Check out the latest photos and videos of hit Broadway musical comedy Shucked, at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London.

Shucked is playing the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre as part of its summer 2025 season, running from 10 May to 14 June 2025.

Directed by Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), the London premiere stars Sophie McShera (Downton Abbey) as Maizy, Ben Joyce (Back to the Future) as Beau, Georgina Onuorah (The Wizard of Oz) as Lulu, Keith Ramsay (The Play That Goes Wrong) as Peanut, Matthew Seadon-Young (The Baker’s Wife) as Gordy, Monique Ashe-Palmer (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) as Storyteller 1, Steven Webb (Here You Come Again!) as Storyteller 2, and Jonathan Andrew Hume (The Lion King) as Grandpa.

New in are first-look production photos of Shucked.

Photos: Production images of Shucked in London

The Ensemble of Shucked features Taila Halford, Ross Harmon, Claudia Kariuki, Ying Ue Li, Tom Oliver, Gleanne Purcell-Brown, and Toyan Thomas-Browne; and the Swings are Jed Berry, Nathaniel Purnell, Rachel Rawlinson (and Dance Captain), and Mia Shelbourne.

The country music musical has songs by Nashville-based composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, including ‘Woman of the World’, ‘Somebody Will’ and ‘Independently Owned’, and has a book by Robert Horn (Tootsie).

Photo: Shucked curtain call

Also see a first-look of the cast in character, during the curtain call of the first performance.

Shucked - The company of Shucked at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Photo by Pamela Raith
Shucked – The company of Shucked at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Photo by Pamela Raith

In the show, Maizy and Beau are getting hitched, when the corn that protects their small community starts to die. The town needs answers. But who will dare to venture beyond the borders of Cob County?

Shucked – Rehearsal photos

Also check out behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos of Shucked.

Joining Jack O’Brien in the creative team of Shucked are: Lucy Adams (Associate Lighting Designer); Myles Brown (Associate Choreographer); Nathanael Campbell (Associate Director); Ben Davies (Associate Set Designer); Aundrea Fudge (Voice & Dialect Coach); Jill Green CDG (Casting Director); Tilly Grimes (Costume Designer); Carol Hancock (UK Wigs, Hair & Makeup Designer & Supervisor); Jason Howland (Music Supervisor, Orchestrations & Arrangements); Olivia Laydon (Casting Associate); Ingrid Mackinnon (Intimacy Support); Caity Mulkearn (Associate Costume Designer); Mia M Neal (Original US Hair & Wig Designer); Jack O’Brien (Director); Sarah O’Gleby (Choreographer); Scott Pask (Set Designer); Michael J Passaro (US Production Supervisor); Greg Pink (Associate Sound Designer); Katy Richardson (Musical Director); Tom Shiels (Casting Associate); John Shivers (Sound Designer); and Japhy Weideman (Lighting Designer).

Video: Ben Joyce sings Somebody Will from Shucked

Watch a video of West End star Ben Joyce singing ‘Somebody Will’ from the show.

Ben Joyce in the studio with Jason Howland, Piano by Katy Richardson, Guitar by Nick Fitch, Percussion by Becky Brass, Recording & filming by Umbrella Rooms

Shucked is part of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2025 summer season, alongside Lerner & Loewe’s classic musical Brigadoon, Noughts & Crosses, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill.

Video: Behind the scenes at the photoshoot for Shucked

Shucked is playing at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 10 May to 14 June 2025.

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Main photo: Shucked at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Sophie McShera and the cast. Photo by Pamela Raith

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