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NORTHERN ENGLAND
FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS
Theatres
featured on this pages:-
SHEFFIELD: Lyceum Theatre / Crucible Theatre / The Drama Studio
(occasional)
MANCHESTER: Library
Theatre / Royal Exchange Theatre / Palace
Theatre / Opera House
LIVERPOOL: The
Playhouse, The Everyman / Octagon Theatre, Bolton
LANCASTER: The
Dukes Theatre
OLDHAM, Coliseum
BLACKPOOL, Grand Theatre
WEST YORKSHIRE
PLAYHOUSE, LEEDS [PERMANENT REVIEWER
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
(Northern Stage, Theatre Royal)
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SHEFFIELD
(Sheffield "News" and Reviews provided by Paul & Gertie Whitfield)
THE LYCEUM THEATRE
SHEFFIELD
BOX OFFICE: 0114 249 6000
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
Ambassador Theatre Group presents
The Rocky Horror Show
Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Christopher Luscombe
Monday 22 March – Saturday 27 March 2010
Richard O’Brien’s outrageous classic The
Rocky Horror Show is thrusting its way through the UK to Sheffield’s Lyceum
Theatre from Monday 22 March to Saturday 27 March featuring
Olivier Award winner David Bedella starring as the celebrated Frank
‘n’ Furter.
This irresistible riot has seduced audiences all over the world
for more than thirty years so whether you’re a die-hard fan or a Rocky
Virgin, it’s time to celebrate this infamous adventure like never before.
Brush up on those pelvic thrusts, squeeze into that corset and slip back into
those killer stilettos because the world’s favourite rock ‘n’
roll musical is back with a vengeance!
The Rocky Horror Show tells the story
of engaged sweethearts Brad and Janet who are forced to seek refuge in a castle
full of the maddest, baddest and sexiest group the world has ever seen.
Featuring the timeless classics ‘Sweet Transvestite’,
‘Damit Janet’ and ‘The Time Warp’, this
is the craziest party you’ll ever go to, so select your seats, dress to
impress and get ready for Rocky!
The Rocky Horror Show opened 36 years
ago at The Royal Court Theatre in London and has since become a world-wide
success. Originally produced in 1973 and written by Richard O’Brien,
this rock n’ roll classic has been presented in 15 different languages
and seen in over 30. He starred in the 1975 film adaptation as Riff Raff and is
also widely recognised as the presenter of the popular TV show The Crystal
Maze. Since premiering, the stage show has been in almost continuous
production, and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most
ardently followed films of all time.
Best known for
creating the roles of Satan/Warm Up Man in Jerry Springer - The Opera
for which he won Best Musical Actor in 2004, David Bedella plays the mad
scientist Frank ‘n’ Furter for the 2009/10 UK tour. Bedella
has walked the corridors of has BBC1’s popular hospital drama Holby
City as Doctor Carlos Fashola and starred in numerous Broadway and US
national tours including Jesus Christ Superstar, La Cage Aux Folles, Almost
Like Being in Love, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, West Side Story, and A
Chorus Line, or which he received the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor
in a Musical. He has also played Frank ‘n’ Furter alongside Meat
Loaf in The Rocky Horror Show.
Sheffield Crucible
Theatre
Sheffield
Theatres’ productions presents
There’s
Only One Wayne Matthews
Written by Roy
Williams and Directed by Dawn Walton
Tuesday 30 March
– Friday 2 April 2010
There’s
Only One Wayne Matthews, an amazing story about
friendship, forgiveness and football dives with a tackle into the Sheffield Crucible
Studio 30 March to 2 April.
Prior to its performances in the Crucible Studio the
production has been on tour to schools in the Yorkshire region from. This
production will also be staged at both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield
United football grounds.
It’s 1979 and Viv Anderson is the first black footballer to
make it to the England squad. Wayne Matthews is desperate to follow in
his hero’s footsteps but there’s one problem, he is rubbish at
football! There’s Only One Wayne Matthews tells the story of a
young boy battling the odds and bullies to master the beautiful game.
Troy Glasgow plays Carl. Glasgow’s theatre credits include Harper
Regan, DNA, The Miracle, (National Theatre) and Low Dat (Birmingham
Rep). For television his work includes Dr Who, Skins and Ashes
to Ashes.
