WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
The
Since 1989, Shakespeare Live’s annual outdoor Shakespeare
week has been a highlight of the summer. Comedies,
tragedies and history plays, great acting, interesting and
skilled directing, fantastic handmade costumes and superb
technical effects are found in a most beautiful open air
setting, with the added advantage that you can stay dry,
whatever the English summer throws at us, in the large
covered stand, with its rows of numbered tiered seating.
“
Talented ... menacing ...
alluring ... mischievous ...
magnificent ... superb ...
dramatic ... striking ...
terrifying ... timeless
We have given thousands of pounds to charity, including in
2015 The Children’s Hospice South-West via our car parking
partners, the Six-Ex Mini Owners Club; Swift Medics; Wiltshire
Air Ambulance; and Theatre for a Change.
We continually welcome new members to our talented
team, and have a particular goal of encouraging young
people to join both our cast & crew and our audience. As our
regular audience will recognise, this year’s show includes a
healthy influx of new members among the familiar faces!
Four summer shows at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s
prestigious Dell venue in Stratford-upon-Avon are, we hope,
to be followed by a fifth - ‘Bottom’s Dream (that hath no
bottom)’ this August. We will tour the show locally in the
autumn.
Photos courtesy of
www.owenbensonvisuals.com
and Rob Cannings
M4 Motorway
A420 Bath
“
Fast-paced and bursting with
energy, Shakespeare Live does not
disappoint with yet another highly
professional offering ... Pack a picnic,
chill the Pimms and indulge yourself
in a fabulously fun evening
“
The seven performances of ‘The Tempest’ this July will
include a Saturday matinee and our traditional Gala Night
Saturday with live music and entertainment before the show
and during the interval. Before every show, you are invited
to picnic in the lovely grounds, or take advantage of the
refreshment stall and the indoor bar.
“
Review of ‘Macbeth’,
Wiltshire Times, 2014
Last year’s stunning production of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
in a suffragette setting and the acclaimed RSC Dell show
‘Seven Ages or What You Will’ continued to build both our
audience and our reputation.
Tempest
Review of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’,
Wiltshire Times, 2015
Chippenham
A350
Lackham House
Wiltshire College
A4 Corsham,
Bath
A350 Melksham
Lacock
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Please note the
entrance to
Lackham House,
SN15 2NY, is off
the roundabout
on the A350.
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MON 4TH – SAT 9TH JULY 2016
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
The
Tempest
DIRECTED BY GILL MORRELL
In their 28th season of high quality outdoor
productions, Shakespeare Live’s production of ‘The
Tempest’ will transport you to the magical Greek
island of Corfu, where tradition has it that Shakespeare
may have set the play.
More sophisticated and reflective than the earlier comedies,
the plot includes revenge, dramatic shipwreck, magic, romance,
attempted murder, philosophy, songs and rollicking comedy
into one heady mix that should prove perfect entertainment
for a summer’s evening.
This rough magic
I here abjure, and,
when I have
required
Some heavenly
music, which even
now I do,
I’ll break my staff,
Bury it certain
fathoms in the
earth,
2016 is the 400th anniversary of the
death of William Shakespeare. Not only
are we taking part in special celebrations
in Corsham and Lacock on April 23rd with
Shakespeare Shorts, but our main July
show this year is also an appropriate
choice, as it is one of the final group of
plays, first performed and set in our
production in 1613, dealing with the
passing of time and the need to choose
the right moment to relinquish power.
And deeper than
did ever plummet
sound
I’ll drown my
book.
This year’s performances will be:
2016 BOOKING FORM
Monday 4th July 8pm
BOOKING OPENS ON SATURDAY 9TH APRIL 2016
Tuesday 5th July 8pm
Wednesday 6th July
8pm
Thursday 7th July
8pm
ONLINE BOOKING: Tickets can be bought online by credit
or debit card, subject to a small booking charge, at
www.shakespearelive.com
Friday 8th July 8pm
Saturday 9th July Matinee
2pm
Saturday 9th July
Gala Night
8pm
POSTAL BOOKING: Please send the completed booking
form below, together with a cheque made payable to
‘Shakespeare Live’, and either a stamped addressed
envelope, or £1.50 for P&P, to:
Box Office: 80 Winsley Hill, Bath BA2 7FA
07780 938107/ www.shakespearelive.com
The beautiful gardens of Lackham House open for picnics at
6.30pm (12.30pm for the Saturday matinee). Performances
finish by 10.30pm (4.30pm matinee).
The licensed bar inside the house opens from 6.30pm
(12.30pm matinee). Hot drinks, savoury snacks and home
made cakes are from Angels Catering in the garden.
Saturday’s Gala Night features live entertainers before the
show and during the interval and a great party atmosphere.
Disabled facilities include pre-bookable wheelchair spaces,
special parking & disabled toilet facilities - please let us know
your needs in advance.
Dogs are not admitted to the grounds. Children, on the other
hand, are very welcome! Shakespeare Live can be an ideal way
to introduce your children or grandchildren to the spectacle,
drama and comedy of the plays.
All standard tickets are for numbered seats in the covered
stand. We offer a substantial reduction of £5 off for children
and students in these seats.
A limited number of groundling places are available on the
grass in front of the stand, for which you may like to bring a
rug or groundsheet, but no chairs, please.
Booking opens on 9th April
The company regrets that tickets are non-refundable.
Our covered stand is provided by
MATINEE
Mon Tues Wed ThursFri
4 Jul
5 Jul
6 Jul
7 Jul
GALA
8 Jul
Sat
9 Jul
Sat
9 Jul
£15
£15
£20
Total £
SEATS IN THE COVERED STAND
£15
£15
£15
£15
£5 off for under 18s or NUS students
(not groundling tickets). NUS cards must be shown.
GROUNDLING TICKETS
£5
£5
£5
£5
£5
£5
£10
Day, type and number of tickets
Total payable (inc £1.50 P&P if no SAE)
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Shakespeare Live is now a registered charity.
Our aims are: ‘To promote the dramatic arts for the public benefit by
producing high quality productions of plays from the Elizabethan and
Jacobean period and to advance education in all aspects of the performing
arts, in particular but not exclusively for young people’. We also intend to
continue to donate as much as we can to local and national charities.
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