2010 annual review
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Annual Review for the 2010 season at the Regent's Park Open Air TheatreTRANSCRIPT
2010AnnuAl review
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‘ under the direction of timothy SheAder, the open Air theAtre in regent’S pArk hAS become one of the moSt exciting venueS in london.’Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, June 2010
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‘ under the direction of timothy SheAder, the open Air theAtre in regent’S pArk hAS become one of the moSt exciting venueS in london.’Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, June 2010
At 1,240 seats, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is one of London’s largest playhouses,
welcoming over 140,000 people to its four annual productions between May and September.
The theatre’s outdoor setting and the scale and ambition of its productions make it unique in
the London, and British, theatre landscape. It is a registered charity and entirely unsubsidised
with over 85% of income generated at the box office.
Timothy Sheader
Artistic Director
William Village
Executive Director
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Director Timothy Sheader
Designer Jon Bausor
Composer & Sound Score Nick Powell
Movement Director Liam Steel
Lighting Designer Paul Keogan
Sound Designer Fergus O’Hare
Casting Director Sarah Bird
Fight Director Renny Krupinski
‘ the atmosphere becomes thrillingly creepy as dusk thickens and the terror mounts’
The Daily Telegraph
HHHH The Daily Telegraph · The Times · The Independent
Metro · The Sunday Times · The Mail on Sunday
‘ Sheader makes the play look as if it’s found its perfect home’ The Observer
‘ A powerful, chastening and atmospheric production’ The Daily Mail
‘ the development of a rigorous new epic style... is welcome indeed’
The Independent
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Director Philip Franks
Designer Gideon Davey
Music Matthew Scott
Movement Director Quinny Sacks
Musical Director Paul Frankish
Lighting Designer Zerlina Hughes
Sound Designer Fergus O’Hare
Casting Director Joyce Nettles
Fight Director Paul Benzing
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24 June – 31 July
‘ An uplifting, watchable, strongly musical comedy of errors... an evening of alfresco merriment’ The Daily Mail
‘ designed to entertain and delight’ The Daily Telegraph
‘ hilarious...enchanting... a glittering success’ The Mail on Sunday
‘ A joyful rendering of Shakespeare’s most farcical play’ The Times
HHHH The Times · The Independent · The Daily Mail · Metro · The Mail on Sunday
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Director Steve Marmion
Designer Gideon Davey
Composer Tom Mills
Movement Director Georgina Lamb
Sound Designer Fergus O’Hare
Casting Director Vivienne Storry
Fight Director Renny Krupinski
Assistant Director Dan Herd
HHHH‘ Steve marmion and his team are to be congratulated on this breezy ‘reimagining’...
giddily eclectic fun’ Time Out – Critics Choice
‘ i have been bringing my children to the open Air theatre for the last 12 years...this is one of the best performances we have been to’
Karen (audience member), London
‘ entertaining and truly accessible to all...truly phenomenal’ Ella McCarthy, 13 (winner of The Guardian’s Young Arts Critics
Competition 2010, under 14 category)
‘ without prompting or even asking for his thoughts my six year old turned to me and said “that was full-on brilliant mum”’
Elaine (audience member), Redhill
Re-imagined for everyone aged six and over
3 July – 31 July
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‘ timothy Sheader’s glorious production is spellbinding... ravishing theatrical storytelling’
The Times
‘ Soutra gilmour’s design...brilliantly exploits the sinister beauty of the outdoor setting’
The Guardian
‘ darkly sophisticated...an inventive delight’ The Sunday Times
‘ it’s spellbinding stuff, not only musically, but lyrically, visually and emotionally’
The Mail on Sunday
‘ genuinely haunting and mysterious’ The New York Times
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HHHH The Times · The Guardian · The Independent · The Daily Mail · Financial Times · Metro · Sunday Telegraph The Sunday Times · The Mail on Sunday · Sunday Express · The Independent on Sunday
6 August – 11 September
Director Timothy SheaderCo-Director & Movement Director Liam SteelDesigner Soutra GilmourMusical Supervisor & MD Gareth ValentineLighting Designer Jon ClarkOrchestrator Chris WalkerSound Designer Mike WalkerCasting Director Pippa AilionPuppet Designer Rachael CanningAssistant Director Luke SheppardAssistant Musical Director Tom Kelly
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fActS And figureStotAl Audience numberS by SeASon AttendAnce 2010
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
02005
110,353
2006
133,868
2007
131,835
2008
130,135
2009
131,598
2010
142,130
Into The Woods33.09%
The Comedy of Errors28.31%
The Crucible18.79%
Macbeth14.61%
Sunday Events 5.2%
Box Office 87.49%
Bars & Catering 4.17%
Sponsorship 3.88%
Patrons 2.34%
Programmes and Merchandise 2.07%
Miscellaneous 0.05%
SourceS of incomeRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre is managed by Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation that receives no public subsidy. Any surplus is reinvested in the work of the company.
