Open Air Theatre casting update!

Open Air Theatre casting update!

Full casting is now confirmed for the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park 74th season.

Produced by the New Shakespeare Company, the season runs in repertoire from 29 May 2006 to 9 Sep 2006.

Productions with cast include.....

Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, from 29 May 2006, and closes 2 Sep 2006. Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, cast is: Sirine Saba (Katherina), John Hodgkinson (Petruchio), Timothy Kightley (Baptista), Gerard Carey (Grumio), Sheridan Smith (Bianca), Thomas Aldridge (Nathaniel), James Bisp (Servant), David Burrows (Tailor), Selina Chilton (Servant), Leo Conville (Curtis), Matthew Dempsey (Servant), Hayley Flaherty (Servant), Dominic Marsh (Lucentio), Michael Medwin (Vincentio), Andrew Melville (Gremio), Stuart Nurse (Pedant of Mantua), Helen Owen (Servant), David Partridge (Tranio), Michael Rouse (Biondello), James Wallace (Hortensio), Billie-Claire Wright (Widow)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, from 31 May 2006, and closes 30 Aug 2006. Directed by Ian Talbot, the cast is: Sheridan Smith (Hermia), Summer Strallen (Helena), Steven Pacey (Oberon), Dominic Marsh (Lysander), John Hodgkinson (Bottom), Sirine Saba (Titania), Michael Medwin (Starveling), Thomas Aldridge (Fairy), James Bisp (Fairy), David Burrows (Snout), Gerard Carey (Puck) Selina Chilton (1st Fairy), Leo Conville (Snug), Matthew Dempsey (Fairy), Hayley Flaherty (Fairy) Timothy Kightley (Quince), Andrew Melville (Egeus), Stuart Nurse (Philostrate), Helen Owen (Fairy), David Partridge (Demetrius), Michael Rouse (Flute), James Wallace (Theseus), Billie-Claire Wright (Hippolyta)

The Boyfriend, musical by Sandy Wilson, from 18 July 2006, and closes 9 Sep 2006. Directed by Ian Talbot, the cast is: Rachel Jerram (Polly Browne), Joshua Dallas (Tony), Anna Nicholas (Madame Dubonnet), Summer Strallen (Maisie), Ian Talbot (Lord Brockhurst), James Bisp (Marcel), Vivien Care (Guest), Claire Carrie (Hortense), Selina Chilton (Dulcie), Matthew Clark (Pepe), Kylie-Ann Crookshanks (Lolita), Matthew Dempsey (Alphonse), Hayley Flaherty (Fay), Stuart Nurse (Waiter/Guest/Gendarme), Helen Owen (Nancy), Steven Pacey (Sir Percy), Jennifer Piercey (Lady Brockhurst), Michael Rouse (Bobby Van Husen)
Musical romance is set in the 1920s at Madame Dubonnet's fashionable finishing school on the sun-kissed French Riviera, where young ladies are schooled in the finer arts of 'marrying well'. Polly Browne, a millionaire's daughter, tries to escape the stern influence of her father and find true love encouraged by Madame Dubonnet; but when Polly falls for Tony the delivery boy - and so pretends to be a mere working girl herself - matters become rather complicated! This musical includes numbers such as 'Won't you Charlston with me?' and 'I could be happy with you'.