Welcome to The GB Theatre Company,
a British theatre company performing classic plays both indoor and open-air.
For our first summer tour, we are presenting Shakespeare
in the open-air commencing at Trinity
College Dublin, followed by Ramme
Gaard in Norway, Girton College in Cambridge,
the magnificent cloister at Norwich
Cathedral, the stately Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, three venues
in the Czech Republic - including the
capital, Prague - and The Collector Earl's Garden at Arundel
Castle.
We are also proud to present Corporate and School shows: in
addition to the above, we are performing at Reading School, a Foundation
grammar school in Berkshire, in a programme designed to compliment the current
curriculum, and at Windsor, in two private shows for ComXo. Please contact
us for further information on tailored Corporate and School bookings.
We have decided to start with two of Shakespeare’s romantic
comedies: his pastoral masterpiece As
You Like It, and his comedy of manners The
Merry Wives of Windsor. The pairing works extremely well,
and the experienced cast and directors - combined with exquisite Elizabethan
costumes and traditional settings - allow the poetry, ideas and language
of the plays to flourish, successfully translating The Bard’s work
from page to stage.
The magnificent ensemble cast features former Hollyoaks star Matt
Milburn and BBC 1’s My Family star Gabriel Thomson.
Tradition holds that Merry Wives was written for Elizabeth I herself.
Her wish fulfilled by our great poet, we have the opportunity to enjoy
the same laughs over 400 years later.
“All the world’s
a stage, And all the men and women merely players”.
We totally agree which is why we have formed The GB Theatre Company.
Enjoy the shows!
