Castle Theatre Company is delighted to announce its 2024 touring production of one of Shakespeare’s most quick-witted comedies: As You Like It.
When a court falls into distrust and disrepair, brothers will bicker, friends will flee, and shepherds will sing. Rosalind, disguised as a fiery young man called Ganymede, along with her best friend Celia and their voracious fool Touchstone flee to the Forest of Arden to find a new home. Orlando, out of fear of his elder brother Oliver, hides in the forest where he meets Ganymede who promises to cure him of his love for Rosalind. Meanwhile, Silvius attempts to woo Phebe, who has fallen in love with Ganymede and Touchstone uses his relationship with Audrey to taunt the hapless William. As the pessimistic Jaques questions the nature of man and Rosalind finds herself in over her head pretending to be Ganymede, will these four couples find liberty in their banishment?
Castle Theatre Company is one of the oldest performing arts groups at Durham University and for over four decades has taken an annual summer Shakespeare tour around the south of England and the USA, performing classic comedies on the lawns of stately homes, gardens, and abbeys. The company is renowned for its high standard of performance, offering a full-length Shakespeare comedy that is suitable for all the family. 2023’s touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was performed to audiences around the South of England, New York and North Carolina.
Touring to:
Fanman's Farm, Suffolk, 6th July, 18:30
Wivenhoe Road Alresford CO7 8AE
Farnham Castle, Surrey, 7th July, 14:00 & 19:00
Farnham Castle Farnham GU9 0AG
Dunkertons Park, Cheltenham, 8th July, 19:30
Dowdeswell Park, London Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6UT
Elstow Abbey, Bedford, 9th July, 18:00
Church End, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9XT
The Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, 10th July, 18:00
Langton Rd, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8XJ
Buckingham Literary Festival, Maides Morton, 11th July, 18:30
Old Mill House, Maids Moreton MK18 7AR
The Big Sheep, Bideford, 13th July, 18:30
Abbotsham Rd, Abbotsham, Bideford EX39 5AP
The Grange Garden, Rottingdean, 14th and 15th July, 19:00
The Grn, Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 7HA
Mapperton House, Dorset, 16th July, 18:30
Mapperton Estate, Mapperton, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3NR
Ningwood Manor, Isle of Wight, 18th July, 18:00
Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 4NJ
St Paul's Church, Cheltenham, 19th July, 18:30
St Paul's Rd, Cheltenham GL50 4EZ
The Shakespeare Inn, Derby, 20th July, 18:30
117 London Rd, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GP
Southstoke Hall, Bath, 21st July, 18:30
South Stoke, Bath, BA2 7DL
Chiswick Nursing Centre, 22nd July