Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonA young woman offers her life to save an unworthy aristocrat in a passionately sung fable of Caribbean history A tragic tale rollicking with positive energy, the 1990 musical Once on This Island gives the Little Mermaid and its sacrificial heroine a twist of Romeo and Juliet's star-crossed conflict. Ola Ince's forceful new production identifies its Caribbean setting with Haiti " …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM on May 18, 2023