THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS Tickets and Dates

A ú2.75 transaction fee applies (this will be added to your order on the payment page) THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BEST Previews: 17 - 26 July 2014 Booking Period: Until 23 August 2014 By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin Book Adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks Musical Score Adapted by Diedre L. Murray "One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing, Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky" A powerful story of love and betrayal, Porgy and Bess is celebrated as a landmark piece of American theatre. Porgy, a crippled beggar, is devoted to taming wild Bess and saving her from a life of ruin. Yet new beginnings give way to temptation as Bess is haunted by the demons of her past. Rufus Bonds Jr and Nicola Hughes take the title roles in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. Rufus received a Drama Desk nomination for the original US production of Parade, and Nicola revisits the role of Bess following her Olivier Award nominated performance in Trevor Nunn's 2006 production. Phillip Boykin reprises the role of Crown for which he received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for the 2012 Broadway production. Double Olivier Award nominee Sharon D Clarke also joins the cast as Mariah. Jade Ewen will play Clara, Cedric Neal will play Sportin' Life, Golda Rosheuvel will play Serena and Leon Lopez will play Jake. Jade Ewen has previously appeared in Tonight's The Night (UK Tour), Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych Theatre) and Disney's The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre). Jade is also a former member of Sugababes and in 2009 represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest performing It's My Time written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Cedric Neal is an American actor whose stage credits include After Midnight (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway), the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Broadway) and Dreamgirls (Signature Theatre) for which he was awarded the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Cedric played the role of Kennard Royce in the television series Friday Night Lights. Leon Lopez is a British actor whose stage credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour), Rent (Duke of York's), Tick, Tick. BOOM! (Duchess Theatre) and Piaf (Donmar Warehouse). Leon also played the long-running role of Jerome Johnson in Brookside. Golda Rosheuvel has performed on stage in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre), South Pacific (National Theatre), Macbeth (Shakespeare's Globe) and You Can't Take it With You (Royal Exchange, Manchester). Golda previously played Lady Macbeth in the Open Air Theatre's production of Macbeth re-imagined for everyone aged six and over. Rufus Bonds Jr, Phillip Boykin and Cedric Neal are appearing with the permission of UK Equity, incorporating the Variety Artistes' Federation, pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity. Directed by Timothy Sheader, this musical masterpiece includes 'I Got Plenty of Nothing', 'It Ain't Necessarily So', 'I Loves You Porgy' and the poignantly beautiful 'Summertime', an icon of the Great American Songbook. IMPORTANT WEATHER POLICY The auditorium and stage are completely uncovered. We will make every effort to complete the performance and reserve the right to stop and start the action as necessary. Performances are never cancelled or abandoned before the advertised starting time and then only in the event of very bad weather. If cancellation or abandonment is unavoidable, ticket holders will be entitled to equivalent seats for any other performance in the main season (excludes comedy and music events), subject to availability. Music and Comedy events (which are one-off events and not part of the main repertoire) take place regardless of weather conditions. Refunds are not given for cancellation or abandonment as a result of the weather For a customer wishing to exchange; Make sure you have your tickets. These need to be the original tickets you were issued with but it doesn't matter where you purchased your tickets from. At the theatre, we provide weather exchange envelopes or you can use your own. Include details with your tickets of your preferred exchange date and then you can: - Hand this to a member of staff at the performance - Bring it to the box office in person - Send it to the address below Alternatively, fill in our online weather exchange form and post the tickets to: Weather Exchange, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, The Ironworks, Inner Circle, London NW1 4NR On receipt of these tickets the box office will post or e-mail your new tickets to you. Please note that all exchanges are for equivalent seats and subject to availability. All tickets are sold subject to our terms and conditions which includes a section on the weather. We do not give refunds for performances which are not completed because of bad weather Full terms and conditions including the weather policy are at www.openairtheatre.com