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other highlightS:✓ At £3.13million, 2010 was the highest selling season in the history of
the theatre; Into the Woods became the highest selling single production; The Comedy of Errors became the highest selling Shakespeare.
✓ 72% of those who attended The Crucible had not previously visited the Open Air Theatre.
✓ 142,130 people saw productions at the Open Air Theatre in 2010, making it the best attended season ever. Macbeth was the best attended family show in theatre’s history.
✓ Sunday events included comedians Stephen K Amos and David O’Doherty; concerts by Stacey Kent, Seth Lakeman and Martha Wainwright; plus an open air screening of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton.
✓ 197 people joined BREEZE, our new scheme to encourage 18-25 year olds to visit the theatre.
✓ The 2009 production of Hello, Dolly! won the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical and was nominated for four Laurence Olivier Awards, winning Best Musical Revival, Best Theatre Choreography (Stephen Mear) and Best Actress in a Musical (Samantha Spiro).
✓ The theatre’s Economic Impact in 2010 is estimated at £6.95million.
Figures included in this review are estimates. Audited report and accounts for the year will be available from the address on page 14 from 1 October 2011
‘ it’s amazing what timothy Sheader has achieved... he’s made an outing into a theatrical event, and turned a decorative space into a vital one’
The Observer
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educAtion2010 saw the introduction of a ticket and workshop subsidy for children from the nine London boroughs, thus enabling us to achieve a more inclusive outreach.
the Scheme Subsidised Ticket Price - £1 per child including:
✓ a teacher/ pupil resource pack prior to the visit ✓ a post-show workshop
This offered children a comprehensive introduction to the play and a chance to evaluate, discuss and perform scenes and sketches from the production with professional actors and directors. This pilot year benefitted over 1,200 children from across London who had not previously visited the theatre.
regent’S pArk enterpriSeS ltd.Registered in England No: 06626067Group VAT Registration No: 997 3013 90
directorS: Robert Davis DL; Robert Noble; William Village
The Registered Office for both companies is:
Open Air Theatre, The Ironworks, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NR. Tel: 08443 753 460
regent’S pArk theAtre ltd.Registered in England No: 759557Registered Charity No: 231670Group VAT Registration No: 997 3013 90
Joint chief executiveS: Timothy Sheader (Artistic Director); William Village (Executive Director)
truSteeS: Cllr Robert Davis DL (Chairman); Judi Dench DBE; Anthony Durrant; Suzannah Graham-Adriani; Ian McGarry; Robert Noble; Ian Osborne; Sir Peter Rogers; David Conville OBE (Honorary President); William Village (Company Secretary)
development council memberS: Rupert Sebag Montefiore (Chair); Cllr Robert Davis DL; Anthony Durrant; Rosamund Fokschaner; Susan Freeman; Nick Gornall; Hilary O’Connor; Ian Osborne; Sir John Ritblat; Bob Rothenberg; Maureen Sutherland Smith; David Young
regent’S pArk theAtre ltd.Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is managed by Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd (RPT), formerly The New Shakespeare Company Ltd, and is licensed by Westminster City Council. RPT has a wholly owned subsidiary, Regent’s Park Enterprises Ltd through which it operates the bar and catering services for the theatre.
