Brownsea Open Air Theatre

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All's Well that Ends Well, 2007. Courtesy of Linsey O'Neill.[1]

Brownsea Open Air Theatre (commonly abbreviated B.O.A.T) is a theatre company in Poole, Dorset that has performed large scale theatrical projects since 1964. Annually performing a play from the extensive works of William Shakespeare for three weeks in July and August, the production is set on the National Trust's Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour.

For a single season B.O.A.T Ashore was established in 2006 when the company's committee agreed that a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (in Shakespeare's original words) could be produced under the B.O.A.T banner, on the mainland, as B.O.A.T Ashore. That production ran in early 2007 throughout Dorset. The Merchant of Venice shall be performed in the summer of 2008 for the companies 45th season, running from July 23rd until August 8th^[1].

1 Critical Acclaim
2 Productions
3 Former B.O.A.T Members
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Critical Acclaim

B.O.A.T receive excellent national and regional coverage, and have been featured in The Guardian^[2] as one of the UK's Top 10 Open Air Theatre Venues, listed second to the Minack Theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall.

[edit] Productions

Measure for Measure, 2005. Courtesy of Linsey O'Neill.[2]

1964 The Tempest
1965 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1966 Twelfth Night
1967 As You Like It
1968 The Taming of The Shrew
1969 Romeo and Juliet
1970 The Merchant of Venice
1971 Henry V
1972 Much Ado About Nothing
1973 The Winter's Tale
1974 The Merry Wives of Windsor
1975 Twelfth Night
1976 Macbeth
1977 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1978 A Man for All Seasons
1979 The Merchant of Venice
1980 The Queen and the Welshman / The Tempest
1981 As You Like It
1982 Love's Labour's Lost
1983 Becket
1984 The Taming of The Shrew
1985 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1986 Twelfth Night
1987 The Comedy of Errors
1988 The Tempest
1989 The Merry Wives of Windsor
1990 Romeo and Juliet
1991 Much Ado About Nothing
1992 Othello
1993 The Merchant of Venice
1994 The Winter's Tale
1995 Richard III
1996 The Taming of The Shrew
1997 Macbeth
1998 As You Like It
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2000 The Tempest
2001 Twelfth Night
2002 King Lear
2003 Romeo and Juliet
2004 Merry Wives of Windsor
2005 Measure for Measure
2006 Much Ado about Nothing
2007 All's Well That Ends Well / BOAT Ashore - Romeo and Juliet
2008 The Merchant of Venice

[edit] Former B.O.A.T Members

Former members of Brownsea Open Air Theatre who went on to appear in Film and/or Television productions include the following.

Christopher Mellows, a performer in Silent Witness and Midsomer Murders.
Rebecca Night, who played the title role in the BBC adaptation of Fanny Hill (2007 serial), broadcast in October 2007.