BOOK seats
The Opening Night
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
Thursday 7 July 2022
Gardens open 6pm for picnics
Performance in St Quintin's Barn 7.30pm
30-minute interval
£35 / £45
Dress for The Opening Night
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
Saturday 9 July 2022
Gardens open 4pm to set up your picnic.
Performance in St Quintin's Barn 6pm
90-minute picnic interval
£55 / £70
Dress black tie | glamorous | theatrical
The Sunday Matinée
The Saturday Night
The Sunday Matinée
Sunday 10 July 2022
Gardens open 12 midday for picnics.
Performance in St Quintin's Barn 3pm
30-minute interval
£10 / £35 / £45
Dress for a Sunday picnic
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
best of british essex opera festival dinner
The Opening Night
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
Thursday 7 July 2022
Gardens open 6pm for picnics
BOOKING CLOSED
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
The Saturday Night
Saturday 9 July 2022
Gardens open 4pm for picnic.
BOOKING CLOSED
The Sunday Matinée
The Saturday Night
The Sunday Matinée
Sunday 10 July 2022
Gardens open 12 midday for picnics.
BOOKING CLOSED
How to get to layer marney tower
By train
Regular trains to Witham (45 mins from Liverpool Street Station and on the line from Stratford, Colchester Ipswich and Norwich.
We have laid on a FREE BUS TRANSFER in a vintage London Routemaster bus from & to Witham Station
Saturday 9 July
The Routemaster will depart Witham station at 16:15 and will leave Layer Marney Tower at 22:15 to take you back to WItham in good time for last trains.
Sunday 10 July
The Routemaster will depart Witham station at 12:15 and leave for the station at 18:15
Layer Marney Tower by car
Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex CO5 9US, United Kingdom
Layer Marney Tower is between Colchester and Tiptree, off the B1022, within easy reach of London and the M25. Follow the brown tourist signs. Use the post code CO5 9US in your Sat Nav. There is ample parking. What3Words lawns.full.views
2023 festival
Elisir d'amore, 22-25 June 2023
Please put the dates in your diary and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to book tickets.
Photo left: Ella Taylor and Joanna Songi in our 2022 production of Così fan tutte, directed by P Burton Morgan and designed by Chantal Short.
Coming to Così fan tutte at Layer Marney?
We will pick you up from Witham station (and take you back there) in this vintage Routemaster bus, for the Saturday and Sunday performances.
There's no cost to you - it's all part of our commitment to making fantastic opera available to everyone, and attempting to live within planetary boundaries.