The National Thetare has announced its programme for the early months
of 2004:
THE PERMANENT WAY Cottesloe Theatre
David Hare's new play THE PERMANENT WAY receives its London premiere
(following a UK tour) in a co-production with Out of Joint, opening
at the Cottesloe Theatre on Tuesday 13 January (previews from 8 January).
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, the cast is Flaminia Cinque, Nigel
Cooke, Matthew Dunster, Souad Faress, Sam Graham, Lloyd Hutchinson,
Kika Markham, Bella Merlin and Ian Redford. The production is designed
by William Dudley, with lighting by Johanna Town and sound by Paul
Arditti.
In 1991, before an election they did not expect to win, the Conservative
government made a fateful decision to privatise the railways. Now,
12 years later, we subsidise the industry more lavishly than ever
before. David Hare tells the compelling story through the powerful
first-hand accounts of those most intimately involved. From passengers
to government ministers, their voices bear witness to an extraordinary
parable of British mismanagement.
DEMOCRACY Lyttelton Theatre
Michael Frayn's critically acclaimed new play Democracy
transfers to the Lyttelton Theatre from 12 February, after a sell-out
run in the Cottesloe (which ends on 30 December), and prior to the
West End. Michael Blakemore directs the original cast, including Roger
Allam (as Willy Brandt) and Conleth Hill (as Günter Guillaume).
Democracy will transfer to the Wyndham's Theatre in early
April, where it will be presented by Michael Codron and Lee Dean.
