“The Most Successful Year Yet”: OVO’s Artistic Director reflects on the 2025 Roman Theatre Festival
Ahead of the upcoming launch of the OVO Roman Theatre Open Air Festival 2026 – (watch this space!) – we wanted to share with you an update from OVO’s Founder and Artistic Director, Adam Nichols, as he reflects on last year’s festival and looks ahead to this summer.
Adapting A Christmas Carol: our interview with adaptor/director Mark O’Sullivan
Interview with A Christmas Carol director and adaptor Mark O’Sullivan
Immersed In History: OVO’s magical promenade production of A Christmas Carol comes to the British Schools Museum, Hitchin, this winter.
With OVO’s acclaimed promenade production of A Christmas Carol arriving in Hitchin from 28 November – 30 December, we sat down with British Schools Museum manager Emma Calver, to find out more about this year’s historic Hitchin venue and why it is a truly magical setting for Charles Dickens’ tale of ghosts and generosity.
Meet the cast: The Great Gatsby
“There is quite a lot of energy, so i’d say it’s quite charged.” With opening night fast approaching, we caught up with Jonathan Tynan-Moss and Nathan French to talk all things Gatsby ahead of its premiere at the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival this August. We asked them how rehearsals have been going, why audiences […]
10 Questions with Mark O’Sullivan and Kelly Ann Stewart, the Creative Team behind The Great Gatsby
We sat down with Mark O’Sullivan and Kelly Ann Stewart, adaptor and director respectively, to talk all things The Great Gatsby, prior to it’s opening this summer at the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival.
9 Questions with Theatre Director and Playwright, Jonathan Holloway
We sat down with Jonathan Holloway, playwright and director, to talk all things theatre and his OVO debut with Les Misérables this summer at the Roman Theatre.
Summer Season 2025
Launching OVO’s Roman Theatre Open Air Festival 2025 Get ready for an extraordinary fusion of history, theatre, and music as the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival returns to St Albans for its 11th year. The summer showpiece promises an unforgettable season of bold, imaginative, and dynamic performances in the breath-taking setting of the Verulamium Roman […]
Meet the Cast of The Highwayman
The Highwayman opens at Norwich Theatre this evening! We introduce the cast of the show and ask them to share their views of what audiences might expect from this brand new British musical. Click the button below to book tickets and be among the first to see the cast of The Highwayman in action at […]
Meet the Cast: The Merchant of Venice’s Hassan Maarfi
Hassan plays Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, which runs at The Roman Theatre Open Air Festival from Wednesday 31st July to Sunday 11th August, inclusive. We caught up with him to ask about his experience of featuring in the show at the Roman Theatre. How long have you been an actor/performer? I’ve been a […]
Cast Interview Reel: Sense and Sensibility
‘I think that this is going to be a really fun adaptation and I think it’s got a speed and a pace to it[… ], which I think is current for 2024.’ We recently caught up with three of the cast members of our co-production of Sense and Sensibility, at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, ahead of […]