Robin Hood Returns!

We are delighted to bring a brand new production of Robin Hood to Morden Hall Park in July 2021

It is with great excitement we can announce that tickets are on sale for our open-air production of  A Tale of Robin Hood: The Rescue at the National Trust's stunning Morden Hall Park!!

This new production, written especially for Morden Hall, will take place in their beautiful Rose Garden, with the audience socially distanced in accordance with government guidelines.

Originally scheduled for the summer of 2020, this show -

filled with sword fights, heroism and romance, along with live music, singing, and dancing - was sadly postponed for a year due to the pandemic. We cannot wait to bring it to you this summer!

Can our valiant heroes defeat the evil tyrant who rules over Loxley in the King's absence? Might Sir Guy of Gisborne finally succeed in his lifelong mission to see Robin Hood hanged? Can true love conquer all - or will the wait 'until death do us part' be a shockingly short one? Join Robin and his friends on a daring mission to save Gisborne’s prisoners from the hangman’s noose and find out!

Running Time: 1h 15m

Dates: Fri 30th July to Mon 2nd August & Sun 15th Aug

Times: 11.30am & 2.30pm each day

Book online at:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/shadowroad

(Due to current Covid restrictions, all households will be seated together and socially distanced from others.)

The 'Grand Picnic' at Ham House!

Huge thanks to the whole team at Ham House for making us so welcome and for all their invaluable support throughout the weekend.  We couldn't have asked for a lovelier venue in which to perform - or for more enthusiastic audiences! :-)  We're already looking forward to returning next summer...

To read more of our audiences' wonderful feedback, please visit the REVIEWS page.

New Information Packs Available!

We are hugely excited to launch both our PRIVATE EVENTS and our SCHOOL VISITS information packs on the website today! 🎪🍾🥂

As you will see, we are available for both commercial and private bookings – performing anything from a single play to a maximum of five in one day, if booked for both the daytime and the evening.

Why not make your event – be it a birthday or a wedding, a festival, a corporate party, or an alternative celebration for adults or children – extra special by arranging for a private theatrical performance for up to 45 of your guests at a time? 🎭🎵🎂👑✨

Please visit the Bookings page for more information - or you can download either of the packs below!

• Our perfect new Private Events pack is available to download here.
• Our shiny new Schools Pack is available to download here. 

Some Changes Afoot!

In mid-June, Emma King-Farlow and Amy Floyd sat down to discuss the changes in cast and script that were being made to the Fireside Folktales scripts in advance of their upcoming bookings at St Osmund's Church (July), Ham House & Garden (August), and Strawberry Hill House & Garden (September).  Somehow, they also ended up talking about Australian vocabulary!

And the Word is Out!

The word about Fireside Folktales is out and spreading!  Not only did the following article appear in this month's edition of Prospect - the Barnes Community Association's magazine - but we also now have a shiny, new Facebook page which has already been liked by nearly 100 people!

Finally, if you're a particular fan of Facebook, you may also like to take a look at the Event page for our launch at Barnes Children's Literature Festival in May - and maybe even click GOING to let us know that we can look forward to seeing you there? ;-)

Fireside Folktales to Launch in May!

Fireside Folktales, Shadow Road Productions' new project for 2019, will see us retelling various myths, legends and folktales via short plays (30-60 minutes long) performed by a company of professional actors in an eight-metre diameter bell tent!  We are delighted to be launching at the Barnes Children’s Literature Festival over the weekend of 11th-12th May, where our beautiful Story Tent will be positioned in the middle of Barnes Green (Church Road, London, SW13 9HE), between the main Festival Marquee and the Tea Tent!

We will be performing three short plays on each day, with entry to any of the performances free throughout the festival weekend, although numbers are limited so we advise you to get there early for your chosen production!  Join us for Aesop’s Fables at 11am, followed by Persephone & the Pomegranate Seeds: How the Seasons Came to Be at 1pm and finally, at 3pm, A Tale of Robin Hood.

As these performances will take place during the day and are aimed primarily at young audiences, the other elements that will form a vital part of future Fireside Folktales performances – a campfire in our medieval-style firepit and marshmallows for the audience to roast over it! – will not feature during this first weekend.  It is, however, our hope that, with numerous future performances of new material for all ages planned, those who wish to do so will have plenty of opportunities to enjoy them later!

We will also be available for private bookings - with either our 8m bell tent or our smaller 3.5m teepee (which usually serves as the actors' dressing room and our costume and prop store!) - for parties and events for both children and adults, or for school visits, any time from the end of May onwards.  (For more information, please see our BOOKINGS page.)

In the meantime, we are truly delighted that Fireside Folktales will make its debut under the umbrella of the wonderful Barnes Children’s Literature Festival, as is the Festival Director, Amanda Brettargh, who says,“We have been keen to bring myths and legends to Barnes Children’s Literature Festival ever since we started and Fireside Folktales represents a fantastic opportunity for us to work with a local theatre company, young people and emerging artists.  We think it will really add great value to our audience experience.”

Everyone involved in Fireside Folktales is really excited to bring this project to life and we very much hope that you will join us on May 11th and 12th - and afterwards - to see the magic of myths and legends made real on your very own doorstep!