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Brownsea Open Air Theatre (commonly abbreviated BOAT) is an open-air Shakespearean theatre company based in Poole, Dorset that have performed large theatrical productions since 1964. Annually, performing a play from the extensive works of William Shakespeare for three weeks in July and August, the production is set on the National Trust's Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour with boats transporting patrons to the island from Poole Quay. Proceeds from the production are donated to The National Trust for whom BOAT have so far raised over £250,000.In 2013 their 50th Season was celebrated with A Midsummer Night's Dream and Pericles, followed in 2014 by Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2 (combined into a single production), More recent productions include The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, As You Like It , Titus Andronicus and Richard III. For a single season in 2006/7 BOAT Ashore was established when the company's committee agreed that a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (in Shakespeare's original words) could be produced under the BOAT banner on the mainland. The production ran in early 2007 throughout Dorset. BOAT. were part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Open Stages project in 2012, participating in workshops and performing an excerpt from their 2011 production of Julius Caesar . They took part in Open Stages 2014 with a combined version of Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2, one scene of which they performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon Due to the covid-19 pandemic, no performances took place in 2020 or 2021. Instead, BOAT launched "BOAT at HOME" which included filmed scenes from Shakespeare's plays as well as full length videos of past productions, broadcast on YouTube. In 2022 BOAT joined forces with the newly formed Extraordinary Theatre Company to take a touring production of King Lear to venues in Dorset and Hampshire including Forest Forge and Bournemouth Little Theatre. The aim was to bring an accessible production to audiences new to Shakespeare.In 2023 BOAT celebrate their 60th Season with Romeo and Juliet.

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