Theatre alfresco.

(From Bristol Evening Post)

The Open-Air Theatre Festival in Cheltenham is celebrating its sixth birthday this year with a compelling mix of laid-back music, sophisticated Shakespeare, alfresco cinema and quirky theatre productions.

Once again Peter Gill and Friends will be treating audiences to two musical evenings, opening with Jazz on a Summer's Evening on Wednesday and closing the festival with More Jazz on a Summer's Evening, on August 1, including a magnificent firework finale.

Tuckwell Amphitheatre will also host two performances of the classic Shakespeare comedies The Taming of the Shrew, by local open-air aficionados Rain or Shine, and The Merchant …