National Theatre New Season Announcement April-November 2017
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
6 April 2017 National Theatre new season announcement April-November 2017 The European Premiere of Broadway hit OSLO opens in the Lyttelton Theatre prior to a West End run All the President's Men? - Scenes from the U.S. Senate's Confirmation Hearings, a staged reading edited and directed by Nicolas Kent Jane Eyre returns, following an acclaimed season and UK tour Queer Theatre: A series of LGBT+ events including readings directed by Stephen Daldry, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Polly Stenham Further casting announced for Stephen Sondheim's Follies and Lucy Kirkwood's Mosquitoes The NT tours to a record 49 venues in 37 towns and cities across the UK in 2017-18 NEW PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCED LYTTELTON THEATRE OSLO a new play by J.T. Rogers Opens 5 September (press night 12 September) until 23 September Continues at the Harold Pinter Theatre from October The Lincoln Center Theater production direct from Broadway for a limited season. In 1993, in front of the world’s press, the leaders of Israel and Palestine shook hands on the lawn of the White House. Few watching would have guessed that the negotiations leading up to this iconic moment started secretly in a castle in the middle of a forest outside Oslo. OSLO tells the true story of two maverick Norwegian diplomats who coordinated top-secret talks and inspired seemingly impossible friendships. Their quiet heroics led to the ground- breaking Oslo Peace Accords. Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production of this new play by J.T. Rogers (Blood and Gifts, The Overwhelming, Madagascar, White People, The Great Game: Afghanistan) sets a deeply 1 personal story against an epic historical landscape. A darkly funny political thriller, OSLO comes to the NT following a sell-out run in New York, and prior to a West End run at the Harold Pinter from 30 September in association with ATG. Set design by Michael Yeargan, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Donald Holder, sound design by Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg and projections by 59 Productions. Cast to be announced. JANE EYRE based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë in co-production with Bristol Old Vic devised by the original company Opens 26 September until 21 October Also on tour throughout the UK from 8 April Following a critically acclaimed season at the NT and a UK tour, Jane Eyre returns to the National Theatre this September. This innovative reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece is a collaboration between the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic and is directed by Sally Cookson. The classic story of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfillment on her own terms. Jane Eyre’s spirited heroine faces life’s obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of bitter betrayal before taking the ultimate decision to follow her heart. Directed by Sally Cookson, dramaturgy by Mike Akers, set design by Michael Vale, costume design by Katie Sykes, lighting design by Aideen Malone, movement by Dan Canham, music by Benji Bower and sound design by Dominic Bilkey. Cast includes Hannah Bristow, Matthew Churcher, Nadia Clifford, Ben Cutler, Tim Delap, Alex Heane, Jenny Johns, Melanie Marshall, Evelyn Miller, Paul Mundell, Dami Olukoya, David Ridley, Lynda Rooke, Francesca Tomlinson and Phoebe Vigor. QUEER THEATRE LGBT+ Stories & Social Change In partnership with Pride in London May – July To mark 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, the NT looks at how theatre has charted the LGBT+ experience through a series of rehearsed readings, exhibitions, talks and screenings. 2 Rehearsed Readings 6 – 10 July To celebrate Pride weekend a world-class group of directors and actors bring seminal queer plays back to the stage in an act of celebration and remembrance. Directors include Tarell Alvin McCraney Stephen Daldry and Polly Stenham. Free Exhibition – In Visible Ink Tracing LGBT+ stories at the NT. See Learning on page 14 UPDATES ON PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PRODUCTIONS OLIVIER THEATRE SALOMÉ a new play by Yaël Farber Previews from 2 May, press night 9 May, continuing in the repertoire until 15 July The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the Olivier stage. Salomé is designed by Susan Hilferty with lighting design by Tim Lutkin, music