Out & About: Al Fresco Drama
Out & About: Al Fresco Drama
RESIDENTS JOURNAL
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OUT & ABOUT
The events and activities on our radar across London
28 AUGUST 13 SEPTEMBER
AL FRESCO DRAMA
The most successful play ever performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park,
To Kill a Mockingbird returns to the stage this summer following a sell-out run in 2013.
Director Timothy Sheaders acclaimed production of the Harper Lee classic has now
sold more than 75,000 tickets, with 5,000 extra seats recently released for this years show.
Book soon to avoid disappointment.
Performances Tuesday to Sunday at 7.45pm (selected matinees available), tickets 25-55
(premium 60), Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle,
NW1 4NU, 0844 826 4242 (openairtheatre.com)
24 & 25 AUGUST
THE ULTIMATE
STREET PARTY
Europes biggest and brightest street
festival the Notting Hill Carnival,
returns to the streets of west London
for the August Bank Holiday.
Representing Londons multicultural
past and present since 1964, the event
is a two-day festival of live music,
ranging from reggae and dub to salsa.
Expect soca oats, steel bands and
jerk chicken and fried plantains from
the numerous food stalls... the list is
almost endless.
22-23 AUGUST
TYRANNO-SNORE-US
Spend a night with the scariest
residents of the Natural History
Museum in a special adult version of
the event Dino Snores; usually a
kids-only affair.
7pm to 9.30am, tickets 175 (members
160), Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD,
call 020 7942 5283, nhm.ac.uk
Bikeworldtravel
UNTIL 31 AUGUST
LOVE IN LONDON
This summer, the Southbank
Centre celebrates love in all its
forms with a two-month Festival
of Love, culminating in the
Big Wedding Weekend nale,
where the Centre invites
couples to marry in mass
ceremonies at the Royal Festival
Hall. Other events featuring
throughout the festival include
readings of some of the worlds
most beautiful love letters, talks
exploring the role of love in our
modern society and screenings
of romantic lms and musicals.
For more information on the
individual events taking place,
visit southbankcentre.co.uk/love
Light up Dippy Natural History Museum
To Kill a Mockingbird at Regents Park Open Air Theatre, 2013.
Photo by Johan Persson
Southbank Centres Festval
of Love, courtesy of Belinda
Lawley & Southbank Centre
WORDS/ Kate Jennion