101 Dalmations

101 Dalmations at Open Air Theatre

Why see 101 Dalmations?

the adventure live on stage

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's 2022 season will finally bring their long-awaited production of the rollicking animal adventure 101 Dalmatians! Based on the classic children's story by English novelist Dodie Smith, this brand new musical features a book by award-winning playwright Zinnie Harris, music by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Douglas Hodge, direction by the theatre's Artistic Director Timothy Sheader, and puppetry by celebrated puppeteer Toby Olie.

What is the story?

The story follows Pongo and Missis, a pair of delightfully spotted dalmatians who live in London with their kind and caring owners the Dearlys. The only thing that makes their idyllic life better is the arrival of their 15 puppies, but their bliss is short-lived thanks to the machinations of their evil neighbour Cruella de Vil, the villain to end all villains. When she steals the pups for their fur, Pongo and Missis take matters into their own paws and em-bark on a quest to rescue them. 

Cast

Kate Fleetwood as Cruella De Vil

Pongo and Perdi Puppeteers

Danny Collins as Pongo Voice
Ben Thompson as Pongo Head
Emma Lucia as Perdi Voice
Yana Pnerose as Perdi Head


Ensemble
Jamil Abbasi, Stuart Angell, George Bukhari, Sonya Cullingford, Jade Davies, Karen Fishwick, Joseph Fletcher, Taofique Folarin, Courtney George, Tash Holway, CJ Johnson, Kody Mortimer, Simon Oskarsson, Tom Peters, Eric Stroud, Jonny Weldon and Grace Wylde. 


Creative

Adapted by Zinnie Harris
Music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge
Directed by Timothy Sheader

Reviews

Customer reviews

7 reviews, average rating: (4.4 Stars)

Helen

Puppets or real-life?

Fantastic. I was engrossed from beginning to end. The sad bit had me crying and it was also full of humour. It's amazing how the puppets come to life so quickly in my imagination. Great acting and singing. Lovely host in the Ambassador bar too. ... Read more

Lindsay Swift

Amazing

I went to watch 101 Dalmatians with my 2 boys and it was fantastic. Kim Marsh is an amazing actress and singer. She was absolutely amazing, we really enjoyed it. Would highly recommend buying a ticket. Everyone did a fabulous job and the puppets were great. I cannot praise this performance enough. ... Read more

Diane Robbins

Magnificent

An outstanding stage performance of an iconic story. A story that could have presumably been thought very tricky to adapt to stage. Without doubt this whole company excelled at bringing the story to stage, music, sets, acts, voices, choreography was brilliant Each character was superbly portrayed and the puppetry was so skillful you could almost forget they were puppets. ... Read more
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