Theatre on the Green – Treasure Island

 Professional theatre company ‘Rain or Shine,’ hailed by ‘The Stage’ as “one of the best companies touring open air theatre” are set to delight family audiences once again this summer with their new adaptation of TREASURE ISLAND. The tour includes a FREE OF CHARGE performance at The Green, Silloth on Solway on Friday 15th August at 7.00pm. For details phone 01697 331816.

With a host of wild characters and events, from Billy Bones to the threatening Blind Pew and the ‘Black Spot’, the pirate’s mutiny on the Hispaniola to the marooned Ben Gunn and the fight at the stockade on the isle where Captain Flint’s treasure is buried, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story is brought to theatrical life by Rain or Shine in this new adaptation by James Reynard.

Jim Hawkins invites you to hear how he came to leave his home, the Admiral Benbow Inn, and make his way across the seas to “Treasure Island”.

This tale of buccaneers, greed, courage, betrayal and pieces of eight that has both humour and brutality, is suitable for adventurers from the age of 6 to 96 and is an ideal choice for an outdoor theatrical event, bringing classical theatre into the heart of local communities.

Audiences are invited to bring along low-backed seating or rugs, and a picnic to maximise their enjoyment of the al fresco performances. The company travel across the UK from Alderney to Northumberland, and Wales to Norfolk, visiting some of the country’s most picturesque castles, stately homes and gardens imaginable.

Tickets can be purchased from each venue, or online for the entire tour via www.rainorshine.co.uk .

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For comps or radio interviews contact Ken Meekings on 01452 521575, ken@rainorshine.co.uk.
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