The Winter's Tale. Brownsea Open Air Theatre. 9th - 22nd August 2025

Tickets

Join us for our highly anticipated 2025 outdoor production of The Winter’s Tale in the beautiful grounds of Canford School, Wimborne. This poignant tale weaves together themes of jealousy, redemption, and the transformative power of time, merging tragedy and comedy in a unique exploration of love and loss.

A 'Winter’s Tale' is a story told of fantasy, of ‘sprites and goblins’…………. This one, however, tells of a king, Leontes, who is stricken by sudden jealousy. Convinced that his best and oldest friend, King Polixenes, has been having an affair with Leontes’ pregnant wife Queen Hermione, Leontes plots to have Polixenes killed and Hermione imprisoned - and once born Hermione’s child is to be taken away and abandoned!

This is perhaps the most popular ‘romantic adventure’ to emerge from Shakespeare’s quill – and it transitions from drama into more traditional comedy as it ages sixteen years from its dark beginnings in Sicilia to scenes of comic celebration and song in Bohemia, with the shepherds who adopt the baby found in the woods sixteen years before – where now the young Perdita has fallen for Polixenes son, Florizel…………

Tickets are £28.00 and go on sale on 1st March 2025.

  • Saturday 9th August 2025 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Sunday 10th August 2025 7:30pm)*
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  • Monday 11th August 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Tuesday 12th August 7:30pm)*
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  • Wednesday 13th August 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Thursday 14th August 7:30pm)*
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  • Friday 15th August 2025 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Saturday 16th August 2025 7:30pm)*
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  • Monday 18th August 2025 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Tuesday 19th August 2025 7:30pm)*
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  • Wednesday 20th August 2025 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Thursday 21st August 2025 7:30pm)*
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  • Friday 22nd August 2025 7:30pm

    (Contingency: Saturday 23rd August 2025 7:30pm)*
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Not to be missed!

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Engaging, witty, and a joy to watch

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Brownsea Open Air Theatre always put on a great show

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Absolutely magic