As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday 22 July to Saturday 26 July 2025
7.00 pm. Saturday matinee 2 pm
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Abbey Gardens
Bury St Edmunds
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Enquiries 01359 259361
'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players;'
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​Cross-dressing lovers, comely country wenches, handsome gallants, four wedddings (and no funerals) in this jolly romp set in a forest. Performed in our trademark Elizabethan outfits with music and dance to boot. Great outdoor summer entertainment for all.
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Shakespeare's pastoral comedy set in the Forest of Arden. Arrive early, bring a picnic and your own chair or blanket. Refreshments (including gelatos!) available.
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Director: Tim Lodge
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The Dresser
by Ronald Harwood
Thurs 27 to Saturday 29 November 2025
7.30 pm. Saturday matinee 2.30 pm
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The Guildhall
Bury St Edmunds
​​​Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a very bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let alone Lear's lines. With a Herculean effort on the part of Norman, the dresser, Sir does finally make it on stage, and through the performance.
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Director - Tim Lodge
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