Bringing immersive theatre experiences to you.
The Bard + Garden Party = Barden Party! From humble backyard beginnings to the largest international stages, we create theatrical magic with our our original immersive experiences and unique award-winning musical renditions of William Shakespeare’s works!
The Barden Party’s most recent tour
In August & September, we performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured Scotland, the Isle of Man and Greece!
Introducing our new original musical…
Heracles: Of Men and Beasts
Help us get to Edinburgh Fringe 2026!
What is The Barden Party?
The Barden Party was created in 2021 after COVID-19 led to a constant stream of cancellations in the performing arts industry. Within a month we created a performance to travel safely to people’s own gardens, a music-infused version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It became a smash-hit, 50-stop, award-winning tour of New Zealand and a 10-show tour of the United States. Now, five years on, we have performed over 500 times with our 4 musical Shakespeares and 4 original works, having toured 6 countries! In 2025, we won Best Theatre Week 2 at the Adelaide Fringe out of 1400 shows for the second consecutive year and then we ventured to Scotland for our first Edinburgh Fringe. In Edinburgh, our tiny kiwi traveling troubadour independent theatre company managed to receive six 5-star reviews from UK review sites and were named in The Rec’s Top Ten Shows of the Fringe out of 4000 shows. We managed against all odds to make it back to Edinburgh in 2026 taking not one, but TWO shows (Macbeth: Blood and Bluegrass and our original musical Heracles: Of Men and Beasts to rave reviews and added on an incredible 11 city Scottish tour after the Fringe. After Scotland, we toured the Isle of Man and jumped over to Greece to perform one show of Heracles in Athens.
Watch this space to see what we get up to in 2027 and hopefully we’re in your neck of the woods.
We create the most talked about events of the season!
“My eyes were clinging to this production in an effort to make it last longer.”
Praise Dionysus! Reviews Melbourne
“This is exciting and brilliant theatre, breathing new life into the Bard, with impact, passion, emotion and relevance that stays with you long after the final bows.” - 5 Stars
Stage Whispers, Adelaide Fringe 2025
How it works
You find a date that works for you
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Make sure that The Barden Party will be in your area
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Book your show via our online form
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We contact you to confirm the details and organise a deposit (public, private or schools shows)
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We send you an official invitation to send to your guests
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You organise a space for the show in your garden, or a public space
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We turn up an hour before the performance and bring stories to life right before your eyes in whatever space you make available to us!
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