PLAY! Festival 2024
In an ancient land full of legendary heroes and the monsters they fight, how do regular folk live? Beowulf the Musical is a musical retelling of two medieval myths intertwined: on one side the famous hero as strong as 30 men, and on the other a princess who must live her life in service to her kingdom against her own heart.
All presented by the wise fourth-wall breaking narrator simply known as ‘The Scribe’ who has the ultimate authority over the story being told, or so she thinks. The musical draws upon the eponymous poem Beowulf as well as Old English literary corpus as a whole and is full of references to be solved, as well as connections to legends from the medieval Danish text Gesta Danorum. As inexorable fate ebbs and flows, nothing – and no one – is what it seems. What paths will our characters carve for themselves?
Experience selected highlights from this brand new musical full of talent across our university, headed by MMus students Umay Acar (Composer/Writer) and Friyan Bajan (Conductor) before its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024.
Car parking
When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.
Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.
Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.
Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk
Further information
No booking required
Tickets
Free entry to all