Summer Outdoor 2025

Introducing our outdoor theatre performances for 2025, we welcome back Illyria Theatre with The Wind In The Willows, Pride and Prejudice and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Prices
Adults £20
Under 16s £12
Family of four (one adult and three children/two adults and two children) £54
Additional family tickets £13.50

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Friday 15 August 2025 2pm

Mole yearns to explore the wide world. Gruff old Badger enjoys peace and quiet. And Rat likes picnics and just messing about in boats. Their idyllic lives on the Riverbank are turned upside down when Toad, bewitched by the roar of an engine and the screech of burning tyres, pursues his latest in a long line of extravagant obsessions: a fast, red motor-car. Multiple award-winning Illyria celebrates Kenneth Grahame’s timeless tale of friendship, laughter, the longing for home and the lure of adventure. Enjoy it all summer across the UK where the story is set: in the great British outdoors.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Saturday 16 August 7pm

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Mrs Bennet certainly thinks so, contriving to find suitable husbands for her five daughters. Thank heavens Lizzy, her second daughter, finds disdainful Mr Darcy detestable! Or does she…? Can she see beyond his pride – and could he overcome her prejudice – to consider a possible future together? Following seven sell-out seasons of this sparkling adaptation, award-winning Illyria returns to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in style. Bring a picnic and enjoy her at her vibrant, forthright, bitchy best!

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Sunday 17 August 4pm

Falstaff is skint. Dismissing his reprobate followers is insufficient to shore up his finances. So he decides to seduce two merchants’ wives in the hope of relieving them of some of their wealth. When Mistress Page and Mistress Ford receive identical love letters, the outraged women vow to share revenge. But Falstaff, led by an organ that isn’t his brain, endures humiliation, terror and even physical pain in his repeated amorous pursuits. What can the merry wives possibly do to teach him a lesson he’ll never forget? Sensational international-award-winning Illyria guarantee a night of laughter and hijinks under the stars.

Customer information

• The gates will open one hour before the performance start time so you can get settled and enjoy our gardens before the performance starts.
• Please bring something to sit on – either a picnic rug or low-backed chairs.
• You are most welcome to bring a picnic but we would prefer it if you didn’t bring glass on to the site.
• Our bar will be open from one hour before the performance start time serving a range of alcoholic and soft drinks, hot drinks and snacks.
• Toilets will be available inside the Hall.
• There is level access to the seating area for this performance. Our toilets and the Victoria Suite bar are fully accessible.