Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival: A brief history
1980s
Everyman Open Air Festival
1983-1995. Dyffryn Gardens
'Professional paid directors to ensure high standards and to stretch the actors who would be chosen on merit from all over South Wales in open auditions...'
Greg Owens
'We all expect something special of Shakespeare played in a beautiful garden on a summer evening, and for methese Everyman performances at Dyffryn live up to it... Every time I go the whole thing is magical...'
Ted Hughes
1988
'A leap in the dark as Everyman launches a second Dyffryn show...aimed at a family audience... the experiment works!'
Greg Owens.
1990s to present
'In 1995 we added a third show (the musical) to our programme, and then in 1996 we staged our first festival at St Fagans. In 2009, Everyman Theatre took over the running of the musical from Moonlight Theatre. We already have exciting plans in the pipeline for Festival 2012 when we will be celebrating 30 years of great theatre in the great outdoors... so watch this space!'
Luke Todd
Everyman Theatre: Open Air Theatre Festival Productions
| Shakespeare Productions 1983 | The Winter's Tale 1984 | Dream 1985 | As You Like It 1986 | The Taming of the Shrew 1987 | Twelfth Night 1988 | Dream 1989 | The Tempest 1990 | Romeo & Juliet 1991 | The Comedy of Errors 1992 | Merry Wives 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing 1994 | The Taming of the Shrew 1995 | Twelfth Night 1996 | Dream 1997 | As You Like It 1998 | The Merchant of Venice 1999 | Macbeth 2000 | Much Ado About Nothing 2001 | Twelfth Night 2002 | Dream 2003 | Merry Wives 2004 | The Tempest 2005 | Romeo & Juliet 2006 | As You Like It 2007 | Dream 2008 | The Taming of the Shrew 2009 | King Lear 2010 | Much Ado About Nothing 2011 | The Comedy of Errors |
Family Productions 1988 | The Selfish Shellfish 1989 | Cloud Cuckooland! 1990 | Baron Bolligrew 1991 | Pinocchio 1992 | James & the Giant Peach 1993 | Alice through the Looking Glass 1994 | Big Bad Wolf? 1995 | The Fabulous Frog Prince 1996 | Oh, Merlin! 1997 | Hansel & Gretel 1998 | Rumpelstiltskin 1999 | Snow White 2000 | Sleeping Beauty 2001 | Jack & the Beanstalk 2002 | Honk! 2003 | Pinocchio 2004 | The Three Pigs 2005 | Wind in the Willows 2006 | Alice in Wonderland 2007 | The Adventures of Robin Hood 2008 | The Tale of Treasure Island 2009 | Toad of Toad Hall 2010 | Winnie the Pooh 2011 | Old King Cole |
Musical 1993 | The Pirates of Penzance 1994 | Into the Woods 1999 | The Mikado 2000 | The Pirates of Penzance 2002 | The Little Shop of Horrors 2004 | Oh What a lovely War 2005 | The Pirates of Penzance 2006 | Return to the Forbidden Planet 2007 | The Mikado 2008 | Iolanthe 2009 | The Gondoliers 2010 | HMS Pinafore 2011 | The Pirates of Penzance |
We have now confirmed our festival shows for the 30th Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival in 2012. We will open with The Mikado (11-21 July), followed by Twelfth Night (25 July- 4 August) and finishing with our family production of Pinocchio (28 July- 4 August)
We hope that you will be able to join us once again at St Fagans this summer! Further information to follow...
Everyman 2011/12
Good by/gan CP Taylor | 15-19 November 2011. Chapter Main Stage
A View from the Bridge by/gan Arthur Miller | 20-24 March 2012. Chapter Main Stage
Ghosts by/gan Ibsen | 22-26 May 2012. Chapter Main Stage
Information taken from the Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival: Silver Jubilee programme (2008) revised/updated by Luke Todd.