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Our Town at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre initial casting and creative team announced

The piece will launch the venue’s 2019 season

Our Town
Our Town
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Initial casting and the creative team has been announced for Ellen McDougall's production of Our Town at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows the townsfolk of Grover's Corners and explores what makes a community.

Francesca Henry, who made her professional stage debut in McDougall's production of The Wolves at Theatre Royal Stratford East, will take on the role of Emily Webb in the show.

The production will be designed by Rosie Elnile, with movement by Sasha Milavic Davies, music by Orlando Gough, lighting by Lizzie Powell, sound by Tom Gibbons, muslcal direction by David Ridley and casting by Jacob Sparrow.

The piece runs from 16 May to 8 June.