The Merry Wives of Windsor – Illyria
Tuesday 19th August 2025 – 7pm
Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Blagdon
Falstaff is skint. Dismissing his band of reprobate followers is simply insufficient to shore up his finances. So he decides to seduce the wives of two merchants in Windsor in the hope of relieving them of some of their wealth. However Mistress Page and Mistress Ford are best friends who keep no secrets from one another – so when they receive identical love letters from Falstaff they are outraged, and vow to share revenge.
Falstaff, led by an organ that isn’t his brain, endures humiliation, then terror, and even physical pain in his repeated amorous pursuits. Eventually the merry wives, their husbands and half of Windsor all unite to teach him a lesson he’ll never forget!
Performed in the great outdoors by five phenomenal professional actors, this fast-paced production has been created using only the First Folio text – the most authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s plays. Join the sensational international-award-winning Illyria this summer for a night of laughter and hijinks under the stars.
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 plus 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.
Tue, 19 August 2025 – 19:00
Yeo Valley Organic Garden
Holt Farm
Blagdon,
North Somerset
BS40 7SQ
Age 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!