Kimberley Sykes directs this new staging of Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park. If any play doesn’t need an introduction, it’s this one – most of us here in the UK will have probably studied the text in school at some point, or at least seen a performance or film adaptation.
Set in fair Verona, it tells the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love against the backdrop of their feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets.
The play normally passes at a punchy pace but this new production intensifies proceedings by cutting the length to 110 minutes and running without an interval.