10 great UK open-air theatres you can visit on public transport

Our pick of non-London venues present outdoor summer shows in locations from Cornwall’s coastal Minack to Glasgow’s wooded Greenbank Garden

The nation’s most dramatic open-air theatre – the creation of the remarkable Rowena Cade and her gardener Billy Rawlings – is quite the experience even before the show starts. The steeply shelving auditorium tumbles down the cliffs to a stage whose backdrop is the Atlantic.
Getting there/away For afternoon performances, take the A1 bus between Penzance and Porthcurno. For evening shows (Tuesday to Thursday), there’s a special bookable bus (call 01736 810181) between St Ives and the Minack via Penzance.
Adult £14, child £7. Shows: until 9 August I, Don Quixote; 19-23 August Blue Stockings; 26-30 August The Government Inspector; 2-6 September The Mill On The Floss, minack.com

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