Oxfordshire Limited Edition – August 2019

216 |OxfordshireLimitedEdition|August 2019

Thesummerjustgothotter.Whilemusicfansheadouttosoakuptheatmosphere

atthecounty’sfestivals,theatreloverscanenjoyShakespeareandBronte

outdoorsandwecanallenjoyatasteofsummeratafoodfestival

AUGUST DIARY

TIMEFORTEA
William’sspecialAfternoonTea
menuwillrunthroughoutthe
summeratTheOrangery.Itcosts
£ 34 (£ 46 withaglassofLaurent-
PerrierHarmonyChampagne)
AnyonepoppinguptoBlenheimPalaceto
enjoyanightofShakespeareattheRose
Theatrecanmakeadayofitbybookingfor
afternoonteainTheOrangery,whereworld-
renownedchocolatierandpatissierWilliam
Curleyhascreatedasumptuousrangeof
cakesandsandwiches.
Theindulgentafternoonteamenuwill
bepairedbyLaurent-PerrierChampagne,
specificallychosenbyWilliamtomatchhis
creations.And,tomaketheexperience
evensweeter,customerswithareservation
forTheOrangerycantourBlenheimpark
forfreemeaningyoucanwalkoffyour
indulgencewhiletakinginthecharmsofone
oftheworld’sfineststatelyhomes.
searcys.co.uk

TOWERSEYFESTIVAL

TowerseyFestivaltakesplaceon

ThameShowgroundfromAugust

23 - 26.

Oneofthesmallestandfriendliest,but

alsothelongest-running,ofOxfordshire’s

musicfestivals,Towerseyisaimedat

loversoffolkandacousticmusicbuthas

afewharderrockingattractions.Itis

famedforitschilledoutatmosphere,high

qualityline-up,rangeoffamilyactivities

anditslength–withbandsplayingover

fourdays.EnjoysetsbyNewtonFaulkner,

TheSelecter,HothouseFlowers,Seth

Lakeman,SteveHarley&CockneyRebel,

TheOysterband,TheUnthanksandFrom

TheJam.

towerseyfestival.com

BRONTECLASSIC

SeeitatWadhamCollegeuntil

August 17.

TheOxfordShakespeareCompanyare

renownedfortheirperformancesofthe

Bard’splaysinthegardenofWadham

College,Oxford.Butthisyeartheyhave

ditchedhimforEmilyBronte,andare

staginganeye-catching,productionof

WutheringHeights.

oxfordshakespeare.co

SHAKESPEAREATTHE

PALACE

TheRoseTheatreisatBlenheim

PalaceuntilSeptember 7

EnjoyasummerofShakespeareina

wonderfullyreconstructedreplicaofthe

Bard’sRoseTheatre,whichhasbeen

constructedinthegroundsofBlenheim

Palace.The 13 - sidedElizabethan-style

playhouseishostingperformancesofA

MidsummerNight’sDream,Macbeth,

Romeo&JulietandRichardIII.

Aroundityoucansoakupthehistoricfun

atthelively,free-to-enter,Shakespearean

village,offeringanarrayof“wagon”

merriment,minstrelsandastunning

Elizabethangardenwithornatebox-

edgedbedsofcottageflowers,rosesand

herbs.Therewillalsobecomicmini-plays,

speechesandmedievalmusicians,and

Oxfordshirefoodanddrinkinanoak-

framedandreed-thatchedBearArms

pub,besideavillagepond,farmwagons

andcarts,andanarrayofvintagefarming

implements,evokingabygoneruralage.

blenheimpalace.com