Illyria

Suitable for ages 5 and over.

Following last year’s sell-out performance of Danny the Champion of the World, Festival favourites Illyria present Hans Christian Andersen’s much-loved story, The Emperor’s New Clothes. Two swindlers spin a yarn, the Emperor allows himself to be taken in, and it isn’t long before everyone is stitched up. Only at the Grand Parade on April Fools’ Day is the barefaced cheek of it all revealed.

This event has held at Wardrobe Museum Gardens.

Picnics are welcome so please bring a rug or your own low-backed seating. The performance goes ahead whatever the weather. Special entry rates apply to the Wardrobe Museum for ticket holders during the Festival.