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THEATRE: 'AS YOU LIKE IT'
25 July - 10 August - county-wide tour
Fri 25 Jul | 7.30pm | Queens Park Arts Centre
Sat 26 Jul | 7.30pm | Queens Park Arts Centre
Tour dates and venues TBC
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Dario Knight
The second touring production of this year's festival is a riotously funny new adaptation of iconic comedy As You Like It, in which Rosalind finds herself lost in the woods, schooling her wooer Orlando in the ways of true love.
Click here for QPAC tickets. Tour info announced soon!
AUDIO: 'HENRY IV, PARTS 1 & 2'
10-part audio series
Twice-weekly episodes from 7 July
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Dario Knight
The Buckinghamshire Shakespeare Festival continues with an epic ten-part audio adaptation of Henry IV, featuring one of the best-loved characters in all of Shakespeare's work: the loveable rogue Sir John Falstaff.
Part of our epic 'Sounds And Sweet Airs' project to bring the complete works of Shakespeare to audio. Discover the plays we've produced so far by clicking here.
THEATRE: 'SENSIBLE SHAKESPEARE'
Sat 9 Aug | 7.30pm | Queens Park Arts Centre
Based on the works of William Shakespeare
A brand-new comedy show exploring how some of Shakespeare's plays might have panned out if his heroes were a little more level-headed.
What if King Lear had better anger management skills? What if Titania and Oberon had gone to marriage counselling? What if Hamlet had just called the police?
Click here to book tickets.
AUDIO: 'DE PROFUNDIS'
Three-part audio series
Online Autumn 2025
Written by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Andrew Faber
TJ Lea performs Oscar Wilde's iconic essay, written during his imprisonment following the shattering trial that devastated his life and career. A virtuoso reading of Wilde's attack on his former lover, and meditation on the themes of Christianity and art.
More information available soon.
AUDIO: THE UNBOUND SKETCHBOOK
6-part audio series
Written by Gareth Johnson, Brian Murray & Dario Knight
Directed by Gareth Johnson
Our sketch comedy troupe are back with a plethora of pages from their mighty book of comic skits. Blending favourites from the extensive Sketchbook archive with brand-new linking material, this new series is sure to raise a smile.
Catch up with the previous volumes of the Sketchbook's audio outings by clicking here.
THEATRE: 'HANOVER TALES'
16 August | Times TBC | Middle Row Market, Dunstable
Written by Gareth Johnson & Dario Knight
The next instalment in our 'Unbound History of England' explores the legendary reign of the Hanover Dynasty, starting with a quartet of Georges and ending with the iconic Queen Vic (not that one).
Commissioned and performed as part of Dunstable Town Council's free-to-attend Ashton Square Day event.
Click here for event info.
THEATRE: 'LORD SAVILE'S CRIME' & OTHER STORIES
16 August | 7.30pm | Queens Park Arts Centre
Join us as we perform full-cast readings of four classic Oscar Wilde short stories:
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
The Canterville Ghost
The Sphynx Without A Secret
The Model Millionaire
Click here to book tickets.
AUDIO: 'OLD MA MALLARD'S FLOCK'
8-part audio series
Twice-weekly episodes from 18 August
Written & Directed by Dario Knight
These are the adventures of Old Ma Mallard and her flock, who keep the peace on the Grand Union Canal. Prepare to fall in love with this plucky band of feathered friends, in a brand-new full-cast audiobook series.
More info announced soon.