Chepstow Festival 2013
Programme of open-air (undercover)
theatre in Chepstow Castle

Saturday, 15 June – Babe the Sheep Pig – Illyria
Thursday, 20 June – Sense and Sensibility – Chapterhouse Theatre
Friday, 21 June – Alice – Heartbreak Productions

Thursday 27 June – Sherlock – Pantaloon Theatre
Friday 28 June – Romeo and Juliet – Heartbreak Productions
Saturday 29 June – As You like It – Illyria
Thursday, July 4 – Dracula – Heartbreak Productions
Friday, July 5 – The Mikado – Illyria
Friday 12 July -The Comedy of Errors – Rain or Shine theatre

click on the Theatre Flag for more  information about all productions

tickets from Chepstow Museum telephone 01291 625981
tickets bought before first of June 2013
£10 FULL £8 CONC. – FAMILY £31

June 2 until the day of performance of performance
£11  FULL £9  CONC. – FAMILY £34

On day of performance and at gate

£13 FULL   £ 11  CONC.  - FAMILY- £40

Audience dry, actors wet.

Chepstow Festival new audience cover in Chepstow Castle underwent a severe test last year and passed with flying colours.  Four  performances including “HMS Pinafore” by Illyria and Saturdays “Private Lives” by Heartbreak Productions were performed in nearly continuous torrential rain. The audience of well over 200 stayed dry thanks to the protection of the £160,000 elegant performance canopy. There were excellent productions from both companies but Illyria performed an astonishing show out in the rain because the mast on their (ship) set was to tall to fit under the canopy. They received a well-deserved standing ovation. The Chepstow Festival of open-air (under-cover) theatre starts in 2013 on June 15 – click on the Theatre flag for full information.

The canopy was funded with European Union grants through the assembly government with match funding provided by Chepstow Town Council and Monmouthshire County Council and the Chepstow Festival.

Chepstow Festival 2013
Programme of open-air (undercover)
theatre in Chepstow Castle

Saturday, 15 June – Babe the Sheep Pig – Illyria
Thursday, 20 June – Sense and Sensibility – Chapterhouse Theatre
Friday, 21 June – Alice – Heartbreak Productions

Thursday 27 June – Sherlock – Pantaloon Theatre
Friday 28 June – Romeo and Juliet – Heartbreak Productions
Saturday 29 June – As You like It – Illyria
Thursday, July 4 – Dracula – Heartbreak Productions
Friday, July 5 – The Mikado – Illyria
Friday 12 July -The Comedy of Errors – Rain or Shine theatre

click on the Theatre Flag for more  information about all productions

We’ve got you covered.
For over 120 years the townspeople have been staging events in Chepstow
Castle. Too often they have fallen foul of wet Welsh summer weather, which has led to cancellation or financial disaster. From 2012 this need not happen again. Chepstow Festival has achieved its long cherished ambition and each summer, from now on, a 350 m² 8 m high canopy will be erected in Chepstow Castle for a few weeks. This remarkable structure will protect a seated audience of up to 300 from the rain.