What is Made By Storyhouse?

Every week throughout the spring and autumn, we bring you the best days and nights out we can find, from all over the world. We fill our main stage with comedy, musicals, bands, dance, opera and even circus, coming to Chester on their international tours.

Summertime is different. This is our season. This is when we make stuff for the stage that you won’t find anywhere else in the world. This is when we bring the best stories to life that others can’t make. These are great nights out that are made only for you. This season is all yours.

This summer is going to be wonderful. We’ve brought together some of the country’s most respected actors, composers, musicians, singers and directors to Chester; and asked them to bring to life five of the greatest stories ever told. They’re here for six months, and have been told exactly what you want: a great day or night out.

There’s a sparkling romantic musical comedy, a mucky-kneed family adventure, a gripping courtroom thriller, a classic Shakespearean comedy and his most beautiful play – the last he ever wrote.

– Alex Clifton, Artistic Director.

Made By Storyhouse productions are produced and created here at Storyhouse. The productions are performed by Storyhouse’s repertory company of actors, the largest outside of the National Theatre, and are performed on Storyhouse’s stage and at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre.

Previous Made By Storyhouse productions include The Beggar’s Opera (2017), Alice In Wonderland (2017), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), Julius Caesar (2017) and every production staged at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre.

Summer 2018’s Made By Storyhouse productions are:

A Little Night Music
Swallows and Amazons
The Crucible
The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre)