Summer 2011 Open-air
Garden Theatre Tours

From June until September 2011, Chapterhouse will be touring Great Britain and Ireland with revivals of three unforgettable favourites and two sparkling newly commissioned productions. Visiting the most magnificent gardens and country houses imaginable, this will be another wonderful season of open-air theatre to delight young and old alike.

The Taming of the Shrew

Cranford

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Snow White

Sense and Sensibility

By Jane Austen
Adapted for the stage by Laura Turner

Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company for an evening of Regency wonderment as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood make their first forays into the excitingly decadent world of eighteenth-century high society. Follow the sisters as they fall in love, make mistakes and experience heartbreak for the first time in their quest to find a balance between sense and sensibility.

The Taming of the Shrew

By William Shakespeare

The battle of the sexes is in full swing as Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents one of Shakespeare’s most controversial comedies, The Taming of the Shrew. Feisty Katharina meets her match in Petruchio, who slowly manages to woe this so-called shrew of a woman with a somewhat unconventional courtship. Misogynistic merriment will meet the magic of true love under beautiful summer skies at some of the UK and Ireland’s most spectacular venues. Be sure to join Chapterhouse in 2011, as tricks, tantrums and lovers’ tiffs create a hilarious evening’s entertainment.

Cranford

By Elizabeth Gaskell
Adapted for the stage by Laura Turner

Relax into a lazy summer’s evening of delightful entertainment as Chapterhouse transports you to the sleepy Victorian town of Cranford. Based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic novel, this brand-new adaptation of Cranford will bring a smile to young and old alike as the adventures and dramas of life in the countryside are brought to a picturesque venue near you.

By William Shakespeare

Everyone’s favourite Shakespearean story of frolicking fairies, lovers lost in the woods and the misadventures of a hilarious group of mechanicals, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is sure to bring a smile to young and old alike during the summer of 2011. Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company as they whisk you into the mystical forest where Puck and his fellow fairies wreck havoc with the quarrelling lovers. Complete with period costume, music, song, dance, and a donkey, Chapterhouse’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not to be missed.

Snow White

By Laura Turner

This beloved fairytale will be brought to life for audiences across the UK in 2011 as Snow White finds a rather unusual group of friends, deep in the forest. Children and adults alike will adore this lovely new adaptation of such a familiar story as six 1940s’ children decide to perform their own version of the tale one hot summer’s afternoon. Join the children and their special friend Milky-White the cow for a wonderful afternoon’s entertainment – and don’t forget to come in fancy dress for the Fairytale Parade during the interval!