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Dateline:
14th August, 2005
Hall and Barbican in
Godot Row
According to a story in the Independent, Sir Peter Hall, the Barbican
and Dublin's Gate Theatre are locked in a fierce war of words over proposed
productions of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Hall includes the
play in his current Bath season and was hoping to take it to London
- to the Arts Theatre where he directed the original London production
about fifty years ago. However the Barbican, in conjunction with the
Gate, Dublin, have the current rights to a London production and propose
to open it early next year.
They have offered Hall the rights to a London run before 1st September
but he has not been able to meet the deadline and now he is reported
to be "livid" and the Gate director Michael Colgan accuses
him of "bullying".
Hall's production at the Bath Theatre Royal opens on 16th August.
Cooper and Wildor Star
at Sevenoaks Studio
Adam Cooper and Sarah Wildor are to appear in their first play together
in Peta Murray's play Wallflowering produced by Sevenoaks Playhouse
in their Studio theatre, opening on 30th September (Preview 29th September)
and running until 22nd October.
Strictly Ballroom meets Shirley Valentine in this comedy
about love, marriage and ballroom dancing. Peg and Cliff love to dance.
Their foxtrot is fantastic and their tango is terrific. But Cliff has
always dreamed of being special and Peg's friends are worried she's
not happy. Can Peg and Cliff follow their dreams and still dance to
the same rhythm?
Cooper and his real-life wife Sarah Wildor will play the entire cast:
a suburban Australian couple who love to ballroom dance, but as their
marriage begins to crumble, find it increasingly difficult to keep in
step with each other. The play includes short dance sequences, which
counterpoint the scenes.
Duncan Joins Watford
Cast
Robert Duncan is to join the cast of the Watford Palace production of
Shelagh Stephenson's Memory of Water in September. Best known
as Gus Hedges in Channel 4's Drop The Dead Donkey, he will come
to Watford direct from starring in Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person
Singular at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.
He will appear alongside Gary Beadle, Michelle Bunyan, Miranda Foster,
Jacquetta May and Catherine Shipton (Casualty's Duffy).
The production, directed by Joyce Branagh, runs from 15th September
to 8th October.
Huis Clos
Revival Celebrates Satre
Islington's King's Head Theatre will celebrate the centenary of the
birth of philosopher and writer Jean Paul Satre with a revival of his
play Huis Clos (variously translated as No Exit or No
Way Out), which will run from 5th to 25th September (previews from
30th August).
More Dillon Casting
More casting has been announced for the revival of Epitaph for George
Dillon which is coming to the Comedy Theatre next month. Joining Joseph
Fiennes and Pam Ferris in the cast will be Francesca Annis, Geoffrey
Hutchings, Zoe Tapper and Dorothy Atkinson.
The production opens on 27th September (previews from 20th).
Shoot the Crow
Owen McCafferty's comedy Shoot the Crow will take up residence
at the Trafalgar Studios from 11th October (previews from 28th September).
Starring will be James Nesbitt, Conleth Hill and Jim Norton.
We Will Rock On
We Will Rock You, the Ben Elton/Queen musical, has become the
longest running musical ever at the 2,171-seater Dominion Theatre in
Tottenham Court Road, ousting Grease which ran for three years
and three months. It opened in May 2002 and has sold over 2.1m tickets.
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