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Summer evenings with the National Trust
Celebrate the long-awaited summer with an evening spent enjoying open-air theatre performances, outdoor music concerts and your favourite films screened in picturesque surroundings at a National Trust place near you.
Enjoy enchanting theatre performances - literary classics from Austen and Shakespeare, and family favourites like Alice in Wonderland and The Wind in the Willows. Enhance the open-air experience by bringing a picnic (and a chilled bottle of wine!) to enjoy or discover the range of food and drink options on offer from our refreshment kiosks.
Here’s our pick of the best National Trust outdoor events this summer:
Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire
Clumber Park (Worksop)
Pack a picnic and join us on the Parsonage Lawn, in front of the lake, for an evening of literary classics.
Friday 28 July at 18.30, Quantum Theatre presents A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and intrigue, magic and mayhem, is brought to life by family favourites Quantum Theatre in their wonderfully funny and exuberant production
Friday 11 August at 18.30, Heartbreak Productions present Sense & Sensibility.
The social season is upon us! Don your finery, partake in the ups and downs of Regency romance and settle in for this literary classic with a Heartbreak twist.
Friday 25 August at 18.30, Heartbreak Productions present MacHamLear.
Heartbreak Productions invites you to 'MacHamLear', a farcical piece of new writing from award-winning playwright Michael Davies that shamelessly exploits the genius of England’s most celebrated writer
Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens (nr Spilsby)
The Gunby gardens are a delightful setting for a carefree summer evening of delight. Bring along a feast, sit back and get ready to relax and unwind surrounded by a rainbow of colour.
On Saturday 22 July at 7pm the Chapterhouse Theatre Company returns to Gunby to perform The Secret Garden in the gardens with a stately backdrop. Relive this tale of secrecy and curiosity in what will be one of the highlights of the summer.
On Saturday 12 August at 7pm get to Gunby for an outdoor performance of The Comedy of Errors by Rain or Shine Theatre. Lots of playful fun is to be had at this event new to Gunby for 2023.
Booking for these performances is essential by purchasing tickets from the Gunby tea-room or going to the Gunby webpage at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-hall
Tattershall Castle (nr Coningsby)
With the imposing Great Tower as its backdrop, the Three Inch Fools theatre company will be performing Robin Hood on Sunday 23 July. Get ready for an evening of merry-making and mischief for this anticipated production at this medieval landmark.
Booking is essential at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tattershall-castle