EVERYMAN Theatre will present a bigger, better and refreshed festival for the 2016 summer season taking place from Thursday, June 23 in Sophia Gardens.

This season starts with the critically and audience acclaimed Into the Woods playing from June 23 to July 2. Audiences will be transported deep into the woods: where wishes come true and curses are reversed.

One of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest musicals, Into the Woods is an enchanting theatrical masterpiece, filled to the brim with a feast of fabled characters. Directed by Richard Tunley with musical direction by Rob Thorne Jnr. this is the perfect show to open the 2016 festival.

‘Allo ‘Allo has gone alfresco. From July 7 to July 16 the Cafe Rene will welcome summertime audiences to the little French rural town of Nouvion. Owner Rene Artois risks more than his life on a daily basis during wartime German occupation as he attempts to satisfy the demands of the German Army, the French Resistance, his wife and both his waitresses.

The team that brought you last year’s hilarious staging of Blackadder, led by director Simon H West, are pleased to present the hugely popular stage version of ‘Allo ‘Allo at the 2016 Everyman Summer Festival.

From July 21 to July 30 perhaps the most famous of all Shakespeare’s plays, in this the 400th year of his death, Romeo and Juliet will take to the outdoor stage led by Jack Paterson and Mark Modzelewski, two experienced directors who are new to the festival.

In modern Verona, violence erupts between the Montagues and Capulets with tragic consequences. With the death of their children, the citizens come together and through song, movement and story examine how they came to such tragedy.

The ever popular family show this year is Disney’s Peter Pan running from July 23 to 30. Fly away to Neverland with Peter Pan and the Darling children in Disney’s adaptation of their beloved animated film, performed by AndGo Theatre and choreographed and directed by Emma Jayne Parker.

Based on the Disney film and JM Barrie’s enchanting play, Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. is a modern version of the timeless tale about a boy who wouldn’t grow up.

Finishing off the programme are India Dance Wales who present two hypnotic shows on Sunday, July 10, Shishya and Shakuntala, and Everyman Youth Theatre will present Richard II on Sunday, July 24.

For more information and to book tickets online visit the Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival website everymanfestival.co.uk or call the box office on 0333 6663366.