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Dateline:
6th July, 2003
Volcano Censorship Row
in Georgia
Wales' Volcano Theatre Company were in the centre of a censorship row
in Tbilisi, Georgia, when they became the first British performing arts
company to play in the former Soviet Republic. Their production L.O.V.E.,
a radical adaptation of Shakespeare's Love Sonnets, caused protests
and walkouts on its first night because of homosexual scenes and the
two subsequent performances were cancelled by the theatre after threats
of violent protests. Leading the protests was the Georgian Orthodox
Church which ran radio commericlas warning people not to see the show.
The tour was organised by the British Council, a spokesman for which
commented, "While the cancellation of the shows have been a major
disappointment for all involved and the ensuing threats have been somewhat
disturbing to hear about, the general perception is that a much-needed
debate about issues such as church censorship, personal politics and
female empowerment has been opened up in the country and local media
in a very positive way."
Springer Goes West
Jerry Springer - The Opera, which has played a sell-out season
at the National Theatre on the South Bank, is to transfer to the West
End. It will open at the Cambridge Theatre on 14th October. Proces,
we are told, will be kept low to attract a younger audience.
London Premiere for
Tape at Soho
The Soho Theatre is to present the London premiere of Stephen Belber's
Tape, featuring the original New York cast: Dominic Fumusa, Josh
Stamberg and Alison West. Developed off-off-Broadway, it was seen by
Ethan Hawke who starred in a film version in 2000. It will run from
1st to 30th August (previews from 31st July).
Footloose
to Premiere on Tour
The Broadway musical Footloose will tour the UK for six months
next year prior to a possible West End transfer. It will have its UK
premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 5th February and then go on
to Birmingham, Sunderland, High Wycombe, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent,
Edinburgh, Sheffield, Manchester, Belfast, Cheltenham, Bromley, Glasgow,
Bradford, Bristol, Darlington, Hull, Brighton, Liverpool, Leicester,
Jersey, Milton Keynes and Southampton. It will be directed by Paul Kerryson,
artistic director of the Leicester Haymarket.
Apollo Will Host The
Price
After its run at Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre (13th August to 6th September),
the revival of Arthur Miller's 1968 play The Price will transfer
to the Apollo on 11th September, where it will have a limited run.
Two for the Royal Court
The Royal Court has announced two productions for the autumn season
in the Theatre Upstairs. The season begins with Playing the Victim
by the Presnyakov Brothers, translated by Sasha Dugdale, a co-production
with Told By an Idiot, which runs from 2nd September (preview on 1st)
and running until 4th October. It will be directed by Richard Wilson.
The second play, Stella Feehily's Duck, a co-production with
Out of Joint and directed by Max Stafford-Clark, runs from 27th November
(preview on 26th) and runs until 10th January.
Taboo
to Tour
The New Romantics-based musical Taboo is to tour nationally for
six months, starting at The Lowry in Salford Quays, where it runs from
11th December to 17th January, before moving on to Wycombe, Glasgow,
Birmingham, Cork, Nottingham, Southampton, Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol,
Belfast, Brighton, Cardiff, Norwich, Plymouth, Sheffield, Richmond,
Woking, Oxford, Liverpool, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Cheltenham, Southend,
Stoke-on-Trent, Bromley and Milton Keynes.
ACW to Cut Lottery
Funding
The Arts Council of Wales is to cut the majority of its Lottery grants
in Mid- and West Wales, after a cut in the amount of cash it receives
from the Lottery. In future no grants over £5,000 will be made,
and they will be made to organisations to stage events which are additional
to their main programme.
70% of the cash ACW receives from the Lottery goes to capital grants:
the rest is parcelled out to a number of schemes, but from this week
only the Small Grants programme will be available in Mid- and West Wales.
ACW warns that North and South Wales may also be affected in future.
Grants from the funding received from the Welsh Assembly will not be
affected.
Actors on Shakespeare
Later this month Faber and Faber are to publish four new titles this
month in their Actors on Shakespeare series: Much Ado About
Nothing (Saskia Reeves), Othello (James Earl Jones), Henry
VI Part I (David Oyelowo) and Henry IV Part II (Simon Callow).
The books will be published on 17th July.
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