All photos, unless stated, Johan Persson.

Henry V

Timothy Sheader Artistic Director

William Village Executive Director

“What an audacious and imaginative start this is to the Open Air Theatre’s season” Evening Standard

Continuing our ambition to stage large scale theatre for families, Michael Morpurgo’s jungle adventure, Running Wild, incorporated a Young People’s Ensemble of over 50 drawn from our local community, as well as life-size puppetry in the form of orang-utans, a tiger and an elephant. Co-produced with Chichester Festival Theatre, the production embarks on a UK tour in 2017.

Opening on the eve of the EU referendum, Henry V - Shakespeare’s play examining England’s relationship with her European neighbours - was staged to celebrate his legacy in this, the 400th anniversary of his death. With Michelle Terry in the title role, a soundscape of warfare played throughout the venue accompanying choreographed battles.

“What better example of the unintentionallysite-specific. Regent’s Park becomes a version of an ideal Britain. Lush, green, inviting. Around the stage, bushes press in, heavy with rain. Birds don’t so much chirrup as bellow their freedom. They soar over the stage, unchallenged across boundaries” (Observer)

As a self-funded charity with ticket sales accounting for over 90% of income, audience engagement and development are key to our success. Jesus Christ Superstar and Pride and Prejudice played to capacity audiences, with both productions continuing into 2017; Pride and Prejudice tours the UK until March and Jesus Christ Superstar returns to the Open Air Theatre to conclude the 2017 season giving audiences one final chance to see it in its original home.

“This is a theatre that doesn’t operate in spite of the elements, but whose magic is in large part created by them” WhatsOnStage

Directors Timothy Sheader & Dale Rooks

Designer Paul Wills

Puppetry Design & Direction Finn Caldwell & Toby Olié for Gyre & Gimble

Movement Director Georgina Lamb

Composer & Musical Director Rod Paton

Sound Score Nick Powell

Lighting Designer Paul Anderson

Sound Designer Nick Lidster for Autograph

Season Associate Director (Voice & Text) Barbara Houseman

Casting Director Jessica Ronane CDG

Ensemble Casting Verity Naughton

Music Director (Performance) Louise Anna Duggan

13 May – 12 Jun

“ The puppetry is EXQUISITE,

with full-sized animals manipulated so they seem to breathe with documentary life. And as the sun goes down over Regent’s Park and Paul Anderson’s atmospheric lighting kicks in, THE MAGIC REALLY HITS YOU” Daily Telegraph

“ Manages to take children into the darker areas of life – bereavement, death, environmental destruction – while emerging with a message of hope and encouragement. A BRILLIANT, LIFE-AFFIRMING SHOW” Radio Times

“ Remarkable by its inventive, EVOCATIVE STAGING” The Times

“This out-does bothWar Horse and The Lion King in the puppetry stakes…it’s a BRILLIANT SPECTACLE” Guardian

In partnership with

Director Robert Hastie

Set & Costume Designer Anna Fleischle

Movement Director John Ross

Composer Yaron Engler

Lighting Designer Joshua Carr

Sound Designer Avgoustos Psillas for Autograph

Season Associate Director (Voice & Text) Barbara Houseman

Fight Director Kate Waters

Casting Directors Alastair Coomer CDG & Charlotte Sutton

“Cry God for Harry, England and equality! Female Henry is EVERY INCH A LION” Daily Mail

17 Jun – 09 Jul

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“Astonishing gender-switched reinvigoration…Michelle Terry IS RIVETING” Guardian

“Hastie isn’t imposing a transgressive vision on the play, he cuts to the heart of its concerns: the way it interrogates masculinity, stresses the need for inner resolve, ponders the lottery of life-chances, and how, in order to make peace – and sue for love, too – you must put yourself in another’s shoes” Daily Telegraph

