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Dateline:
30th September, 2011
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| Shohreh
Aghdashloo |
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| Samantha
Spiro |
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| Jonathan
Pryce |
Spring at the Almeida
Islington's Almeida Theatre has announced its spring 2012 season:
19th January – 10th March 2012
The House of Bernarda Alba
By Federico Garcia Lorca, in a new version by Emily Mann
Director Bijan Sheibani
With Shohreh Aghdashloo as Bernarda Alba
Following her husband’s funeral in rural Iran, powerful matriarch
Bernarda Alba decrees to her five daughters that the household will
enter a period of eight years mourning. The only one it seems will
escape this fate is the eldest daughter, Angustias, who is already
betrothed to the village’s most eligible bachelor. In the strict
confines of the house, jealousy and suppressed sexuality rise to the
surface. As Bernada’s oppression of her daughters increases it
is more than the girls’ liberty that is in danger
15th March - 1th May 2012
Filumena
By Edwardo de Filippo. in new version by Tanya Ronder
Director Michael Attenborough
With Samantha Spiro as Filumena
In the balmy heat of late ‘40s Naples, Filumena Marturano lies
on her deathbed waiting to marry Domenico Soriano, the man who has
kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. But no sooner has
the priest completed the ceremony, than Filumena makes a miraculous
recovery. As he reels in shock, Domenico discovers that this brilliant,
iron-willed woman has a few more surprises for him.
17th May – 30th June 2012
Children's Children
By Matthew Dunster
Director Jeremy Herrin
World premiere
Michael and Gordon have been best friends since acting college. Now,
20 years later, Michael is Mr Saturday Night TV but failing actor
Gordon is struggling with enormous debts. Meanwhile Gordon’s
daughter Effie couldn't care less about her Dad's problems –
she is far more interested in the film that her cool boyfriend is
making and setting up an ecologically sound clothing label. When Gordon
asks Michael to lend him a large sum of money it sets in motion a
series of events that reveal irreparable cracks in the characters’
relationships.
Also announced is a new production of King Lear:
31 August – 3 November 2012
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Director Michael Attenborough
Starring Jonathan Pryce as Lear
King Lear is part of the World Shakespeare Festival. The festival,
produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for London 2012, will showcase
the best of the UK and international creative talents, exploring the
contemporary relevance of Shakespeare.
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