music be the food of love…… play on! Welcome to Illyria and the festival of Twelfth Night. Backstage, in the artists’ compound, headliner Orsino is once again vying for the attention of Olivia. Recently bereaved of her beloved brother, Olivia is not playing ball… that is until Viola arrives disguised as ‘new kid on the block’ Cesario and piques her interest. And then there’s Olivia’s entourage, a motley crew of mischief makers and hedonistic revellers, intent on taking her PA Malvolio down a peg or two.
With mistaken identities, raucous characters and popular music this promises to be a vibrant and joyful interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays.
For more information, visit: Crediton Arts Centre
Image courtesy of Rain or Shine Theatre Company
The Importance of Being Earnest, The Corn Barn, Wednesday 21st August, 7.30pm
When two Victorian gentlemen assume the name of ‘Earnest’ to win the affections of two ladies, both determined to marry a man of that name, the scene is set. Join Rain or Shine Theatre Company for an evening of hilarious confusion in a world of handbags, perambulators, cucumber sandwiches, muffins, butlers, the English upper class, and of course, that theatrical tour de force – Lady Bracknell!
Pack your bubbly, chairs and picnics and witness the comical confusion of Oscar Wilde’s hilarious masterpiece!
For further information visit: Rain or Shine Theatre Company
Image courtesy of Knackershole Garden Theatre
Knackershole Garden Theatre: Wednesday 19th June – Friday 19th July
Dulverton’s Knackershole Garden Theatre, a beautifully unique outdoor theatre space, will be hosting a series of live performances over the summer:
Wednesday 19th June: The Tempest, 7.30pm
Saturday 6th July: Sherlock and Watson, A Murder in the Garden, 7.30pm
Friday 12th July: The Comedy of Errors, 7pm
Friday 19th July: The Winter’s Tale, 7pm
For more information, visit: Upcoming events – Booking by Bookwhen
Please note: all of these performances are all held outside so visitors are advised to be prepared with appropriate seasonal clothing and keep an eye on the weather. Many of the venues have alternative arrangements in place in case of adverse weather but please check the event information with the provider for further details. Visitors should be willing to bring their own chairs or picnic blankets, unless stated otherwise by the provider.
