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The Castle Players have been presenting high quality outdoor Shakespeare to sell-out audiences every summer since 1989.

Winter tours of Teesdale’s pubs and village halls have included new plays, adaptations of classic texts, irreverent cabaret and traditional fireside tales.

"Is there any other group, amateur or professional, apart possibly from the RSC, which could fill any venue in Teesdale for four nights with any work by the Bard?"

Coming Soon

The Tempest

8-11 July 2009

Tickets for this summer's production are ON SALE NOW!

Audiences will be welcomed aboard RMS King of Naples. Join passengers and crew as we sail into the eye of the storm and head for the mayhem of Prospero's Island - a rather curious cabaret club complete with MC, some mischievous waiters and waitresses, a rather seedy janitor and a live band. A place where nothing is quite what it seems!

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A Midsummer Night's Revels

No, you're not dreaming ... it really has been 20 years since The Castle Players' first summer Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1989. If you've ever been part of the group in any way, you're invited to help us celebrate this Midsummer's Eve...

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