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2021 ANNUAL REVIEW
Everyone has been affected by coronavirus. Over the past two years,
government guidance has dictated who we can see and when, how we
work and what activities we can partake in. Theatres were amongst the
Ongoing covid-19 restrictions meant that our 2021 season was
shortened and, initially, we were only able to make 50% of our seats
available. Following the challenges already experienced in 2020, the
“After months of internal darkness what better place to re-discover
first businesses to close as we approached the lockdown in March 2020.
On 9 July 2020 the government confirmed that outdoor theatres could
financial impact of this was significant. We were therefore incredibly
grateful to DCMS and Arts Council England for awarding us £828,274
the light than at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: it’s as if the
reopen. The following week we announced a socially distanced concert
restaging of Jesus Christ Superstar, with the first performance just two
from round two of the Culture Recovery Fund to support our opening.
Recognising the stories told in our productions of Romeo and Juliet
world has just been created and then – LET THERE BE THEATRE! –
weeks later. To comply with restrictions, our usual capacity of 1,256 was
reduced to just 390, making this economically extremely challenging,
and Carousel, we highlighted the work of two charities: Papyrus, which
provides confidential support and advice to young people struggling IN ALL ITS WONDER, IN ALL ITS GLORY.” London Theatre
particularly as an unfunded organisation. Nevertheless, both for us as a with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person,
venue, and the industry as a whole, we believed that it was incumbent through their helpline HOPELINEUK; and Refuge, a charity that supports
upon us to do everything possible to open. We gave additional over 6,500 women, children and men on any given day who are affected
opportunities to see the sell-out production by offering a live relay on by domestic abuse. For our younger audiences, we co-produced Anansi
a giant screen on the theatre lawn. We also programmed a series of the Spider with Unicorn Theatre, which we presented on our theatre
MOREoutdoor comedy events which, for some comedians, marked their lawn, as well as hosting Nicoll Entertainment’s Dragons and Mythical
return to live gigging. Beasts.
We were delighted to receive the Highly Commended Award for As the theatre journeys towards recovery, it is with thanks to DCMS and
London Theatre of the Year in The Stage Awards 2021, with Jesus Christ Arts Council England that we received a further grant of £730,755 in
Superstar cited as “a galvanising moment for the sector, leading the November 2021, including £440,000 specifically towards longer-term
way in showing how it was possible to deliver rehearsals, performances, resilience and sustainability. This has allowed us to green light our 2022
ticketing and audience management in line with government productions – all by living writers and including two premieres of new
regulations”. commissions – which will offer work to over 200 freelancers, engage
with audiences of 150,000+, and ultimately help ensure our work in
The circumstances surrounding the murder of George Floyd prompted
Regent’s Park and beyond continues to grow and inspire.
us to pause, reflect and re-examine our organisation. We established our
Positive Action Council as we reaffirmed our determination to be an ever
more inclusive organisation, championing diversity and accessibility in
everything we do, and ensuring our artists, our work, our workforce and
our audience better reflect the city and country in which we live.
James Pidgeon Timothy Sheader
Executive Director Artistic Director
Front Cover: Romeo and Juliet, on the first night that we were able to open to full capacity since the 2019 season. Photo: David Jensen.
Image above: Carousel. Photo: Johan Persson.
“A wake-up call for our covid-cowed capital. It’s JOYOUSLY UPLIFTING 14 Aug – 27 Sep 2020
to see London theatre reborn and rocking again.” Daily Telegraph
“CAPTIVATING” Evening Standard
“A triumphant return for live theatre. An evening that revels in the
joy of people coming together and the GLORY OF THEATRICAL
TALENT getting back to work.” WhatsOnStage
“MIND-BLOWING” The Sun
“For a sector that has always marched to the rallying cry of
lyrics by TIM RICE music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER “the show must go on”, this prestige al fresco production is the
most glorious statement of intent.” The I News
“Live musical theater roars back to life in London, a moment to
be cherished. This was about a determination to bring back one
of London’s most crucial assets, to prove that this could be done
safely, to offer succor and balm and leadership.” Chicago Tribune
CREATED BY
Will Burton CDG and David Grindrod CDG (casting); Ed Bussey (associate musical director); Lee Curran
(lighting designer); Tom Deering (musical supervisor); Barbara Houseman (associate director, voice and text);
Drew McOnie (choreographer); Nick Lidster for Autograph (sound designer); Tom Scutt (set designer) after
the set design for EVITA by Soutra Gilmour; Tom Scutt (costume designer); Timothy Sheader (director);
Kate Waters (fight director); Denzel Westley-Sanderson (co-director).