and sound by Adam Cork, movement direction by Ami Shulman, fight direction by Kate Waters and dramaturgy by Drew Lichtenberg. Cast includes Philip Arditti, Paul Chahidi, Ramzi Choukair, Uriel Emil, Olwen Fouéré, Roseanna Frascona, Lloyd Hutchinson, Shahar Isaac, Aidan Kelly, Yasmin Levy, Andrew Lewis, Anna Lindup, Theo T J Lowe, Isabella Niloufar, Lubana al Quntar and Raad Rawi. Hundreds of Travelex Tickets at £15 available per performance. This production is supported by Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Broadcast to cinemas by NT Live on 22 June. 3 TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare Last chance to see - ends 13 May Simon Godwin directs this joyous new production. Tamsin Greig is a transformed Malvolia, performing alongside Adam Best, Oliver Chris, Claire Cordier, Imogen Doel, Mary Doherty, Ammar Duffus, Daniel Ezra, Phoebe Fox, Whitney Kehinde, Emmanuel Kojo, Tamara Lawrance, Andrew Macbean, Doon Mackichan, Tim McMullan, Brad Morrison, Daniel Rigby, Imogen Slaughter, James Wallace and Niky Wardley. The production is designed by Soutra Gilmour, lighting by James Farncombe, movement by Shelley Maxwell, music by Michael Bruce, sound by Christopher Shutt, and fight direction by Kev McCurdy. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia’s uptight housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible. Production supported by Shawn M.Donnelley and Christopher M.Kelly. Broadcast to cinemas by NT Live on 6 April. COMMON a new play by DC Moore. A co-production with Headlong. Previews from 30 May, press night 6 June, continuing in repertoire until 5 August Mary’s the best liar, rogue, thief and faker in this whole septic isle. And now she’s back. As the factory smoke of the industrial revolution belches out from the cities, Mary is swept up in the battle of her former home. The common land, belonging to all, is disappearing. DC Moore’s dark and funny new play is an epic tale of unsavoury action and England’s lost land. Headlong’s Artistic Director, Jeremy Herrin, (People, Places and Things,This House) directs Anne-Marie Duff as Mary. Cast includes Lois Chimimba, John Dagleish, Brian Doherty, Anne-Marie Duff, Trevor Fox, Hannah Hutch, Cush Jumbo, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Tim McMullan and John O’Dowd. Design is by Richard Hudson, lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Stephen Warbeck, movement direction by Joseph Alford, sound design 4 by Ian Dickinson, fight direction by Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC- ANNIE Ltd, dance by Siân Williams. Hundreds of Travelex Tickets at £15 available per performance. FOLLIES book by James Goldman. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Previews from 22 August, press night 6 September, booking until 4 November with additional performances to be announced 1971, New York. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Including such classic songs as Broadway Baby, I’m Still Here and Losing My Mind. Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the NT. Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom). Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work at the NT includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George. Design by Vicki Mortimer, choreography by Bill Deamer, musical supervisor Nicholas Skilbeck, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical director Nigel Lilley, lighting design by Paule Constable and sound designer by Paul Groothuis. Cast includes Josephine Barstow, Tracie Bennett, Di Botcher, Billy Boyle, Janie Dee, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Forbes, Emily Goodenough, Bruce Graham, Fred Haig, Aimee Hodnett, Dawn Hope, Liz Izen, Alison Langer, Emily Langham, Sarah Marie Maxwell, Kate Parr, Philip Quast, Edwin Ray, Gary Raymond, Adam Rhys-Charles, Jordan Shaw, Imelda Staunton, Barnaby Thompson, Christine Tucker and Alex Young. AMADEUS by Peter Shaffer in association with Southbank Sinfonia Returns 22 January, booking until 17 February 2018 with additional performances to be announced 5 Music. Power. Jealousy. Peter Schaffer’s iconic play had its premiere at the NT in 1979, before being adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. With live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Director Michael Longhurst, designer Chloe Lamford, music director and additional music Simon Slater, choreographer Imogen Knight, lighting design Jon Clark and sound design Paul Arditti. Cast includes Adam Gillen and Lucian Msamati.