Notting Hill's Gate Theatre has announced its season from September
to February.
28th August (previews from 21st) to 27th September
Hedda
A new version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, adapted by Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Carrie Cracknell
Designed by Holly Waddington with choreography by Temitope Ajose-Cutting,
lighting by Katharine Williams and sound design by Ed Lewis
The cast includes Adrian Bower (Lovborg), Cara Horgan (Hedda), Christopher
Obi (Brack), Alice Patten (Thea) and Cath Whitefield (Julia).
30th October (preview on 29th) to 1st November
At the Lilian Bayliss Studio, Sadler's Wells
I Am Falling
Directed by Carrie Cracknell
Choreography by Anna Williams with text by Jenny Worton.
Designed by Garance Marneur with lighting by Katherine Williams, sound
design by Ed Lewis
The cast is Ben Duke, Gawn Grainger and Petra Söör
Originally staged at the Gate in January 2008, I am Falling
marks the start of a new partnership between the Gate and Sadler’s
Wells in presenting dance/theatre.
As old age approaches and separation by death looms near, a married
couple take their own lives. It is those left behind who have to endure
the consequences and as the years pass their son questions whether
his love can match the intensity of their passion. I am Falling
explores the fickleness of memory and blends contemporary dance with
a poignant narrative on ageing, love and loss.
The staging is presented from varying angles with light and sound
used to lead the audience’s attention like a film camera, allowing
the characters story to unfold from different perspectives simultaneously.
11th November (previews from 6th) to 13th December
State of Emergency
By Falk Richter, translated by David Tushingham
UK premiere
Directed by Maria Aberg
Designed by Naomi Dawson and sound design by Carolyn Downing.
Casting to be announced
A married couple live in what appears to be an ideal neighbourhood,
protected from the dangers of the world outside. But what happens
when this utopian world becomes a new form of prison? Richter’s
unsettling play examines state control and self control and how the
civic dream can turn into an Orwellian nightmare.
Swedish director Maria Aberg is one of the most exciting young directors
working in the UK. Her most recent theatre credits include an acclaimed
production of Strindberg’s Gustav III at the National
Theatre of Sweden. Other credits include Crime and Punishment
(National Theatre), Days
of Significance (RSC Swan/Tricycle), Alaska
(Royal Court), Shrieks
of Laughter (Soho Theatre) and Stallerhof
(Southwark Playhouse).
10th February (previews from 5th) to 7th March 2009
Unbroken
By Alexandra Wood, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde
Directed by Natalie Abrahami with choreography by Ugo Dehaes
Designed by Tom Scutt
Casting includes dancers Gemma Higginbotham and Darren Ellis
Sexual brief encounters are exposed and explored in this interpretation
of Schnitzler’s radical 1897 play. Dance and text intertwine
to reveal the spoken and unspoken, seen and unseen dynamics between
people in search of physical and emotional fulfilment.
Natalie Abrahami and Alexandra Wood, winner of the George Devine Award
2007, collaborate together again after working together on the acclaimed
The Eleventh Capital
which won the Royal Court Young Writers Festival in 2007.