“A kinetic, fast-paced production”Time Out

Coordinated by Kings College London

15 Jul – 27 Aug Director Timothy Sheader

Designer Tom Scutt

Choreographer Drew McOnie

Musical Director Tom Deering

Lighting Designer Lee Curran

Sound Designer Nick Lidster for Autograph

Fight Director Kate Waters

Season Associate Director (Voice & Text) Barbara Houseman

Casting Director Will Burton CDG & David Grindrod CDG

“ Wit, lyricism and satirical

bite abound in this DRAMATIC REVIVAL” Guardian

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“ An ALMIGHTY REVELATION…Superstar’s potency and its Christ-like radicalism – courting sacrilege, achieving an essence of spiritual intensity – IS REBORN” Daily Telegraph

“ TYRONE HUNTLEY’S STUNNING JUDAS…fizzes with wired energy and anguish and, whether belting out his rage or crooning his pain in glorious falsetto, he sings like an angel” The Times

“ Timothy Sheader offers

some of the most stylish direction I’ve seen all year, sculpting each segment into something DISTINCT, VIVID and COMPELLING.” Evening Standard

WINNER: BEST MUSICALBBC Radio 2 Audience Award, Evening Standard Awards

Director Deborah Bruce

Set Designer Max Jones

Costume Designer Tom Piper

Movement Director Siân Williams

Composer Lillian Henley

Lighting Designer Tina MacHugh

Sound Designer Matt McKenzie for Autograph

Season Associate Director (Voice & Text) Barbara Houseman

Casting Director Lotte Hines

Resident Director Hannah Banister

2 Sep – 17 Sep

“ Elegant, amusing and heartfelt…the cast is immaculate…A REAL TREAT” Daily Express

“ Full of wit, wonder, a charming cast and a STUNNING MUSICAL SCORE to couple the beauty of the show.” GetSurrey

“The MAGNIFICENT Felicity Montagu rules the stage as an anxiously energised Mrs Bennet” The Times

2016 Tour Venues:Bromley | Norwich | Cambridge | Manchester | Leicester | Woking | Truro | Birmingham | Richmond

“Matthew Kelly: with a quietauthority and sharp wit, his is a masterful lesson in apparently-understated yet actually PERFECTLY-JUDGED PERFORMANCE” Leicester Mercury

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Director Timothy Sheader

Co-Director Liam Steel

Designer Jon Bausor

Composer & Sound Score Nick Powell

Lighting Designer Paul Keogan

Sound Designer Avgoustos Psillas for Autograph

Voice & Text Coach Barbara Houseman

Fight Director Kate Waters

Casting Director Pippa Ailion CDG

Resident Director Fiona Dunn

“Seldom has a production had such a visceral impact” The Reviews Hub

“When the actors begin to move in slow motion, forming a terrifyingly macabre dance, it’s simple, powerful and raw…AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.” Coventry Times

“Absolutely invigorating and COMPLETELY TERRIFYING.” Bath Chronicle

On UK Tour

2016 Tour Venues:Bath | Richmond | Guildford | Liverpool | Leicester | Coventry | Bradford | Newcastle | Bromley

“Challenging and heart-wrenching, it is A TRIUMPH.” Swindon Advertiser

“An absolutely breath-taking production PERFORMED TO PERFECTION by the eager young cast.” Sunderland Echo

The Luna Cinema

www.PrideandPrejudicePlay.com

with Matthew Kelly and Felicity Montaguas Mr and Mrs Bennet

THE TIMES DAILY TELEGRAPH

TIME OUT EVENING STANDARD

Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd presents

“A PERFECT PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: SKITTISH, COMICAL, EASY ON THE EYE AND MOVING’

