Leeds' West Yorkshire playhouse has announced that its director Ian
Brown will stay another five years. He was appointed associate director
in 2001 and took over as artistic director when Jude Kelly left in 2002.
Prior to that he had worked at the RSC and had been artistic director
of the Traverse, Edinburgh, for eight years.
"I’m delighted," he said, "to have the opportunity
to build on the critical and commercial success of the last five years."
At the same time the theatre announced its programme for the autumn
and winter:
7th - 29th September
Casanova
In a new version by Carol Ann Duffy
A co-production with the Lyric Hammersmith and Told By An Idiot, directed
by Paul Hunter and starring Hayley Carmichael.
In this new version Casanova is a woman.
Courtyard Theatre
22nd September - 20th October
Don Quixote
By Miguel de Cervantes, adapted by Pablo Ley and Colin Teevan,
Directed by Josep Galindo
Quarry Theatre
2nd October - 6th October
Chatroom and Citizenship
By Enda Walsh and Mark Ravenhill
National Theatre production
Courtyard Theatre
10th October - 13th October
Runaway Diamonds
By Joe Williams
Devised by David Hamilton, Gail McIntyre and Gary Simpson, directed
by Gail McIntyre, choreographed by David Hamilton
WYP production
Courtyard Theatre
16th October - 20th October
Stockholm
By Bryony Lavery
Frantic Assembly and Drum Theatre Plymouth
Directed and choreographed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett
Developed at the National Theatre Studio
Courtyard Theatre
23th October - 27th October
There's Something About Simmy
Written and directed by Pravesh Kumar
RIFCO Arts
Courtyard Theatre
24 October - 10th November
Brief Encounter
By Noël Coward
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company and
Kneehigh Theatre Company
Adapted and directed by Emma Rice
Quarry Theatre
31st October - 3rd November
Floating
Created and performed by Hugh Hughes and Sioned Rowlands
Hoipolloi
Courtyard Theatre
6th November - 24th November
Rough Crossings
By Simon Schama, adapted for the stage by Caryl Phillips
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Headlong Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Company, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Lyric Hammersmith
Directed by Rupert Goold
Courtyard Theatre
24th November 2007 - 2nd February 2008
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis
Dramatised by Adrian Mitchell; lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music
composed by Shaun Davey
Director Ian Brown
West Yorkshire Playhouse production
Quarry Theatre
6th December 2007 - 12th January 2008
Beauty and the Beast
By Mike Kenny
Directed by Gail McIntyre
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Courtyard Theatre
18th January 2008 - 16th February
Salonika
By Louise Page
Director Nikolai Foster
West Yorkshire Playhouse production
Courtyard Theatre