(Left) Ricardo Afonso as Judas, and (right) Genesis Lynea as Mob Leader. Photos: Mark Senior Production Partner Hotel Partner
17 Jun – 24 Jul 2021
“Kimberley Sykes’s SIZZLING NEW PRODUCTION is a version
that gets to the bruised heart of Shakespeare’s text with a
refreshing urgency and vitality.” WhatsOnStage
“BREATHLESS AND JOYFUL…this irresistibly giddy
Romeo and Juliet surges with young lust.” Time Out
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
“An exceptional young talent has arrived in the shape of
Isabel Adomakoh Young as Juliet. A JULIET TO REMEMBER.” Daily Mail
“The blind casting helps push the Shakespearean classic into to a
new era. There is something significant in seeing yourself and your
friends represented on stage.” Afridiziak
“VISUALLY STRIKING.” The Stage
CREATED BY
Ciaran Bagnall (lighting designer); Christian Bravo (sound associate); Stuart Burt CDG (casting director);
Naomi Dawson (designer); Catja Hamilton (lighting associate); Barbara Houseman (season associate
director/voice and text director); Fiona Kennedy (voice associate); Ingrid Mackinnon (movement director);
Kev McCurdy (fight director); Darcel Osei (movement associate); Jon Pashley (associate director);
Annelie Powell CDG (casting director); Kimberley Sykes (director); Giles Thomas (composer and
sound designer); Nic Wass (dramaturg).
Supported by Arts Council England and
Production Partner DCMS through the Culture Recovery Fund (Left) Michelle Fox as Tybalt, and (right) Isabel Adomakoh Young as Juliet and Joel MacCormack as Romeo. Photos: Jane Hobson
7 – 24 Jul 2021
Unicorn Theatre and Regent’s Park Theatre present “We do love an immersive experience, so THIS WAS FANTASTIC.
Children and adults were captivated from beginning to end. It is one
we would love to see again and again.” Audience member
“I loved it because it was REALLY FUNNY and I enjoyed the music.”
Samuel, age 6
“I definitely recommend going. THE KIDS ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.”
created by JUSTIN AUDIBERT Audience member
“My boys were totally spellbound! So inventive and fun –
A PERFECT SUMMER DAY IN THE PARK.” Audience member
CREATED BY
Justin Audibert (director); Lucy Cullingford (original movement direction); Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
(designer); Duramaney Kamara (composer and sound designer); Darcel Osei (additional movement
direction); Alice Wordsworth (assistant director).
Supported by Arts Council England and
Charity Bedu-Addo (and inset), Lauren-Deanna Stubbs and Mae Munuo. Photos : Mark Senior DCMS through the Culture Recovery Fund
31 Jul – 25 Sep 2021 “PHENOMENAL... a brave and powerful production” Time Out
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Timothy Sheader’s staging wriggles free of sentimentality to find
the darkness in the story, whilst still relishing the comedy and
honouring the lush, haunting beauty of the score. Key to this are
Tom Deering’s SUPERB ORCHESTRATION and Drew McOnie’s
ELOQUENT CHOREOGRAPHY.”
music by RICHARD RODGERS Financial Times
book & lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
“Emotionally complex, current, and expertly conceived.
based on Ferenc Molnar’s play “Liliom” A SOUL-STIRRING EXPERIENCE.” London Theatre
as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
original choreography by Agnes de Mille
“Declan Bennett and Carly Bawden are SENSATIONAL.” BroadwayWorld
“AN ADVENTUROUS, BEGUILING, RESONANT REINVENTION.”
