Donmar warehouse to build temporary theatre for allfemale. The homecoming, the machine, elfie hopkins and the gammons, night of the living dead. Phyllida lloyd will return to the donmar warehouse to direct an allfemale production of henry iv, the second of a trilogy of shakespearian productions. The cast includes david dawson, returning to the donmar following luise miller, alongside elaine cassidy, who appeared in les liaisons dangereuses. Donmar warehouse all female shakespeare henry iv with. Theatre credits include cant forget about you lyric belfast, the guid sisters national theatre of scotland and men should weep national theatre. Playwright steve waters returns to the donmar, following his acclaimed play temple last year, with a searing new drama limehouse. All scene all props were excited to work with tonyaward winning set and costume designer david zinn on fun home, a broadway transfer to the young vic theatre. Press release atlantic theater company presents the. Donmar warehouse unveils plans for 2010 artistic director, michael grandage today announces the new donmar season through until february 2011. Resurrection, eastern promises, daddys girl and starter for ten.
Zainab also appeared in the donmar s productions of the tempest and henry iv at st. My night with reg tickets are available to all through the donmar s barclays front row scheme. Donmars king lear to be broadcast by nt live bbbblogger. Wednesday 19 december director lynette linton designer frankie bradshaw lighting designer oliver fenwick sound designer and composer george dennis movement director polly bennett. Jade anouka attends an after party following the press night performance of henry iv, playing at the donmar warehouse, at the hospital club on october 9, 2014 in london, england. The convert all scene all props tunbridge wells kent and. Condensed into two hours without interval, this paredback production focused on the central relationships of hal, henry, and falstaff, with the northumberland clan providing counterpoint and contrast to the main narrative. Set in 1981, the play imagines what happened when the gang. Shakespeares monumental history play travels to the heart of family, duty and country. Enter prince henry, lord john of lancaster, and earl of westmoreland king henry iv i prithee, harry, withdraw thyself. Like her previous productions of henry iv and julius caesar, lloyd set this within a womens prison.
But the most outstanding ensemble was at donmar kings cross for phyllida lloyds allfemale staging of the tempest. The star of a new broadwaybound musical has been murdered on stage on opening night. Richard iii is a historical play by william shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593. The donmar warehouse is a 251seat, notforprofit theatre in covent garden, london. T6p57 2005 822914dc22 2004063842 grove press an imprint of groveatlantic, inc 841 broadway new york, ny 3 acknowledgments this version was prepared with the help of a literal translation by francesca albini, commissioned by the donmar theatre, and with further assistance from simonetta wenkert. Season comprising julius caesar, henry iv and the tempest to be staged at 420seat venue next to kings cross station. Even with the chair set up, they seemed to have a good rake. Following her allfemale production of julius caesar in 2012, lloyd returned to the donmar warehouse last year with a conflated version of 1 and 2 henry iv.
The donmar warehouse announces today its new 2017 spring season. Two ways to bring shakespeare into the twentyfirst. Sebastian viveros oscar makes his donmar warehouse debut in sweat. Phyllida lloyd will return to the donmar warehouse to direct an allfemale production of henry iv, the second of a trilogy of shakespearian productions that began with julius caesar in 2012. The production was set in a womens prison, and would be the first of a trilogy of allfemale productions that the guardian would call one of the most important theatrical events of the past 20 years. On the press night it was tony harley, the nationals. Buy henry iv tickets at donmar warehouse directly from the box office. Karen dunbar playing vernon and bardolph makes her donmar warehouse debut in henry iv.
His response was to plan a oneyear season at the 750seat wyndhams theatre, four major new productions presented by donmar west end. From now on its stalls or nothing at the donmar for me. Macbeth is the shakespearean play actors and directors are most superstitious about, but i wonder if lear might be gaining on the ol scottish play as far as live recordings go. Henry iv adapted from henry iv part i and part ii performed at the petit varia 2017 in brussels 0. The rise of the midshow ovation is a worrying trend. Eccentric production with gobsmackingly good performanceshelen maybanksthe director phyllida lloyd cant seem to make up her mind about the role of women. Donmar warehouse unveils plans for 2010 bbbblogger. In 2012, the donmar warehouse opened an allfemale production of julius caesar, directed by tony awardnominated director phyllida lloyd and starring harriet walter as brutus. But this week i had to skip out part of the donmar s threeplay shakespearean day at kings cross, the first two parts of which julius caesar and henry iv. Henry iv, donmar warehouses allfemale version jade anouka, on ground, and clare dunne in the donmar warehouse version of henry lv at st.
