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The Court Theatre has announced the cast for its production of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America to be directed by its Artistic Director Charles Newell: Eddie Bennett (Louis Ironson), Mary Beth Fisher (Angel), Heidi Kettenring (Harper), Rob Lindley (Prior), Geoff Packard (Joseph Porter Pitt), Michael Pogue (Belize), Hollis Resnik (Hannah) and Larry Yando (Roy Cohn). Tngels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika will run simultaneously from March 30 – June 3
donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Designate Josie Rourke announces the first three plays which will form the opening season of her tenure. She assumes the role of Artistic Director on 1 January 2012. Rourke opens her inaugural season directing George Farquhar’s classic comedy The Recruiting Officer. This will be followed by a major revival of Robert Holman’s Making Noise Quietly – Peter Gill directs; and completing the season is Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s satirical masterpiece The Physicists in a new version by Jack Thorne, also directed by Rourke.
Also announced was the appointment of Anthony Weigh as Associate Artist, and Michael Bruce as Composer in Residence. They will join incoming Executive Producer Kate Pakenham, General Manager Jo Danvers and Casting and Creative Associate Anne McNulty to form the Donmar’s core creative team.
Rourke returns to the Donmar where she trained on the company’s Resident Assistant Director Scheme in 2000 – working alongside Michael Grandage, Nicholas Hytner, Phyllida Lloyd and Sam Mendes. As a director, her work for the Donmar includes Frame 312, World Music and The Cryptogram.
Office Party In a site specific space next door to the Pleasance in North London comes Office Party just in time for the start of the real office party season. This simulation exercise in the most ghastly of corporate bashes has all the comedy and bad taste of the real thing which no-one, if it were real life, would want to remember except with embarrassment. First shown at the Barbican a couple of years back, the audience are split into divisions within the fictitious company with its ex alcoholic chief executive (Richard Ryecroft)and simpering head of Human Resources (Holly Burn) and all round nice head of Domestic Services Kath (Janice Connolly). With the most insensitive timing some employees will find themselves on a redundancy list, while others are randomly promoted to executive level or maybe they paid more? Ursula Martinez and Christopher Green head the corporate entertainment which should have everyone else texting and tweeting what they saw! There are party games and employees making idiots of themselves. Go preferably in a group of people and in comfortable shoes and light clothing as you will stand for a long time and it gets very hot in the main party room. Alcohol is on sale throughout at the bar.
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A First: 37 international companies will present all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 37 different languages with an athletic ticket pricing scheme providing the chance to see all shows for just £100. The kaleidoscopic six weeks of shows begin on Shakespeare’s birthday April 23rd. An opening weekend of celebrations include : an adaptation of Venus and Adonis by the Isango Ensemble from South Africa, a public open day at the Globe to celebrate Shakespeare and the worlds’ languages, and Ngâkau Toa’s Troilus and Cressida to start the festival with a haka. For more details go here.
Following on from Sunday in the Park with George, Little Shop of Horrors, La Cage aux Folles, A Little Night Music and Sweet Charity, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced that its Christmas musical will be Pippin - music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. It begins previews on Tuesday, 22 November, with the Press Night on Wednesday, 7 December. It runs until Saturday, 25 February, 2012.
The original production, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, opened on Broadway in 1972, won 5 Tony Awards and ran for just under 5 years. The Broadway production was mounted in the West End in 1973. Now director and choreographer Mitch Sebastian leads the creative team for this high-concept revival incorporating Fosse's original Tony Award-winning choreography, set and projections by Timothy Bird , ighting design is by Ken Billington, costume design by Jean-Marc Puissant, orchestrations and music supervision by Simon Lee and sound design by Gareth Owen. Preview tickets to November 6th witl meal deals £37 (2-course meal from the pre-theatre menu in the Menier Café as well as the theatre ticket. Performances: Tuesday-Saturday evenings at 8.00pm Matinees: Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm Ticket details www.menierchocolatefactory.com
Ghost the Musical is a cross-the-pond hit. A New York Production has been announced for next Spring at a to be named Nederlander theater with previews beginning in March. Casting for the Broadway production will be announced at a later date. Matthew Warchus’ stage production based on the Oscar® winning film has recently extended booking in London to October 2012 with the release of over 350,000 tickets at the Piccadilly Theatre.
Nicholas Hytner’s five star production of One Man, Two Guvnorswill transfer to the West End for a 16 week run following its sell-out run at the National Theatre, subsequent UK tour and National Theatre Live cinema broadcast. Nearly 200,000 tickets go on sale on Thursday 14 July for performances at the Adelphi Theatre from 8 November 2011 – 25 February 2012.
The Anarchist, a new play by acclaimed, award-winning playwright David Mamet will make its world premiere in London this autumn. Mamet will team up with award-winning director, Rupert Goold in what will be the third Mamet play to receive its world premiere in London. Glengarry Glen Ross first performed in 1983 at the Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre and The Cryptogram premiered at the Ambassadors Theatre in 1994. Further details on this production will be announced soon.
The Royal Shakespeare Company celebrates its 50th Birthday with a season of nine plays in the newly transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Two companies of actors will play across both the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre, presenting a repertoire of work by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, new work and revivals of some of our greatest hits.
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