The Times
CREATED BY
David Allen (associate set designer); Joanna Bowman (associate director); Lucy Casson (casting director);
Tom Deering (musical supervisor and orchestrator); Mark Dickman (associate musical director);
Molly Einchcomb (costume designer); Annie May Fletcher (sound associate); Barbara Houseman (season
associate director/voice and text director); Nick Lidster for Autograph (sound designer); Ingrid Mackinnon
(intimacy support); Simisola Lucia Majekodunmi (lighting associate); Aideen Malone (lighting designer);
Dr Matthew Malone (assistant musical director); Drew McOnie (choreographer); Ebony Molina (associate
choreographer); Verity Naughton (children’s casting director); James Orange (casting director);
Susanna Peretz (wigs, hair and makeup designer); Tom Scutt (set designer and co-costume designer);
Timothy Sheader (director); Jacob Sparrow (casting director); Nic Wass (creative associate); Kate Waters
(fight director).
Production Partner (Left) Carly Bawden as Julie Jordan and Declan Bennett as Billy Bigelow, and (right) the Blow High company. Photos: Johan Persson
13 Aug – 5 Sep 2021
Nicoll Entertainment present “SPELLBINDING. Slick and funny…there are dazzling puppets but
there’s also a childlike passion and a hopefulness that light up the
show from within.”
The Guardian
“The children were in awe. A BEAUTIFUL SHOW.” Audience member
written by DEREK BOND “The most visually impressive London kids’ show of the summer.”
Time Out
“IT WAS AMAZING! I‘m telling everyone I know they need to come
along to see the magic.” Audience member
“The FANTASTICAL ADVENTURE for kids of all ages. A huge amount
of fun that will have the little ones jumping in their seats. The
overriding message, that kindness to nature rather than aggression
is the truly heroic choice, feels just right for the times.” WhatsOnStage
CREATED BY
Derek Bond (writer and co-director); Laura Cubitt (co-director); Max Humphries (puppet designer);
Cheryl Brown (chief puppet fabricator); James Perkins (set and costume designer); John Maddox
(lighting designer); Max Pappenheim (composer and sound designer); Nicky Allpress (assistant director);
Emma Brunton (associate director).
Photo: Mark Senior Antony Antunes. Photo: Robert Day
ACTORS Tim Hodges CHILDREN CATERING Luke Makins COSTUME, HAIR & MAKEUP LEAD CREATIVES Ebony Molina LIGHTING & SOUND MUSICIANS/ PHOTOGRAPHERS Djordje Jovanovic VISITOR SERVICES Elise Philippi
Isabel Adomakoh Young
Lukas Hunt
Olivia Bart-Plange Jacob Adams
Alex Mallalieu
Lucy Bell David Allen
Darcel Osei
Barry Abbotts
MUSIC DEPARTMENT Robert Day
Chris Luscombe & ESTATES Anna Russell
Irvine Iqbal Bethany Manser Max Pappenheim Andy Barnwell Lydia McDonald Hannah Alexander Holly Sendell-Barker
Chanelle Jasmine Anthony Raphael Baron Cohen Christian Adolph Melissa Cooke Nicky Allpress Sam Ayling Jane Hobson
Tessa Kadler Jack McWalters Jon Pashley Beth Calderbank Graham Michael Max Alexander-Taylor Sam Skoog
Antony Antunes Demond Cole Rahab Ali Jenny Glynn Justin Audibert Tom Bexon David Jensen
Emily Langham Lucy Menzies Susanna Peretz Dave Geoghegan Marty Moore Molly Barton Jay Smith
Craig Armstrong Siahra Edmonson Elysia Beaumont Andras Jacobs Ciaran Bagnall Pete Carrington Johan Persson
Richard Leeming Alex Merelo James Perkins Jon Gingell Ian Mowat Meghan Bartual Smyth Lethaniel Stacey-Coombe
