A family festival featuring music, theatre, arts and crafts is coming to the Great Barn, Great Coxwell in September.

Running on September 18 and 19 The Great Barn Festival is billed as a ‘quirky family event celebrating the best of music, theatre, art and nature in an ancient rural setting’.

A Ground’s Only Day pass provides entry to the Great Barn Festival Grounds for a whole day, for just £4 per person.

The £4 entry will include access to the market place and other events including musical performances, bat talks and circus skills.

Performances in the Great Barn are separately ticketed.

Oxford Mail: Tales from the Great Woods by BadApple Theatre (courtesy of The Great Barn Festival)Tales from the Great Woods by BadApple Theatre (courtesy of The Great Barn Festival)

What’s on:  

Saturday:

A Stir-about of Folk Tales

Saturday 10.30am – 11.15am

‘A mixture of tales from the British Isles and beyond. Humorous, exciting, scary… a really entertaining mix of stories’.

The Great Inter-dimensional Adventure – an interactive family theatre performance

Saturday 11.45am – 12.30am

‘In one universe Natty and Flic are seasoned aeronauts, in another Hatty and Trix are seasoned seafarers. When their quests collide across dimensions, time and reality hang in the balance.  Will the universe fracture? Will they find their way home?  What if they don’t all like custard creams?’.

Shakespeare in a Suitcase – Macbeth

Saturday 1.30pm – 2.30pm

‘Using mainly modern English, this interactive show fully encourages audience participation and provides a great introduction to the inventiveness of Shakespeare’.

Shakespeare in a Suitcase – A Midsummer Nights Dream

Saturday 3.00pm – 4.00pm

‘Using mainly modern English, this interactive family show fully encourages audience participation and provides a great introduction to the inventiveness of Shakespeare’.

WORKSHOP: The Servants Ball – Step Dance Workshop with Ewan Wardrop

Saturday 6.30pm – 7.00pm

‘Helping to recreate the Servants Ball experience, Ewan Wardrop brings his extensive experience into running this step dance workshop’.

The Servants Ball: Folk music of the inter-war era re-imagined

Saturday 7.30pm – 8.30pm

‘Performed by some of Britain’s leading traditional musicians, set against the magnificent Barn backdrop, this will be a night to remember’.

Sunday:

David Gibb

Sunday 10.30am – 11.15am

‘Guaranteed to have both parents and children singing along in no time’.

Stonevale Concerts – Sebastian Müeller and Lynette Stulting

Sunday 12.30pm – 1.20pm

‘Enjoy the sounds of classical violin & piano at its finest, set against the background of a stunning medieval Barn’.

Tales from the Great Wood

Sunday 3.30pm – 4.30pm

‘Join Badapple Theatre, and a host of puppets, for their interactive storytelling eco-adventure for ages 5 – 95!’.

The Miraculous Misadventures of Robin Hood

Sunday 6.30pm until 8.30pm

‘From the director who bought you the acclaimed ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ and The Three Inch Fools, comes a riotous adventure fit for all the family: the infamous tale of Robin Hood’.

Buy your tickets from the Great Barn Festival website.