ULVERSTON'S Ford Park plays host to the acclaimed Festival Players Theatre Company's outdoor summer tour of Shakespeare's Hamlet on Friday, July 29 (7.30pm). The players' artistic director Michael Dyer has condensed the play, the bard’s longest, to a manageable length of two hours in the company’s trademark accessible format. Tickets on 01229-580666 or accounts@ford-park.org.uk. Others venues hosting Hamlet include Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, on Saturday, July 23 (3pm, 01768-776276).