As a child growing up I would often have dreams that I could fly, the process was simple I flapped my arms, gained height and I was off. Flying anywhere and everywhere that my imagination would take me.
I am sure that some of this vivid imagination came from my love of books and reading. I could often be found nose deep in a book, growing up many of the children's books I read had a central character who could fly (Mr Majeika, The Magic Finger and The Magic Faraway Tree) so this helped to expand my imagination.
The Open Air Theatre is set right in the heart of the beautiful Regent's Park.
There is something rather magical about sitting out in the open air watching a theatre production. The theatre has covered dining, homemade burgers on offer and seating to have a wonderful picnic.
The set design for the show was amazing, considerable thought had gone into making creative use of the space. The set designer Jon Bausor also designed the 2012 London Paralympics opening ceremony.
I absolutely loved the use of clothing and household props and puppet design, throughout the show to create imaginative housing, under sea creatures (mermaids and fish), the crocodile chasing Captain Hook and the wonderful jealous Tinker Bell made out of oil lamps.
The absolute highlight of the show had to be Peter Pan (Hiran Abeysekera).
Who managed to energetically sprint and fly across the night's sky with Tinker Bell (Rachel Donovan) and Wendy (Kae Alexander). Squint hard enough, you might just see Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys somewhere up in the night sky yelling at Peter Pan.
Peter with his unending childlike qualities and boisterous antics manages to have the audience eating out of his hands.
Captain Hook (David Birrell) is artful at wielding his hook and a sword to frighten both his own pirates, the lost boys and the watching audience.
We had a truly wonderful evening, if you live in London or are visiting you definitely need to book yourself tickets. The Peter Pan show runs till the 14th of June so you will need to be quick.
WWW.openairtheatre.com
*Thank you to Tristram Kenton for kind use of the photographs
This looks like so much fun! It's a shame it's only running for the next week, I would have loved to see it. Will have to content myself with reading the book instead :) xxx
ReplyDeleteLucy @ La Lingua Italy
We were incredibly lucky with the weather, it was a superb show. There are more shows coming up that look good worth having a look Lucy x
DeleteI love Peter Pan, it's one of my favourites too. I've never been to an open air production but this looks amazing! I'll have to see if there's anything similar nearby now the weather is improving!
ReplyDeleteSarah :)
Saloca in Wonderland
Sitting outside adds a whole dimension to the viewing, was great fun Lucy
DeleteThat looks like so much fun. I used to dream about flying all the time when I was little. I believed I could for some time but I always get dreams and reality mixed up haha.
ReplyDeleteCorinne x
www.skinnedcartree.com
I still occasionally dream about flying it is always the same kind of dream. The theatre show bought back wonderful childhood memories Lucy x
DeleteI love this! It looks like so much fun, and the set is just wonderful! I really like the open air theatre concept as well, I would like to go to one sometime :)
ReplyDeleteAsh | Liakada
It is lovely to be out in the fresh air and it adds another dimension to the theatre Lucy x
DeleteWhat a great summer activity!
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Angie
SilverSpoon London
It was great fun Angie definitely recommend Lucy x
Deletewow.. that looks like a wonderful theatre production!! :D
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Animated Confessions
Considerable thought had gone into the production Lucy
DeleteThis looks awesome! I used to love Peter Pan as a child, still do! I don't live in London but I'm half an hour away, and I'll make any excuse to go up there, hehe :) I loved the Magic Faraway series as a child, too, good old Moonface x
ReplyDelete♥.•*¨ Amanda Says ¨*•.♥
The show was brilliant very clever production. They have a few productions coming up over the next few months so well worth a visit. The Faraway series was great, really grew a child's imagination Lucy x
DeleteGreat photographs! Looks so cool :)
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xx
Thank you
DeleteOh, I love the Open Air Theatre! This looks like such a beautiful production, so sad I'll probably miss it :(
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like such a fun show, the design looks great! Mr Majeika was one of my favourite books to read as a child too :) xx
ReplyDeleteToasty
This looks amazing
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to miss lord of the flies xx