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Much Ado About Nothing – The Handlebards

Friday 20th June 2025 – 7pm

Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Blagdon

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Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues across the UK.

Join the troupe at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ like you’ve never seen before. In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.

And what’s the play about? Well – a group of soldiers return from the war to a household in Messina, kindling new love interests and re-kindling old rivalries. The parallel love stories of Beatrice, Benedick, Claudio and Hero quickly become entangled with scheming, frivolity and melodrama in Shakespeare’s famous comedy.

“The HandleBards’ Much Ado About Nothing delivers on everything.” Liverpool Echo ★★★★★

“Explodes with energy and is a genuine treat from start to finish.” The Stage ★★★★★

“There is not a single HandleBard who is anything less than magnificent.” The Wee Review

Notes on Performance

  • Doors open at 6pm (please do NOT arrived before this time), Yeo Valley have kindly offered for ticket holders to wander around the fabulous organic garden before the show.
  • Chairs, picnics, blankets and any other low level accessories are welcome. No seating will be provided.
  • Picnics should only be eaten in the Ha Ha garden, where the performance is being held and please take all rubbish with you.
  • Valley Arts will be putting on a bar for the evening, so please don’t bring your own drinks. We would really appreciate you buying your drinks from us, the proceeds from the bar go towards the cost of the evening, allowing us to continue offering great events like this in the future.
  • In case of rain, please don’t bring umbrellas as they block sight-lines for other audience members. Ponchos and raincoats are just as fetching, so please wear these instead.
  • The Production will run at approximately 2 hours including an interval.
  • This is an outdoors performance, surfaces may be uneven. There is a flagstone pathway to the grass performance area, which is all on one level.
  • If you have any access related questions ahead of the performance please get in touch!
  • Tickets are non refundable and the Production will take place in all weathers, it will only be cancelled in extreme weather conditions.
  • If there are tickets left on the day they will be £21 on the door.

 

Fri, 20 June 2024 – 19:00

Yeo Valley Organic Garden
Holt Farm
Blagdon,
North Somerset
BS40 7SQ

Aged 10+

This is an outdoor production, so please bring a chair or blanket to sit on, a picnic to dig into, and dress for the weather!