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OUR YEAR IN PERFORMANCE 2016 - 2 0 17 For information on how to support the RSC please contact Rebecca Preston, Development Director on 01789 403473 or email [email protected] www.rsc.org.uk/support-us Royal Shakespeare Company Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BB Registered Charity No. 212481 +44 (0)1789 296655 www.rsc.org.uk Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/theRSC Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/theRSC Alhambra Theatre LIGHTING DESIGNER DIRECTOR DOCTOR FAUSTUS Bradford Charles Balfour Simon Godwin By Christopher Marlowe Leeds Arts Centre COMPOSER DESIGNER Swan Theatre 12 April 2016 Sam Kenyon Paul Wills Stratford-upon-Avon 7 PERFORMANCES SOUND DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER 47* PERFORMANCES Marlowe Theatre Andrew Franks Paul Anderson (*from 1 April 2016) Canterbury ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS COMPOSER Barbican Theatre, Sophie Ivatts Sola Akingbola The Canterbury Players London Kimberley Sykes MUSIC ASSOCIATE 19 April 2016 7 September 2016 MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Jon Nicholls 15 PERFORMANCES 7 PERFORMANCES Siân Williams SOUND DESIGNER Theatre Royal DIRECTOR DEPUTY MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Christopher Shutt Norwich Maria Aberg Polly Bennett MOVEMENT DIRECTOR The Common Lot DOCTOR FAUSTUS A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: A PLAY FOR THE NATION DESIGNER PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Mbulelo Ndabeni By Christopher Marlowe By William Shakespeare Naomi Dawson 26 April 2016 Toper McGrillis FIGHT DIRECTOR LIGHTING DESIGNER 7 PERFORMANCES Kev McCurdy Lee Curran Theatre Royal DON QUIXOTE PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY COMPOSER Nottingham Manuel Harlan Orlando Gough Adapted by James Fenton from The Lovelace Theatre the novel by Miguel de Cervantes SOUND DESIGNER Group Swan Theatre Claire Windsor 3 May 2016 CYMBELINE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Stratford-upon-Avon 7 PERFORMANCES By William Shakespeare Ayse Tashkiran 36 PERFORMANCES FIGHT DIRECTOR Hall for Cornwall (*from 1 April 2016) NEW PRODUCTION Kate Waters Truro DIRECTOR FIRST PERFORMANCE VIDEO DESIGNER Carnon Downs Drama Angus Jackson Royal Shakespeare Theatre Nathan Parker Group DESIGNER Stratford-upon-Avon PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY 10 May 2016 Robert Innes Hopkins 29 April 2016 Helen Maybanks 7 PERFORMANCES LIGHTING DESIGNER 66 PERFORMANCES Johanna Town Barbican Theatre Barbican Theatre COMPOSER & CO-ORCHESTRATOR London London Grant Olding A MIDSUMMER Tower Theatre 31 October 2016 NIGHT’S DREAM: 17 May 2016 SOUND DESIGNER 23 PERFORMANCES Jeremy Dunn A PLAY FOR THE 7 PERFORMANCES DIRECTOR COMEDY DIRECTOR NATION New Theatre Melly Still by William Shakespeare Cal McCrystal Cardiff DESIGNER MOVEMENT DIRECTOR ON TOUR Everyman Theatre Anna Fleischle Lucy Cullingford 24 May 2016 LIGHTING DESIGNER Northern Stage PUPPETRY DESIGNER 7 PERFORMANCES Philip Gladwell Newcastle & CO-DIRECTOR COMPOSER The Castle Players and Grand Opera House Toby Olié Dave Price HAMLET The People’s Theatre Belfast FIGHT DIRECTOR By William Shakespeare SOUND DESIGNER 16 March 2016 Belvoir Players Malcolm Ranson Jonathan Ruddick 10 PERFORMANCES 31 May 2016 CO-ORCHESTRATOR MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Citizens Theatre Glasgow 7 PERFORMANCES Tom Kelly Emily Mytton The Citizens Dream Royal Shakespeare Theatre PUPPETRY CO-DIRECTOR FIGHT DIRECTOR Players Stratford-upon-Avon Laura Cubitt Terry