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Dateline:
8th August, 2004
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Jibson |
Brighton Rock
Casting Announced
The Almeida has announced the cast for their musical version of Graham
Greene's Brighton Rock (Music by John Barry, Lyrics by Don Black
and Book by Giles Havergal), which opens on 5th October and runs to
13th November (previews from 20th September).
Pinkie Brown, the anti-hero, will be played by Michael Jibson, who
last appeared in the West End in Our House. Sophia Ragavelas
plays Rosie, Harriet Thorpe (A Prayer for Owen Meanie and All
My Sons at the National) Ida, and Nick Lumley, Fred.
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| Tim
Piggot-Smith |
Alfred
Burke |
Donmar Casts Hecuba
The Donmar Warehouse has announced further casting for its production
of Euripides' Hecuba. Joining Clare Higgins will be Tim Piggot-Smith
as Agamemnon and Alfred Burke as Talthybius, along with Susan Engel
, Kate Fleetwood, Finbar Lynch and Eddie Redmayne.
The production, a new version by Frank McGuinness, opens on 14th September
(previews from 9th), booking until 17th November. It is directed by
Jonathan Kent.
There will be a further production of Hecuba next year, by the
RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from the 18th February to 26th
March, before transferring to the Albery Theatre as part of the RSC's
London Season. Vanessa Redgrave plays the title role.
Final Cloaca
Casting
Joining Neil Pearson and Stephen Tompkinson in Cloaca by Maria
Goos, Kevin Spaceys' first production at the Old Vic (16th September
to 11th December,) will be Adrian Lukis, Hugh Bonneville and Ingeborga
Dapkunaite.
Fiennes will be Voldemort
Ralph Fiennes will play the evil Voldemort in the next Harry Potter
film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Also new to the cast
will be Miranda Richardson.
Casting for Festen
West End Transfer
With just four changes (Luke Mably for Johnny Lee Mille, and Rory Kinnear
for Tom Hardy as the brothers, and Stephen Moore as the father and Andrew
Frame as Kim), the original Almeida cast of Festen will transfer
to the Lyric Theatre on 23rd September (previews from 15th). The rest
of the cast are Jane Asher (as Else), Sam Beazley (Grandfather), Sam
Cox (Poul), Andrew Maud (Lars), Ruth Millar (Pia), Lisa Palfrey (Mette),
Patrick Robinson (Gbatokai), Claire Rushbrook (Helene) and Michael Thomas
(Helmut).
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Wales Millennium Centre model |
WNO Sell Out
Welsh National Opera's first performance at the new Wales Millennium
Centre, La Traviata, is sold out - and it isn't until 18th February,
2005. Its new pricing structure sees the top seat price cut by 35% and
250 seats are sold at £5.
Extending and Closing
The following have extended their runs:
- Round The Horne...Revisted (The Venue) by two months to 27th
November
- Fully Committed (Chocolate Factory), which was due to close
on 29th August, will now run until 17th October. A West End transfer
is a possibility.
The following have issued closing notices:
- Snoopy the Musical (New Players) will close on 15th August,
after a run of just one month
- Little by Little (Arts Theatre), which was to have had only
five performances, has cancelled the last two: tonight (8th August)
and Sunday 22nd
- Dirty Blonde (Duke of York's) will close one week early on
28th August
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