The production will be brought to the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre by award-winning musical theatre choreographers Julia Cheng, Shelley Maxwell and Kate Prince for a limited time next month.
Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill. Artwork by FEAST Creative.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill will re-imagine the dream ballets from Allegro, Oklahoma! and Carousel , all with extended new musical arrangements by Tony Award winner Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country).
The dancers in the production will be accompanied live on stage by the 26-piece orchestra of the Sinfonia Smith Square, giving audiences a unique opportunity to experience Rodgers & Hammerstein's music brought to life like never before.
Choreographed by Julia Cheng, Allegro will feature the dancers Asmara Cammock (Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre), Jonadette Carpio (Seven Deadly Sins, Royal Opera House), Paris Crossley (Boy Blue), Jevan Howard-Jones (Wicked, film), Hannah Joseph (UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey) and Stuart Thomas (King - The story of Martin Luther King Jr).
Oklahoma!, choreographed by Shelley Maxwell, the dancers are Tanisha Addicott (Matthew Bourne's Romeo & Juliet), Chris Akrill (Little Shop Of Horrors, Crucible Theatre Sheffield), José Alves (A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream), Tania Dimbelo (England on Fire, Balletboyz), Nahum McLean (Richard Alston Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells) and Vanessa Vince-Pang (Wicked, film).
For Carousel, choreographed by Kate Prince, the dancers are Deavion Brown (Message in a Bottle, ZooNation), Tommy Franzen (Message in a Bottle, ZooNation), Nethra Menon (Cabaret, Kit Kat Club), Hannah Sandilands (Message in a Bottle, ZooNation), Elijah Smith (The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, ZooNation) and Malachi Welch (Disney's The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre).
Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill will play at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 19 - 22 June 2025.