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Dateline: 25th August, 2005
Gunpowder to Trafalgar The RSC is to transfer its ‘Gunpowder’ season of plays marking the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot to the Trafalgar Studios in London.
Currently playing at the Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the season will perform for ten weeks from 21st December 2005 to 25th February 2006, running in parallel with the RSC’s season of four Shakespeare Comedies at the Novello Theatre (formerly the Strand theatre) on the Aldwych.
The season includes a black comedy A New Way To Please You; Shakespeare’s banned play Thomas More; a political thriller Sejanus: His Fall; a discovery play Believe What You Will; and will be joined in September by a specially commissioned new play by Frank McGuinness dealing with the background to the 1605 Gunpowder Plot - Speaking Like Magpies.
RSC Executive Director Vikki Heywood said, “We were delighted to open the Trafalgar Studios in 2003 with a sell-out run of Gregory Doran’s production of Othello. The venue proved then that it works well for transfers from the Swan theatre so it’s a wonderful opportunity to be able to return with our acclaimed Gunpowder season. “We look forward to welcoming our audiences in the capital who will be able to see nine RSC productions as part of our London Season this year. Thanks to continued support from the Ambassadors Theatre Group who owns the Trafalgar Studios, we are now able to open booking for the Comedies and Gunpowder seasons at the same time.” Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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