Theatre in the Park
Shaftesbury Park, Carrickfergus
Wednesday 21 July, Gates open 6.30pm show starts 7.30pm

Get your glad rags on and work up your best Charleston as outdoor theatre returns to Shaftesbury
Park, Carrickfergus on Wednesday 21 July with a performance of The Great Gatsby. In a change from
the annual Shakespeare plays Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has teamed up with a leading
England-based theatre troupe, Heartbreak Productions, to celebrate the return of live events.
Served up with a twist of iconic Heartbreak style, this outdoor adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The
Great Gatsby is the perfect way to mark 100 years since prohibition.

Gates will open at 6.30pm when the audience can enjoy a performance from Third Carrick Silver
band before the main performance begins at 7.30pm. Running time is just over 2 hours.
Visitors can bring along a picnic basket and rug or low backed seating. Hot beverages and snacks will
be available to purchase from a stylish coffee wagon

Tickets cost £5 (plus booking fee) and are available PRE-SALE ONLY from https://mea-
gatsby.eventbrite.co.uk.

No tickets will be available at the event gates. Admission is free for 9-17
year old if they are accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.