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Dateline:
6th November, 2011
Spring at the National
The National Theatre has announced its season from January to March
2012:
Opening 18th January (previews from 11th), continuing in repertoire
Travelling Light
By Nicholas Wright
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Lyttelton Theatre, on tour & NT Live
On tour to Salford, Leeds, Aylesbury and Newcastle from March
National Theatre Live broadcast on 9 February 2012
Antony Sher stars as Jacob with Mark Extance, Colin Haigh, Paul Jesson,
Sue Kelvin, Abigail McKern, Damien Molony (as Motl), Lauren O'Neil
(as Anna), Karl Theobald and Alexis Zegerman.
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl
Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's
cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant,
and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures
of their villeage, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling.
Forty years on, Motl - now a famed American film director - looks
back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.
Opening 31 January (previews from 24th), continuing in repertoire
She Stoops to Conquer
By Oliver Goldsmith
Olivier Theatre & NT Live
National Theatre Live broadcast on 29 March
Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the cast includes David Fynn, Harry Hadden-Paton,
John Heffernan, Cush Jumbo, Katherine Kelly (Kate Hardcastle), Steve
Pemberton (Mr Hardcastle), Gavin Spokes and Sophie Thompson (Mrs Hardcastle).
Opening 14th March (previews from 7th), continuing in repertoire
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
By Errol John
Cottesloe Theatre
Directed by Michael Buffong, with designs by Soutra Gilmour
For the teeming populace of Old Mack's cacophonous yard in Port of
Spain, Trinidad, it's a cheek by jowl existence lived out on a sweltering
public stage. Snatches of calypso compete with hymn tunes, drums and
street cries as neighbours drink, brawl, pass judgment, make love,
look out for each other and crave a better life. But Ephraim is no
dreamer and nothing, not even the seductive Rosa, is going to stop
him escaping his dead-end job for a fresh start in England.
Opening 12th March (previews on 9th & 10th), playing until 28th
Can We Talk About This?
Conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson
Co-production with DV8
Lyttelton Theatre
A co-production with DV8 Physical Theatre
Suitable for ages 16+
From the 1989 book burnings of Salman Rusdie's The Satanic Verses,
to the murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh and the controversy of the
'Muhammad cartoons' in 2005, DV8's new production examines how these
events have reflected and influenced multicultural policies, freedom
of speech and censorship.
Can We Talk About This? is based on real voices and
interviews with leading figures from across the religious, political,
cultural and social spectrum, including MPs, high profile authors
and journalists.
Latest Casting Updates
The Comedy of Errors
Dominic Cooke's production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
opens in the Olivier Theatre on 29th November. The full cast, led
by Lenny Henry as Antipholus of Syracuse, is: Marcus Adolphy, Tom
Anderson, Paul Bentall, Claudie Blakley (Adriana), Ian Burfield, Silas
Carson, Clare Cathcart, Lenny Henry, Adrian Hood, Chris Jarman (Antipholus
of Ephesus), Lucian Msamati (Dromio of Syracuse), Joseph Mydell (Aegeon),
Yvonne Newman, Pamela Nomvete, Rhiannon Oliver, Jude Owusu, Simon
Parrish, Daniel Poyser (Dromio of Ephesus), Amit Shah, Michelle Terry
(Luciana), Grace Thurgood, Everal A Walsh and Rene Zagger.
Swallows and Amazons
The Bristol Old Vic production of Swallows and Amazons, a new
musical play with book by Helen Edmundson and songs by Neil Hannon,
comes to the West End's Vaudeville Theatrefor a strictly limited 5-week
run from 15 December - 14 January, presented by the National Theatre
and The Children's Touring Partnership. The full cast is: Celia Adams,
Greg Barnett, Neal Craig, Akiya Henry, Adrian Garratt, Alison George,
Richard Holt, Katie Moore, Hilary Tones, Jon Trenchard, Sophie Waller
and Stewart Wright. The press night is Tuesday 20 December.
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