DAILY MAIL

The Children’s Touring Partnership presents

Originally produced by Regent’s Park Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre

www.runningwildlive.co.uk

Visitors 2013 2014 2015 2016

UK Domestic 94.80% 94.25% 93.91% 93.31%

In-Bound Tourism 5.20% 5.75% 6.09% 6.69%

Distance attendees live from the theatre

2013 2014 2015 2016

25% of attendees 3.3 miles 3.5 miles 3.3 miles 3.8 miles

50% of attendees 7 miles 7.3 miles 6.3 miles 8.2 miles

75% of attendees 17.7 miles 19.3 miles 20.1 miles 22.6 miles*

90% of attendees 49.9 miles 55 miles 59.9 miles 62 miles*

ATTENDANCE

62 miles*

22.6 miles*

LONDON

Crawley

Hemel Hampstead

Brighton

Ipswitch

Colchester

Margate

Canterbury

Maidstone

Eastbourne

Hasting

Dover

Basildon

Rochester

Chichester

Guildford

Reading

Portsmouth

Gloucester

Warwick

Winchester

Dorchester

Bedford

Southampton

Oxford

Aylesbury

Chelmsford

Cambridge

Bournemouth

Newport

Windsor

Kingston

CroydonBasingstoke

High Wycombe

Barnet

Romford

Southend-on-Sea

Bristol

Luton

St Albans

Salisbury

Slough

Andover

StevenageBraintree

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Swindon

Kent

Sussex

Surrey

Hampshire

Berkshire

Wiltshire

Dorset

Gloucestershire

Warwickshire

Hertfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Suffolk

Buckinghamshire

Bedfordshire

Year Attendance Productions

2013 187,993 To Kill a Mockingbird | Pride and Prejudice The Winter’s Tale re-imagined | The Sound of Music

2014 136,633 All My Sons | Hobson’s Choice | Twelfth Night re-imagined The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess | To Kill a Mockingbird

2015 139,074 Peter Pan | The Seagull | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Lord of the Flies

2016 140,264 Running Wild | Henry V Jesus Christ Superstar | Pride and Prejudice

Figures included in this review are estimates. Audited reports and accounts for the year will be available from the address on the following page from 1 October 2017.

SOURCES OF INCOME

90.10% Box Office

3.90% Catering

3.10% Sponsorship & Donations

1.40% Programmes & Merchandise

0.80% Members

0.60% Miscellaneous

65.72% Full Price

9.45% U18

5.24% Family (Running Wild)

4.63% Over 60

3.54% Schools

2.68% Groups

1.61% Members

7.12% Other Discounts & Concessions

2016 SUPPORTERSCorporate Partners Aesop ASC Finance for BusinessBlick Rothenberg LLPBMW i Park LaneCanard-DuchêneChapel Down CNBCDelanceyGrant Thornton UK LLPHome HouseMalsar KestKing & Wood MallesonsLinklaters LLPThe Mackintosh FoundationMelia Hotels InternationalRR DonnelleySaracens Sport FoundationSweett GroupTonstateThe Wall Street JournalYamaha Music London

Hotel Partners

Media Partners

Education Partner

Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd Registered in England No: 759557 Registered Charity No: 231670

Patron: Judi Dench DBE

Joint Chief Executives Timothy Sheader (Artistic Director) William Village (Executive Director)

Trustees Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL (Chairman) Pippa Ailion Stuart Griffiths OBEJim ReedSamantha SpiroMartin WilkinsonWilliam Village (Company Secretary)

Regent’s Park Productions Ltd Registered in England No. 09082210

Directors Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL Sir Peter Rogers William Village

Regent’s Park Enterprises Ltd Registered in England No: 6626067

Directors Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL William Village

Regent’s Park Ventures Ltd Company No. 09279742

Directors Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL Sir Peter Rogers William Village The Registered Office for all companies is: Stage Door Gate, Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NU Tel: 0844 375 3460 Group VAT Registration No: 997 3013 90 openairtheatre.com Box Office: 0844 826 4242

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is managed by Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd (RPT) and is licensed by Westminster City Council. RPT has three wholly owned subsidiaries: Regent’s Park Enterprises Ltd through which it operates the bar and catering facilities for the theatre, Regent’s Park Productions Ltd and Regent’s Park Ventures Ltd.