William Atkinson Skye Hall Jemma Bentham Sarah Ninot Derek Bond Alan Fotheringhame Oliver Rosser
Joel MacCormack Marion Moureu Tom Scutt Daniel Goodger Fiona Parker Jack Brannen Virginia Sutton
Aretha Ayeh Matilda Hamilton Simon Bigg Kayleigh Perry Joanna Bowman Michael Fox Mark Senior
Sam Mackay Reya Muller Timothy Sheader Carrie Grant Irene Richardson Oliver Byng Pip Terry
Shay Barclay Jonah Herron Hugo Campos Sarah-Jane Pucci Christian Bravo Thomas Goode
Ediz Mahmut Saif Musyab Kimberley Sykes Tom Green Paul Riddiford Max Caswell Jack Vogler
Carly Bawden Isa Jones Jessie Carpenter Ines Radicke Cheryl Brown James Hassett
Ellie Beaven
Natasha May-Thomas
Elliot Langley-Aybar Tom Chapman
Benjy Ntumba
Charlotte Simpson Emma Brunton
Giles Thomas
Casper Ikeda Owain Harries PRODUCTION/TECHNICAL Holly Sendell-Barker Belinda Clarke Kate Watts
Charity Bedu-Addo
Lindsay McAllister
Jasmine Nyenya Anna Charlesworth
Lewis Palfrey
Sebby Spring Laura Cubitt
Nic Wass
Charlie Jones Gemma Hawkins & STAGE MANAGEMENT Tash Shepherd Ana Coltatu Bethan Wilson
Matthew McKenna Pihla Pekkarinen Kate Waters Eddie Hession Nick Aldridge Mark Stiven Camila Sofia Contartese Elena Yianni
Sarah Benbelaid Kelly Orbase Xi Chen Maxine Tiara Lucy Cullingford Joe Kirk
Jack Mitchell Giovanna Rumma Alice Wordsworth Karen Hutt Nihal Badik Sean Teng Hannah Foster
Declan Bennett Jude O’Sullivan-Whiting Cedric Chervet Laura Watkins Naomi Dawson Connor McConnell
Christina Modestou Sam Southwick Cai Isfryn Fahmida Bakht Jake Upward Jack Gavin
Chrissy Brooke Nooh Rauf Sean Cowman Kathryn White Tom Deering Ciara Moss
Priyank Morjaria Bradley Tiffin Lindsay Kempley Emma Banwell Ali Wade Megan Griffith
Jack Butterworth Albie Salter Gabriel Da Silva Mark Dickman Daniel Parrott
Mae Munuo Alice Tunningley Phil King Nick Blount Faye Williams William Huke
Madeline Charlemagne Maia Larissa Daunat Molly Einchcomb Oliver Partridge
Brendan Charleson
Louise Mai Newberry
James Dobson
Issy Veysey EXECUTIVE Annie May Fletcher Tamykha Patterson Darren Lord Lisa Buckley Hattie Kemish
Samuel Parker Karol Vontszemu Jo Nichols Chris Cahil Spyridon Kois
Cavan Clarke Andrea Dominkó James Pidgeon Sadeysa Greenaway- Luca Serra SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Tom Claxton
John Pfumojena ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Helen Dovina
Christina Wooton
(from 21 Jun) Bailey Adam Squire Mike Parkin Nick Campbell Maria Koutsou
Charlotte Riby Chansol Yi Jon Pippen Robyn Clogg Andy Beardmore Claire Lane
Emily Cooper Arianne Brooks Neil Dunne Timothy Sheader Catja Hamilton Alex Thomas
Joanna Riding Elise Zavou Jane Salmon Rob Connick Andy Locke Amy Lawrence
John Cummins Anna Ganjolla Dean Fawcett William Village Barbara Houseman Hadyn Williams
Lisa Ritchie Zhaolin Zhou Sorcha Doherty Joshua Lewindon
Emma Cunniffe Cat Gray Nathalie Ferreira (to 31 Mar) Max Humphries Ben Wilson
Lauren-Deanna Stubbs Emma Dymott Claire Loveday
Jo Eaton-Kent Vineetha Sastry Mathilda Frotsher Duramaney Kamara
Christopher Tendai Chris Easton Erin Malinowski
Ryan Ellsworth Georgina Gadain Fiona Kennedy
Freya Field
Daisy West
Louis Gaudencio Nick Lidster MARKETING, Ellen Forbes Holly McComish
Michelle Fox
Liam Wright CASTING Shauna Gavaghan Ingrid Mackinnon
PARTNERSHIPS & PRESS Lizzie Frankl Dana McMillan
