⚓️Twelfth Night | Directed by Owen Horsley
🐊The Enormous Crocodile | Directed by Emily Lim & Toby Olié
🗝️The Secret Garden | In a new version by Holly Robinson & Anna Himali Howard
🎻 Fiddler on the Roof | Directed by Jordan Fein
Read more:
We welcome the government’s announcement to allow outdoor performances to go ahead, and continue to explore ways in which we might be able to work with partners to find a safe and economic way for us to be able to open for a shorter period later this summer.
From Fri 14 Aug we re-open our theatre with
#JCStheConcert
– a special concert staging of Jesus Christ Superstar, created by the team behind our multi-award winning production. There’s
#MOREoutdoor
with comedy on Monday evenings in Aug & Sep too!
➡️
Congrats to our
#JCStheConcert
cast, crew & musicians on a fantastic run & a huge thanks to our audiences & supporters who've helped us to re-open our venue safely in 2020.
Whilst we’re lucky to have been able to open in this way, we're looking forward to our
#OAT2021
season.
We’re thrilled to announce Drew McOnie as our new Artistic Director. Drew will start in January 2024, and his first season will be programmed for 2025.
We can’t wait to see how he will shape the future of our wonderful theatre.
Read more:
📷David Jensen
What better way to start the week than by announcing our 2023 Season?
🌴 Once On This Island | directed by Ola Ince
🎯 Robin Hood: The Legend. Rewritten. | directed by Melly Still
💄 La Cage aux Folles | directed by Timothy Sheader
Find out more:
Following the government’s announcement that the limit on social gatherings is to be reduced from 30 to 6, we understand that this doesn’t affect our performances as we comply with the safety & hygiene measures in place for businesses. Read more:
Spot the familiar face! Benedict Cumberbatch was King of Navarre in our 2001 Shakespeare production Loves Labours Lost. Earlier that same season, he performed as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
📸 Alastair Muir
#WayBackWednesday
#OATHeritage
‼️JUST ANNOUNCED‼️
@joelycett
(the comedian formerly known as Hugo Boss, formerly known as Joe Lycett) joins our 2020
#MOREoutdoor
series on Monday 24 August!
All tickets £21.80 & on sale now!
With thanks to our
#MOREoutdoor
partners
@absoluteradio
ANNOUNCEMENT. Sadly, due to the continued uncertainty relating to Covid-19, it has now become necessary for us to postpone our entire 2020 season until 2021. This therefore means that the theatre will not open this summer.
Read our full statement here:
The lighting & sound equipment has been taken down, the seats have been covered & autumn leaves are beginning to decorate the stage… it's time to put our auditorium to bed for the winter.
#OpenAirTheatre
#Winter
#TimeforBed
Following our production of
#JCStheConcert
, we are delighted to receive the Highly Commended Award for London Theatre of the Year in
@TheStage
Awards 2021
#thestageawards
. Thank you to the team who made the production happen, and to our audiences for your support.
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
Due to popular demand, we are extending the run of
#LaCageAuxFolles
until 23 September 💄
Priority booking is now open and public booking for these additional dates will open on Thursday!
🎟️🎟️:
We’re back in the office and ready to crack on with 2022 plans…
🎓Legally Blonde
🐾101 Dalmatians
🎭Antigone
AND it’s our 90th Anniversary season!
#OAT2022
📣🥳COMPETITION TIME 🥳📣
Do you want to win a pair of tickets to our
@TheLunaCinema
screening of
#WestSideStory
(18 Sep) AND an overnight stay at The Marylebone Hotel?
To enter:
✅Follow us
@openairtheatre
📱Retweet this tweet
Closes at 12pm on 8th Sep!
We are pleased to announce that James Pidgeon, currently Director of
@ShoreditchTH
, will succeed William Village as our Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive, joining us from 21 June.
📸 Ludovic Des Cognets
'The best of times is now' (because we've just dropped the trailer for
#LaCageauxFolles
) 💄✨
With performances now running until 23 September due to popular demand, book your ticket today so you don't miss out!
🎟️
We should be celebrating our first performance of
#Carousel
tonight. Whilst we have to wait until this time next year to welcome the full team, it is exciting that many of the creatives are with us this summer to prepare for our concert staging of
#JCStheConcert
.
