Great Green Barn

Immerse yourself in the glittering razzmatazz of the 1920's, dress for the occasion (if you wish!), and enjoy a delicious three-course meal as a brain-teasing murder mystery plays out around you! 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 1922 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕-𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 – 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐’𝒔 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 – 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕: 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆-𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆… 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅… 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆... 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔! Saturday 8 February, 7.30pm Great Green Barn Upper House Lane, Stroud Common, GU5 0SX 3-course Dinner & Murder Mystery Performance - £59.50 Book tickets @ GreatGreenBarn.com

Join us this Sunday for music, song, sandwiches, scones, mince pies and tea when the fabulous Stefan Bednarczyk brings his acclaimed cabaret 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨ë𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 to the Great Green Barn. "The King of Cabaret" (BBC R4) will perform some of Noël Coward's f​inest songs and verses – hilarious and poignant in equal measure. A festive Afternoon Tea will also be served; warm scones with jam & clotted cream, a delicious mince pie and pâtisserie and an array of freshly prepared finger sandwiches. Of course, all served with a selection of loose-leaf teas. Surely a perfect pre-Christmas treat! THIS COMING SUNDAY - 15 December, 3pm Great Green Barn Upper House Lane, Stroud Common, GU5 0SX Cabaret & Afternoon Tea - £35 Book your tickets @ GreatGreenBarn.com

Audrey Hepburn will be in the building next week when the fabulous Helen Anker brings her wonderful play 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐲 to the Great Green Barn. "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒆𝒙𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕" 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘢𝘯 Saturday 7 December, 7.30pm Great Green Barn Upper House Lane, Stroud Common, GU5 0SX Book your tickets @ GreatGreenBarn.com

Everlasting Willow Christmas Wreath Workshop

We have ONLY 4 places available at next week's Everlasting Willow Christmas Wreath workshop. 🎄🎄🎄 Linda Mills, who has been working with willow for over 20 years will be with us and she'll guide us through how to make a natural white willow and fabric wreath that can be embellished with foliage and other natural materials - which if removed after the festive season allows for the willow part of the wreath to be used repeatedly, year-on-year! 🥳❄️🎄❄️ 🥳 Friday 29th November, 10am - Noon Great Green Barn, Upper House Lane, GU5 0SX £45 including all materials and refreshment. For further information and to book visit GreatGreenBarn.com.

Our Creative Writing Group meetups at the Great Green Barn continue next Wednesday morning. Hosted by Mark Insoll in a fun and friendly space, these sessions are perfect for those who wish to be inspired and share their creative writing with others. If you want to be inspired with your writing aims, come and join us on Wednesday mornings - your first session is introductory and free. Mark hopes that his experience as a corporate and educational filmmaker, writing and working with a wide variety of topics and treatments, will provide a fresh approach to dealing with that peculiar itch that only writing seems to soothe. Dates & Sessions Wednesday Mornings, 10am to Noon​ Price: £15 per meeting - first introductory session free! For further information, to talk to Mark prior to attending or to register your interest email [email protected]

Creative Writing Group - Each Wednesday

If creative writing's your thing, join us at the Great Green Barn on Wednesday mornings at 10am for our two-hour Creative Writing Group meetup hosted by Mark Insoll. Last week an attendee felt the session really helped her progress, and said "This writing workshop has given me the motivation I very much needed. It was inspiring to hear other writers work, a great space to share my own work for the first time and to provide a goal to write on a selected word for next week. Just what I needed!" If you want to be inspired with your writing aims, come and join us on Wednesday morning - your first session is introductory and free. Mark hopes that his experience as a corporate and educational filmmaker, writing and working with a wide variety of topics and treatments, will provide a fresh approach to dealing with that peculiar itch that only writing seems to soothe. Dates & Sessions Wednesday Mornings, 10am to Noon​ Price: £15 per meeting - first introductory session free! For further information, to talk to Mark prior to attending or to register your interest contact us using the email in Comments.

Afternoon Tea at the Great Green Barn

Experience the elegance of a traditional full Afternoon Tea served under the beams of our beautifully restored 17th century Great Green Barn. We've chosen the very best for you; warm scones with jam & clotted cream, extraordinary cakes and pâtisserie and an array of freshly prepared finger sandwiches. All served with a selection of loose-leaf teas. Our next Afternoon Tea is Tuesday 15 October at 3pm - advance booking is essential. Book online at GreatGreenBarn.com.

Ode To Joyce - Theatre at the Great Green Barn

"Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night" 😂 So said the inimitable Joyce Grenfell, one of the greatest female entertainers of the twentieth century. And you can expect much more of this wit, wisdom and whimsy in 𝐎𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞, next week's first theatre show at the Great Green Barn!! This delightful gem of nostalgia recreates the setting of one of Joyce’s stage shows, and Cheryl Knight ‘𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕’ (Everything Theatre). Truly a labour of love, this show brings back to life an extraordinary entertainer. Saturday 12 October at 7.30pm - for details and to book visit GreatGreenBarn.com.

Just over two weeks to our first theatre show at the Great Green Barn!! 𝐎𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 celebrates one of the greatest female entertainers of the twentieth century, the inimitable Joyce Grenfell. This delightful gem of nostalgia recreates the setting of one of Joyce’s stage shows, and Cheryl Knight ‘𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕’ (Everything Theatre). Truly a labour of love, this show brings back to life an extraordinary entertainer. Saturday 12 October at 7.30pm - for details and to book visit GreatGreenBarn.com.

Help us grow a Great Green Barn Book Club

The Great Great Green Barn Book Club! 👍 This is something we'd love to start and grow, though we need the help of one or two people who'd be happy to lead and develop this with us. If you're interested, please do drop a comment below and we'll get in touch, or drop us an email. 🤞

ODE TO JOYCE at Great Green Barn Theatre

Our first theatre show at the Great Green Barn is 𝐎𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞, which celebrates one of the greatest female entertainers of the twentieth century, the inimitable Joyce Grenfell. In this gem of nostalgia, which recreates the setting of one of Joyce’s stage shows, Cheryl Knight ‘𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕’ (Everything Theatre). Truly a labour of love, this show brings back to life an extraordinary entertainer. Saturday 12 October at 7.30pm - for details and to book visit GreatGreenBarn.com.

Boxes have arrived with our first ever set of leaflets for Great Green Barn's events; and we're beyond excited and thought we'd share IMMEDIATELY!!! We've theatre with 𝐎𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚜, BOARD GAMES NIGHTS and of course Georgios' 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦! There's a host more events on sale - check out our What's On page to book!! GreatGreenBarn.com/whatson