Ben Galpin

Review: VANITY FAIR, Open Bar Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 9, 2024

Pub garden theatre specialist Open Bar Theatre has returned for a spring season with a deft and slightly chaotic version of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Dealing with the fortunes of two young women, the story explores early 19th-century English society, specifically how money and ambition can define a person's fate. 

Open Bar Theatre Performs Three Classics
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023

Continuing their partnership with Fuller's pubs, 2023 will see Open Bar Theatre tour Sense and Sensibility followed by two Shakespeare plays to pub gardens up and down the UK, bringing classics back to the people. Updating the satire in the plays to suit modern day, and performing with a physical, high energy style and a dash of audience participation, Open Bar Theatre perform for today's groundlings, those who want to sit back with a big glass of something cold and be entertained.

Open Bar Theatre Are Bringing A CHRISTMAS CAROL To Fuller's Pubs
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 2, 2022

Open Bar Theatre, known for their whirlwind Shakespeare productions in Fuller's pub gardens are returning to some of their favourite pubs with a packed December tour of A Christmas Carol.

EDINBURGH 2022: DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 13, 2022

BWW catches up with Ben Galpin from Dragons and Mythical Beasts to chat about bringing the show to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS Announces Cast For Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2021

Brand new family theatre show, Dragons and Mythical Beasts, written by Derek Bond, today announces casting for its forthcoming UK Tour and summer season at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London.

The Show Must Go Online Announce Full Cast For Livestreamed Reading Of THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2020

Two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, the global digital theatre movement producing live performances of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays weekly, today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, May 13- with Derek Klena, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jennifer Simard and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 13, 2020

Today (May 13) in live streaming: Ben Cameron counts down song about Spring, Laura Michelle Kelly sings Rodgers and Hammerstein and so much more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, May 12- with James Snyder, Jeanna de Waal, Anika Noni Rose, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 12, 2020

Today (May 12) in live streaming: It's the Day of the Show Y'all with Spencer Glass, Ken Davenport chats with James Snyder and so much more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Monday, May 11- Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2020

Today (May 11) in live streaming: Join the BroadwayWorld Book club, JRB and Georgia Stitt visit Stars in the House and so much more!

The Show Must Go Online Announces Full Cast For LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and THE TAMING OF THE CLUELESS
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2020

The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, and a special performance of scenes from Ian Doescher's The Taming of the Clueless, presented by Quirk Books as part of their Pop Shakespeare Events.

VIDEO: Watch THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK at Southbank Centre - Streaming Now!
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2020

RGM Productions and Alice House Theatre in association with Moya Productions presents The Hunting of the Snark. The production was filmed live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at The Southbank Centre.

Photo Flash: THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK Makes West End Debut at Vaudeville Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2017

The Hunting of the Snark opened at Vaudeville Theatre on 28 July. The show is based on a poem by Lewis Carroll, one of Britain's most enduring and beloved children's writers, and follows a gang of bold adventurers as they set of on one of the greatest boat journeys in children's literature.

Photo Flash: Cast of THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK Visit Cutty Sark
by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2017

The Hunting of the Snark opens at Vaudeville Theatre on 28 July. The show is based on a poem by Lewis Carroll, one of Britain's most enduring and beloved children's writers, and follows a gang of bold adventurers as they set of on one of the greatest boat journeys in children's literature.

Full Casting Announced For Lewis Carroll's THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2017

RGM productions today announces the full cast for the West End premiere of The Hunting of the Snark, a brand-new family musical inspired by the creator of Alice in Wonderland's beloved classic poem.