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Take a look at all the events happening in the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden. A family day out or a treat for yourself in (hopefully) the sun... get ready for the impressive acoustics!

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Tue 4 – Wed 5 June

Festival Players International

The Tempest

The Tempest

Shakespeare’s last, and great, play is a triumphant compilation of intrigue, magic, and humour

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Thu 6 – Sat 8 June

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – Prospero’s Island and Ham-a-lot

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – Prospero’s Island and Ham-a-lot

Imaginarium Youth Theatre takes on the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden this Summer!

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Fri 7 – Sat 8 June

Imaginarium Youth Theatre

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – R.I.P Mr Shakespeare

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – R.I.P Mr Shakespeare

Imaginarium Youth Theatre takes on the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden this Summer!

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Tue 4 – Wed 5 June

Festival Players International

The Tempest

The Tempest

Shakespeare’s last, and great, play is a triumphant compilation of intrigue, magic, and humour

Find out more

Thu 6 – Sat 8 June

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – Prospero’s Island and Ham-a-lot

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – Prospero’s Island and Ham-a-lot

Imaginarium Youth Theatre takes on the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden this Summer!

Find out more

Fri 7 – Sat 8 June

Imaginarium Youth Theatre

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – R.I.P Mr Shakespeare

Imaginarium Youth Theatre Festival – R.I.P Mr Shakespeare

Imaginarium Youth Theatre takes on the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden this Summer!

Find out more

Thu 13 – Sat 15 June

Oddsocks Productions

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Expect the tearing of togas, the swishing of roman swords, some preposterous puppetry and the biggest battle scene five actors have ever created

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Wed 19 June

ArtsGroupie

Midsummer Night’s Scream

Midsummer Night’s Scream

Step into the wilderness!

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Thu 20 June

Bay Bryan

Bay Bryan: Songs & Stories from ‘The Meadow’

Bay Bryan: Songs & Stories from ‘The Meadow’

Stripped down to the roots and performing solo, Bay Bryan transports us into the mesmerising alt-folk world of his concept album ‘The Meadow'

Find out more

Thu 13 – Sat 15 June

Oddsocks Productions

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Expect the tearing of togas, the swishing of roman swords, some preposterous puppetry and the biggest battle scene five actors have ever created

Find out more

Wed 19 June

ArtsGroupie

Midsummer Night’s Scream

Midsummer Night’s Scream

Step into the wilderness!

Find out more

Thu 20 June

Bay Bryan

Bay Bryan: Songs & Stories from ‘The Meadow’

Bay Bryan: Songs & Stories from ‘The Meadow’

Stripped down to the roots and performing solo, Bay Bryan transports us into the mesmerising alt-folk world of his concept album ‘The Meadow'

Find out more

Fri 21 June

Shakespeare North Playhouse

The Merrymakers

The Merrymakers

With music featuring in almost all of Shakespeare’s plays, join acclaimed performer and provocateur Jennifer Reid, and her invited guests, for an evening of open-air Folk Music and song

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Mon 24 June

Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts

Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies

Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies

A recital of exquisite Shakespearean opera and poetry!

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Thu 27 – Fri 28 June

The School of Night

The School of Night

The School of Night

In the 16th century, the School Of Night was an underground sect of artists, thinkers, writers and spies, who some scholars believe wrote Shakespeare’s plays

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Fri 21 June

Shakespeare North Playhouse

The Merrymakers

The Merrymakers

With music featuring in almost all of Shakespeare’s plays, join acclaimed performer and provocateur Jennifer Reid, and her invited guests, for an evening of open-air Folk Music and song

Find out more

Mon 24 June

Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts

Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies

Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies

A recital of exquisite Shakespearean opera and poetry!

Find out more

Thu 27 – Fri 28 June

The School of Night

The School of Night

The School of Night

In the 16th century, the School Of Night was an underground sect of artists, thinkers, writers and spies, who some scholars believe wrote Shakespeare’s plays

Find out more

Sat 29 June

The Boaty Theatre Company

As You Like It

As You Like It

A vibrant celebration of resilience, creativity, and the transformative power of community.

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Thu 4 – Sat 6 July

Imaginarium Young Shakespeare Company

Much Ado About Nothing – Imaginarium

Much Ado About Nothing – Imaginarium

Imaginarium Young Shakespeare Company present Much Ado About Nothing!

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Sat 13 July

Sole Rebel

TAP-aoke Project

TAP-aoke Project

A troupe of talented tap dancers bring the noise, alongside their band of live jazz musicians!

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Sat 29 June

The Boaty Theatre Company

As You Like It

As You Like It

A vibrant celebration of resilience, creativity, and the transformative power of community.

