Former actress, bestselling author and poetry champion Allie Esiri and Regents Park Open Air Theatre present Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year – Live!
Samuel West (pictured above)
On Monday 8th JulyAllie Esiri will be joined by a star-studded cast of award winning theatre and film actors including Paul Chahidi, Damian Lewis(Homeland – main picture), Toheeb Jimoh(Ted Lasso),Stephen Mangan(Green Wing),Tracy Ann Oberman, Tony Robinson(Blackadder),Danny Sapani(Killing Eve, Black Panther), Samantha Spiro (Sex Education),Luke Thompson(Bridgerton),Samuel West (Slow Horses),Olivia Williams (The Crown), andSusan Wokoma (Enola Holmes), for a hugely entertaining evening of Shakespeare based on Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthology: Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year.
To celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio and over 90 years of Shakespeare performances at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Allie Esiri and friends will guide you on a journey through the Shakespeare you love and the best bits you don’t. There will be poetry, speeches and scenes read by actors who have a special connection to Shakespeare’s work and to the theatre itself. It was at Regent’s Park, for example, that homeland actor Damian Lewis spent a season playing Hamlet, that Susan Wokoma starred in the hit production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and where Samantha Spiro performed an acclaimed Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing and won an Olivier Award for Hello Dolly! Expect great performances, poetry, laughter, wisdom and wit.
Stephen Manghan (pictured above)
One of the UK’s biggest selling poetry books, Shakespeare For Every Day of the Year by poetry champion Allie Esiri is an inspiring collection of 365 poems, speeches and scenes from across all of Shakespeare’s plays, each with an illuminating introduction. Allie has published ten hugely popular poetry anthologies including A Poem For Every Day Of The Yearand365 Poems For Life as part of her mission to keep poetry alive and make it accessible for everyone.
Susan Wokoma (pictured above)
Signed copies of Allie Esiri’s poetry anthologies Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year and A Poet for Every Day of the Yearwill be available on the night.
NB. Actor appearances are subject to availability. Check the website for updates to the lineup.
All Photo Credits: Copyright remains with the individual artists pictured supplied via Tory Lyne-Pirkis.
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