
Event Description
Tales of Drake is a Malvernbard production by local playwright and actor Nick Wilkes, directed by Jon Legg.
A drink, a fight and tales through the night of piracy, slavery and the world encompassed…
1603, and the Pelican Tavern stands at the edge of the Thames near Execution Dock.
Here, an erstwhile sailor serves a last quart of ale to those found guilty of Piracy, before they are hanged at the scaffold from a shortened rope.
Whilst he waits, he recalls his travels and tales of time served at sea under the great Sir Francis Drake; the Circumnavigation, the Armada, the massacre at Rathlin Island – and his own questionable career on the seas…
Show times
Tuesday 29 July 2025, 7.30pm
Wednesday 30 July 2025, 7.30pm
Thursday 31 July 2025, 2.30pm
Thursday 31 July 2025, 7.30pm
Friday 1 August 2025, 7.30pm
Saturday 2 August 2025, 2.30pm
Saturday 2 August 2025, 7.30pm