Press release thursday 18 october 2018 donmar warehouse announces full casting for sweat by lynn nottage friday 7 december 2018 saturday 26 january 2019 press night. The convert will run at the young vic theatre from 7th december 2018 until 26th january 2019. Opened 4 may 2004 written by luigi pirandello, in a new version by tom stoppard directed michael grandage cast ian mcdiarmid, francesca annis, stuart burt, robert demeger, tania emery, james lance, neil mcdermott, brian poyser, nitzan sharron, orlando wells, david yelland synopsis an italian nobleman falls from his horse during a pageant. Announced today at a press event hosted by the muchlauded venues artistic director josie rourke, the season will kick off with a 20th anniversary revival of my night with reg, followed by henry iv, lloyds follow up to 2012s hugely successful julius caesar, and the first major revival of cy colemans classic musical city of angels. Press night performance on friday for more information and to book tickets, click here.
The production staged a year ago at the donmar s covent garden theatre is the most popular show offbroadway, in terms of theatre capacity, and has extended its run until december. But as so often with theatres genderswitching games, fresh insights are shed. Friday, july 6, 2018 donald and darlene shiley stage old globe theatre conrad prebys theatre center. This innovative film, recorded before a live audience, documents the donmar warehouses allfemale stage production, adapted from william shakespeares two plays about king henry iv, prince hal and falstaff. Fun home all scene all props tunbridge wells kent and. On press night, intels processors came through, projecting ariel onto columns of mosquito netting that descended from the rafters. Seuss adapted for the stage by david greig music and lyrics by charlie fink directed by max webster presented by the old globe and childrens theatre company, in partnership with the old vic. Jade anouka attends an after party following the press. The rsc is returning to its former home the barbican in november to bring its recent stratford double bill of henry iv parts i and ii to london, starring jasper britton in the title role and antony sher as falstaff.
Each part is billed as running at 2 hours 45 minutes. Zainab hasan returns to the donmar warehouse after appearing in the shakespeare trilogy and henry iv. Haydn gwynne will be playing the role of lady wishfort at the donmar warehouse in james macdonalds new revival of william congreves restoration comedy the way of the world, replacing linda bassett who has had to withdraw from the production before the start of rehearsals for personal reasons. With the longplanned trilogy now rounded off with the tempest, which has premiered in the donmar s purposebuilt. It condenses henry iv s two parts into two hours, focusing mainly on the first play and its examination of kingship and.
Agamemnon play one from the oresteia the age of consent. This allfemale take on shakespeare is bold, strange and mostly a success. Donmar warehouse presents my night with reg, july 31. Donmar warehouse news newspapers books scholar jstor. If you are new to the donmar warehouse allfemale stagings of shakespeares julius caesar and henry iv 2012 and 2014 respectively the biggest surprise is not so much that these highly masculine dramas are performed entirely by women. The way of the world full casting announced donmar warehouse. Donmar warehouse announces 2017 spring season pocket. Aristocrats will run from 2 august to 22 september 2018. The donmar warehouse announces today two new plays for the 2017 autumn period. Other theatre credits include my white best friend bunker, tamburlaine, tartuffe and timon of athens rsc, hijabi monologues bush, boy almeida, tory boyz, romeo and juliet and. The first batch of tickets will be released at 10am on monday 21 july, and thereafter, tickets will. Haydn gwynne replaces linda bassett in the way of the.
The most famous instance of technical mishap in other otherwise fairly seamless ntlive series remains michael grandages 2011 production of king lear at the donmar warehouse, starring derek jacobi. Book online or call the box office on 020 3282 3808. The donmar warehouses olivier awardwinning production of city of angels hits the west end. The donmar warehouse today announces full casting for james macdonalds new revival of william congreves restoration comedy masterpiece the way of the world. Lyndsey turners spinetingling revival is a strong match for the playwrights wild imagination. Thomas murray, musical director theatre includes, for the donmar. Afizz with energy and beauty and quite the clearest versespeaking of the year im looking at you, rsc. Michael longhurst ist als neuer kunstlerischer leiter des hauses designiert. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Phyllida lloyd to direct allfemale henry iv in donmar. The new production is the first time the fivetime tony awardwinning musical has been seen on uk shores. Richard iii by william shakespeare, paperback barnes.
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