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Open-Air Theatre
Tuesday 29 July - Thursday 4 September 2025
Newstead Abbey
The popular Open-Air Theatre season returns to Newstead Abbey this summer with a programme of new and traditional performances.
You are invited to pack your picnics, camping chairs and blankets to enjoy theatre in the great outdoors!
What's On
Tuesday 29 July | Gates 6pm, show 7pm
Three Inch Fools: A Midsummer Night's Dream
It’s Midsummer’s eve and deep in an enchanted forest, mischief is stirring. The Fairy King and Queen are feuding, four runaway lovers are tying themselves in knots, and a troupe of quite appalling actors are preparing a theatrical extravaganza destined to impress. With shapeshifting trouble-maker Puck at the helm, the course of true love never did run smooth.
Thursday 4 September | Gates 6pm, show 7pm
Illyria Theatre Company: HMS Pinafore
Set on board the warship HMS Pinafore, the opera cheerfully mocks such Great British institutions of class, patriotism and the Royal Navy. Josephine, the captain’s daughter, loves Ralph, a common sailor. But her father insists she marries Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty. Must class always get in the way of love? With sharp dialogue and catchy tunes, this timeless comic opera is performed outdoors on a spectacular nautical set.
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Gates open one hour before the performance starts. Please bring rugs or low-back seating. Performances will go ahead in all but the worst weather. The stage is located on Byron's Lawn at Newstead Abbey:
Plan your visit here: www.newsteadabbey.org.uk/visit and see the accessibility page: www.newsteadabbey.org.uk/accessibility
Adults: £20
Children (5-16)/NUS students: £14
Family (2 adults, 2 children): £60
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