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Babe the Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Gate opens 5 pm. Performance starts at 6 pm
Babe the Sheep-Pig is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith. Set in rural England, where King-Smith spent twenty years as a farmer, it features a lone pig on a sheep farm.
Also on offer:
As You Like It, and
The Mikado
Drumlanrig's excellent and popular open-air theatre shows are held on the Oval Lawn in the shadow of the stunning Drumlanrig Castle. Bring your own rugs or low back seating and a tasty picnic if you wish while you sit back and enjoy the show.
More details to follow.
Cost Adult £12, Child £6, Family £32.00 (all tickets for outdoor theatre performances are non-refundable)
You can purchase your tickets:
- Online (available shortly)
- Through the Drumlanrig Castle Office Tel. 01848 331555, email at enquiries@drumlanrig.com or Contact Us
- At Thomas Tosh, Thornhill (once available - detail to follow)
- Dumfries and Galloway Arts, Midsteeple, Dumfries (once available - detail to follow)
If you like outdoor theatre, then our other productions of Shakespeare's As You Like It and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado are a must.
About Illyria's Children's Performances
Illyria's Theatre for Children has one principal aim: great storytelling. Brightly costumed and accompanied by live music, the shows address their target audience in an intelligent, unpatronising and entertaining way.
Illyria does not espouse the pc view that Theatre for Children should be cleansed of cruelty, peril, or even death. We know that children are a demanding audience, and can sniff out such dishonesty. Our shows often deal with these topics in a sensitive, direct - and sometimes even humorous - manner. Perhaps that is why they are so popular.
For a significant number of young people in every audience, we appreciate that Illyria will be their first exposure to live theatre. We take this responsibility seriously, and strive to make our shows an experience they will remember for all the right reasons.
Illyria was the first of the UK open-air touring theatre companies to tour Theatre for Children on the same full-season scale as its adult productions. Illyria was also the first of the UK open-air touring theatre companies to be granted permission to perform the works of Roald Dahl.
Founder/artistic director Oliver Gray has a genuine passion for Children's Theatre, inspired by his experience as an actor in the West End production of The BFG directed by the leading writer/director for children in the coutry, David Wood.
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