This summer, outdoor theatre company Slapstick Picnic will be taking part in the ‘Theatre at the Bowl‘ series with a reprise of their mischievous reimagining of The Importance of Being Earnest in a UK tour.
Ripping up the recipe book and dishing out a hectic, two-actor production of Oscar Wilde’s classic play, audiences will be invited to tuck into a picnic and join in the silliness at outdoor venues.
Prepare to witness the impossible – the entirety of Oscar Wilde’s classic play of manners, affairs and handbags being performed by just two rather dashing entertainers with a little help from their hapless Stage Manager.
They’ve no time for the twee tea-time titters – they want you guffawing with your gran and spitting out your sauvignon on your sister.
Director Nel Crouch said, “When it comes to enjoying the great British summer, you can’t beat basking in the evening sun, sipping a nice cold drink, tucking into a delicious picnic and watching this classic Wilde comedy with a slapstick twist. Of course it could rain, which would shatter that lovely image… but that’s all part of the fun isn’t it!”
Friday 29 July Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Chew Valley
Saturday 30th July Theatre at the Bowl, Swindon
Sunday 31 July Garden Theatre Festival, Bath
Tuesday 2 August Berrybank Park Amphitheatre, Oddington
Wednesday 3 August Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham
Thursday 4 August The Corn Exchange, Witney
Tickets for the Swindon show can be bought online here.
