A small-scale, outdoor festival showcasing theatre made in Somerset: perfect summer entertainment for all the family.

BARN is a collective theatre initiative, facilitated by Take Art, that supports Somerset's theatre-making sector to develop, test and showcase new work in a rural context.

Book individual shows for £3 each, or get a BARNFest Festival Pass to see all four for only £10.

The shows are:

Boxes by Kerchief Theatre:

A dynamic piece of family-friendly theatre about the need for, and value of, hope. Two actors use storytelling, movement and music in an energetic piece, sometimes funny, sometimes grotesque, that explores our experience of living in challenging times.

A Walk on the Wildside by Shoebox Theatre:

A promenade walking tour about nature, with a difference. This is a clown show about connection: with nature, the natural world around us, and with each other. How we can easily become disconnected, but how there is always the chance to find a way back.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Tor Theatre:

A one-man re-telling of Coleridge's classic poem. Let the Mariner take you with him on his journey: across the ocean, into the soul, and through the beer gardens and village greens of rural Somerset. This is a cautionary tale of a thoughtless act and a life of suffering, penance and redemption.

Pirate TAXI by Pirates of the Carabina:

An outdoor aerial circus show with live music, performed in, on and around a London taxi. Performed by Barnz Munn and Shaena Brandel, the show weaves together their personal story about how they came to settle on a remote farm in Somerset, with themes of travel and displacement, reminiscent of birds' annual migration.