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Dateline:
7th August, 2005
Rhys to Play Paul at
the National
Paul Rhys will play the title role in Paul, Howard Brenton's
latest play, at the National Theatre. Based on the biblical story of
Saul of Tarsus who converted to Christianity and changed his name to
Paul after experiencing a revelation on the road to Damascus and described
as "an irreverent, provocative new play", Paul will
open in the Cottesloe on 6th October (previews from 30th September)
and will run until 4th February.
Peter will be played by Lloyd Owen and James by Paul Higgins. Howard
Davies directs.
The Butler Is Moving
David Grindley's production of Joe Orton's What
The Butler Saw, currently at the Hampstead Theatre, is to transfer
to the West End after its run finishes on 20th August. It will re-open
at the Criterion Theatre on 24th August and will run until 22nd October.
Sleep in New Musical
Comedy
Wayne Sleep is to star in a new musical comedy Into Thin Air!
at the New Players Theatre in September. With book, music and lyrics
by Robert A Gray, the play also stars James Bisp, Cate Debenham-Taylor,
James Head, Rachel Izen, William Ludwig and Sorelle Marsh.
When stunning Pilot Officer Rigby arrives at RAF Windsock to take up
her new posting, she’s an immediate hit. Only one problem, she
has come to the wrong station. This one disappeared in the 1950s. The
awful truth dawns – she has entered a time warp! How did she come
to be here? How does she get back to her own time? It would take an
alien in a UFO to provide the answer.
Into Thin Air! opens on 1st September (previews from 20th August)
and runs until 24th September.
Griffiths, Hurt and
Stott are Heroes
Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott are to co-star in Tom Stoppard's
adaptation of Gerald Sibleyras' Heroes, directed by Thea Sharrock,
at Wyndham's from 18th October (previews from 7th) until 14th January.
Oyelowo in Aeschylus
David Oyelowo is to star in Aeschylus' Prometheus Unbound at
the new Sound Theatre. Translated and directed by James Kerr (Supplicants
at the Gate, Presence at the Royal Court and Closing Time
at the National Theatre), the play runs from 16th August to 9th September.
The cast also inlcudes Hayley Atwell, Michael Dixon and Ciaran McIntyre.
The Home Place
Closes
Brian Friel's The Home Place
(Comedy Theatre), which stars Tom Courtenay, is to close two weeks early
on 13th August.
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