Isaac Ssebandeke
plays Wayne. Ssebandeke theatre credits include The Resistible
Rise of Arturo Ui (Hammersmith Lyric Theatre) and The Coat
(National Studio). His television credits include Skins and The
Well.
Dawn Walton directs. Her recent work includes Oxford Street, 93.2fm,
Workers Writes, Drag-On, The Shining (Royal Court, the
latter also National Tour) Winners (Young Vic), Serjeant
Musgrave’s Dance, Balm In Gilead (Corbett Theatre), Glow
(Theatre Centre), The Changeling (Mamamissi Productions), Strings
(Clean Break Theatre Company), Of Mice and Men (Southwark Playhouse)
and Splinters (Talawa Theatre Company). Walton was the recipient of the
Jerwood Young Director’s award at the Young Vic, formerly Director on
Attachment at the Royal Court, and was Acting Head of Studio – National
Theatre throughout 2006.
The play is
written by Roy Williams. William's career began when he sent a
play he wrote for his degree at Rose Bruford drama school to Stratford
East theatre. The play was produced and Williams’ went on to win both
the 31st John Whiting award and the EMMA for best play for his play Starstruck.
He's had plays produced across London including at the National Theatre,
and also wrote episodes 5 and 6 of the major TV drama, Babyfather.
CRUCIBLE THEATRE
SHEFFIELD
BOX OFFICE: 0114 249
6000
(closed
for refurbishment)
All Sheffield information kindly provided by Paul and Gertie Whitfield - to whom the Editor is indebted.
Check out Sheffield Theatre’s website for up-to-the-minute information: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Sheffield Theatres
Productions Presents
An Enemy of the
People
Directed by Daniel Evans
Designed by Ben Stones
Thursday 11 February
– Saturday 20 March 2010
Newly appointed Artistic Director of Sheffield
Theatres, Daniel Evans directs multi award-winning actor Sir Antony
Sher in Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People – the opening
production of his inaugural season in the newly refurbished Crucible
Theatre.
It’s boom time in the spa town.
Investment in the public baths is paying off handsomely. Visitor numbers have
never been higher. But one man knows the toxic secret underlying the
town’s newfound wealth. His concern is for the health of the
people. So how can he be their enemy?
Written in 1882, this version of Ibsen’s play by
Christopher Hampton was first seen at the National Theatre in
1997. The company will include the largest community chorus seen on the
Crucible stage comprised of over 30 local residents of Sheffield.
Henrik Ibsen is generally acknowledged as the father
of modern drama. His other plays include The Master Builder, A
Doll’s House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck,
John Gabriel Borkman and Peer Gynt.
Multi award-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher
Hampton’s adaptations for the stage include Judgement Day
(Almeida Theatre), The Seagull (Royal Court and Broadway), Three
Sisters (Playhouse), and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC and
Ambassadors Theatre), as well as many collaborations with Yasmina Reza
including God of Carnage, Life x3 and Art. As a playwright,
his works include Embers, The Talking Cure, White Chameleon,
Tales from Hollywood, Treats and The Philanthropist; and
as a screenwriter, Atonement, The Quiet American, Carrington
and Dangerous Liaisons (Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Adapted
Screenplay).
Antony Sher makes his Crucible debut as Dr Tomas
Stockmann. His many theatre credits include The Tempest, Othello and
Richard III (Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor) –
all RSC, Kean (Apollo Theatre and national tour), Primo (also
playwright – National Theatre and Music Box Theater, New York, Outer
Critics’ Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Solo Performance),
I.D. (also playwright, Almeida Theatre), Stanley (National Theatre and
Circle in the Square Theater, New York, Olivier and Tony Awards for Best
Actor), Titus Andronicus (NT Studio, TMA Award for Best Actor), Torch
Song Trilogy (Albery Theatre, Olivier Award for Best Actor). For
television, his credits include God on Trial, Primo, The
Company, Home, The Jury and Macbeth; and for film, Churchill:
The Hollywood Years, Shakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown, Alive and
Kicking, The Wind in the Willows and The Young Poisoner’s
Handbook.
Lucy Cohu plays Katrine Stockmann. She has just
completed playing alongside John Simm in Speaking in Tongues.
