June 28th 2024, 7.30pm at Torquay Royal Lyceum Theatre 29 Abbey Rd, Torquay TQ2 5NQ Tickets (£10 full price, £8 concessions) at https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html Suitable for all ages Run time approx 2 hours 30 mins plus interval. Lord, what fools these mortals be!" A famous comedic play by the playwright William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Nights Dream follows two pairs of lovers from Athens, who find themselves in a magical forest at the summer solstice, where they encounter the faerie folk. The forest faeries have problems of their own, with their king, Oberon, being rejected by his wife in an argument. . Oberon sends the mischief-loving Puck to play tricks upon the faerie queen with the aim of making her fall in love with him once more, and of course, the human couples are caught up in the confusion and trickery. Meanwhile, the ruler of Athens is planning his own wedding, to the queen of the Amazons, and is planning a great festival with theatre and ceremony. A g

Location: The Royal Lyceum Theatre 27-29 Abbey Road, Torquay TQ2 5NQ Fri: Dec 9th, 7.30pm; Tickets £10 (£8 child/ student) on door or book online via https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html A drama suitable for all ages, based on the classical 10th century poem Beowulf, and featuring passages of the translated poem itself. This is an action drama based around Saxon and Norse / Viking mythology. A chieftains magnificent royal hall in Denmark, is ravaged by a newly woken creature of the night, and Beowulf, a warrior hero, alongside his band, travel to the hall to destroy the creature. He is successful, although encountering two such creatures instead of only the one, before travelling back to his homelands, where war and strife between clans, eventually lead to him being crowned King. But there are other creatures that dwell in the dark places. An escaped slave, stealing a golden cup, awakes the dragon, and once again, Beowulf is called upon to defend the people.... Staged with