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Dateline:
5th September, 2007
News from the National
The National Theatre has announced two new productions for the period
November to January: Statement of Regret by Kwame Kwei-Armah
and The Trojan Women by Euripides.
Statement of Regret
Cottesloe Theatre
Previews from 7th November, opens 14th November, continuing in repertoire
Statement of Regret is directed by Jeremy Herrin. The full
cast is Angel Coulby, Oscar James, Trevor Laird, Colin McFarlane,
Chu Omambala, Javone Prince, Clifford Samuel, Ellen Thomas and Don
Warrington. The production is designed by Mike Britton, with lighting
by Natasha Chivers and sound by Yvonne Gilbert.
Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle
after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute
fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours
a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain
attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions divisions within
the Black community, the consequences are shattering.
Kwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National Theatre takes a punchy,
provocative look at the Black British experience and the need, or
not, for solidarity. His previous works include Elmina's
Kitchen, which won the 2003 Evening Standard Award for Most
Promising Playwright and transferred to the West End, and Fix
Up.
Women of Troy
Lyttelton Theatre
Previews from 21st November, opens 28th November, continuing in repertoire
Katie Mitchell will direct Women of Troy by Euripides, in
a version by Don Taylor. The production will have set designs by Bunny
Christie, costumes by Vicki Mortimer, lighting by Paule Constable
and Jon Clark, movement and choreography by Struan Leslie, and sound
by Gareth Fry.
The cast includes Pandora Colin, Kate Duchêne (as Hecuba),
Beth Fitzgerald, Michael Gould, Anastasia Hille (Andromache), Helena
Lymbery, Sinead Matthews (Cassandra), Penelope McGhie, Charlotte Roach,
Jonah Russell and Susie Trayling (Helen).
An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be
shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen,
watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The
city burns around them.
Casting News
The full cast for Howard Davies' production of Noël Coward's
Present Laughter, opening in the Lyttelton on 2nd October,
is: Jessie Burton, Pip Carter, Paul Chesteron, Lisa Dillon, Mark Elstob,
Amy Hall, Hilary Hamilton, Frances Jeater, Alex Jennings, Anne Kavanagh,
Nick Malinowski, Tim McMullan, Sara Stewart, Anny Tobin, Tony Turner,Simon
Wilson and Sarah Woodward.
Joining Simon Russell Beale (as Benedick) and Zoë Wanamaker
(as Beatrice) in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, directed
by Nicholas Hytner in the Olivier Theatre and opening on 18th December,
are John Burgess (as Antonio), Susannah Fielding (Hero), Oliver Ford
Davies (Leonato) and Maggie McCarthy.
Tours
Ayub Khan-Din's play Rafta,
Rafta, based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton,
will tour the UK for seven weeks in early 2008, with Harish Patel
reprising his leading role. Nicholas Hytner's production will be recreated
by Iqbal Khan, and will visit:
- Birmingham Repertory Theatre (31 January - 16 February)
- Lyric Theatre, The Lowry (19 - 23 February)
- Milton Keynes Theatre (26 February - 1 March)
- St George's Hall, Bradford (5 - 14 March)
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