Summer at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: 2023 season
Once On This Island
A revival of Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty's (music) coming-of-age musical Once On This Island opens the 2023 summer season at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
Read more ...La Cage aux Folles
Olivier and Tony-winning musical La Cage aux Folles hasn't been seen on the London stage since 2008, yet its themes of gay representation in the face of adversity are sadly as relevant as ever. Hats off to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre boss Timothy Sheader (Carousel) for spotting the potential for the 1980s hit to enjoy another outing this summer.
Read more ...Robin Hood
While this fresh take on the Robin Hood legend is aimed at families with kids aged eight and up, its creative team are bound to lace the story with plenty to appeal to adult sensibilities. The adaptation comes from Carl Grose, former deputy artistic director of recently retired Kneehigh Theatre Company (RIP!), who wrote their riotous show Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Meanwhile, innovative director Melly Still (The Wreckers and climate play The Gretchen Question) is steering it onto stage.
Read more ...Dinosaur World Live
Hold on tight to your seats... the dinosaurs are roaring onto stage at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre – let's hope they don't bring down the stalls with their thunderous footsteps. Back by popular demand, Dinosaur World Live is a chance to see some prehistoric heroes in the flesh.
Read more ...The Tempest
One for parents, 'funcles', teachers and, well, anyone hoping to give the kids an introduction to Shakespeare: a new production of The Tempest reimagined for little ones aged upwards of six is being mounted at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer.
Read more ...Every Leaf a Hallelujah
A stage adaptation of Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri's first kids' novel Every Leaf A Hallelujah is hoping to capture the hearts of little theatregoers at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer. A gentle lesson about the environment from the Nigerian-British poet, the story invites families into an enchanted world of extraordinary endangered trees.
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