Publicity 2021As its 25th annual Shakespeare production the Troupe presented The Winter’s Tale for the second time in February / March 2021. It was directed jointly by John Marwick and Elspeth Cotsilinis. Allen Burne won an Antoinnette Award for Excellence in Acting in the Wellington District Theatre Federation’s Full Length Play competition. Watch a recording of this production on YouTube   Publicity 2021 Eastbourne’s prize-winning Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe celebrates 25 years of Shakespeare with a Bard in the Yard outdoor production of his magical, romantic, tragi-comedy The Winter’s Tale. A fairy tale of how love, laughter, music and dance can bring light to theRead More →

Bard in the Yard 2022 was A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Anne Manchester. Watch a recording of this production on YouTube Publicity 2022 A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged inRead More →