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Dateline:
19th February, 2009
Generation Gate
Generation Gate is the title of the April to July season at
Notting Hill's Gate Theatre in its 30th anniversary year.
The Gate, under the artistic leadership of Natalie Abrahami and Carrie
Cracknell, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2009 with a season which
includes the UK premiere of Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga’s Nocturnal;
the second annual New Directions award and another exciting partnership
with Sadler’s Wells with the transfer of the critically acclaimed
dance piece Press, created and performed by Pierre Rigal.
21st April (previews from 16th) to 16th May
Nocturnal
By Juan Mayorga, in a new translation by David Johnston
Directed by Lyndsey Turner; designed by Hannah Clark with animation
by Matthew Walker, sound by Christopher Shutt and lighting by Katharine
Williams.
UK premiere of the play by one of Spain’s most celebrated writers,
Juan Mayorga
Two men live in the same apartment block. One likes long walks, Greek
myths and foreign languages. The other likes making lists, fixing
bikes and blackmail. One day they bump into each other in a local.
Only this is no coincidence; one of them has been planning this moment
for a very, very, very long time.
Nocturnal explores the complex nature of friendship, stripping
away to reveal the layers of polite behaviour to reveal the power
struggles beneath human relationships.
28th to 30th May 2009 at Sadler’s Wells
The Gate at Sadler’s Wells
Press
Created and Performed by Pierre Rigal
Lighting and set design by Frédéric Stoll with sound
by Nihil Bordures
Originally staged at the Gate in February 2008, Press continues
the exciting new partnership between the Gate and Sadler’s Wells
in presenting dance/theatre.
In Press the French choreographer and performer Pierre Rigal
explores how our personal space is confined by the pressures of modern
life, performing in a specially constructed boxed stage less than
three and a half metres wide.
21st June (previews from 18th) to 18th July
Gate Theatre and Headlong Theatre present
Medea/Medea
By Dylan Tighe
Directed by Dylan Tighe, designed by Sarah Bacon
World premiere
New Directions winner Dylan Tighe will direct a new version
of the Euripides tragedy, Medea.
In Medea/Medea, live performance interacts with pre-recorded
image as the show probes the nature of translation, the concept of
theatre and the place of myth in modern society.
New Directions was launched in 2008 by the Gate and Headlong
to encourage emerging theatre artists to find a new approach to classic
international plays and to broaden both companies’ commitment
to celebrating and exploring the art of making theatre.
Further information on casting and the creative team will be announced
shortly.
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