The Festival, which was inspired by the Vicar, the Revd John Ratings, was first held in the summer of 1975 and has been held every other year since.
From relatively modest beginnings, it has become the most wide ranging Wargrave social drawing together the whole village community in two weeks of non stop activities, to which almost all organisations play their parts. It makes an invaluable contribution to the cementing of Wargrave’s esprit de corps.” (From: The Second Book of Wargrave by The Wargrave Local History Society)
For the Wargrave Out Of This World Village Festival this coming June there are 21 different Wargrave village societies, plus the central festival committee, making well over 100 people across the village, who are organising 47 separate events to the people of Wargrave between 12th and 30th June.
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Sat, 11 Jun
|Wargrave
Shakespeare on the Green
Come along and enjoy this production of 'The Tempest' filled with music, curious characters and enchantment. Bring your folding chairs, grab a glass of wine and soak up the summer atmosphere.
Time & PLACE
11 Jun, 19:00 – 22:00
Wargrave, Station Rd, Wargrave, Reading RG10 8EU, UK
About the Event
Come and see Mill Green transformed into an open-air theatre and shipwreck as the Wargrave Theatre Workshop opens the festival with a sensational 'not-to-be-missed' production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Come along and enjoy this production filled with music, curious characters and enchantment. Bring your folding chairs, grab a glass of wine and soak up the summer atmosphere with Shakespeare's comedy of betrayal, ill treatment, the magic arts and revenge! The Wargrave Theatre Workshop is a thriving amateur theatre group in our delightful village. The audience is encouraged to come to the Green ahead of each performance to picnic on the Green. WTW will have a tent serving drinks before, at interval and after the shows. The audience have allocated gantreed seating under cover.