A huge welcome to the cast of Shakespeare For Every Day Of The Year- Live! 🎭
Here's to a great evening for 'good company, good wine, good welcome' (I hear it makes for 'good people' 👍) Henry VIII
@AllieEsiri
★★★★★ "Gloriously succulent & deliciously sinister"
@thetimes
★★★★★ "dynamic..inspired..joyous"
@WhatsOnStage
★★★★ "...glitter-ball explosion of a show"
@guardianstage
★★★★ "You'd be mad to miss this uplifting revival"
@IndyArts
More:
.
@marcantolin
&
@CaptainPooper
to play Seymour & Audrey, with
@forbesmasson
in the role of East Side florist Mr Mushnik &
@mattjwillis
as sadistic dentist Orin. Full casting & news on our mean green monster musical: IT’S ALIVE…somewhere that’s truly green
Last night we said goodbye to
#LaCageAuxFolles
💄
Big thanks to all the wonderful company who made this fabulous show happen.
We truly did have the best of times ❤️
📷: David Jensen
As our season draws to an end, thank you to all those who have worked with us, visited us and supported us. Whilst times are still unsettled, just remember: walk on with hope in your heart…
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
#OAT2021
✨PRODUCTION PHOTO DROP✨
Take a first look at our joyful new production
#LaCageAuxFolles
💄
See the full gallery and book:
📷: Johan Persson & Mark Senior
A NEW musical of 101 DALMATIANS by Zinnie Harris & Douglas Hodge opens the season, directed by Timothy Sheader. Based on the iconic story, the team includes Katrina Lindsay, Liam Steel, Sarah Travis & puppetry expert Toby Olié.
Find out more ⬇️
& that's a wrap on our 2023 season...
It's certainly been one to remember and we couldn't be prouder of the work we created ✨
Thank you to everyone who worked on our wonderful shows ❤️
See you next year!
Welcome to the cast, creatives and production team of
#RomeoAndJuliet
as full rehearsals begin.
“…joy comes well in such a needy time” Act III, Sc IV
Take a look at the phenomenal team creating this production ➡️ .
#HereForCulture
#BackOnStage
Not long now until curtain goes up on our first preview of
#Carousel
tonight!
@RnH_Org
📷 Johan Persson
Set Designer & Co-Costume Designer:
@tomscuttdesign
Costume Designer:
@MollyEinchcomb
Lighting Designer: Aideen Malone
Today, the theatre will transform from the Forest of Arden into Skid row. A big welcome to our
#LittleShopOfHorrors
crew as they start gearing up for this mean monster musical in
#somewherethatsgreen
🌱
Casting announced for
#LittleShopOfHorrors
: Audrey II to be played by U.S. drag queen
@TheVickyVox
, who grows and seduces until she's conquered New York, erupting in a "defiant celebration of the subversive and the downright fabulous" (director Maria Aberg)
Just announced, our Artistic Director Tim Sheader will be stepping down from his role at the end of 2023 to take up the position of Artistic Director at
@DonmarWarehouse
.
Read the full statement:
📷: David Jensen
Happy Birthday to
#LaCageAuxFolles
🎂
Today, 40 years ago, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's musical opened at Broadway's Palace Theatre ✨
Celebrate by booking your tickets!
Best availability Monday and Tuesday.
🎟️🎟️:
📷: Johan Persson
“Nothing can be done to stop
The shouting,
If every tongue were still
The noise would still continue
The rocks and stones themselves
Would start to sing”
Here’s to another Superstar week
#JCStheConcert
#Hosanna
What’s new Buenos Aires? How about our NEW
#Evita
trailer…
Evita runs until 21 September – best availability from 16 September.
🎟️
#WhatsNewBuenosAires
#OAT2019
We’re excited to announce that in Spring 2024, we will emerge early from annual hibernation with a brand new production, Bear Snores On.
It is inspired by the beloved picture book, adapted & directed by Cush Jumbo and Katy Sechiari and featuring music & lyrics by Harry Blake🎶🎭
Introducing the cast of
#JCStheConcert
!
With 9 perfs per wk, Jesus, Judas & Mary are double-cast, giving you the opportunity to see any combination of actors as they alternate. A schedule will not be confirmed in advance to allow for flexibility.
➡️