Wargrave Theatre Workshop

Open Air Shakespeare

part of the
2009 Wargrave Festival

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Directed by Joe Haynes and produced by Sue Edwards, Twelfth Night is Shakespeare’s funniest and best loved comedy. This new production promises Music, Song and Laughter with Shakespeare’s funniest characters including Malvolio and Sir Toby Belch and, of course, confused and passionate lovers!

Set against the beautiful backdrop of St Mary’s Church, the comedy will be performed by an experienced Wargrave Theatre Workshop cast giving their twelfth outdoor production. In the poll of Festival Events, ‘Shakespeare on the Green’ was a clear winner and we strongly recommend that you don’t miss this production. This year we will be providing improved tiered seating, all with unrestricted view. In the unlikely even of rain, we will ensure that our audiences are kept dry.

Our acclaimed open-air Shakespeare productions are the most popular festival event. This new production promises laughter, music, song and dance. Why not picnic on lovely Mill Green before the performance? A must-see for the whole family.

Centrepiece as ever was the open air Shakespeare and compared with two years ago, we were blessed with reasonably clement weather. It only rained for ten minutes on the first night and the heavy rain on Saturday evening, abated fifteen minutes before the start, enabling the show to go on after frantic mopping up and drying of seats by the dedicated backstage and front of house teams.

The cast and production team were delighted to receive so many messages of congratulations and thanks; a small selection is included below.

“The older I get the more I am coming to the view that heaven is not a place for the departed, but rather consists of those times in life when all is well with the world. One such occasion was last Saturday night watching a play by Shakespeare presented with great charm in a leafy corner of Berkshire. Thank you for a wonderfully happy evening. Wargrave is again in your debt for providing high quality theatre on our doorstep."

“Thank you for a wonderful evening. I have not seen a Shakespeare production since my school days at St Bernard's Convent in Slough. They killed any passion I might have felt for drama or literature. I do, of course, read as much as I can these days, but your production on Saturday night has lit a fire in my soul to attend more Shakespeare plays, to read as much as I can of his work and given me a hunger to understand more of his work.” (Member of Party of Rotarians)

“Pete Charles, in the role of Feste brought all the comic subplots together under his skilful umbrella. He had all the actors singing and dancing with him and even had the audience participating. Throughout the play the five musicians strummed away adding greatly to the overall atmosphere. The setting was perfect against the delightful backdrop of the church and the most stunning costumes transformed the audience back to the 17th century. Congratulations to WTW for yet another excellent production.”

If you wish to relive the memories, visit the following websites, where fantastic images of the production and the other events listed below can be seen.