Bard in the Botanics

This is a blatant plug for Bard in the Botanics in the Kibble Palace in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens in the West End. Please give generously or at least go to see a performance. It's well worth it, and quite fun.

Theatreland - by Gordon Barr, Artistic Director of the Glasgow Repertory Company

Glasgow offers a great deal for audiences and theatre practitioners alike. A variety of venues offer so many different forms of art and always the room for new opportunities. It’s a busy, vibrant city, which is constantly growing and offering bigger and better opportunities for anyone who lives here. The Glasgow Repertory Company is a prime example of a new venture that Glasgow has taken firmly to its heart. Established in 2002, each year of our Bard in the Botanics Festival has proved more successful than the last with audiences regularly reaching over 10,000 to see our Shakespeare in the park performances. Glasgow is a perfect venue for Bard in the Botanics and Glasgow Rep because its audiences are very tuned in to Glasgow’s cultural life and accept and celebrate it as a real asset for the city. Our actors and production staff have a real passion for the work that we do and really put their heart and soul into each production. This is something I believe is reflected in the reaction that we get from the public.
Glasgow audiences are the sole reason for the phenomenal success of Glasgow Rep – their acceptance, their warmth and their resilience have allowed the festival to become such a hit in a short space of time. We regularly have productions that are completely sold out before the opening night and, regardless of the weather, our audiences still keep coming. Where else would over 3,000 people brave one of the worst summer nights in recent memory to watch an outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
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