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Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile The Musical – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile The Musical continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 8 June 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s half term next week. Round up some children and take them to see this – preferably on a sunny day. You won’t be disappointed.

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Spirited Away – London Coliseum

Spirited Away continues at the London Coliseum until 24 August 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Spirited Away has long ago cemented its status as a classic of cinema, and I am delighted to report that it is now also an outstanding work of live theatre.

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101 Dalmatians – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

101 Dalmatians continues at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until 28 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is (in most weather conditions) one of the most delightful places to enjoy an evening of theatre in London. What could be better than a family day out […]

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Kate Fleetwood’s Cruella de Vil leads cast of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 101 Dalmatians

Olivier and Tony Award-nominee Kate Fleetwood will head the cast as the diabolical Cruella de Vil when Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s musical version of Dodie Smith’s much-loved 101 Dalmatians make its long-awaited debut this summer. An Olivier Award nominee for London Road at the National Theatre and a Tony Award-nominee for the 2007 Chichester […]

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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre shelves 2021 plans for 101 Dalmatians musical

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed its decision to ‘regretfully’ postpone its much-anticipated musical version of Dodie Smith’s much-loved 101 Dalmatians for a second time as the country continues to battle Covid. The current lockdown coupled with fears about when it will be deemed safe to ease social distancing measures have been cited as […]

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The Grinning Man to be streamed as part of Bristol Old Vic’s first At Home season

Bristol Old Vic’s critically-acclaimed The Grinning Man is one of five productions to be streamed live on YouTube as part of the Bristol Arts Channel launched to bring the arts to stay-at-home audiences during lockdown. Directed by the theatre’s Tony Award-winning artistic director Tom Morris (War Horse) and based on the Victor Hugo novel The […]

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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre postpones musical 101 Dalmatians until 2021

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s musical version of Dodie Smith’s much-loved 101 Dalmatians, by Zinnie Harris and Douglas Hodge, will be postponed until 2021 in response to the Government’s advice on restricting non-essential contact. Planned as the launch production of the 2020 season, the first newly commissioned musical from the prestigious venue will now open […]

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