Shadee Yaghoubi Jo Allan Lynsey Fraser Joe McNeice
Andrew French Stuart Burt CDG Santiago Godoy Giraldi John Maddox
Marc Zayat Jess Clot Tom Gamble Gee Mumford
Ben Galpin Lucy Casson CDG Ryan Stuart Hine Simisola Lucia
Sebastian Goffin Verity Naughton CDG Oliver Joncus Majekodunmi Matt Dimic Phil Gleaden Zara Naeem
Peter Hamilton Dyer James Orange CDG Jessica Konzon Aideen Malone Freya Edgeworth Tyler Gregory Fiona Nelson
Elaine Hartley Annelie Powell CDG Tiernan Lafleur-Johnson Matthew Malone Beth Hitchcock Mary Halliday Nic O’Keeffe
Amie Hibbert Jacob Sparrow CDG Frankie Le Roux Kev McCurdy Hannah Hopkinson Ellie Hutchinson Wendy Parry
Sarah Hoare Tanith Lindon Drew McOnie Tom Kershaw-Green Holly Isaacs Ian Pettitt
James Lever
Jo Eaton-Kent (Mrs Mullin) in Carousel. Photo: Johan Persson
This page: Carousel. Photo: David Jensen/Feast Creative. Opposite: Photos clockwise from top left: Tom Deering conducting the Carousel Band, Movement Director and Black British Theatre Award winner Ingrid Mackinnon (foreground) with Movement Associate Darcel Osei in rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet; Zhaolin Zhou working at The Pizza Oven; Romeo and Juliet Director Kimberley Sykes; Alice Tunningley working in Covered Dining; Choreographer Drew McOnie and Director Timothy Sheader in rehearsal for Carousel. Photos: Jane Hobson, David Jensen, Johan Persson, Mark Senior
PATRONS
Diamond Chris Simpson
Stage Audience Kimberly Stallvik
Melinda Atwood Janet Weisz
Elaine Bancroft & Norton York Liz Wheeler
Mark Dean
CORPORATE PARTNERS TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS Irina & Russell Jacobs Silver
Adam & Claire Kenwright Derek & Janet Alexander
The Rose Foundation
Platinum Andrew & Sandra Treagus Sophie Barrett
Canard-Duchêne Claire & Graham Buckland
Platinum David Clifton
Saracens Rosemary Cox Philip Cunningham
CHAMPAGNE PARTNER Cyril & Heather Mundy Robyn Durie
Gold Oliver & Josephine Rogger Tony & Minnie Durrant
Baker McKenzie Nicholas & Rosalyn Springer Steve Edge & Jane Fogg
Delancey Jane & Neil Elias
Donnelley Financial Solutions Gold Kim Franklin QC
Home House Jeffrey & Mary Archer Peter & Lynne Graham
Lorraine Barnes Caroline Harper
Reed Smith Shitij Kapur
Rotha Bell
Silver MEDIA PARTNERS Jennifer Bettridge Ian McGarry
Angus Blair Dorothy Meyer
The Mackintosh Foundation Beatrice Blazye Sonia Mihelic
Alix Partners David Dutton Nancy Miller & Glen Ireland
Jacky Erwteman Jeremy Newton & Lucy Harris
Susan Farmer Julia Phillips
NEW SEAT SPONSORS Michael & Jackie Gee Patrick & Rene Sandberg
2020/21 John & Sheelagh Glover Jeremy & Kiran Sandford
Malcolm Johnston Vipool & Rekha Shah
Robert Fisher Steven Joseph Nicol Simmonds
Margaret Fisher Nina Kaye & Timothy Nathan Brian Smith
Alfred & Susan Holland Sue Kinder Tessa Smith
Louis Edward Lawrence Grace Mansfield Richard Snee
Mary & John McCormack Lady Masefield Jim & Nouchine Stidham
Richard E. W. McLerie Lindsay Miller Andrea & Michael Taylor
Simon & Midge Palley Giovanna Velasquez
Deborah Taylforth-Rix
Anne Paterson Nancy Whitaker
Andrea & Michael Taylor Colum Price Richard and Susan Wolff
Carl Richards David and Vivienne Woolf
Tony & Sue Rosner
The 2021 season was supported by Arts Council England Sarah & Patrick Ryan And all our anonymous
Andrew & Rhiannon Sargent Patrons and Donors.
