Shakespeare company opens garden theatre by River Avon

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Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company opened an outdoor theatre with a new version of 'The Comedy of Errors' on Tuesday, its first such full scale production in front of a live audience in over a year.

A view shows the construction site for Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company prepares to launch their new garden theatre, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Britain June 30, 2021.

"The Comedy of Errors" had been due to begin performances in April 2020, but the RSC, like theatres across Britain and elsewhere, had to close its doors to live audiences due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The production has now been adapted by director Phillip Breen for the new temporary open-air venue. Under Prime Minister Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown, entertainment venues in England have been welcoming audiences back since mid-May though at 50% capacity. From Monday, they will no longer face restrictions on numbers."I felt there were two really powerful reasons to build this theatre, one of which was as a sort of symbol of regeneration ...

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