{"id":3453,"date":"2026-04-09T15:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:08:30","slug":"the-rude-mechanicals-the-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2026\/04\/09\/the-rude-mechanicals-the-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rude Mechanicals &#8211; The Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Rude Mechanical Theatre Company <\/strong>will be returning to Stourpaine this summer with our new production,\u00a0<em>The Wife<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"3460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2026\/04\/09\/the-rude-mechanicals-the-wife\/4-square-final-10-x-10-cm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?fit=1181%2C1181&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1181,1181\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4 &amp;#8211; SQUARE FINAL (10 x 10 cm)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?fit=750%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=750%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?w=1181&amp;ssl=1 1181w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-SQUARE-FINAL-10-x-10-cm.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019ll be playing at Stourpaine Village Hall Field on <strong>Friday 4th July<\/strong>.<br \/><em>The Wife<\/em>\u00a0is a lively, musical retelling inspired by Chaucer\u2019s Wife of Bath, full of bold storytelling, live music, humour and poetry. As ever, they\u2019ll be performing outdoors and bringing their travelling stage back to the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therudes.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">therudes.co.uk<\/a> and for timings: here, Stourpaine &#8211; 7:30 p.m. with BYO camp picnic from 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"3461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2026\/04\/09\/the-rude-mechanicals-the-wife\/attachment\/2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?fit=1181%2C1181&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1181,1181\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?fit=750%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=750%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?w=1181&amp;ssl=1 1181w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company will be returning to Stourpaine this summer with our new production,\u00a0The Wife. They\u2019ll be playing at Stourpaine Village Hall Field on Friday 4th July.The Wife\u00a0is a lively, musical retelling inspired by Chaucer\u2019s Wife of Bath, full of bold storytelling, live music, humour and poetry. As ever, they\u2019ll be performing outdoors&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2026\/04\/09\/the-rude-mechanicals-the-wife\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Rude Mechanicals &#8211; The Wife<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,6,48,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-notice","category-playing-fields","category-villagehall","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MmHE-TH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 21:48:51","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}