Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – What’s on This Summer?
Kevin Gold created on 23rd May 2022
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is a big part of summer in the capital, and this year’s season is now underway.
The first of three live shows, Legally Blonde plays until 2 July with shows daily except Sundays. When fashion major Elle Woods finds her college sweetheart is off to Harvard Law School, she embarks on a drastic plan to win him back, discovering more about herself along the way. The show is directed by Lucy Moss, co-writer and co-director of the hit musical SIX and stars Courtney Bowman as Elle.
From 12 July until 28 August, there’s the classic children’s story 101 Dalmatians – set in Regent’s Park, itself. When the ultimate storybook villain, Cruella de Vil (Kate Fleetwood) sets her sights on a new fur coat, there’s trouble ahead for pooches Pongo, Perdi and their pups. This new adaption features plenty of songs and puppetry.
Rounding off the season in September is a new retelling of the epic Greek tale of Antigone, by writer of the Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams.
To supplement this season’s productions, look out for MOREoutdoor – a festival of comedy, fringe theatre and film. Highlights include two all-star comedy fundraisers in support of London’s food banks on 12 June.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel will be performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment on 31 July. And the Battersea Arts Centre Beatbox Academy presents Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster on 8 August.
Luna Cinema will also be in the park again this summer with two classic films – George Lucas’s Star Wars: A New Hope on 26 June, celebrating its 45th anniversary, and Steven Spielberg’s multi-award-winning new take on West Side Story on 18 September.
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