Spectacular summer season opens next week with Twelfth Night
The start of summer is almost here and next Saturday the 3rd May, Twelfth Night is the first opening show in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Summer season.
Twelfth Night or What You Will
‘What country, friends, is this?’
At a moonlit cafe surrounded by the sea, Olivia sings a lament to her lost brother, watched on by faded crowd.
When a shipwreck catapults Viola into their world of abandoned festivities, a web of disguise and deception begins. This new injection of life rocks this melancholic community to the core, but can she finally shake them from their languor and get the party started again?
Set against the heat of the Mediterranean sun, Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identities is a glorious celebration of love. Directed by Owen Horsley (Henry VI: Rebellion, Wars of the Roses, Royal Shakespeare Company) in a marriage of happiness, nostalgia and riotous partying.
Owen Horsley’s production stars Raphael Bushay (Orsino), Richard Cant (Malvolio), Sally Cheng (Querelle), Andro Cowperthwaite (Sebastian), Anna Francolini (Olivia), Nicholas Karami (Antonio/Captain), Julie Legrand (Feste), Michael Matus (Toby Belch), Evelyn Miller (Viola), Anita Reynolds (Maria), Matthew Spencer (Andrew Aguecheek), Katherine Toy (Valentine/Priest), Jon Trenchard (Fabian/Musical Director), and Harry Waller (Curio/Officer).
Twelfth Night features new original songs by Sam Kenyon in addition to the numerous songs in the text of Twelfth Night or What You Will.
The summer season spans 3 May – 21 September 2024 and consists of:
- TWELFTH NIGHT, 3 May – 8 June 2024
- THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, 18 May – 8 June 2024
- THE SECRET GARDEN, 15 June – 20 July 2024
- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, 27 July – 21 September 2024
Further Information: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre