Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Dominic Hill’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Our Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for the Regent Park Open Air Theatre’s revival of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town.
Best of the Blogs: The Lehman Trilogy, Anna, Vincent River, Our Town & more
As part of a new series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out seven of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (20-27 May 2019). Amidst her choices is the return of The Lehman Trilogy, impressing Jonathan Baz with its ‘sheer technical theatrical genius”, while Aleks Sierz asks whether wearing headphones during a performance of Anna at the National Theatre is all a gimmick or vital to the impact of the play.
‘The casting of this play is on point’: OUR TOWN – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
All of the actors in Our Town create a beautiful puzzle of different personalities, dynamics and ages that really make their performance shine as a whole.
‘The strength of the production is in its slow-build effect’: OUR TOWN – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Thornton Wilder’s writing in Our Town feels as fresh and innovative as it must have done in the 1930s and taking an early season risk on a less conventional play ultimately pays off.
NEWS: Regent’s Park announces principal casts for Evita & Jesus Chris Superstar
Regent’s Park Theatre has today announced principal casting for their productions of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar, alongside the full creative team for Evita.
NEWS: Jamie Lloyd directs Evita as part of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 2019 season
The 2019 season at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre will feature Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town directed by Ellen McDougall and Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, staged by Jamie Lloyd.
NEWS: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar transfers to the Barbican Theatre in 2019
Following its sell-out success in 2016 and 2017 at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park, the multi-award-winning production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Chris Superstar transfers to the Barbican Theatre for just 60 performances in 2019, running from 4 July to 24 August).
Singing in the rain: When the British weather is all part of the fun
In the last week or so I’ve seen three outdoor shows and got soaked to the skin twice. It’s what you do in Britain – part of summer’s rich tapestry.
‘Outrageously kitsch & eccentric’: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre ★★★★
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre finishes its summer season with an outrageously kitsch and eccentric production of Little Shop of Horrors that will leave you singing its infectious title song all the way home.
‘Big, bold & wonderful’: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre ★★★★
This production is big, bold and wonderful. Humour, prime vocals and a crazy story make this the most enjoyable way to spend an evening.
Six shows to look out for in August 2018
Here’s Love London Love Culture’s guide to some of the shows to look out for during August… if you aren’t heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Idyllic whimsy with a touch of delightful midsummer madness’: AS YOU LIKE IT – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Shakespeare’s slight and silly comedy As You Like at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is just the thing for midsummer.
‘Delightful from beginning to end’: AS YOU LIKE IT – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre ★★★★
Overall, this is a lovely summer treat at the Open Air Theatre, working well in the context of its surroundings of Regent’s Park. Hilarious, touching and well worth a visit.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Turn of the Screw at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw is given the Open Air Theatre treatment in Timothy Sheader’s production. Here’s what critics have had to say about it…
Braving open-air theatre: working with the weather… & alpacas
Attending the first show of 2018 made me wonder, not for the first time, why we mad Brits persist in doing outdoor theatre. This is not Verona, Seville or Avignon, after all.
‘This story never resonated with me properly – until now’: PETER PAN – Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park ❤❤❤❤❤
This enchanting production of Peter Pan is filled with enough magic and creativity to make the adults in the audience fully embrace the child within.
‘This isn’t the gentle hymn to theatricality many children knew’: PETER PAN – Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park
The Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park finally has a summer pantomime in Peter Pan they can revive with minor tweaks and cast changes forever if they so desire.
‘Once everyone accepted it as just a very well-executed panto, things clicked’: PETER PAN – Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park ★★★
Directors Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel have melded World War One and circus in Peter Pan at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park.
NEWS: Olivia Vinall and Edward Hogg are cast in Open Air Theatre’s As You Like It as full details announced
Olivia Vinall and Edward Hogg take the roles of Rosalind and Orlando in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s As You Like It, with Keziah Joseph and Beruce Khan in the roles of Celia and Oliver.
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