A Midsummer Night's Dream

19th July 2017, 18:30 to 21:30 at Earth Trust Centre (52.1 miles)

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Earth Trust is delighted to welcome The HandleBards, the world's first cycling theatre company! Since 2013, their two troupes (one all-male, the other all-female) have pedalled over 6000 miles across the UK to perform their unique brand of 'charmingly chaotic, environmentally sustainable, bicycle-powered Shakespeare'.

Before touring their 'beautifully bonkers' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream around the world, they pedalled it 1500 miles around the UK by bicycle, with all the necessary set, props and costume in tow. Now, the show is back by popular demand - and, in usual HandleBards style, we can expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter!

Join the all-male troupe in the beautiful gardens of the Earth Trust Centre, at the foot of the Wittenham Clumps, for A Midsummer Night's Dream as you've never seen it before! Bring a picnic and settle down for an evening of "gloriously eccentric" outdoor theatre.

For those not familiar with the story, what's the play about? Well... 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 over the possession of an Indian boy. A group of amateur actors share the same forest. They're rehearsing for a play. Fairies and humans collide. Hilarity ensues.

�£18 adult, �£14 child; booking essential: 01865 407792 or online at www.earthtrust.org.uk/whatson (incurs a booking fee).