ILLYRIA, the open-air touring theatre company, will return to Holsworthy’s Badock Gardens on Saturday, August 6, to perform Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, writes Christine Williams.

The ever popular, universally loved play follows four couples – three human and one fairy – whose passions are sorely tested when a troupe of amateur theatricals rehearse a play about a doomed love affair.

Add in to the mix a heady brew of confusion, magic and mischief and you have the perfect comedy for a summer evening.

Since the company’s first production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in 1992 Illyria have won four international theatre awards and still perform the play with just five quick-changing, fast-running actors who share all the roles between them.

This is another occasion when Holsworthy Town Council will be working with the Plough Arts Centre to bring live professional theatre to the town.

The performance begins at 7pm but there is free access to Badock Gardens throughout the day.

Everyone is welcome to sit where they wish but no seating is provided so bring your own, which could be anything from a rug to a deck chair.

Bring picnics too if you wish, although light refreshments or hot and cold drinks will be available pre-show and during the interval.

Tickets costing £13/£11/£9 can be obtained by calling the Box Office on 01805 624624 or by booking online at theploughartscentre.org.uk