Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed that Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild will open its 2016 season in an adaptation by Samuel Adamson, running from 13 May – 12 June. In a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, who originally created the piece with their youth theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre will fully develop the play to launch its professional premiere. Timothy Sheader and original Chichester director Dale Rooksdirect with puppetry design and direction by Finn Caldwell and Toby Olié, both previous Associate Puppetry Directors on War Horse.
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Could there be a more perfect show to christen Chichester’s Theatre In The Park? Certainly Barnum feels right as we walk through Oaklands Park toward what is, let’s be honest, a state of the art tent. Continue reading
When your main auditorium is being thoroughly refurbished and upgraded (when we were there last week it seemed like everything bar the outer walls was gone), how do you go about staging a major musical with a sizeable cast and a lot of action? If you’re Chichester Festival Theatre, you head across the road and build a state of the art temporary performing space in a park. Then you decide to put on the perfect show. Continue reading
I’ve always felt that I’m lucky to have been born and raised in Portsmouth (and you won’t often hear people say that), not just because of the wealth of great theatre, both professional and ‘amateur’ in this city, but also because we’re so close not only to The Mayflower in Southampton but also to the wonderful Chichester Festival Theatre! Continue reading
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3 weeks ago by sittinginthecheapseats The fine folks at @mischiefcomedy are back with a new show, @groanupsplay . Head to the site to read all about it. #theatre #mischieftheatre
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4 weeks ago by sittinginthecheapseats We're here! First review of the year will be available for your reading pleasure tomorrow morning.
1 month ago by sittinginthecheapseats You know we love a bit of Shakespeare so you can imagine how excited we get about a new season announcement from @the_globe ! Head over to the site to read all about it. #theatre #Shakespeare #ShakespearesGlobe #TheGlobe #LondonTheatre
1 month ago by sittinginthecheapseats The @theatrclwyd / @nationaltheatre production of Home I'm Darling has announced casting for its West End transfer. Head to our site to hear who is joining the production (link in our bio). #NationalTheatre #TheatrClwyd #HomeImDarling #Theatre #WestEnd
2 months ago by sittinginthecheapseats Well that's it for us in 2018 folks. Thanks for your support and for sticking with us this year despite a lack of output at times. We'll be back in 2019 with renewed vigour and can't wait to share with you all the shows we are excited to see! In the meantime we might pop up on social media so why not share your stagey/theatrical Christmas with us, we would love to hear from you!
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