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Cardigan Castle is a popular outdoor theatre venue, with performances running throughout the year. This case study provides more details about the castle's history and its outdoor performance traditions.

The Handlebards are a touring Shakespeare theatre company, established in 2013 by Paul Moss, Callum Cheatle, Tom Dixon and Callum Brodie. This case study provides more details about their touring history and company ethos. NB. We are currently…

Will Tosh is Research Fellow and Lecturer at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. He teaches, writes about, and researches the literature and culture of Shakespeare’s England, and he works as a dramaturg with the Globe’s playwrights and theatre artists,…

The Minack Theatre is a world famous theatre is perched on the rugged cliffs of South-West Cornwall, staging a wide variety of shows each year.The Minack was built by hand by Rowena Cade and her team, who carved a stage and seating area into the…

To the west of the village of Fochabers in Moray, Scotland sits the Gordon Castle Estate. Within its walled gardens there lies an amphitheatre. Every summer a season of outdoor performance takes place. Their past performances range from adaptations…

The Dukes Theatre is based in the heart of Lancaster. Since 1987, the company have performed in Williamson Park each summer. They were the first theatre in the UK to produce a “walkabout” brand of theatre and were met with great success, especially…

The Pantaloons reimagine Shakespeare in vibrant and anarchic retellings, drawing from a wide variety of popular theatre traditions, from commedia dell’arte and pantomime to stand-up comedy and silent movies. Their imaginative productions invite the…

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre is a 320-seat amphitheatre within Grosvenor Park, in the heart of Chester's city centre.

Thorington Theatre is an open air theatre nestled in the woods near Southwold, Suffolk, seating approximately 350 people.

The Roman amphitheatre at Chester was the largest in Britain, and is now a heritage site that is sometimes used as a venue for open-air theatre performances.