‘Ulysses, the wanderer, after 10 years of swashbuckling returns home…his loyal wife Penelope is fighting off the attentions of wolfish suitors.. will she be pleased to see him?’
Cast: Ulysses - Jonathan McGovern. “new face” Telegraph. Telemaco -Nick Pritchard Penelope - Rowan Hellier; Minerva - Elizabeth Cragg; Melanto - Annie Gill; Antinoo - Callum Thorpe; Eumete - Daniel Auchincloss
August 1 & 2
Garden opens at 6pm for picnics Seated, covered cloister performances begin at 7.30pm. Tickets: £90 (orchestra seats) or £110 (Sun-Fri); £114 (Sat)
ANOTHER WORLD AT IFORD– Friday 8th August £34 FESTIVAL PROM
12 piece World Music Cabaret Ensemble Orchestre Ruffanti serve up a musical buffet of Latin, Funk and Bossa Nova in the Casita. “bringing, gaiety and good old fashioned ‘pizzaz’” Songlines. In the Cloister 4 piece alt folk band Maia play what has been described as sci-fi folk pop “mumford and sons but with all the right production”
Music and picnics from 6pm Main bands from 7.30pm Tickets: £34
FINAL FLING – Saturday 9th August £34 FESTIVAL PROM Two stunning bands perform in the exquisite Casita and Cloister at either end of the Grade 1 listed Peto gardens of Iford Manor.
Gypsy jazz quartet Gypsy Fire
Award winning, celtic roots and rabble-rousing funk folk band Mabon play the cloister “absolutely stunning, they should be headling all the major festivals!” Folkwaves.
Music and picnics from 6pm Main bands from 7.30pm Tickets: £34
BOOKING INFORMATION
Box office: 01225 44 88 44 www.ifordarts.org.uk Venue: Iford Manor, Iford BA15 2BA (6 miles outside Bath, nr Bradford on Avon)