Her other theatre work includes Macbeth and Way of the World
(Birmingham Repertory) and Mad Forest (Royal Court). Her
television work includes Murderland, Ballet Shows, Torchwood,
The Queen’s Sister (BAFTA nomination for Best Actress), Cape
Wrath and Forgiven (Emmy award for Best Actress); and for film, Einstein
and Eddington, Becoming Jane and Gosford Park.
Susannah Fielding plays Petra Stockmann. Her theatre work
includes Much Ado About Nothing, The Hour We
Knew Nothing of Each Other, Philistines and The Rose Tattoo
(all National Theatre). Her television work includes Dr Who, Filth,
Pete Versus Life and Wallander.
John Shrapnel plays Peter Stockmann. His theatre
credits include Phedre (National Theatre), King Lear (Liverpool
Playhouse & Young Vic), Julius Caesar (Barbican), South Pacific
(National Theatre), The Hothouse (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Hamlet
(RSC). His television work includes Apparitions, The Palace, The Rise and Fall of Rome and Jesus &
Mary; and for film, The Duchess, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Troy,
Gladiator and Notting Hill.
Daniel Evans returns to Sheffield Theatres as
Artistic Director, having previously appeared in Cloud Nine and The
Tempest (both on the Crucible Stage). An award-winning actor and
director, Evans’ most recent theatre work includes Sunday in the Park
with George (Menier Chocolate Factory, Wyndham’s Theatre and
Broadway) – a role for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a
Musical (his second Olivier Award, the first being for Merrily We Roll Along in
2001) and a Tony Award nomination. As an actor, his extensive credits include
work with the Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court Theatre
and National Theatre. His directing credits include Peter Gill Double Bill
(Young Vic), Esther (Welsh National Theatre) and Certain Young Men
(Guildhall).
Designs are by Ben Stones, with lighting by Tim
Mitchell and music and sound is by Ben and Max Ringham.
Sheffield Theatres’ productions presents
Sisters
Written by Stephanie Street and directed by Ruth Carney
Sheffield Crucible Theatre
Thursday 11 March – Saturday 27 March 2010
Listen. This is
what it’s like to be a Muslim woman in Britain today.
Based on interviews
with dozens of women from across the country and around the Sheffield,
Stephanie Street’s new play lifts the veil on a world of custom and
tradition. Sisters exposes the human stories at the
heart of the Muslim community, cutting through the stereotypes and bringing a
chorus of voices to life on stage.
A poignant, surprising and insightful journey into the lives of
Muslim women.
Sisters reunites Stephanie Street and Ruth Carney following their
previous collaboration on The Laramie Project (UK première at
Sound Theatre). The production opens on 16 March, with previews from 11
and runs until 27 March 2010.
Stephanie
Street’s first full length play, she also
plays Samina/Maysoon/Faiza. Street began work on Sisters in 2005 shortly
after the July 7th bombings in London. As a woman of mixed
race, Street noticed that people reacted to her differently following the
terrorist attacks, and the play is inspired by this experience. Sisters is a verbatim piece based on
interviews with Muslim women from all over the UK, and marks Street’s
playwrighting debut. Prior to the run at the Crucible, Street conducted
interviews with women in Sheffield to develop the play further. As an actor,
Street’s theatre work includes Mixed Up North
(Out of Joint), Behind the Image and Shades (Royal Court) and The
Contingency Plan (Bush Theatre); and for television, Monday Monday,
Apparitions, Never Better, Primeval and Commander.
Zahra Ahmadi returns to Sheffield Theatres to play
Salima/Khadija/Aeeisha/Fatima, where she previously was Assistant Director for Gladiator
Games. Her other theatre credits include Script Slam (Soho
Theatre), King of Hearts (Out of Joint) Cooking With
Elvis (Edinburgh Fringe). Her television work includes Down The Line and Facing Demons.
Denise Black plays Eileen/Alexandra/Maryam. Her recent theatre credits
include Bedroom Farce (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Aristo
(Chichester Festival Theatre), The Seagull (Royal Court) and Roots
(Royal Exchange Manchester). Her extensive television work includes Robin
Hood, No Angels, Clocking Off, Bad Girls, Queer as Folk,
The Scarlett Pimpernel and as Denise Osbourne in Coronation Street.