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2016 SEASON CREATED BYACTORS Catrin AaronDaniel AbbottAshley AndrewsStuart AngellPhilip ArdittiGeoff ArnoldFrancesca BaileyWill BarrattDeclan BennettAlex BhatRaphael BushayPeter CaulfieldPhil CheadleOkorie ChukwuCavin CornwallCharlotte CornwellAnna CrichlowDoña CrollLaura CubittBilly CullumJessica D’ArcyRose D’AulbeyFred DavisBobby DelaneyJoshua DeverBenjamin DillowayOmari DouglasHollie EdwinRyan EllsworthJoshua FernandesPolly FrameSimon HardwickJoel Harper-JacksonJoyce HendersonShanay HolmesTyrone HuntleyRomina HyttenMari IzzardRaquel JonesMatthew KellyBeruce KhanPhil KingSean KingsleyHattie LadburyJohn LeaderBobbie LittleSinead LongSyrus LoweAnoushka LucasGenesis LyneaEric MallettIra Mandela SiobhanAlly MansonSarah MardelJack McMullenSteven MeoJordan MifsúdFelicity MontaguDyfrig MorrisRosa O’ReillyGloria ObianyoTyler OsborneCharlotte PalmerAva PotterJoseph ProuseLeigh QuinnMark RawlingsJessica ReganCharlotte RibyJoy RichardsonKirsty RiderCameron SharpDavid SibleyCat SimmonsTafline SteenMichael TaibiMichelle TerryDavid ThaxtonBen ThompsonBarnaby ThompsonStephen VenturaDwane WalcottRhys WhitfieldBen Wiggins

With agreement from Equity the following East 15 Acting School students also appeared:Patricia AllisonMatthew BiddulphTiffany ClareOwen LandonJo McGarryVed SapruMaciej Trzpis-MiedziewskiRebecca Turner

ADMINISTRATION and FINANCE Rachel Quinney Lydia Lewis Anna Ganjolla Louise WaldronVineetha Sastry

CASTING Will BurtonAlastair CoomerDavid GrindrodLotte HinesVerity NaughtonJessica RonaneCharlotte Sutton

CATERING Lawrence Keal Richard Dryden Sophie BeardRichard CabalaRoberta ColonnaJessica CosentinoDean FawcettChristina Horsepool Luiz JeffersonKostas KaloskamisMohamed LallaliAbigail LarrssonUmar MalikFrancesca ManzaiLauren NugentInnocent Anaeche OgbuosisiLeon ScottLeo SophocleousDimitris VarytimosoglouDenzel Westley-SandersonGisele WojciechowskaRedae Zemichael

CHAPERONES Danielle EvansDaniel GillHolly HaycockMitch KolebukMarilyn LeeZak MaguireJohn OdwellIsobel RichardsDanielle SambrookKaty Taylor

COSTUME and WIGS Olivia AlessandraClare BanetCharlotte BelshamJo Bertaux-StrennaPauline BidegarayJonathan BurnistonJackie BurstonMark CostelloGabrielle FirthHelen GardnerCatherine GreenRebecca HartnollLorraine KohKevin MatthiasLydia McDonaldSandra NorthendRachel SchofieldHilary SleimanMariella SpotoCamila Stanford

Janine SummerhayesCathy TatePoppy TaylorJane Thomas ColquhounHilary WiliAnna Winkler

CREATIVE Paul AndersonHannah BanisterJan BenchDeborah BruceFinn CaldwellJoshua CarrLee CurranTom DeeringLouise Anna DugganLoren ElsteinYaron EnglerAnna FleischleZoé FordLizzie FranklPoppy HallMarcus Hall PropsRobert HastieLillian HenleyBarbara HousemanMajella HurleyMax JonesOliver KaderbhaiGeorgina LambNick LidsterTina MacHughBetty MariniBeckie MayMatt McKenzieDrew McOnieToby OliéJackie OrtonRod PatonTom PiperNick PowellAvgoustos PsillasDale RooksJohn RossTom ScuttClaire WardroperKate WatersSiân WilliamsPaul Wills

