Plays for 2013
We look forward to hosting another exciting programme of family entertainment in the beautiful setting of the courtyard in Holkham Park. This year we have a range of carefully selected performances to include traditional popular titles of comedy and drama and welcome theatre companies who have been to us before, as well as newcomers.
All productions will be held in the courtyard, Holkham Park. Please bring your own rugs or low-backed seating and come prepared for all weather. Refreshments are available from the Stables Cafe which will be open before the performance and during the interval. Theatre-goers will be admitted to the courtyard 45 minutes before the production starts. For the enjoyment of all, visitors with chairs will be asked to sit to the sides and back of the courtyard and those with picnic blankets to the front and centre.
Tickets for our programme of outdoor theatre are available from our Ticket Office, telephone 01328 713111, or click here to book online.
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Outdoor Theatre
Wednesday 24th July - 7pm
As You Like It
This summer The Lord Chamberlain's Men return to Holkham with their all male production of Shakespeare's mysterious and romantic comedy.
'As You Like It' contains some of Shakespeare's most famous lines, including perhaps his most well known speech - "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”
With warring brothers, clowns, comic peasants, romance, death threats, escape and even a wrestling match there is something for everyone. It even includes one of the most renowned female characters Rosalind. Come and see what it looks like when a boy plays a girl who dresses as a boy and then pretends to be a girl!
Tickets: Adult £15, Child (2-16) £10, Family £45 (2 adults and 2 children)
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Wednesday 7th August - 6.15pm
Gulliver’s Travels
Using puppetry and song come along for the ride with London Touring Theatre.
Join Gulliver on his travels as he journeys from London on the adventure of a lifetime. Shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere, Gulliver finds himself in the bizarre and wonderful worlds of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Explore with him as he discovers the customs and trials of these magnificent lands, makes friends, enemies and finds himself tied down in the tiny land of Lilliput, then dwarfed by eagles that can carry you away in Brobdingnag.
Tickets: Adult £12.50, Child (2-16) £8.50, Family £38 (2 adults and 2 children)
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Wednesday 14th August - 6.15pm
Dotty The Dragon
Performed by Blunderbus Theatre Company
A magical fairy tale adventure of a brave little dragon in a big scary world.
Dotty is a baby fire dragon. She lives at the top of a mountain with her grumpy dad, Mr Dragon.
In the village below, everyone fears for their lives, for dragons eat children!
Or so they believe. But Dotty would never eat children! Not ever...
One day, she decides to pay the village folk a surprise visit. After all, everyone loves surprises, - don’t they?
Adapted for the stage by Bill Davies, with music and lyrics by Frank Goodhind. Set and puppet design by Lisa Kelly. The Blunderbus style perfectly suits the great outdoors, with an irresistible blend of music, puppetry and lashings of audience participation. It’s the perfect family picnic adventure! Especially for 3 to 7 year olds and their grown ups who will love this funny, heartwarming tale. But, big people will have lots of fun, too. You can’t help but fall in love with Dotty the baby dragon!
Tickets: Adult £12.50, Child (2-16) £8.50, Family £38 (2 adults and 2 children)
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Wednesday 21st August - 6.15pm
Treasure Island
Performed by Cambridge Touring Theatre
Take your family on a merry romp to the sunny Caribbee’ with this swashbuckling musical adaptation of Treasure Island. Join our two young heroes, Jim and Ruth, as they find a treasure map and set sail for adventure. Along the way they’ll learn important lessons about loyalty and friendship - and discover whether the pirate Long John Silver can be trusted!
Suitable for all ages, the performance is interactive and full of laughs and catchy tunes.
Boys and girls are invited to come along in their best pirate fashion and have a photo taken with members of the cast.
Tickets: Adult £12.50, Child (2-16) £8.50, Family £38 (2 adults and 2 children)
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Wednesday 28th August - 6.15pm
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Performed by the Baroque Theatre Company
This well-loved children’s classic is perfect entertainment for all the family! Pongo, a Dalmatian dog, and his Missis are expecting their first litter. They become jittery when obsessive fur collector Cruella de Vil arrives. When Missis produces fifteen puppies, Cruella is enraptured and has the Badduns kidnap the litter. Distraught, Pongo and Missis enlist support of the Twilight Barking and encounter many exciting adventures before rescuing their own pups - and a great many more! A heartening story, with courage and love triumphing over evil.
