Shakespeare at Traquair is a vibrant community-based group with a backlog of 16 annual promenade productions in the open air of the stunning Traquair House gardens, in the Scottish Borders.

Like Shakespeare’s own company, our actors, costumiers, make-up artists and stage management team have other professions but their passion and commitment to performing Shakespeare’s words never fails to entertain large cohorts of followers.

This year we will be performing Twelfth Night. Romeo and Juliet was our 2011 production, following on from a 4-Star (The List), sell-out production of Othello in 2009 and a gripping full-capacity eight nights of Macbeth in 2010.

Photographs and videos from last year's performance can be found here.

2012 Events

Twelfth Night or What You Will

• Wednesday 23rd to Sunday 27th May
• Thursday 31st May to Saturday 2nd June

• Time: 7.30 pm (please arrive in plenty of time, to allow for parking and walking to the start of the show)
• Location: Grounds of Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, EH44 6PW

Rehearsals have begun in the grounds of Traquair House for this year's production of Twelfth Night. This year, our promenade performances are a week earlier and the first weekend will see a two day Shakespeare Fesitival.

As this is an outdoor promenade performance, audience members should dress for all seasons, wear suitable footwear for walking in the grounds and bring warm waterproof clothing. The show will go on regardless of how the Scottish summer weather presents!

Read our director Richard Forsyth's take one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies.

Tickets

Tickets should be bought from the Eastgate Theatre box office (01721 725777), which is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, and from 6.30pm on show nights:

• Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances: £14/£12
• Wednesday and Thursday performances: £8/£6
• Group Discount: Buy 10 get one free

There are no combined show/supper tickets available this year. If you would like to eat before the performance, please contact the 1745 Cottage Restaurant (01896 830777) from 6th April for pre-show opening times or to book a table.

Traquair Shakespeare Festival 2012

As part of the RSC Open Stages programme, Traquair House is running a two day Shakespeare Festival in the grounds of Traquair House from 26th to 27th May in 2012.

Photographs from previous productions have been added and you can now view images from The Merchant of Venice (2004), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (2005), As You Like It (2006), The Lion in Winter (2007), The Tempest (2007), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2008), Othello (2009), Macbeth (2010) and Romeo and Juliet (2011).

Romeo and Juliet 2011 4 star review of 2009's production of Othello in The List. Scotland on Sunday review of the 2008 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Shakespeare at Traquair is an inclusive group of volunteers. It is open to all age groups, ethnic backgrounds, theatrical experiences, location, politics. Auditions are held in Peebles, Galashiels and Penicuik. The cast and crew usually amount to about 100 people. More about us. To experience and promote the works of Shakespeare at Traquair House. Through rehearsal, workshop and production, experience all theatre craft in the particularly demanding outdoor promenade media and introduce Shakespeare's language to young people (and old) in a way that is fun and accessible.