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The Comedy of Errors

9th April 2024

The Comedy of Errors

Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues across the UK.

Join the troupe at The Charterhouse for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ like you’ve never seen before.

When two sets of estranged twins are brought together on the same island, this classic comedy takes hold, with mistaken identity, music and manic costume changes a plenty.

This is an outdoor production, so please bring a chair or blanket to sit on, a picnic to dig into, and dress for the weather!

★★★★★- “Explodes with energy and is a genuine treat from start to finish” – The Stage, on the HandleBards’ Twelfth Night

Visit www.handlebards.com to find out more!

All’s Well That Ends Well

9th April 2024

All’s Well That Ends Well

We are delighted to announce that we will be back this summer to celebrate our seventh anniversary with a new production of All’s Well That Ends Well with a fairytale twist and gypsy swing music.

Bring your picnic, wine, sunglasses, pac-a-mac and participatory spirit and let’s make a fairytale wish: All’s Well That Ends Well!

The production will be directed by Sioned Jones.

The performance will begin promptly at 7pm and will be over by approximately 9pm. We encourage all guests to picnic before the show. We will contact you with details of bar and catering facilities before the event.

The Charterhouse Museum, shop and chapel will be open for you to have a browse before and after the show, you are also welcome to use the Museum’s toilet facilities.

Dame Judi Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, Patron of Shakespeare in the Squares says, “A beautiful & complex play rarely performed, summed up by the exquisite line… “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good & ill together.”

Midsummer Night’s Dream, The HandleBards

7th March 2023

Midsummer Night’s Dream, The HandleBards

Join The HandleBards in the beautiful Charterhouse Square for an all-male, bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Four young lovers find themselves enveloped in the dream-like arms of a magical forest full of sprites, where a feuding Fairy King and Queen are at war. A group of amateur actors share the same forest. They’re rehearsing for a play. Fairies and humans collide. Hilarity ensues.

In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.

Robin Hood, This is My Theatre

7th March 2023

Robin Hood, This is My Theatre

Based on the traditional tales of the outlaw of Sherwood Forest, with sword fights galore this exciting adaptation will have everyone on the edge of their seats this summer!
Join the legendary Robin Hood as he takes on the Sheriff of Nottingham, steals from the rich to give to the poor and finds love along the way!
All ages will love this contemporary telling of this much loved hero with live music, song and did we mention sword fights?

Directed and Adapted by Sarah Slator
Music by Simon Stallard
Producing company: TIMT