8 July – 16 August, 2009
Ollie catches up with Sally Cookson the director of “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt” as she prepares for her new production of the wonderful Michael Rosen book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to go into the Duchess Theatre this summer followed by a national tour.
Check out his interview at Broadway World
17 June – 28 June, 2009
English Pocket Opera Company’s production of Rossini’s Cinderella for Children moves over to the Unicorn theatre
See Ollie’s review of Cinderella on Broadway World.
Address: Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street, More London, Southwark, London, SE1 2HZ
Website: www.unicorntheatre.com
Email: admin@unicorntheatre.com
Phone: 020 7645 0560
5 June – 28 June, 2009
Check out my review of ‘The Tempest’ at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre over on Broadway World.
Photograph: Manuel Harlan
Address: Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NR
Website: http://openairtheatre.org/
Phone: 0844 826 4242 (Tickets)
8 July – 16 August, 2009
Ollie from the Family and Children’s Theatre Blog has interviewed Michael Rosen the outgoing Children’s Laureate as his book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” starts a run in the West End this summer.
Check out his interview here
17 June 2009
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend a Royal Gala premiere of a new production of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens on 17 June 2009. Kensington Gardens is where J.M. Barrie first met the children on whom he based Peter and the ‘Lost Boys’ and told them the stories that eventually became Peter Pan. For the first time in over 100 years Peter Pan will be returning home in this new production staged in a specially designed tent and featuring 360-degree projections.
The funds raised from the Royal Gala Premiere will be in aid of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts an educational charity that helps disadvantaged children to experience the arts in a high quality and sustained way, targeting children who would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the arts and will work with over 24,000 children in 2009/10. The event will be attended by celebrities, VIPs and supporters of the charity.
The new production stars Jonathan Hyde as Captain Hook, Abby Ford as Wendy and Ciaran Kellgren as Peter Pan and is directed by Ben Harrison, former associate director of The Almeida Theatre and one of the world’s leading exponents of site-specific theatre.
Ticket prices for the Royal Gala performance range from £70 to £150 and are available from www.visitlondon.com/peterpan or on 0871 386 1122.
Photograph: Simon Anand
6 June – 25 July, 2009
Polka’s summer blockbuster The Monster Under the Bed opens today, a thrilling new play about friendship and facing up to your fears.
Ben has a BIG problem. His best friend Vince has stolen his precious binoculars, his Dad is far, far away…oh, and there’s a monster under his bed.But when Ben swaps places with the underbed monster, Ben’s life – and his school – is turned inside out, and upside down.
Address: Polka, London, SW19 1SB
Website: http://www.polkatheatre.com/
Box Office: 020 8543 4888
This summer Peter Pan will be performed in Kensington Gardens in a 1,000+ seater tent.
Peter Pan will be returning home for the first time in over 100 years with a new production of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan”, written by Tanya Ronder, performed in a specially designed tent in Kensington Gardens. This new production of “Peter Pan” is directed by Ben Harrison. A former associate director of the Almeida Theatre, Ben Harrison is one of the world’s leading exponents of site-specific theatre. “Peter Pan” is designed by multi-Olivier Award winning William Dudley. He has worked regularly at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and in the West End and he has an international reputation for his work creating 3D virtual environments. Tanya Ronder has a reputation for outstanding adaptations of classic works including her award-winning “Vernon God Little” for the Young Vic and “Blood Wedding” at the Almeida.
By arrangement with the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Samuel French Limited, this production of “Peter Pan” will be produced by Charlie Burnell and Mat Churchill.