Theatre and Dance

The opening words of Richard III, "Now is the winter of our discontent..." will ring out across Middleton Park when theatrical touring company, Oddsocks who specialise in outdoor family friendly theatre take to the stage.

Richard III is one of the Bard's most popular tragedies, it opens with Richard’s jealous discourse about the accession to the throne of his younger brother Edward IV.

The plot unfolds as theatre goers watch his Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign to die at the hands of the Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richmond was later crowned King Henry VII.

Organised by the Friends of Middleton Park the event is free and everyone is welcome, this is the fourth year of the outdoor show taking place in Middleton Park. 

The Friends open the lakeside centre so facilities and refreshments are available but anyone attending is free to bring their own refreshment and a chair or blanket to sit on.

The Friends of Middleton Park is a local charity dedicated to promote interests in the park and its woodland. They arrange many other different activities in the park on Sundays during the summer including circus skills and balloon workshops, Wildlife events, bike rides, plant sales, Majorette and band performances as well as the annual outdoor show.

For more information about Friends of Middleton Park click on their website below