Anything can happen in Shakespeare's joyous cross-dressing romantic comedy

Shakespeare's As You Like It is to be performed in Putney Old Burial Ground, which is situated just minutes from Putney Arts Theatre on Upper Richmond Road There will be two performances on Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 July at 3pm. It is recommended that audience members bring a picnic blanket to sit on (and a picnic, if they like). Tickets should be collected from the theatre and the theatre bar will be open for refreshments.

Love blossoms among the trees as lovers Rosalind and Orlando are banished to the Forest of Arden. Together with shepherds and exiled courtiers they become enmeshed in a web of romance and deception as wise-cracking, fast-talking Rosalind puts gentle Orlando’s affection to the test. In the enchanted woods anything can happen in Shakespeare’s joyous cross-dressing romantic comedy.


Summer Holiday Projects
Don't Feed The Plant!, The Land of Oz & Misadventures or Dr Seuss
Monday 24th - Friday 28th July,
Monday 31st July - Friday 4th August,
Monday 7th - Wednesday 9th August
Projects for those aged 4-16

In Basildon (A Rehearsed Reading) By David Eldridge
Saturday 29th July
7.45pm, Main Stage
“People always get the wrong idea about Essex, don’t they?”. Len’s on his deathbed and the family gather to say their farewells. His sisters still aren’t speaking after nearly 20 years. His nephew is trying for a baby, and a bigger house, while his best mate, Ken, remembers Basildon when it was still a village. Putney Theatre Company’s rehearsed reading series continues with this family drama exploring inheritance, family myth and East End fable.

July 7, 2017