Category: Open Air Theatre

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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Open Air Theatre

“Out of this wood do not desire to go” As the first of Shakespeare’s works that I…

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Review: Ragtime, Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park

“Giving the nation a new syncopation” Is there a greater opening number to a musical than the…

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2012 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi  Benedict…

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Review: Crazy for You, Open Air Theatre

“Dancing makes my troubles all seem tiny” There’s no hiding the fact that the Open Air Theatre’s…

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Review: The Beggar’s Opera, Open Air Theatre

“You will always be a vulgar slut” The Beggar’s Opera written by John Gay in 1728 was…

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Review: Lord of the Flies, Open Air Theatre

“Which is better – to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” Watching theatre outdoors…

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Winners of the 2011 What’s On Stage Awards

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY WINNER – Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo  Helen McCrory…

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2011 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo  Helen McCrory – The Late…

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Review: Into the Woods, Open Air Theatre

“This was just a moment in the woods…” The final show in this year’s season at the…