Theatre Festival

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Join The Folk of Gloucester for their weekend-long showcase of acting and writing talent from Gloucestershire and beyond! Enjoy a varied programme of hour-long plays in our beautiful historic building with cafe and bar. Highlights include:

  • Elver Wars
  • Something Rotten, or The Claudius Complex
  • Phuckets and Rainbows
  • Dancing With Auntie
  • The Smoking Show
  • Any Scene Will Do

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Theatre Festival

Type:Theatre

The Folk of Gloucester, Bishop Hooper's House, 99 - 101 Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 2PG

Opening Times

Season (27 Mar 2026 - 29 Mar 2026)

What's Nearby

  1. An exquisite Tudor timber-framed building that was once the Folk Museum. It is now a…

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Events

Friday, 27th March 2026 - Friday, 27th March 2026

Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Sunday, 29th March 2026 - Sunday, 29th March 2026

Headshots of two men, one with light brown hair and one with grey hair, with a background of brown and orange 1970s upholstery patternsTheatre Festival - Dancing With AuntieIt's New Year's Eve 1967 in Wythenshawe, Manchester. Barry has invited Susan, his first proper girlfriend, to his parents' annual New Year's Eve 'do' when his assorted relatives traditionally gather to celebrate.
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Friday, 27th March 2026 - Friday, 27th March 2026

Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Sunday, 29th March 2026 - Sunday, 29th March 2026

A woman standing in a forest and throwing multicoloured orbs in the air with a joyful expression on her faceTheatre Festival - Phuckets and RainbowsChaos, comedy and catharsis collide in the one woman show, "Phuckets & Rainbows", written and performed by Lizzie Bean
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Friday, 27th March 2026 - Friday, 27th March 2026

Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Sunday, 29th March 2026 - Sunday, 29th March 2026

A man in a white shirt and black waistcoat holding a skull and pointing at it in mid speechTheatre Festival - Something Rotten, or The Claudius ComplexHamlet's uncle speaks at last! Writer-performer Robert Cohen takes you behind the scenes at Elsinore, reassessing the events of Shakespeare's classic through the eyes of the Prince's homicidal yet undeniably hard-working uncle-turned-father, King Claudius.
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Friday, 27th March 2026 - Friday, 27th March 2026

Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Sunday, 29th March 2026 - Sunday, 29th March 2026

A smiling woman dressed as an eel in front of a painted backdrop of the River SevernTheatre Festival - The Elver WarsDuring the 1870s, Gloucester became the scene of a bitter conflict over an unusual resource - baby eels!
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Friday, 27th March 2026 - Friday, 27th March 2026

Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Sunday, 29th March 2026 - Sunday, 29th March 2026

A comic book style image of a bespectacled man in a beige jacket and black shirt lighting a cigarette against a black backgroundTheatre Festival - The Smoking ShowAn every day tale of life, cigarettes and matters arising!
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Saturday, 28th March 2026 - Saturday, 28th March 2026

Multicoloured silhouettes of three men and three women smiling and waving their arms in the airTheatre Festival - The Fab Libs present Any Scene Will DoA fast-paced comedy improv show performed by The Fab Libs, where audience dreams spark spontaneous scenes.
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