The Newcastle Theatre Royal has announced its season from January to
May, 2005:
Thurs 20 - Sat 29 January (eves 7.30pm; mats Thurs 27 2pm, Sat 22
& 29 2.30pm)
Rebecca
Nigel Havers stars in Daphne du Maurrier's classic masterpiece; brought
to the stage in a new adaptation by the Tony Award winning writer
Frank McGuinness.
Tues 1 - Sat 5 February (eves 7pm; mats Wed & Thurs 2pm, Sat
2.30pm)
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
The Lyric Hammersmith join forces with Told By An Idiot to create
a magical new stage version of Philip Pullman's adventure story that
will enchant everyone from 7 to 107.
Mon 7 February, 7.30pm
Sing-A-Long-A Rocky Horror Show
Tues 8 & Wed 9 February, 7pm
Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
Fri 11 & Sat 12 February, 8pm
Birdbrain
Australian Dance Theatre's radical reworking of Swan Lake! Pluck all
the tradition from Swan Lake, add rapid techno music and astonishing
dance at breakneck speed and you've got Birdbrain.
Mon 14 & Tues 15 February, 7.30pm
La Bayadère
To the music of Léon Minkus, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre tells
the tale of the eternal love triangle - a rarely performed treat for
ballet lovers.
Wed 16 - Sat 19 February (eves 7.30pm; mats Thurs 2pm & Sat 2.30pm)
Swan Lake
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre's acclaimed production of Tchaikovsky's
definitive classical ballet
Tues 22 - Sat 26 February (eves 7.30pm; mats Thurs 2pm &
Sat 2.30pm)
The Pillowman
The National Theatre presents Martin McDonagh's viciously funny play
about the interrogation of a fiction writer whose stories are being
imitated by a brutal series of crimes. The Pillowman contains scenes
and language that may offend - not suitable for children.
Mon 28 February - Sat 5 March (eves 7.30pm; mats Thurs 2pm &
Sat 2.30pm)
The Play What I Wrote
Kenneth Branagh's award winning celebration of Britain's greatest
comedy double act - Morcambe and Wise. The only show with a surprise
celebrity guest at every performance!
Mon 7 March, 6.30pm
Theatre Royal Annual C P Taylor Lecture
Barry Rutter, Artistic Director of Northern Broadsides, the multi
award winning drama company based in Halifax, Yorkshire, gives the
annual C P Taylor Lecture.
Fri 11 & Sat 12 March, 8pm
ma
Akram Khan Company continue their celebrated exploration of Indian
and Western dance with their biggest production to date, ma; an ambitious
integration of dance, text and live music exploring the issues around
motherhood and the fragile connections between people and their land.
Tues 15 - Sat 26 March (eves 7.30pm; mats Thurs 2pm & Sat 2.30pm)
Kiss Me, Kate
The award-winning West End and Broadway musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate
is Cole Porter at his dazzling best, with his show-stopping songs:
Too Darn Hot!, Wunderbar and Brush Up Your Shakespeare.
Plus - a live orchestra, breathtaking dance numbers, sensational sets
and divinely glamorous costumes.
Tues 29 March - Sat 2 April (eves Tues & Thurs 7pm; mats Wed
2pm, Thurs 11am,
Fri 11am & 3pm, Sat 11am & 3pm)
Treasure Island
The multi-award winning Wee Stories return to the Theatre Royal with
their critically acclaimed adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's
swashbuckling adventure. Just two talented actors play everyone from
Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver to Ben Gunn and Jim's mum! For everyone
aged 8 and over.
Tues 5 - Sat 9 April (eves: 7.30pm; mats Thurs 2pm & Sat 2.30pm)
Highland Fling
Matthew Bourne (famous for his renowned male Swan Lake and
Nutcracker!), brings his acclaimed reworking of the classic
romantic ballet La Sylphide to Newcastle - a romantic wee ballet
that goes from the mean streets of Glasgow into a magical world of
winged fairies and kilted laddies.
Tues 12, Sat 16 & Tues 19 April, 7.15pm
One Touch of Venus
A hit when it opened on Broadway in 1943, this classic musical comedy
by Weill at last gets the full-scale British production it so richly
deserves from Opera North.
Wed 13, Fri 15, Thurs 21 & Sat 23 April, 7.15pm
Don Giovanni
Opera North's production of Mozart's unparalleled masterpiece has
the wit, pathos, beauty and terror of a score that is evidence of
a supreme musical dramatist at the height of his powers. Sung in English.
Thurs 14, Wed 20, Fri 22 April, 7.15pm
The Thieving Magpie
One of Rossini's most theatrical operas, The Thieving Magpie
is based on the true story of a French peasant girl convicted and
hung for theft. Too late it was discovered that a magpie, not the
girl, was the guilty party. Sung in English.
Mon 25 - Sat 30 April (eves 7pm; mats Thurs & Sat 2pm)
Jesus Christ Superstar
One of the longest running West End musicals of all time; just some
of the songs from this smash hit Rock Opera include I Don't Know
How To Love Him, Could We Start Again Please, Hosanna,
and of course Superstar. This is an amateur production.
Tues 3 - Sat 14 May (eves 7.30pm; mats: Thurs 2pm & Sat 2.30pm)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Based on the 1967 Oscar winning film this glittering, glamorous and
gloriously funny musical has been playing to packed houses since it
opened on Broadway in April 2002.
Fri 20 & Sat 21 May (Please call the Booking Office for performance
times)
Shell Connections
Each year some of the country's best writers are commissioned by the
National Theatre to write new plays for the Shell Connections portfolio
- details of this year's writers and full information will be available
in February.
