Open Bar Theatre

Our Shakespeare in the Garden season is over for 2023!

Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet traversed a variety of Fullers pubs this summer and received warm praise, wet weather and generous laughter on their travels.

Thank you to all the pubs who have hosted us, new and old alike. But most of all thank you to our audiences for sharing your evenings and, of course, your talents with us! We've enjoyed our various vicars, apothecaries, police and trees. Hats and jackets have been borrowed, garlands have been held and letters strategically held aloft. We genuinely couldn't have done it without you!

So, up for it again next year? Oh we do hope so. But before then...
Did someone mention winter?
Bah Humbug.

It's been a delightful (and occasionally damp) summer of touring our favourite Fullers venues and now, after 39 shows our Romeo and Juliet tour has its final outing this evening

Wishing our splendid sextet a tremendous last show!

Goodbye, goodbye.
Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Though of course, we'll see you again next year

Tis true! The final week of Romeo and Juliet is upon us. Just four shows left.

Taking a jaunt around Windsor, Portsmouth and Ealing to close summer 2023 for Open Bar.

Where might you catch them?

Last few tickets remaining at https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

5 stars across the board! Or is that across the Bard?

Only 7 shows left to catch out audience pleasing Romeo and Juliet - one is already sold out!

https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Romeo and Juliet continues to tour into stunning September.

There's still two weeks to catch our sizzling sextet on the road. A mixture of old venues and new ahead! Including The Alice Lisle, Ringwood The Links Tavern, Liphook The King & Queen, Caterham on the Hill The Boater, Bath The Duke of Kent, Ealing to name a few...

There's only a few tickets left at some venues so check the link to see where you can catch them
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Our audiences will tell you, they're a gorgeous bunch our Romeo and Juliet cast.
Little posers, the lot of em!

We love seeing your candid audience snaps so if you're heading to see Romeo and Juliet before we finish in a few weeks, throw that phone on mute and snap away!

Not got your tickets yet?
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And our Twelfth Night Tour 2023 is officially OVER!

We want to thank all of our amazing audiences, our incredible 'volunteers', those of you who braved the weather and everyone who joined us and helped make this such a jubilant summer for Open Bar.

Most of all we want to shout out our BRILLIANT cast, Ben Galpin, Caroline O'Mahoney, Hannah Pyral and Shadia King.

Thank you to all the Fullers venues who hosted Twelfth Night and we look forward to seeing you all next year, with our next mad cap 4 person adventure!

Missed out on the fun? Don't be disheartened.
Romeo and Juliet is still frequenting various Fullers pubs until 15th September
(Even if they do have 6 members of cast, slackers)
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Tonight we gather at The Red Lion, Fernhurst for our final performance of Twelfth Night for summer 2023!

After some slightly soggy moments across this season we wish our cast and final audience a merry and DRY last outing.
*fingers crossed and small offering to the weather gods proffered

Still got a Shakespeare itch to scratch? Don't worry, Romeo and Juliet are still touring until 15th September.

https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

R&J getting their fill of beautiful pub surroundings too 😍

Shakespeare in the garden is back tonight with performance of Romeo and Juliet 🎭 it’s so great to see our garden sold out for both nights. We hope you enjoy the show!

Out of the mouth of our audience...

Look at that setting 😍
We're very lucky we get to stunning pubs with glorious audiences.

Wow, what a fantastic night last night for our Shakespeare in the garden.

Thank you for coming 🎭

Both shows are sold out tonight and tomorrow!

Romeo and Juliet are at our well paced stomping ground, The Anglers, Teddington whilst Twelfth Night get to play with some new friends at Le De Spencers Arms after their show The Hampshire Hog, Clanfield tonight.

Where will you catch a show?
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
Wait.. two suns?!!?! Romeo wouldn't know what to do with himself!

But tis true! Our current Juliet, Princess Donnough, met our 2019 (4 person cast) Juilet, Laura Harling and much merriment was had.

You may also recognise Laura from The Comedy of Errors last year and The Tempest 2020.

We love seeing our alumni and casts together and and always value their support.

Laura is touring herself at the moment with her own theatre company The Dot Collective with Alice's Adventure's in Aerialand, and we wish her all the best

Catch Romeo and Juliet at a Fullers venue near you!
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

As of this evening there is only ONE WEEK LEFT of Twelfth Night!

Can Toby lay off drinking long enough to FINALLY woo Maria?
Well he needs to get a wriggle on!
But if not he'll happily share a drink with each of you to compensate....

The final week of venues are:
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Romeo and Juliet has been delighting audiences around the south.

But don't just take our word for it!
"Shakespeare as it should be" and an "incredible group of actors" just some of the praise our 6 wonderful cast has been garnered with so far...

On tour until 15th September, where will you catch them?

https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

We're having so much fun in Portishead! ☀️

What a great night watching Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Thank you for everyone who came. We can't wait for tonight's sold-out, final show!
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8 shows of Twelfth Night remain, and 3 of those are SOLD OUT!!

Where will you catch this tale of lost siblings, scheming drunkards and misplaced romance?

https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Due to a cancellation, we now have 2 tickets available for Twelth Night on Monday 14th August. First come, first served, so get to the website to snap them up!

Not just us saying that our Twelfth Night cast are fabulously talented
5 STARS! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Twelfth Night by Open Bar Theatre Shakespeare in the Garden's rendition of Twelfth Night was an absolute delight, set in the charming beer garden of the Plough in Ealing. The stage was set with a wooden block mound with steps and cleverly concealed compartments, which ingeniously unveiled plants, notices, and secret hiding spots. Th...

Oh yes, 5 more sold out shows on the horizon!

Romeo and Juliet with a cast of 6 and Twelfth Night with a cast of 4, both entertaining audiences across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire this week

https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

Shakespeare in the garden! 🎭
. with just over a week to go, make sure you book your tickets now before it’s too late. Two nights this year - Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th August - 7:30pm start.

https://buytickets.designmynight.com/?item-ids=64216845d35fe4151e1c88bd

Don’t forget to book in for dinner before-hand in our restaurant - bookings between 5-5:45pm 🍽️

https://www.whitebuckburley.co.uk/food

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Twelfth Night cast being gorgeous and entertaining. As per...

We ask people to take photos of our gorgeous casts and my word do they deliver!
Look at our Twelfth Night bunch living their best...

Have you taken some at a recent show? Send them to us or throw them below

What has made our Twelfth Night 2023 so popular?

Could it be the incredible story of twins torn apart in a storm trying to make their way in an unfamiliar place?
Or the scheming of a drunken lord and his friends to bring down the pompous steward?

We suspect it's our 4 ridiculously talented actors playing an obscene number of characters, aided by a mop. But you tell us....

Twelfth Night is touring until 25th August. Find where you can get a ticket...
https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/

What a delight!
We do love seeing pictures of ourselves and hearing how much the audience enjoy our antics

We keep telling you. They're selling like hot cakes!

And just like that…. We have another sold out show!

If you live under a rock and know nothing of this tale of woe
Then it may come as quite a shock that the prologue spoils the entire show...

Doesn't matter though does it! What's not to enjoy in a story that provides love, sword fights, poison, banter, terrible postal service and more!

Well lots agree as we have two sold out shows ahead as well as more on the horizon! Grab your tickets at https://fullers-shakespeare-in-the-garden.designmynight.com/