and DCMS through the Culture Recovery Fund.RADIUS OF TRAVEL: UK AUDIENCE
H Open Air Theatre
2021 2019
0 - 4 miles 18% 27%
5 - 19 miles 47% 44%
WITH LOLLY ADEFOPE, SARA BARRON, GABBY BEST, KEMAH BOB, JEN BRISTER, BRIDGET CHRISTIE, NINA CONTI, SOPHIE DUKER, JESS FOSTEKEW. 20 - 49 miles 19% 16%
ED GAMBLE, DARREN HARRIOTT, OLGA KOCH, MAE MARTIN, ROSE MATAFEO, MAWAAN RIZWAN, SUZI RUFFELL, SINDHU VEE, PHIL WANG 50 - 99 miles 8% 6% Coventry
Corby
Thetford
More than 100 miles 8% 7%
Kettering Ely
Based on postcode data, a shift in travel behaviour suggests
that audiences travelled further to visit the theatre as an Leamington Spa Bury St Edmunds
Rushdon
outdoor venue during the pandemic.
Northampton Cambridge
Bedford
Banbury Milton Keynes Ipswich
Sudbury
Luton
Aylesbury
Bicester Colchester
St. Albans
Kidlington Harlow
Witney Watford
Oxford Chelmsford
Cirencester LONDON
Abingdon
Basildon Southend-on-Sea
THE LUNA CINEMA PRESENTS Slough
Swindon Reading
Woking Gillingham
Chippenham
Basingstoke Guildford Maidstone
Canterbury
Crawley
20th Anniversary Screening Ashford
Winchester
Salisbury
Southampton
Eastleigh Brighton Eastbourne
Portsmouth
Media Partner Hotel Partner
Moulin Rouge! © 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.MUSICALS AGE PROFILING ANNUAL ATTENDANCE BOOKING PATTERNS
ILLUSTRATES A
40% DECLINE IN OLDER 180,000
Booking patterns show that audiences booked later in 2021 due the pandemic,
perhaps to certify their health before booking, but possibly also to ensure that
35% AUDIENCES DURING 160,000 the performance was going ahead. This meant that the weather also had a
30% THE PANDEMIC, greater influence on bookings.
AND INCREASE 140,000
25%
IN ATTENDANCE 120,000 2021 2019
20% OF YOUNGER 100,000 % of bookings % of bookings
15% AUDIENCES. 80,000 On the day of the performance 8.45% 6.52%
10% 103,558 142,450 160,315
60,000 117 PERFS 136 PERFS 162 PERFS 1 day in advance of the performance 6.47% 3.47%
05% (1)
40,000 2 - 7 days in advance of the performance 4.07% 2.62%
0%
60+ 40-59 25-39 17-24 12-16 U12 20,000 31,062
8 - 14 days in advance of the performance 4.37% 1.90%
69 PERFS
Carousel ‘21 Evita ‘19 0 (2)
15 - 21 days in advance of the performance 2.78% 1.85%
2021 2020 2019 2018
Pre-Pandemic
PLAYS (1) of which 32 were at 50% capacity, and 23 were on the lawn.
