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Dateline:
1st June, 2003
Morris Leaves BAC,
Joins NT
Battersea Arts Centre's artistic director, Tom Morris, is to
leave the centre where he has worked for the past eight years to join
the National Theatre as Associate Director in charge of developing new
theatre projects. The move will happen in January 2004. He joins the
NT, he says, because the "new National is driven by an embracing,
experimental and inclusive approach to British theatre."
Morris was responsible for the birth and development of Jerry Springer
- The Opera, which began at one of BAC's "scratch" sessions.
NT artistic director, Nicholas Hytner, an admirer, he says, of "the
extraordinary work Tom has done there in developing and producing wonderfully
entertaining and provocative shows that challenge our preconceptions
about what theatre can be", expressed himself delighted that Morris
is to join the organisation.
Beauty
for Christmas at the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Christmas show this year is to be Beauty
and the Beast. It will ve directed by recently appointed Associate Director
Laurence Boswell. This will be a new version of the story, written by
Boswell, with a cast of eighteen actors and eight musicians.
The production, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, opens on 10th December
(previews from 29th November), and runs until 22nd February.
European Premiere at
Hampstead
Hampstead Theatre is to mount the European premiere of a new play by
Candian writer Adam Pettle. Sunday Father will run from 15th
July (previews from 9th) until 9th August.
Chichester to Stage
a Wet Merchant
Chichester Festival Theatre's Merchant of Venice will take place
on a stage flooded with 10,000 litres of water, promising to be what
the theatre calls "one of the most original and engaging versions
of the play so far." Directed by Gale Edwards, the production opens
on 6th June.
£2m Arts Centre
for Bethnal Green
oh!art, a new centre for the visual and performing arts will be launched
at Oxford House in Bethnal Green during a ten day celebration 3 - 13
July 2003.
A £2m extension to the existing Victorian building, the new
oh!art facilities will offer a fully accessible dance and performing
arts space, visual art galleries, studios, dressing rooms, a café
and theatre bar, which will make Oxford House a significant destination
for arts audiences as well as a major new resource for the local area.
oh!art aims to bring professional arts into a community context and
to facilitate multi-disciplinary collaborations.
Ten days of performances and exhibitions will take place during the
launch, within a season of events themed around the concept of 'home'.
Each of the ten days will be dedicated to a specific art form - visitors
can choose to attend on days dedicated to dance, fashion, music, film,
drama, writing or visual art.
Pop Star Joins Les
Mis
Jon Lee, a member of the pop group S Club, will be making his adult
stage debut playing the leading role of Marius in the smash-hit musical
Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre in London from Monday 28
July. Jon Lee begins rehearsals on 23 June.
For the past four years he has been a member of S Club, formerly S
Club 7, enjoying hit singles, television shows, live gigs, Brit Awards
and performing at the Queen's Jubilee pop concert. Now 21, he last appeared
on the West End stage at the age of 12, when he played the title role
in Oliver! at the London Palladium opposite Jonathan Pryce's
Fagin. Jon has also appeared on television in the BBC production of
George Elliot's Mill On The Floss. He played the role of the
schoolboy Josh in EastEnders for six months.
The Snowman
Returns for Christmas
The musical adaptation of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman returns
to Sadler's Wells for a sixth Christmas showing this year. Directed
by Bill Alexander, it runs at the Peacock Theatre from 10th December
to 11th January.
La Costume Returns
Peter Brook's La Costume is to return for a short season at the
Young Vic in August.
Thorne and Britton
to Tour in Russian Play
Angela Thorne and Tony Britton are to tour in a new production of Aleksei
Arbuzov's Old World, which opens on 9th June at the Theatre Royal,
Norwich, before going on to Oxford, Northampton, Malvern, Windsor, Southend,
Sheffield, Guildford, Plymouth and Colchester.
The two-hander had its UK premiere in 1976 in an RSC production starring
Peggy Ashcroft and Anthony Quayle.
Extending
- Jerry Springer - The Opera (National Theatre) is extending
to 30th September, an extra 24 performances.
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium) is now booking
until 13th March 2004.
- Stones in His Pockets is to transfer from the Duke of York's
to the New Ambassadors on 14th July
- The Reduced Shakespeare Company (Criterion Theatre) has extended
booking for its three shows - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged), The Complete History of America (Abridged)
and The Bible - Complete Word of God (Abridged) - to 31st January.
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