corporAte SupporterSBlick Rothenberg Chartered AccountantsBarclays WealthChubb Insurance Company of Europe SEThe Co-operative BankCoutts & CoCyril Sweett LtdGrant Thornton UK LLPHome HouseThe Landmark LondonLand Securities Group PLCThe Langham LondonLubbock Fine Chartered AccountantsThe Mackintosh FoundationMarriott Hotels International LtdMetaswitch Networks
Met OfficePCS GroupRicoh Europe PlcSantander ShareholdersSaracens Sport FoundationS J BerwinVinci Construction UK Ltd
truStS And foundAtionSTrusts and Foundations:The Andor Charitable TrustThe Basil Samuel Charitable TrustThe Coutts Charitable TrustThe Ernest Cook TrustThe Garfield Weston FoundationHarold Hyam Wingate Foundation
The Hintze Charitable TrustThe Howard de Walden EstateThe Hyde Park Place Estates CharityJohn Lyon’s CharityThe Leathersellers’ CompanyThe Mackintosh FoundationThe Noel Coward FoundationReed ElsevierThe Rose FoundationThe Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust
mediA pArtnerSCBS OutdoorThe Evening StandardMagic 105.4
SeASon SupporterS
ActorsMark AntolinValda AviksLucy May BarkerEthan BeerEamon BolandBilly BoyleGaye BrownJosephine ButlerAlister CameronCharlie CameronAnna-Jane CaseySophie CatonJosh CohenPhilip CumbusEmma CunniffeMarilyn CuttsHelen DallimoreOliver Ford DaviesAnni DomingoSusan EngelAlice FearnTim FreemanChistopher FulfordPatrick GodfreyMark GoldthorpAmy GriffithsMark HadfieldJo HerbertChristopher HunterBettrys JonesPaul KempJoseph KloskaGeoff LeesleyDaniel Llewelyn-WilliamsChristopher LoganEddie ManningAlexandra MathieHarry McEntireGary MilnerPatrick O’KaneEllie PaskellChristopher RavenscroftAmy Ellen RichardsonSophie RobertsVeronica RobertsMalcolm RogersGolda RosheuvelBeverly RuddJenna RussellDavid Shaw-ParkerBen StottJoshua SwinneyEmily TaaffeSimon ThomasSimon TrinderHannah WaddinghamGemma WardleRichard WarwickDaniel WeymanTrevor WhiteFaye WinterMichael Xavier
Actors From East 15Erica BartrumTressa BrooksEsther-Grace ButtonHoly ElmesNaomi FeltonEllen HindleyTerri MussonJessica SîanVerity Stansall
Administration and FinanceJean EllisHannah FalveyAnna GanjollaJo HawkesLouise Waldron
CastingPippa AilionSarah BirdMarc FrankumNatalie Gallacher James HopsonJoyce NettlesVivienne Storry
CateringAbhinav AggarwalJacopo BolzoniVineet JainPawel KowalskiEdward Pinondang MartogiSzilvia NemethRui OlimTrefor PollardSkahiqur RahmanAshim RanaAlfredo Cortes RodriguezRizwan SyedMaksim VasilenkoChristopher Wynn
ChaperonesJulie ColbertMarilyn Lee
Costume, Wigs and PropsDenis BrunoAngie BurnsTeri BuxtonKristel ChowMarny ClulowTrevor CollinsMark CostelloDanny EudayGabrielle FirthJane GroninGlenn HillsAndrew JoslinWendy KnowlesLucy Jane MartinBeckie MayCarol MolyneuxSarah NonotJill PaskinsSam PickeringChrys PlumbleySylvia PolkaFrancis PonisiLorraine RichardsJane SmithElspeth ThreadgoldSimon Anthony WellsHolly WhiteMark Wheeler
CreativeJon BausorPaul BenzingRachael CanningJon ClarkGideon DaveyPaul FrankishPhilip FranksSoutra GilmourDan HerdCharmian Hoare
Barbara HousemanZerlina HughesTom KellyPaul KeoganRenny KrupinskiGeorgina LambSteve MarmionTom MillsFergus O’HareNick PowellJanis PriceKaty RuddQuinny SacksMatthew ScottLuke Sheppard Liam SteelGareth ValentineChris WalkerMike Walker
Customer ServiceNisha BaileyZokhida BoymatovaEmily BrownDan BullockMominul ChaudhuryEdward ClarkeLucy Finchett-MaddockSorcha Finch-MurrayDaniel FlynnDario GranatoAlex GriffithsClare HigleyNneka JohnsonMaki KikuchiVirag KissMarta KowalczykJana KubacakovaMaisie LawrenceLois MarshallLuke MarshallSheena MayAnna MurphyClaudia NorrgrenAurelie PincemailleAnnabel RhodesGareth RichardsHolly SadeJaivinder Singh SandhuLina Marie SchullerSophie TailbyAngela ThompsonAdrienn TiborFrancesca TomasellliJoel TulleySigita Verbylaite
