What's on at the Theatre in Gloucestershire May-July 2021?

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

BACON THEATRE/ TUCKWELL AMPHITHEATRE

Dean Close School, Hatherley Rd, Cheltenham GL51 6EP (Sat Nav: GL51 6HE). 01242 258002, www. bacontheatre.co.uk Mr Stink Sun 15 Aug, 5.30pm, £16 (£14) • Open-air performance in the amphitheatre as part of the Tuckwell Open Air Theatre Festival. Heartbreak Productions bring David Walliams’s yarn about 10-year-old Annabelle’s particularly smelly new friend to life. Age 7+.

BARRINGTON

Off A40 nr. Great Barrington, between Cheltenham & Oxford. www.everymantheatre.org.uk The Hooley Thu 5-Mon 16 Aug, two to four shows daily, 11am9.15pm, £15-£30 • The next stop on the Giffords Circus tour. See also Sudeley Castle.

THE BARN THEATRE

5 Beeches Rd, Cirencester GL7 1BN. 01285 648255 (box office open 10am-5.30pm, Mon to Sat), boxoffice@barntheatre.org.uk, barntheatre.org.uk, youtube. com/thebarntheatre, Tw: @thebarntheatre, Insta: @thebarntheatrecirencester, facebook.com/ thebarntheatrecirencester Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense Tue 15 Jun-Sat 10 Jul • The Goodman Brothers adapt the famous PG Wodehouse yarn in which savvy manservant Jeeves rescues the clueless toff Wooster from innumerable scrapes, what ho! Produced by The Barn and The Theatre Chipping Norton.

Mr Stink, Tuckwell Amphitheatre, Cheltenham, Sun 15 Aug

THE CATHEDRAL OF THE FOREST

Almshouse Rd, Newland GL16 8NL. www.thisismytheatre.com Treasure Island Sat 5 Jun, 4pm, £15/£7.50 • This Is My Theatre present the Robert Louis Stevenson swashbuckler in the open air. Performances in nearby church if wet.

CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE

Evesham Rd, Cheltenham GL50 4SH. www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/ cheltenham/events-tickets/ Paw Patrol Live: Race to the Rescue Sat 14 Aug, 10.30am, 1.30pm & 4.30pm, £33.60 • The popular pups Ryder, Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma, Skye and Everest propel themselves into action in this live version of the popular Nickelodeon animation.

DAYLESFORD ORGANIC FARM

Daylesford, Kingham, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0YG. www. everymantheatre.org.uk The Hooley Thu 10-Mon 21 Jun, two to four shows daily, 11am9.15pm, £15-£30 • The next stop on the Giffords Circus tour. See also Sudeley Castle.

DEAN HERITAGE CENTRE

Camp Mill, Soudley, Forest of Dean GL14 2UB HMS Pinafore Sun 1 Aug, 4pm • Presented by Opera Anywhere. Full details TBC.

EVERYMAN THEATRE

Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ. 01242 572573, www.everymantheatre.org.uk IKP’s Treasure Island Wed 2 Jun, 12noon & 4pm, £15 • A “bonkers” adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic from the company that brought us ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Cinderella: The Pop-Up Panto’. With the Covid “roadmap” on track, this socially distanced show is expected to go ahead. Horrible Histories Live on Stage: Barmy Britain 2021 Thu 19-Sun 22 Aug, 11am (Sat & Sun), 2.30pm (Fri, Sat & Sun) & 6.30pm (Thu, Fri & Sat) £16-£18 • The “Horrible” team gets back into action with this lightning round-up of the comically nastiest bits of British history from Boudicca to Burke and Hare (in the Victorian era).

LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA

New Banks Fee, Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF, lfo.org.uk The Cunning Little Vixen 29 Jul-3 Aug, £50-£80 • This opera by Czech composer Janácek is about a freedom loving fox called Sharp Ears. At 90 minutes long, it’s the most child friendly of Longborough’s season of operas hosted in a circus big top and features the children of Longborough Youth Chorus. More tickets may be released if Covid restrictions are relaxed.

PITTVILLE PUMP ROOMS

Cheltenham GL52 3JE Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Until Thu 3 Jun. cheltenhamfestivalofperformingarts.co.uk, fully booked • Competitive festival which has been nurturing performers in Winchcombe GL54 5JD. giffordcircus.com The Hooley Until Mon 31 May, times vary – check the website • Delayed by a year, Giffords Circus’s latest production finally sees the light of day for its now 21st anniversary tour. Directed by leading comedy director Cal McCrystal, the performance promises plenty of horses, fairies, music and dancing, plus circus favourites Nancy Trotter Landry, Lil Rice and Tweedy.

ROSES THEATRE

The Roses, Sun St, Tewkesbury GL20 5NX. 01684 295074, www. rosestheatre.org (Almost) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mon 21 Jun-Sun 4 Jul, one to three performances daily, 11am-7pm, £12 • When the cast and set of his production are held up on the M5, Humphrey attempts to stage the Shakespeare classic with the help of a council gardener and a local Eng. Lit. professor.