About Jenny Wren Productions
Jenny Wren Productions is a Gloucestershire-based theatre company formed in 2004. In the summer we can be found performing under the stars at open-air venues around the county, including Berkeley Castle, Highnam Court near Gloucester and the Tuckwell Amphitheatre in Cheltenham. We have strong links with the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and also perform there regularly in the Studio Theatre. We tour schools with Theatre in Education projects such as Dr Korczak's Example about the plight of Jewish orphans during World War II.
The company comprises a pool of around 20 actors, director, designer and musicians. We work hard and have built up a good following. We have also raised money for charities including the Pied Piper Appeal at Gloucester Hospital and the Stroud-Sri Lanka Housing Appeal (following the Tsunami). And, importantly, we have a lot of fun!
We hope you will come and see us soon!
Jenny and ‘the Wrens’
Paved With Gold: The Street Child's Tale
Paved With Gold: The Street Child's Tale
by Holly Tonks
“Morning Chronicle! Get your Morning Chronicle here!”
Victorian London. A Newspaper Boy eagerly awaits the latest instalment of London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew.
Henry and his brother Augustus Mayhew toured the streets of London during the late 1840s interviewing the people who lived and worked on the streets. Paved with Gold focuses on the plight of the children – introducing us to such real-life characters as the Crossing Sweep, the Pickpocket and the Watercress Girl; “I ain’t never seen no children cry – there ain’t no use”.
Blending puppetry and verbatim theatre, the interviews are entwined with the Newspaper Boy's story to tell of the glimmers of hope and tragedy genuinely experienced by these children.
Suitable for ages 9 and upwards.
Sponsored by the Everyman Theatre Education Dept. and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Monday May 28th-Friday June 1st 2012, 7.45pm
Everyman Studio TheatreTickets just £4.50
Box Office: 01242 572573
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers
By Doc Watson, adapted from Charles Dickens
Members of the Pickwick Club… Welcome to you all!
In this year of Charles Dickens’ bicentenary, Jenny Wren Productions bring you an action-packed adaptation of his first novel, The Pickwick Papers.
We invite you to join the jolly Mr Pickwick and his friend Mr Winkle as they journey around the English countryside. Warning: along the way, you may find yourselves embroiled in a series of adventures, accidents, and altercations – there will be fights, chases, elopements and even, if you’re not careful, a prison stay. All the classic characters will be there – cheerful Cockney Sam Weller, comic villain Mr Jingle and sleepy Joe, aka ‘Fat Boy’.
Stagecoaches are unsettling in all directions, horses are bolting, boats overturning and boilers are bursting... Today my travels begin.
In the open-air – please bring a chair or blanket.
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th July 2012
Court Lodge, Randwick, nr. Stroud, GL6 6HH
Box Office: 01453 763485 or Sawyers Estate Agents 01453 751647
Sat matinee 2pm – grounds open from 1pm for picnics; evenings 7pm – grounds open from 6pm for picnics
Tickets £9.00 (£7.00 concs.) Family ticket £25.00 for 2 adults and 2 concs.
In association with the Rotary Club of Stroud, in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Park and ride available from More Hall Convent
Friday 20th July 2012
Highnam Court, nr. Gloucester, GL2 8DP
Box Office: 08454 226119 or Gloucester TIC 01452 396572
Performance 7.30pm – grounds open from 6pm for picnics
Tickets £10.00 (£7.00 concs.) to include admission to gardens
In aid of the Pied Piper Appeal – making a difference to the lives of sick children in Gloucestershire. Registered charity no. 1011611
Sunday 22nd July 2012
Berkeley Castle, GL13 9BQ
Box Office: 01453 512992 or 01453 810332
Performance 7.30pm – grounds open from 6.30pm for picnics
Tickets £12.00 (£8.00 concs.) Family ticket £30.00 for 2 adults and 2 concs.
Performance in Great Hall if wet.
Monday 23rd July 2012
Duelling Lawn, Marlborough College, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA
Performance 8pm – grounds open from 7.15pm
Tickets £5.00 on the gate
Refreshments available during the interval
www.mcsummerschool.org.uk
Thursday 26th July 2012
Tuckwell Amphitheatre, Dean Close School, Cheltenham,GL51 6HE
Box Office: 01242 258002
Performance 7.30pm – grounds open from 6pm for picnics
Tickets £11.00 (£8.00 concs.)
Saturday 28th July 2012
Museum in the Park, Stroud, GL5 4AF
Box Office Stroud TIC: 01453 760900
Performance 7.30pm – Museum open from 6pm where tea, coffee and cakes will be on sale, or for picnics in grounds. (Venue details 01453 763394 or www.museuminthepark.org.uk)
Tickets £10.00 (8.00 concs.) Family ticket £25.00 for 2 adults and 2 concs.
Sunday 29th July 2012
Ingleside House, Cirencester, GL7 1BN
Further details to follow...
Friday 3rd August 2012
Cowley Manor, nr. Cheltenham, GL53 9NL
Further details to follow...
