Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today announced MOREoutdoor events showcasing comedy, theatre, music and outdoor cinema for summer 2023.
Alistair Green: What Are We Like Eh?
Sunday 28 May 2023, 8.45pm
“This spring join me, viral sensation and highly successful (got asked to be the voice of a cartoon dog on an advert for Tesco bank last week whatevs entertainment legend Alistair Green as I present, in person, my definitive portrait of modern Britain. Followed by a Q&A afterwards, like you’d do with a proper film-maker (which I am).”
Tim Key: Mulberry
Sunday 4 June 2023, 8.30pm
Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) returns to Regent’s Park with Mulberry. Ruminations about the great indoors with a bit of stamping around. Velour tracksuit, continental lagers, some “poetry”.
Tim Key's book, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush is available to buy at all good bookshops and at www.utterandpress.co.uk.
Bridget Christie & Friends
Sunday 9 July 2023, 7.45pm
The multi award-winning comedian, Taskmaster icon, and star of her acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series and hotly-awaiting upcoming Channel 4 sitcom (The Change) – BRIDGET CHRISTIE – plays the Open Air Theatre, alongside performances from several specially-chosen special guests (to be revealed soon).
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Rose d’or Award winner, Southbank Arts Award winner
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Sunday 16 July 2023, 7.45pm
The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as seen in the West End and heard on Radio 4. The all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title from the audience. Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, it’s a riotous, razor-sharp show where swooning is guaranteed.
The revolving Austentatious cast include numerous, award-winning TV and Radio starring performers, including Rachel Parris (The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo), Cariad Lloyd (QI, Inside No.9, Griefcast, The Witchfinder), Joseph Morpurgo (Radio 4, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee), Andrew Hunter Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish) and more.
Sara Pascoe: Success Story
Sunday 13 August 2023, 7.45pm
Sara decided she wanted to be famous at 14 years old. Since then, she has auditioned for Barrymore, scared Pete Burns and ruined Hugh Grant’s birthday - but look at her now… (please look, she needs you to look. And clap. And laugh. And then clap again).
The star of BBC2 stand-up special Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads is back with a brand-new stand-up show! Sara Pascoe is a highly acclaimed comedian, writer, and actor. She wrote and starred in her recent BBC2 sitcom Out Of Her Mind, and is the celebrated host of BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee, BBC’s Last Woman On Earth, Dave’s Comedians Giving Lectures and Comedy Central’s Guessable.
Sara also wrote and performed the BBC Radio 4 series Modern Monkey and the BBC2 short Sara Pascoe vs Monogamy, which was inspired by her first book Animal. Her second book, Sex Power Money, was a Sunday Times bestseller, and the accompanying podcast of the same name garnered millions of listens and multiple award nominations during its run.
Saraontour.com | showandtelluk.com
Tickets for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 2023 are now on sale www.openairtheatre.com.
