Situated in the beautiful surroundings of a Royal Park, both its stage and auditorium are entirely uncovered.

With one of the largest auditoria in London, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is the oldest, professional, permanent outdoor theatre in Britain and our annual 18-week season is attended by over 140,000 each year.

The early closure of a disastrous play by Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, left the New Theatre - now the Noel Coward - in desperate need of a production. Robert Atkins and Sydney Carroll present a ‘black and white’ production of Twelfth Night, which they subsequently transfer to a makeshift theatre in Regent’s Park.
The first full season includes a revival of the previous year’s Twelfth Night and the first of almost fifty different productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to play at the theatre over the next eighty years.

George Bernard Shaw writes The Six of Calais for the theatre.

Dulcie Gray and Michael Bentine join the company for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew.
Post-war comedies dominate the programme but are balanced with King John (1948), Faust (1949), The Winter’s Tale (1950) and Cymbeline (1952).

The company are invited to perform Twelfth Night and Hamlet at the Baalbek Festival in Lebanon. This marks the first of many Open Air Theatre overseas engagements; over the following years, in conjunction with the British Council, the company would perform in over twenty different countries including Dubai, Russia, Israel and Egypt.
David Conville and David William establish The New Shakespeare Company as a non-profit distributing charitable company. Laurence Olivier is one of the key investors.

The current, fixed amphitheatre-style, auditorium is built at the cost of £150,000 followed by a workshop, a new box office, kitchen and picnic lawn. Delays in the building project cause the following season, which includes The Taming of the Shrew with Jeremy Irons and Zoë Wannamaker, to be staged at the Roundhouse.

The theatre houses an extensive backstage area complete with green room for the company and technical team, a full wardrobe, makeup and wigs department, a workshop and paintshop for the creation and maintenance of stage sets and numerous offices for stage management, sound and other crew.

Prepare for a night On The Town, as the biggest dance musical ever staged at Regent’s Park arrives to dazzle audiences. Follow the romantic adventures of three sailors on leave for 24 hours in the Big Apple, during a theatrical extravaganza packed with magnificent choreography and smash-hit tunes including New York.

Premium Package | £65.00
Price Band A | £59.00
Price Band B | £48.00
Price Band C | £36.50
Price Band D | £30.00
Price Band E | £25.00

Performance:
"Sweet Mister Shakespeare"

"Hamlet"
 "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
"Sleep in Summer Night" by William Shakespeare