40% (2) of which all were at 33% capacity
35%
30% FIRST TIME
25% OPEN AIR CAROUSEL
20% THEATRE ROMEO & JULIET
15% ATTENDERS
10% AS A % DRAGONS & MYTHICAL BEASTS
05% OF TOTAL ANANSI THE SPIDER
0% AUDIENCE
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
0%
60+ 40-59 25-39 17-24 12-16 U12
Romeo & Juliet ‘21 A Midsummer Night’s Dream ‘19
John Pfumojena as Mr Snow and Christina Modestou as Carrie with the Snow children. Photo: Mark SeniorAUDIENCE ETHNICITY ANALYSIS 106,122 SMS
TICKETS AND FOOD VOUCHERS
INDEX: SENT TO CUSTOMER MOBILES
Boroughs in 12 mile Radius (50% of our audience) BY CROWDENGAGE
100%
90%
WINNER
80%
GROWTH IN SOCIAL
5 AWARDS INCREASE IN MEMBERS
COMPARED WITH 2019
70% BLACK BRITISH
60%
MEDIA FOLLOWERS
THIS INCLUDES TWITTER, INSTAGRAM,
THEATRE AWARDS
P
4 ,6 5 7 I Z Z A S
FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND LINKEDIN
50%
FOR 2021
40%
SOLD AT THE
OPENLY RECRUITED EARLY-CAREER
30%
CREATIVE TEAM ASSOCIATES,
20%
7956 FREELANCE ARTISTS COLLABORATING ON
OUR PRODUCTIONS, BROADENING THEIR
W
EXPERIENCE OF MAKING LARGE-SCALE
E
CUSTOMERS SERVED
N
10% P IZ Z A V E N WORK, WITH SUPPORT AND MENTORING
0%
AT THE GRILL O FROM THE SEASON’S LEAD CREATIVES
2021 2019
WHITE We are determined to be an ever more inclusive organisation, championing diversity and
accessibility in everything we do, and ensuring our artists, our work, our workforce and our 7475 PERFORMANCES IN 2021
THIS SEASON WE EMPLOYED: 60 ACTORS & 15 CHILDREN, 49 LEAD CREATIVES,
MIXED/MULTIPLE ETHNIC GROUP audience better reflect the city and country in which we live. Our internal Positive Action
PODCAST WITH 5 LOST 17 MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION STAFF, 19 MUSICIANS, 78 PRODUCTION STAFF,
TO RAIN
Council holds our actions to account, and transparency is important to us. This audience
ASIAN/ASIAN BRITISH
BLACK/AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN/BLACK BRITISH
OTHER ETHNIC GROUP
ethnicity analysis is based on quantitative research in line with GDPR. This data is therefore
based on responses from 15% of those who received our survey, representing 10% of total
bookers, and uses data from the 2011 Census as an index.
LISTENS 97 CATERING & VISITOR SERVICES STAFF. A TOTAL TEAM OF 335Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is managed by Regent’s Park Theatre Ltd (RPT) and is licensed by Westminster City Council.
RPT has three wholly owned subsidiaries, Regent’s Park Enterprises Ltd through which it operates the bar and catering
services for the theatre, Regent’s Park Productions Ltd and Regent’s Park Ventures Ltd.
REGENT’S PARK THEATRE LTD REGENT’S PARK ENTERPRISES LTD STAFF
Registered in England No. 759557 Registered in England No. 06626067 Artistic Director Timothy Sheader
Registered Charity No. 231670 Directors Executive Director James Pidgeon
Robert Davis MBE DL Commercial Director Andy Locke
Patron: Judi Dench DBE Stuart Griffiths OBE Technical Director Andy Beardmore
James Pidgeon
Joint Chief Executives Production Co-ordinator & Arianne Brooks
REGENT’S PARK PRODUCTIONS LTD
Timothy Sheader (Artistic Director) Assistant to the Executive
Registered in England No. 09082210
William Village (Executive Director Marketing and Partnerships Officer Jess Clot
Directors
to 31 March 2021) Head Chef Dean Fawcett
Robert Davis MBE DL
James Pidgeon (Executive Director Head of Visitor Services and Estates Jack Gavin
Stuart Griffiths OBE
from 21 June 2021) General Manager Cat Gray
Sir Peter Rogers
Head of Partnerships Beth Hitchcock
James Pidgeon
Trustees Senior Marketing Officer Hannah Hopkinson
Anna Fleischle REGENT’S PARK VENTURES LTD Head of Catering Tanith Lindon
Stuart Griffiths OBE (Chairman) Registered in England No. 09279742 Visitor Services Manager Joe McNeice
Tyrone Huntley Directors Creative Associate Nic Wass
Steve Pennington Robert Davis MBE DL
Toni Racklin Stuart Griffiths OBE The Registered Office for all companies is:
design: feastcreative.com
Jim Reed Sir Peter Rogers Stage Door Gate, Open Air Theatre,
Samantha Spiro James Pidgeon Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NU
Martin Wilkinson Telephone: 0333 400 3561
James Pidgeon (Company Secretary) Group VAT Registration No: 997 3013 90
Details correct at the time of going to print and prior to audited accounts.
For latest details and full terms and conditions openairtheatre.com
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