King 29 March The Bear Pit and The PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY VIDEO DESIGNER 5 PERFORMANCES Nonentities Helen Maybanks Dick Straker Grand Theatre 15 June 2016 PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Blackpool 38 PERFORMANCES Ellie Kurttz Poulton Drama DIRECTOR HAMLET 5 April 2016 Erica Whyman By William Shakespeare 7 PERFORMANCES DESIGNER Royal Shakespeare Theatre Tom Piper Strtaford-upon-Avon 54* PERFORMANCES DON QUIXOTE CYMBELINE Adapted by James Fenton from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes By William Shakespeare (*from 1 April 2016) 02 03 THE ALCHEMIST MAKING REVOLT. SHE SAID. NEW PRODUCTION FIRST PERFORMANCE By Ben Jonson MISCHIEF REVOLT AGAIN. Swan Theatre FESTIVAL By Alice Birch NEW PRODUCTION Stratford-upon-Avon FIRST PERFORMANCE The Studio Theatre at NEW PRODUCTION 17 August 2016 Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Other Place The Studio Theatre at 76 PERFORMANCES Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon The Other Place DIRECTOR 26 May 2016 27 July to 27 August 2016 Stratford-upon-Avon Blanche McIntyre 2 August 2016 55 PERFORMANCES DESIGNER 11 PERFORMANCES Barbican Theatre Lez Brotherston Traverse Theatre London FALL OF THE LIGHTING DESIGNER Edinburgh 2 September 2016 KINGDOM, RISE OF Lee Curran FALL OF THE KINGDOM, RISE OF THE FOOT SOLDIER 16 August 2016 By Somalia Seaton 16 PERFORMANCES THE FOOT SOLDIER COMPOSER By Somalia Seaton 12 PERFORMANCES DIRECTOR Tim Sutton Shoreditch Town Hall SOUND DESIGNER Polly Findlay NEW PRODUCTION FIRST PERFORMANCE London Gregory Clarke DESIGNER The Studio Theatre at 31 August 2016 MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Helen Goddard The Other Place 17 PERFORMANCES Alistair David LIGHTING DESIGNER THE ALCHEMIST Stratford-upon-Avon FIGHT DIRECTOR By Ben Jonson Charles Balfour DIRECTOR 27 July 2016 Erica Whyman Kate Waters COMPOSER 27 PERFORMANCES Corin Buckeridge DESIGNER PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Madeleine Girling Donald Cooper SOUND DESIGNER DIRECTOR Gregory Clarke Nadia Latif LIGHTING DESIGNER Claire Gerrens MOVEMENT DIRECTOR DESIGNER Clive Mendus Madeleine Girling SOUND DESIGNER KING LEAR LIGHTING DESIGNER Jonathan Ruddick By William Shakespeare FIGHT DIRECTOR ALWAYS ORANGE Lauren Watson PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY By Fraser Grace Kate Waters NEW PRODUCTION Richard Lakos PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY SOUND DESIGNER FIRST PERFORMANCE Helen Maybanks Steven Atkinson Royal Shakespeare Theatre PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Stratford-upon-Avon Richard Lakos JOANNE 20 August 2016 By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, 34 PERFORMANCES Laura Lomas, Chino Odimba and ALWAYS ORANGE Ursula Rani Sarma Barbican Theatre London THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN By Fraser Grace Commissioned and produced by Clean Break. 10 November 2016 By John Fletcher and William Shakespeare NEW PRODUCTION 30 PERFORMANCES NEW PRODUCTION FIRST PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR The Studio Theatre at The Studio Theatre at Gregory Doran The Other Place The Other Place DESIGNER Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon 11 August 2016 Niki Turner REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN 27 July 2016 By Alice Birch 3 PERFORMANCES LIGHTING DESIGNER 27 PERFORMANCES DIRECTOR Tim Mitchell DIRECTOR Róisín McBrinn COMPOSER Donnacadh O’Briain PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Ilona Sekacz DESIGNER Katherine Leedale SOUND DESIGNER Madeleine Girling