EducationChristoper GeelanSarah GordonDaniel PintoVivienne Rowdon
ExecutiveTimothy SheaderWilliam Village
Lighting and SoundBruce AllenEnzo AppetchiaAndi DavisCate DigirolamoDominic BellAndy EvansSarah HosnyKoos JacobwzMalin Mork
Matt O’LearyChris Reid Jason RyallChris SimpsonNick StoweAttila TyirityanRichard WalkerTom White Marketing, Sales and DevelopmentJacqueline AllardTom AndersonEdd ClarkeMark Collier Jo CottrellCaroline D’AmbraJo Nastari EllisLady Lucy FrenchJohn FrickerHannah GodfreyCharlotte GreenAndy LockeCatrin LowePaul MartinJudith MusilOlga-Marie PrattFlorence PuddifootHolly Renaut
MusiciansBill BrewerAlan BrownAlice GledhillRichie HartIan LynchEliza MarshallEd MorrisMike ParkinJulia SingletonTom SilburnRichie HartPhij Adams
PressRyan PetersonChloe Pritchard-Gordon
PhotographersCatherine AshmoreManuel HarlanAlastair MuirAoife Nally
Technical and Stage ManagementAndy BeardmoreMichael DennisPin DixStuart FarnellLucy HarknessSarah HopkinsGemma LumleyEmma McKieCaroline MeerJames MolyneuxMatt NoddingsRachel PhillipsJen SmithEmily SteadmanKate Wilson
Theatre ManagementRachel DanielPaul Taylor
Names in bold are permanent members of staff
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2011 SeASonlord of the flieS (William Golding / 19 May – 18 June)Created by the team that produced The Crucible, Timothy Sheader directs William Golding’s gripping drama, Lord Of The Flies, adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams. With a group of schoolboys stranded on a desert island, what starts as an adventure becomes a struggle for survival as superstition and immorality sees the community slide into a darkly sinister world. The production will rediscover this classic story in the unconfined and unparalleled atmosphere of theatre in the open air.
the beggAr’S operA (John Gay / 23 June – 23 July)Lucy Bailey injects her unique visual dynamism into John Gay’s original text of The Beggar’s Opera. Highwayman Macheath’s love of wine, women and song has hilarious consequences, but as the play unfolds, his tangled web of lies and deceit unravels as his lovers get revenge. Set beneath the gallows of rural Tyburn, at the far end of Oxford Street, this comically corrupt satire, designed by William Dudley, is packed full of lewd songs and low ballads recreated from the original pastoral score and played on authentic instruments by ‘The City Waits’, led by Roddy and Lucie Skeaping.
pericleS (William Shakespeare / 2 July – 23 July) (re-imagined for everyone aged six and over) Continuing the successful series of Shakespeare plays for younger audiences, and making its first appearance at the Open Air Theatre since 1939, Pericles will be re-imagined for everyone aged six and over. The young prince, Pericles, takes to the high seas on a quest to discover the world. An odyssey adventure of shipwrecks, tournaments and of love lost and found, this is a journey into manhood and a celebration of family.
crAzy for you (George & Ira Gershwin & Ken Ludwig / 28 July – 10 Sept)Packed full of Gershwin classics including “I Got Rhythm”, “Someone To Watch Over Me”, “Embraceable You” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, the original 1992 production won both the Tony and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The creative team from the multi-award winning production of Hello, Dolly! reunite as Timothy Sheader directs with choreography by Stephen Mear and designs by Peter McKintosh. Gareth Valentine returns as the musical director after joining the Open Air Theatre last season for Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
‘ the open Air theatre in regent’s park is a cradle of genius’ The Times, November 2010