Lena Kaur plays Meena/Farida/Azra. Her theatre credits include Rubina (Birmingham
Rep) The Sky’s the Limit (Old Vic) and Silent Cry (West
Yorkshire Playhouse). Kaur was a regular on Hollyoaks playing
Leila Roy until January 2010.
Nisha Nayar plays Shirin/Husna/Jameela/Amina. Her theatre
credits include My Enemy My Friend (Chichester Festival Theatre), Summer
School (Royal Court Theatre) and Bhangra Girls (Red Ladder Theatre).
For television her credits include, Dr Who, Cracker, and as series regulars in Rose and Maloney and The
Story of Tracy Beaker.
Director Ruth
Carney is Associate Director (Creative Development) at Sheffield Theatres).
As a director, her credits include Touched (North Wall Arts Centre and
Latitude), Confessions of a City (Sheffield Theatres), A Model Girl
(Greenwich Theatre) and The Lemon Princess (world première at
West Yorkshire Playhouse). Ruth was Associate Director to Matthew Warchus
on Our House The Musical (national tour) and Lord
of the Rings (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). Carney was joint Artistic
Director of the New British Writing Season for the Caird Company, which
showcased over fifty new pieces of work.
Designs are by Paul Wills, Sound Design Emma Laxton
and lighting design by David Howe.
Women only performance - Wed 24
March 10.30am
Produced in association with Let Live Productions
CRUCIBLE STUDIO
SHEFFIELD
BOX OFFICE: 0114 249 6000
MANCHESTER
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE
St. Ann's Square,
Manchester,
M2 7DH
BOX OFFICE: 0161 833
9833
LIBRARY THEATRE
Central Library
St Peter's Square,
Manchester, M2 5PD
BOX OFFICE: 0161 236
7110
Website: www.librarytheatre.com
MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
BOX OFFICE: 0161 242
2524
WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE
Playhouse
Square
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UP
BOX OFFICE: 0113 213
7700
website:- www.wyp.co.uk
LIVERPOOL EVERYMAN /
PLAYHOUSE
PLAYHOUSE
THEATRE
Williamson Square
Liverpool
L1 1EL
Sales and Information:
0151 709 4776
Minicom: 0151 709 0534
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Lyric Hammersmith invite you
To
GHOST STORIES
by Jeremy Dyson
and Andy Nyman
at the
What are
you hiding from?
The
new season at the Playhouse arrives with the spine-tingling Ghost Stories,
a modern collection of accounts detailing encounters of the ghoulish kind.
This
promises to be a truly terrifying theatrical experience written and directed by
The League of Gentlemen master of the macabre, Jeremy Dyson, and Andy
Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren Brown’s television and stage
shows and star of Dead Set and Severance.
A
spectacular 80 minute ride that will chill and thrill in equal
measure…you’ll be sleeping with the light on for weeks!
Suitable for ages 15+
Liverpool Playhouse Dates
& Times:
Thursday 4 February
– Saturday 20 February
Monday – Friday
at19:30pm
Saturday 13, 19 & 20
February – Matinées at 17:00pm, Evenings at 21:00pm
Press Night Tuesday 9
February at 19:30pm at the Playhouse
EVERYMAN THEATRE
13 Hope Street
Liverpool
L1 9BH
OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE
Fairbottom Street
Oldham
0L1 3BR
BOX OFFICE 0161 624 2829
BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE
33 Church Street
Blackpool, FY1 1HT
BOX OFFICE: 01253 290190
www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
OCTAGON THEATRE
Howell
Croft South,
Bolton,
BL1
1SB
BOX OFFICE: 01204 529407
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NORTHERN STAGE
Haymarket
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 7RH
BOX OFFICE
: 0191 230 5151
WEBSITE: WWW.NORTHERNSTAGE.COM
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THEATRE ROYAL
NEWCASTLE
100 Grey Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6BR
BOX OFFICE: 0191 232
2061
www.theatre-royal-newcastle.co.uk
bookings@theatre-royal-newcastle.co.uk
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HULL TRUCK THEATRE
Spring
Street
Hull
HU2 8RW
BOX OFFICE: 01482 323638
web:
www.hulltruck.co.uk
email:
admin@hulltruck.co.uk
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