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Our Town at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre full casting announced

Ellen McDougall directs a new revival of the award-winning play

Natalie Klamar and Tom Edden
Natalie Klamar and Tom Edden
© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage

Full casting 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 opens at the north London venue in May, and follows the townsfolk of Grover's Corners and explores what makes a community.

Joining the previously announced Francesca Henry as Emily Webb will be Natalie Klamar (Richard II) as Stage Manager, Arthur Hughes (Saint Joan) as George Gibbs, Karl Collins (Nine Night) as Dr Gibbs, Pandora Colin (A Midsummer Night's Dream) as Mrs Gibbs, Tom Edden (Matilda) as Editor Webb, Thusitha Jayasundera (Stories) as Mrs Webb, Nicola Sloane (Flowers for Mrs Harris), Garry Robson (Kiss Me Quickstep) as Constable Warren.

Completing the cast are Phil Adele (Sam Craig), Jim Findley (Joe Stoddard), Peter Hobday (Simon Stimson), Terique Jarrett (Si and Joe Crowell), Louis Martin (Howie Newsome), Miriam Nyarko (Rebecca Gibbs) and Cleo Sylvestre (Professor Willard). The role of Wally Webb will be shared by Tumo Reetsang and Tyrell Russell-Martin.

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.

Our Town runs from 16 May to 8 June.