Chester Storyhouse summer season in the park
- Alan Hulme
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Chester's Storyhouse arts centre will again take over the city's Grosvenor Park for two months this summer (June 27-September 6) for four open-air theatre productions, live comedy, Moonlight Flicks cinema nights, yoga sessions, murder mysteries, street food celebrations and family activities.
The main theatre events are: Outlaws: A Robin Hood Story (July 3-August 23). Set in Sherwood Forest, a modernised take on the famous story features Robin, Maid Marion, the Merry Men and the Sheriff of Nottingham in an Ocean’s Eleven-style heist; Let The Sun Shine! (July10-August 23) - when a Woodstock-inspired festival arrives, fear and resistance gradually give way to joy as teenager Harry Bottomley and a cast of townspeople find their lives transformed; walkabout family show Peter Pan (July 28-August 13) - under-eights and their families are promised a vibrant interactive adventure close to the classic Disney-style story, and Nell Gwynn (August 21-September 6) - a bawdy feminist comedy with music and dancing, telling the true-ish tale of the orange-seller turned Restoration celebrity.
The festival site will again feature the popular tepee bar- with a wider variety of foods, craft beers and frozen cocktails this year, alongside a free-admission Street Food Weekend ( June 27–28) launching the season with live music.
Across the summer, visitors can also enjoy: Moonlight Flicks – Storyhouse’s open-air cinema nights; live comedy evenings; murder mystery events; outdoor yoga sessions and "Rhyme Time" and library craft sessions for families.
Storyhouse creative director Suzie Henderson said: “We have a fantastic line-up of theatrical adventures for 2026. What makes Storyhouse in the Park so special is that it’s more than just theatre: it’s a space for families to spend time together, for friends to meet, for people to try yoga in the sunshine, or to solve a murder mystery after dark. Grosvenor Park becomes a cultural home for the whole city across the summer.”
More info and tickets here