LIGHTING and SOUND Barry AbbottsJames BentleyPhil BrejzaBarry ChannerLiam ClearyDavid DalleyAndi DavisYana DemoEdward DickAbbi FearnleyAlan FotheringhameTom GoodePhoebe GoslingMarc GoughAj HammertonAlex HowellShane KavanaghJoe KirkCarrie LonsdaleVictor LopezAdam MajsaiGeoff MaynardLiam McDermottJulian McreadyColin NewlandAdam PoveyLewis RoseErin RutterMichael ScottAdam SquireMartin StrodsEleanor TheodorouMarc ThortonLiam Tranter

Gareth TuckerHadyn WilliamsLeo WoolcockDom Yates

MARKETING, PARTNERSHIPS and PRESS Marianne Richardson Morag Shackerley-Bennett Olivia Hood Jo AllanMary CormackMark DooleyShereden MathewsJane NewmanJohn PotterJames Travis-LeverMark Senior

MUSICIANS Oroh AngiamaAndy BarnwellAlan BerlynBen CastleAndrew CooksleyJohn DavyMark DickmanJohn DonovanJon GingellPete HarrisonMatt LeaverPete LewinsonSimon MinshallKevin Wedrychowski

PHOTOGRAPHERS Hugo Glendinning David Jensen Johan Persson Simon Turtle

PRODUCTION, TECHNICAL and STAGE MANAGEMENT David AllenIan AndlawBecky AthawesNick BarnesPhillipa BeanAndy BeardmoreDaisy BeattieAmy BendingDulcie BestAndy BewleyDaisy BradleyCheryl BrownAnna BruderRobyn CloggJodie DayAmber DonovanKate DowlingSean EdwardsRosie ElnileSteve EvansImogen FirthAbby GalvinLeanne GeddesFreya Grace DolbyCasimira Hayward-PeelMary HelySunita HindujaSarah Hopkins-ThomasAlice JenkinsSneha KarmakarMary KingAnnegret KuhnigkOllie LastRob Le MaistreAidan LesserCindy LinBenjamin LockwoodKirsty MacDiarmidRussel MartinCleo MaynardJen McGinleySimon Narciso

Rebecca PhillipsHugh PurvesDean RigbyWilliam SelbyElliot SquireZosia Stella-SawickaClaire TurnerCharlie TymmsStephanie Whieldon

SENIOR MANAGEMENT Timothy Sheader William Village Andy Locke

VISITOR SERVICES and ESTATES Elinor WilliamsJack GavinInes AlvesClaudia AmatiMax Alexander-TaylorHollie Ashton-PenkethRobert AwosusiSofia BaggeTanya BaileyGina BayArianna BeadieYaman BirawiCharlotte BlandfordDiana BlazewiczJodi BurgessCatherine CarnegieCecelia Casemiro PittaReece ConnollyKayleigh CousinsChloe CordellCeleste Crawford CollinsJohn DellerMairtin DwyerJudit de Ancos ParraLaura EmmermanRyan EppsAlexandra FinchOwen FindlayHannah GibbsHannah GladstoneMegan GriffithAnna HerdsmanKaty HigginsJames HoulbrookeEvie HowardAmanda HulleyAntonia KleopaUla Kusiel-MorozJamie Lee PikeRachel LittleJessica LovellFrancesca MarianoClaudia MarinaroSorcha MartinVeronica MartinAlexander McCarthyCatherine McNamara-ChurchIgor MemicAlexander MereloAzuho MikamiElisha MistrettaGary MitchinsonTeo NaetakSarah PorteousHannah RoeEvangelina SaladoRaya SambidgeLily ScottDorota SkonecznaStephanie St Paul,Alexander ThompsonImogen TongAndreea TudosaIssy VeyseyJessica WarshawLiz WheelerGareth WilliamsMax Wilkinson

Names in bold are permanent members of staff

Jesus Christ Superstar 2016. Photo David Jensen

music by LEONARD BERNSTEINbook and lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN based on a concept by JEROME ROBBINS

19 May — 1 Jul

a new play by MATTHEW DUNSTERadapted from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS

7 Jul — 5 Aug

17 Jul — 5 Aug

lyrics by TIM RICE music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

11 Aug — 16 Sep

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adapted by ANYA REISSfrom the novel by CHARLES DICKENS