Jonathan Ruddick LIGHTING DESIGNER MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Matt Peel Michael Ashcroft SOUND DESIGNER THE TWO NOBLE FIGHT DIRECTOR Steven Atkinson KINSMEN By John Fletcher Bret Yount MOVEMENT DIRECTOR and William Shakespeare PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Jüri Nael Ellie Kurttz PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Richard Lakos JOANNE KING LEAR By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chino Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma By William Shakespeare 04 05 THE ROVER FIGHT DIRECTOR DIGITAL CHARACTER CREATION St Albans Academy Kev McCurdy The Imaginarium Studios Birmingham By Aphra Benn PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY VIDEO 1 February 2017 NEW PRODUCTION Manuel Harlan Finn Ross Swan Theatre FIRST PERFORMANCE LIGHTING Stratford-upon-Avon Swan Theatre Simon Spencer Stratford-upon-Avon LOVE’S LABOUR’S 3 - 4 February 2017 8 September 2016 LOST MUSIC Honley High School 69 PERFORMANCES By William Shakespeare Paul Englishby Holmfirth SOUND DESIGNER DIRECTOR 7 February 2017 Chichester Festival Theatre Jeremy Dunn, Andrew Franks Loveday Ingram York High School Chichester MOVEMENT DESIGNER York 29 September 2016 Lucy Cullingford Lez Brotherston 18 PERFORMANCES 8 February 2017 PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY LIGHTING DESIGNER Manchester Opera House Topher McGrillis York Theatre Royal Tim Lutkin Manchester York COMPOSER 23 November 2016 9 – 10 February 2017 Grant Olding 6 PERFORMANCES New Vic Theatre SOUND DESIGNER THE SEVEN ACTS Fergus O’Hare Theatre Royal Haymarket OF MERCY Newcastle-under-Lyme THE ROVER THE TEMPEST By Aphra Behn By William Shakespeare MOVEMENT DIRECTOR London By Anders Lustgarten 15 February 2017 Nichola Treherne 12 December 2016 NEW PRODUCTION Springhead Primary School FIGHT DIRECTOR 50 PERFORMANCES FIRST PERFORMANCE Talke Pits Terry King DIRECTOR Swan Theatre 16-17 February 2017 PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Christopher Luscombe Stratford-upon-Avon Keele University Chapel Ellie Kurttz DESIGNER 24 November 2016 Keele Simon Higlett 41 PERFORMANCES 18 February 2017 LIGHTING DESIGNER DIRECTOR Launceston College MUCH ADO Oliver Fenwick Erica Whyman Launceston ABOUT NOTHING MUSIC DESIGNER 21 February 2017 OR LOVE’S Nigel Hess Tom Piper LABOUR’S LOST SOUND DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER Brannel School By William Shakespeare Jeremy Dunn Charles Balfour St Austell Chichester Festival Theatre MOVEMENT DIRECTOR COMPOSER 22 February 2017 Jenny Arnold 24 September 2016 Isobel Waller-Bridge Treviglas Community College FIGHT DIRECTOR 21 PERFORMANCES SOUND DESIGNER Newquay MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST Kev McCurdy Martin Slavin By William Shakespeare By William Shakespeare Manchester Opera House 23-24 February 2017 PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY MOVEMENT DIRECTOR 25 November 2016 Our Lady of the Assumption Manuel Harlan Michael Ashcroft 6 PERFORMANCES Catholic Primary School FIGHT DIRECTOR Blackpool Theatre Royal Haymarket Paul Benzing London THE TEMPEST VIDEO DESIGNER 28 February 2017 9 December 2016 By William Shakespeare Nina Dunn The Grand Theatre 65 PERFORMANCES In collaboration with Intel and in PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Blackpool DIRECTOR association with The Imaginarium Ellie Kurttz 2 – 4 March 2017 Studios Christopher Luscombe Archibald Primary School DESIGNER NEW PRODUCTION Middlesbrough Simon Higlett FIRST PERFORMANCE FIRST ENCOUNTERS
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