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Dateline: 2nd March, 2003 London Anti-War Protest LysistrataOn March 3, 2003, the international theatre community worldwide will be performing over 700 readings of Aristophanes' famous anti-war comedy Lysistrata. The Lysistrata Project is the first worldwide movement for peace to be formed by theatre professionals. At least 40 countries are participating in this extraordinary event which will involve thousands of artists. In London the day will start with a performance at 11:00am in Parliament Square by a 'Massed Greek Chorus of Disapproval' made up by members of the British performing arts community who are opposed to war and will include actors, directors, singers, musicians, playwrights. Several high profile members of the theatre community are planning to add their voice to this chorus. Artists supporting this event and performing at Parliament Square include Caryl Churchill, Kika Markham, Maggie Steed, Alan Rickman, David Hare, Janie Dee, Ian Rickson, Aisha Kossoko, Lindsay Duncan, Adrian Mitchell, Tony Harrison, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Vanessa Redgrave, Andy De La Tour and the cast of the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Accidental Death of An Anarchist. The day in London will culminate in a public reading of Tony Harrison's Lysistrata - The Common Chorus Part I at The Pleasance Theatre, London N7 at 7.30pm (020 7609 1800 - Tickets £5). Proceeds to War Child. The Lysistrata Project will take place in 830 venues in 49 countries throughout the world. Events will take place from Argentina to Venezuela, including Iceland, Australia, Hunduras, India and China, held in theatres, church halls, colleges and even the streets. The project originated in New York in early January as an idea to voice dissent against the war. Since then it has spread internationally, using the internet to help organise thousands of people worldwide to perform on one day. As well as the main London events, there will be over twenty other stagings and readings throughout England, Scotland and Wales. National TheatreAt 5.15 on every Friday in March, The National Theatre will host Collateral Damage, free events which “illuminate, examine, satirise and grapple with the issues that surround the impending war on Iraq.” Among those taking part will be Judi Dench, Jude Law and Jeremy Hardy. The first event, to be held in the Lyttelton Circle foyer on 7th March, will feature Eileen Atkins, Kevin Day, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Hardy, Hilton McRae, Corin Redgrave and members of the Anything Goes company. The Collateral Damage events, which will last 45 minutes, are made up of the performers expressing their own reactions to the threat of war through poetry, prose and music. Concert for PeaceOrganised by music theatre star Janie Dee, a Concert for Peace will be held at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane, on 23rd March. Confirmed as appearing are Judi Dench, Juliet Aubrey, Lindsay Duncan, John Barrowman, Clive Carter, Jenny Galloway, Edward Petherbridge, David Tennant, Emily Bruni, Hilton McCrae and Alex Jennings and Joanna Riding; opera singer Sally Burgess; playwrights Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Patrick Marber; comedians Kit and the Widow; and Yvonne Ridley, the British journalist captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Tickets range in price from £15 to £50 and all proceeds will go to charities which help the victims of war, including the Red Cross and Amnesty International.
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