Cardiff's New Theatre has announced its autumn/winter programme for
2004-5:
Until 2nd October
Welsh National Opera
Ariadne Auf Naxos, Turandot, Iphigenie
En Tauride
12th - 16th October
Jus' Like That!
By John Fisher
Directed by Simon Callow
Starring Jerome Flynn as Tommy Cooper
18th - 23rd October
Wales Theatre Company
Shakespeare Trilogy
Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth
Night
Directed by Michael Bogdanov
Starring Philip Madoc
26th - 30th October
Orbit Theatre
West Side Story
2nd - 6th November
The Shell Seekers
A new play by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham
Based on Rosamunde Pilchers International Bestseller
Starring Rosemary Leach
8th - 20th November
The touring production of
Chicago
21st November
Music Theatre Wales
The Piano Tuner
A new opera by Nigel Osborne and Amanda Holden
Based on the international bestseller by Daniel Mason
A co-commission with The Royal Opera House
30th November - 4th December
The Crucible
By Arthur Miller
Starring Malcolm Storry, Tony Britton and Paul Shelley
11th December to 22nd January
Cinderella
Starring Dave Benson and Danny La Rue
24th - 29th January
Fame - The Musical
31st January - 5th February
Rebecca
By Daphne Du Maurier
Starring Nigel Havers
8th - 12th February
The Witches
By Roald Dahl
Adapted by David Wood
14th - 19th February
The Dresser
By Ronald Harwood
Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst & Julian Glover
Directed by Peter Hall
22nd - 26th February
Birmingham Stage Company
The Jungle Book
By Rudyard Kipling
Adapted for the stage by Stuart Paterson