Storyhouse is heading outside this summer with a busy programme of exciting events which will appeal to audiences young and old.
The Storyhouse Outdoors season will include children’s shows, comedy, music and storytelling, all taking place within the atmospheric surroundings of the Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre village.
The wide-ranging selection of events has been designed to create a fantastic festival feel and complement the annual open air theatre season which this year features productions of Romeo and Juliet, Little Women and Stig of the Dump.
Some of the Storyhouse Outdoors events are free, while others cost just £10 or under.
The shows and other activities will either be staged within the open-air theatre space or in the Grosvenor Park tepee where unreserved seating will be at Bavarian beer-hall-style tables.
The tepee bar will be open and Grosvenor Park’s famous wood-fired pizza oven will be fired up and ready to go to enhance the experience for those attending evening events.
The special programme starts on Thursday 14 July and includes local acoustic evenings which are programmed in association with Mai 68 Records who co-produced the popular Storyhouse Sessions earlier this year.
Comedy fans’ comedian of choice, Daniel Kitson, is set to command the main Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre space on Sunday 17 July.
And the tepee is the venue for an unmissable Comedy Night on Sunday, 28 August. Danny McLoughlin, who recently supported Jason Manford on tour, will act as host and perform, with the rest of the line up yet to be announced.
The Storyhouse Young Company takes over the theatre-in-the-round on Wednesday 20 July and Thursday 21 July with a thrilling, twisted performance of Rob Drummond’s play Flesh.
Storyhouse Outdoors is also staging a series of shows aimed at a pre-school audience and their families. Shows include The Great Balloon Show, Rapunzel and Dig.
In addition to the special events there will also be a free weekly programme of Storyhouse favourites bursting out of the building and into the park every Monday during July and August.
Storyhouse Producer Helen Redcliffe says: “This is the first time Storyhouse has created a programme of additional events around Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, and I hope it will add to a real festival feel for what I know is going to be fantastic summer in the park.
“I’m really excited with the line-up which we’ve brought together, from wonderful acoustic evening sets to brilliant comedy to visits from some really entertaining, inventive and inspiring theatre companies.
“The storytelling and theatrical experiences are aimed at the littlest theatregoers and their families.
“And we’re also taking elements of Storyhouse’s wide-ranging regular programme of events and taking them into the great outdoors for the summer months. I can’t wait!”
For more details and to book visit www.storyhouse.com.
