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Open-air theatre in London

Time Out's complete guide to all open-air and outdoor theatre in London

Make the most of your open-air and outdoor theatre trip in London this summer, with our guide to what's on at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, The Scoop and Watch This Space.

What's on at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

  • Ragtime

    Until Sat Sep 8, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    This dark American fable – with added layers of Obama-allegory – is a bold choice for a summer-long run from the Open Air Theatre.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Jun 2-Sep 5, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    An usual summer for the Open Air Theatre next year, which will eschew the formula of sombre season opener, quirky middle play, big end of season musical and ...

What's on at Shakespeare's Globe

  • Globe to Globe

    April 21-June 9, Shakespeare's Globe

    Thirty-seven Shakespeare play in six weeks in the audacious first act to the World Shakespeare Festival.

  • Henry V

    Jun 7-Aug 26, Shakespeare's Globe

    While it might have been quite funny to see what a French company made of 'Henry V', Shakespeare's patriotic tour de force was always the obvious production ...

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    Jun 23-Oct 13, Shakespeare's Globe

    For once, a production of Shakespeare's battle of the sexes comedy seems like the lowest key thing in a Globe season, this year dominated by the World Shakes...

  • Richard III

    Jul 14-Oct 13, Shakespeare's Globe

    After the Globe's Cultural Olympiad season in spring 2012, when it will stage all of Shakespeare's plays each in a different language, ex-Globe boss and all-...

  • Twelfth Night

    Sep 22-Oct 14, Shakespeare's Globe

    Authentically all-male Shakespeare productions were a major feature of Mark Rylance's pre-'Jerusalem' life as artistic diretor of the Globe. Playing in rep w...

  • Hamlet

    Aug 27-Sep 1, Shakespeare's Globe

    After touring success last year, Dominic Dromgoole's pared back, blackly comic production of Shakespeare's great tragedy returns for a week of London shows.

  • As You Like It

    Sep 3-16, Shakespeare's Globe

    James Dacre's 2011 touring version of Shakespeare's fun, nimble comedy returns for a limited run of show at its parent theatre.

What's on at The Scoop (More London Free Festival)

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Free
    Jun 6-8, The Scoop

    Fun young company Grassroots Shakespeare open this year's More London Free Festival at The Scoop with an abridged, back to Elizabethan stage practices version of the Bard's fiesty comedy.

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    Free
    Jun 13-15, The Scoop

    No summer at The Scoop would be complete without a visit from the mischievous Pantaloons. Here the madcap theatre company offer a vaudeville and silent film indebted physical theatre take on Oscar Wilde's most famous play.

  • The Trojan War and Peace

    FreeNew
    Jul 5-Aug 5, The Scoop

    Steam Industry Theatre returns to London's biggest and best free outdoor venue with an even more ambitious show than normal in Olympic year. 'The Trojan War and Peace' is a very free adaptation of Aeschylus's Orestia...

What's on at Watch This Space

  • National Theatre Inside Out

    Free Jun 2-Sep 9, National Theatre Square

    'Tis the summer of confusing umbrella festival titles: the National Theatre's regular Watch This ...

  • Arc/Memento Mori/Every Action

    Free Jun 1-2, National Theatre Square

    Aerial theatre triple bill from award winning theatre company Ockham's Razor, coming to the NT Sq...

  • The Knowledge Emporium

    Free Jun 6-10, National Theatre Square

    A magical shop, where sweet things can be bought for a poem, a recipe or a fact or two. On Sunday...

  • Get Stuff Break Free

    Jun 25-Jul 4, National Theatre

    Bonkers performance duo Made In China continue their meteoric ascent by joining the programme of ...

  • you'll see [me sailing in antarctica]

    Jul 6-14, National Theatre

    Interactive theatre specialists non zero one join the NT's National Theatre Inside Out festival w...

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