Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, the award-winning Dyad Productions (A Christmas Carol, Lady Susan, A Room of One’s Own, Christmas Gothic, Austen’s Women, Female Gothic) return to the Elizabethan era. To the famous and fabulous Elizabethan explorer, sailor, dandy, and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth I’s favourite and James I’s knave.

This is a journey through the astonishing highs and lows of one of Britain’s most famous men from history. But there’s so much you don’t know…

Father, husband, writer, poet, adventurer, philosopher, soldier, tyrant, egotist, lover, traitor, alchemist, visionary, victim.

In a life spanning around 65 years, Sir Walter Raleigh achieved more than others might do in a hundred lifetimes. Over a decade in the tower and still he held power. The Huguenots, America, The Armada and execution. Is that the whole story? The final chapter of Raleigh’s life is perhaps the most daring, strange and utterly heart-breaking.

See the fall from grace taken directly from historical record, marvel at the magnetism of a man who seized every opportunity to create a legacy which spans the centuries and at every wrenching, exalting and personal moment, you will be witnesses.

Written and performed by Andrew Margerison (A Christmas Carol, Frantic Assembly’s Fatherland, Macbeth), and directed by Rebecca Vaughan (A Christmas Carol).

Created in collaboration with The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead

Praise for Dyad Productions:

‘If you haven’t seen Dyad Productions’ work before, you simply must’ British Theatre Guide

THREE WEEKS Cumulative Body of Work Award-Winners, 2018

★★★★★ ‘Beautifully performed… entrancing’ (British Theatre Guide)

★★★★★ ’Richly re-imagined, exquisitely evocative’ (Edinburgh Guide)

★★★★★ ‘A towering performance…assured…rich’ (The Scotsman)

★★★★★ ‘Outstanding… gripping… never less than magnetic’ (Three Weeks)

Allocated Covered Seating

£26.25

*Festival Friends & Hever Castle, Hever Golf and Wellbeing Club Members 

*Groups, over 20 tickets 

*Please contact the box office, we can reserve tickets for you while you organise your group. We will also remove the 7% booking fee from your purchase.

Joint Theatre and Castle Garden entry

Two Sisters’ Theatre

Located on the Two Sister’s Lawn, our new theatre has…

One continuous roof, every auditorium seat is undercover and allocated. The roof section over the auditorium is transparent so you will be able to enjoy the full vista, as you watch The Stars on stage!

We can close our walls for events outside the summer months. The walls are clear so you still feel you are in the beautiful garden just with protection from the weather.

The theatre bar will be open before the event and during the interval (if the show has one) for hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice cream.