By Dodie Smith, Adapted by Glyn Robbins.
Suitable for ages 5 upwards.
Tickets: Adult £12.50, Child (2-16) £8.50, Family £38 (2 adults and 2 children)
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Christmas Theatre
Whilst it's a long way off, we're thinking well ahead. We have two days of exceptionally entertaining Christmas theatre to get you into the Christmas spirit!
The following performances are by the Baroque Theatre Company.
Saturday 21st December
2pm - The Great Santa Kidnap
It is Christmas Eve and Fergus, Santa Claus’s Chief Forebrownie, is bustling about preparing Santa’s sleigh. But at the same time, outside Tommy and Anna’s house, three goblins – Sneergripe, Snottle and Bug – are plotting to kidnap Santa Claus and hold him to ransom! Tempting the reindeer with cabbage and cold porridge cookies, the goblins stage the kidnap and it is up to Tommy and Anna to find Santa and safeguard Christmas for the children of the world. Can they save the day? Delightful Christmas entertainment for young children and grown ups.
Suitable for ages 5 upwards.
6.30pm - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol
Literature’s favourite quirky detective is infused with the spirit of a crotchety Ebenezer Scrooge in this festive Victorian theatrical treat. After failed attempts by Dr Watson to cheer Holmes into celebrating the holiday season, the unrepentant, ill-tempered detective is forced to deduce the facts and solve the most important mystery of his life – past, present and future. Experience a magical mix of Dickens and Doyle … You won’t want to miss this cheery, insightful and hilarious journey with some of literature’s best.
Suitable for ages 8 upwards.
Tickets for each performance on Saturday 21st December
Auditorium: Adult £16.50, Child £12.50
Gallery: Adult £12.50, Child £8.50
Sunday 22nd December
2pm - The Great Santa Kidnap
It is Christmas Eve and Fergus, Santa Claus’s Chief Forebrownie, is bustling about preparing Santa’s sleigh. But at the same time, outside Tommy and Anna’s house, three goblins – Sneergripe, Snottle and Bug – are plotting to kidnap Santa Claus and hold him to ransom! Tempting the reindeer with cabbage and cold porridge cookies, the goblins stage the kidnap and it is up to Tommy and Anna to find Santa and safeguard Christmas for the children of the world. Can they save the day? Delightful Christmas entertainment for young children and grown ups.
Suitable for ages 5 upwards.
6.30pm - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol
Literature’s favourite quirky detective is infused with the spirit of a crotchety Ebenezer Scrooge in this festive Victorian theatrical treat. After failed attempts by Dr Watson to cheer Holmes into celebrating the holiday season, the unrepentant, ill-tempered detective is forced to deduce the facts and solve the most important mystery of his life – past, present and future. Experience a magical mix of Dickens and Doyle … You won’t want to miss this cheery, insightful and hilarious journey with some of literature’s best.
Suitable for ages 8 upwards.
Tickets for each performance on Sunday 22nd December
Auditorium: Adult £16.50, Child £12.50
Gallery: Adult £12.50, Child £8.50
Terms and Conditions for all tickets
The following terms and conditions apply to the sale of tickets:
- Child tickets are valid for ages 2 - 16 years.
- If you require your tickets to be posted, we will use the Royal Mail’s Recorded Delivery service. The cost of administration and postage of £2.00 will be applied to your order.
- We are unable to post tickets within seven days of the production date. For tickets purchased within seven days of the production, arrangements can be made for collection by telephoning 01328 713104 in advance. Alternatively tickets can be collected at the door on the day of the production.
- Tickets are personal to the holder and are non-transferable .
- Tickets cannot be refunded after purchase unless the production is cancelled or postponed. In the event of a cancellation only the face value will be refunded.
- Holkham Enterprises reserves the right to make any change whatsoever in the performance/event owing to any unforeseen or unavoidable cause.
- Holkham Enterprises does not accept responsibility for the loss of these tickets.
- The unauthorised use of photographic and recording equipment, or recording on a mobile telephone, is prohibited.
- We will try to accommodate latecomers to the performance, however this cannot be guaranteed.
