Press release for immediate use – Tuesday 6th April 2021 The Lord Chamberlain’s Men announce Macbeth summer 2021 tour dates IMAGES AVAILABLE HERE As previously confirmed, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, leading proponents of open air theatre return this summer with a thrilling and powerful production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It can now be confirmed that the production will open in Salisbury on 4 June before embarking on a 14-week summer tour. The tour will call at more than 55 venues giving more than 60 performances with yet more venues and dates in the UK and mainland Europe still to be announced. The extensive summer tour will see the company perform in the gardens and grounds of some of the UK’s most significant, historically important and visually stunning castles, cathedrals and stately homes including; Chichester Cathedral (11 June), Hever Castle (13 June), Harewood House (17 June), Waddesdon Manor (24 June), Ham House and Garden (4 July), Chiswick House & Gardens (7 July), Norwich Cathedral (9 & 10 July), Chawton House (15 July), Tyntesfield (24 July), Kingston Lacy (29 July), Chatsworth (4 August), Morden Hall Park (13 & 14 August), East Riddlesden Hall (18 August) and Holkham Hall (25 August). The 2021 tour will provide audiences with a highly anticipated return to live outdoor theatre and a kick start to the summer. There are performances at beautiful open air venues up and down the country. With venues from Yorkshire to Cornwall and with 7 performances in London there are plenty of opportunities to see one of the country’s leading open air theatre specialists with more than 15 years’ experience getting back to doing what they do best. Full tour dates and details are available via www.tlcm.co.uk This open air production is supported by Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund and is ‘See it Safely’ compliant. The company will adhere to all government and industry COVID safety guidance relating to outdoor performance, ensuring every effort is made to protect audiences and company members at all times. For this unique theatrical experience, audiences are encouraged to bring a chair, a sun hat and a glass of something chilled as the show promises to be another authentic, excellent and magical treat from the company that brought you 2019’s sell-out smash production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Acclaimed for their stylish and accessible productions The Lord Chamberlain’s Men have been wowing audiences throughout the country and internationally in their trademark style since 2004. Continually raising the bar for standards in open air theatre they have gone from strength to strength and now eagerly anticipate utilising that expertise to be at the vanguard of the theatre industry’s post-lockdown recovery this summer. With Authenticity, Excellence and Magic as the watchwords of the company, audiences new and old can expect a summer treat and a much sought-after return to theatre, as The Lord Chamberlain’s Men bring their own special brand of all male Shakespeare to venues throughout the country. Don’t miss this brilliant company perform Shakespeare as he first saw it; all male, in the open air and with Elizabethan costume, music and dance. ENDS/ Press contact For further information or for any review or interview requests, please contact Kate Bouchier-Hayes at The Corner Shop PR: [email protected] / 078 25335489 IMAGES AVAILABLE HERE TOUR DATES NB: there will be no fixed press night for the summer tour. Reviewers are very welcome to attend performances throughout the tour. Ticket sales and further updates are available via the website: www.tlcm.co.uk Salisbury Cathedral Friday 4 - Sat 5 June 2021 On sale 15 April Shakespeare in Burgess Hill, West Sussex Sunday 6 June On sale now Shakespeare in the Country Park, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Wednesday 9 June On sale now Glastonbury Abbey Thursday 10 June On sale now Chichester Cathedral Friday 11 June On sale now Osterley Park & House, London Saturday 12 June On sale now Hever Castle, Kent Sunday 13 June On sale now Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough Wednesday 16 June On sale now Harewood House, Leeds Thursday 17 June On sale 12 April Lytham Hall, Lytham Friday 18 June On sale Now Gunnersbury Park, London Sunday 20 June On sale now King’s Ely, Cambridgeshire Tuesday 22 June On sale now Bryanston, Dorset Wednesday 23 June On sale now Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire Thursday, 24 June On sale now Winterbourne House & Garden, Birmingham Friday 25 June On sale now Hatfield Forest, Essex Wednesday 30 June On sale now Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire Thursday 1 July On sale now Buscot Weir Field, Oxfordshire Friday 2 July On sale now Ham House and Garden, London Sunday 4 July On sale now Chiswick House & Gardens, London Wednesday 7 July On sale now Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Thursday 8 July On sale 12 April Norwich Cathedral, Norwich Friday 9 & Saturday 10 July On sale now Stanley Hall, Essex Sunday 11 July On sale now Chawton House, Hampshire Thursday 15 July On sale now Claremont Landscape Garden, Surrey Sunday 18 July On sale now Pentillie Castle and Estate, Cornwall Wednesday 21 July On sale now Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Gloucestershire Thursday 22 July On sale 18 April Brandon Hill, Bristol Friday 23 July On sale now Tyntesfield, Bristol Saturday 24 July On sale now Bishop's Palace, Somerset Saturday 25 July On sale now Killerton, Devon Tuesday 27 July On sale now Dunster Castle, Somerset Wednesday 28 July On sale now Kingston Lacy, Dorset Thursday 29 July On sale now Dyrham Park, South Gloucestershire Friday 30 & Saturday 31 July On sale now Hatchlands Park, Surrey Sunday 1 August On sale 12 April Shrewsbury Castle, Shropshire Tuesday 3 August On sale 12 April Chatsworth, Derbyshire Wednesday 4 August On sale now Knowsley Hall, Merseyside Thursday 5 August On sale now Wrest Park, Bedfordshire Friday 6 August On sale now The Vyne, Hampshire Saturday 7 August On sale now Knebworth House, Hertfordshire Sunday 8 August On sale 12 April Hylands House, Essex Wednesday 11 August On sale now Emmetts Garden, Kent Thursday 12 August On sale now Morden Hall Park, London Friday 13 & Saturday 14 August On sale now Kenwood House, London Sunday 15 August On sale now Alderford Lake, Shropshire Tuesday 17 August On sale now East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire Wednesday 18 August On sale now Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire Thursday 19 August On sale 12 April Newby Hall & Gardens, North Yorkshire Friday 20 August On sale now Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sunday 22 August On sale now Holkham Hall, Norfolk Wednesday 25 August On sale 12 April Nostell, West Yorkshire Thursday 26 August On sale now Bantock House, Wolverhampton Friday 27 August On sale 12 April Breamore House, Hampshire Saturday 28 August On sale now Royal Ascot Golf Club, Berkshire Sunday 29 August On sale 15 April European Tour Dates To be announced NOTES TO EDITORS Creative Team Peter Stickney – Artistic Director and Producer Jacquie Crago – Co-director and Voice Coach Morgan Brind – Set and Costume designer Alex Beetschen – Musical Director, Composer and Arranger Polly Laurence – Costume Supervisor Splinter Scenery – Set Construction Liz Coleman – Costume Maker The Lord Chamberlain’s Men Founded in 2004, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men are the modern incarnation of Shakespeare’s original company of the same name. Performing with an all male cast, they present authentic, excellent and magical productions of Shakespeare’s finest plays bringing to vivid and accessible life the greatest works of drama, as they would first have been performed. Peter Stickney took over the company as Artistic Director and Chief Executive in 2016. For further details please visit www.tlcm.co.uk or follow on social media: Facebook / Twitter /Instagram .