The Barn Theatre in Cirencester have today announced their full 2021 Reopening Season, to include the 25th anniversary production of Marie Jones’ Olivier award-winning tragicomedy Stones in His Pockets and the world premiere of Simon Reade’s actor-musician adaptation of David Copperfield, with the Christmas spectacle The Brothers Grimm Present: Cinderella running over the festive season.

Stones in His Pockets will run from 27 July – 22 August 2021 and is directed by Matthew McElhinney, son of the playwright and the play’s original director Ian McElhinney. This new production promises to bring an authentic rediscovery of the worldwide phenomenon, which has won numerous awards including both the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best New Comedy, as well as three Tony nominations on Broadway.

Following its OnComm nominated digital run earlier this year, An Elephant in the Garden will return to the Barn Theatre from 31 August – 11 September. Simon Reade’s adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo children’s novel follows Lizzie, her mother – and an elephant from the zoo in 1945 Dresden, Germany, as they flee the Allied fire-bombing in the endgame of the Second World War.

The world debut production of Simon Reade’s actor-musician adaptation of David Copperfield will run in the Cotswolds from 28 September – 6 November. In this new dramatisation, Copperfield is joined by a pair of quicksilver character actor/musicians to tell his rite-of-passage story of a young man full of hope, learning about life from an eccentric cast of characters on his journey into adulthood.

The Barn’s 2021 season will end with the world premiere of Alan Pollocks’ new play The Brothers Grimm Present: Cinderella, based on the classic fairy tale. The production, which will run over the festive period from 20 November 2020 – 2 January 2021, will be the third play by Pollock to debut over the festive period at the theatre.

The theatre has also announced today that following the success of their inaugural outdoor theatre festival in 2020, BarnFest will return to the Cotswolds this Summer.

Cast and creatives for the 2021 productions and further information on BarnFest will be announced in due course.

Tickets for the 2021 reopening season are available for priority booking from 14 June at 11am, with general sale from 18 June at 12pm here.