As You Like It – Shakespeare in the Park

As You Like It – Shakespeare in the Park

Tuesday 2 July 2024 to Saturday 6 July 2024

Times: 7.00pm / 2.00pm

Prices: Various

Venue: Abbey Gardens

Event details

The play follows the heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and the court Jester Touchstone to the magical Forest of Arden.


Rosalind and her cousin find Orlando, Rosalind’s love, in the forest. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of curing him of his love for her but eventually Rosalind reveals she is a girl and marries Orlando during a group wedding at the end of the play.

  • Under 12s – Free (accompanied by an adult)
  • EVERYONE under 21 years old FREE ENTRY.
  • Children under 16 to be accompanied by an adult.
  • Please bring a folding chair, blanket, umbrella and picnic.
  • Gates open one hour before performance starts for picnics.

Times & Prices: Tues 2nd July – £8.00 - 7 pm, Weds 3rd and Thurs 4th July - £12.00 – 7 pm, Fri 5th July - £15.00 – 7 pm, Gates open from 6 pm for picnics every evening.
Sat 6th July - matinee 2 pm - £10.00 (gates open at 1pm for picnics), Sat 6th July - 7 pm (gates open from 6 pm for picnics) - £15.00
Booking: Via Bury Theare Workshop website or by ringing 01359 259361.
Venue: Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds

This event is promoted by Bury Theatre Workshop

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