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10th Anniversary Gloucester Shakespeare on Avon Festival
The 2008 Shakespeare on Avon Festival will be held on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 May at Gloucester Recreation Grounds – within walking distance of the CBD. The site offers plenty of parking and disabled access. The Stray Dogs Theatre Company will be presenting Henry IV, Part 1. Stray Dogs is an award winning small, profit – share company, formed by husband and wife team Carl Caulfield and Felicity Biggins. Gloucester people would remember Carl as Bottom in the Gloucester production of Shakespeare et al’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Performances will be held on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8.30pm and a Matinee on Saturday at 1.30pm. Stray Dogs’ production of Henry IV, Part1 will be a shortened adaptation set in contemporary England - pacey, with high energy. Henry IV, Part 1 has some of Shakespeare’s most powerful scenes and is one of his most popular plays. With battles and dastardly tricks, betrayals and plotting, bawdy comedy and game playing, love scenes and murders, it promises to bring full-blooded entertainment to the marquee at Gloucester.
Saturday Fair and Markets 10am to 3.30pm
Enjoy the wide range of stalls, activities and entertainment.
The Feast
On both Friday and Saturday there will be a Feast served at 6.30pm, which includes a two-course meal. A licensed bar, featuring local and regional wines will open at 5.30pm to further enhance dining experience. Beer will also be available. Saturday Matinee patrons will again have the opportunity of attending the Feast.Come along to the Feast wearing your finest Elizabethan outfit– prizes can be won for the best Shakespearean costume!
High School Student Performances.
On Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May 2008 performance workshops will be held for High School students. These workshops have always been a feature of the Festival. They give the students an understanding and appreciation of Shakespearean drama. There is a maximum student number for each performance, which is soon filled due to their popularity with local and regional high schools. Early bookings essential.
Ticket Information
Feast and Performance; $64 per person
Performance only; $38 per person
Saturday Matinee Performance; $30
Student Concession; Saturday Matinee only; $18
Matinee & Feast: $56
Premium Seating (Centre Rows A & B); $10 extra per person
Group booking of more than 20; 10% discount.
NUMBERS FOR THE FEAST AND PERFORMANCES ARE STRICTLY
LIMITED.
EARLY BOOKING ADVISABLE
Join in the frivolity of Shakespearean times.
Gloucester Visitor information Centre
27 Denison Street
Gloucester 2422
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