Line up once more, New York City! Free Shakespeare in the Park, as overseen by the Public Theater, is back after two years away and an $85 million facelift.

First, as ever, you must negotiate safe passage across a Central Park drive with runners and cyclists who halt for no-one. If you survive this perilous crossing—Space Invaders fans fare best—you alight upon the Delacorte Theater’s new exterior, curved like a languorous eyelid and clad in handsome, reclaimed redwood from 25 decommissioned water tanks sourced from all of New York’s five boroughs.

The Delacorte’s makeover is more obvious from the outside than inside. Ticket secured, once in the amphitheater you will find new seating, but the seats don’t look new. The rest of the money spent to renovate the space, which has been closed

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