Find out more

Thu 4 – Sat 6 July

Imaginarium Young Shakespeare Company

Much Ado About Nothing – Imaginarium

Much Ado About Nothing – Imaginarium

Imaginarium Young Shakespeare Company present Much Ado About Nothing!

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Sat 13 July

Sole Rebel

TAP-aoke Project

TAP-aoke Project

A troupe of talented tap dancers bring the noise, alongside their band of live jazz musicians!

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Fri 26 July

Silly Beggars

Silly Beggars

Silly Beggars

Prepare for belly-aching laughs and sidesplitting moments in a setting fit for comedic royalty!

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Sat 27 July

Cream Faced Loons

Shakespeare – But Just The Deaths!

Shakespeare – But Just The Deaths!

The Loons have set themselves a seemingly impossible task - to perform every death scene and mentioned in all of Shakespeare's Plays (as well as some extra gory bits)

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Thu 1 August

Jennifer Reid

Jennifer Reid: One Night In Prescot

Jennifer Reid: One Night In Prescot

The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues. She is a performer of nineteenth century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads

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Fri 26 July

Silly Beggars

Silly Beggars

Silly Beggars

Prepare for belly-aching laughs and sidesplitting moments in a setting fit for comedic royalty!

Find out more

Sat 27 July

Cream Faced Loons

Shakespeare – But Just The Deaths!

Shakespeare – But Just The Deaths!

The Loons have set themselves a seemingly impossible task - to perform every death scene and mentioned in all of Shakespeare's Plays (as well as some extra gory bits)

Find out more

Thu 1 August

Jennifer Reid

Jennifer Reid: One Night In Prescot

Jennifer Reid: One Night In Prescot

The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues. She is a performer of nineteenth century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads

Find out more

Fri 2 August

The Pantaloons

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too!” Sir John Falstaff, everyone’s favourite Shakespearean sleaze ball, has fallen on hard times

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Tue 6 – Wed 7 August

The HandleBards

The Comedy of Errors

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

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Tue 13 – Wed 14 August

The Fabularium

The Town Band of Bremen

The Town Band of Bremen

What will you encounter on the journey to the famous city of Bremen? 

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Fri 2 August

The Pantaloons

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too!” Sir John Falstaff, everyone’s favourite Shakespearean sleaze ball, has fallen on hard times

Find out more

Tue 6 – Wed 7 August

The HandleBards

The Comedy of Errors

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

Find out more

Tue 13 – Wed 14 August

The Fabularium

The Town Band of Bremen

The Town Band of Bremen

What will you encounter on the journey to the famous city of Bremen? 

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Thu 15 – Sat 17 August

Shake-Scene Shakespeare

Shake-Scene Shakespeare Double Bill

Shake-Scene Shakespeare Double Bill

Classic stories, rollercoaster emotions, beautiful words and spontaneous, unpredictable performances created before your eyes!

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Tue 20 – Wed 21 August

Folksy Theatre

Angelica Sprockets Pockets

Angelica Sprockets Pockets

Angelica Sprocket lives next door. Her overcoat has pockets galore! And you'll never guess what's in them

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Thu 22 – Sat 24 August

Ridiculusmus

Alas! Poor Yorick

Alas! Poor Yorick

An entertaining excavation of work and political systems through the eyes of the gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

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Thu 15 – Sat 17 August

Shake-Scene Shakespeare

Shake-Scene Shakespeare Double Bill

Shake-Scene Shakespeare Double Bill

Classic stories, rollercoaster emotions, beautiful words and spontaneous, unpredictable performances created before your eyes!

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Tue 20 – Wed 21 August

Folksy Theatre

Angelica Sprockets Pockets

Angelica Sprockets Pockets

Angelica Sprocket lives next door. Her overcoat has pockets galore! And you'll never guess what's in them

Find out more

Thu 22 – Sat 24 August

Ridiculusmus

Alas! Poor Yorick

Alas! Poor Yorick

An entertaining excavation of work and political systems through the eyes of the gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Find out more

Tue 27 – Wed 28 August

440 Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 440 Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 440 Theatre

Four Forty Theatre are back with a British Summertime Shakespeare! Performing A Midsummer Night's Dream in one night by only four actors in one hour!

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Thu 29 – Sat 31 August

People Zoo

Much Adogberry About Nothing

Much Adogberry About Nothing

Join us for an evening filled with laughter, mischief, and a delightful reinterpretation of a beloved story

Find out more

Tue 27 – Wed 28 August

440 Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 440 Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 440 Theatre

Four Forty Theatre are back with a British Summertime Shakespeare! Performing A Midsummer Night's Dream in one night by only four actors in one hour!

Find out more

Thu 29 – Sat 31 August

People Zoo

Much Adogberry About Nothing

Much Adogberry About Nothing

Join us for an evening filled with laughter, mischief, and a delightful reinterpretation of a beloved story

Find out more

Visiting the Performance Garden

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