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This summer... The largest Open-Air Theatre Festival in the country

Mon 17 May 2021

After a year of enforced closure, The Plough Arts Centre plans to reopen with a bang this summer and one that will reverberate across 15 open-air theatre venues as the Torrington based arts charity kicks off what must be the largest Open-Air Music & Theatre Festival in the country. 

With 54 outdoor theatre performances taking place from 11 June to 4 Sept across North Devon (plus one in North Somerset that crept into the mix!) there are endless reasons for lovers of theatre and open spaces to be tempted into the great outdoors this summer. 

The cream of the U.K.s theatre companies will be sharing a grassy stage across North Devon with shows by veteran open-air companies such as Illyria, The Rude Mechanicals, The HandleBards, The Pantaloons, Horrible Histories, Heartbreak, Boxtree, Hotbuckle, Festival Players as well as younger companies like The Three Inch Fools, The Duke’s Theatre Co, Immersion Theatre, The Last Baguette and from Exeter – Cygnet Theatre and Jack Dean & Co.

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The Plough Arts Centre is delighted to acknowledge the financial support of: 
Great Torrington Town Council, Torrington Town and Lands Charities, Devon County Council, Torridge District Council, Arts Council England, The UK Culture Recovery Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, Boshier Hinton, Barnstaple Town Council, Davie Barnstaple Trust, Garfield Weston 

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