Gulliver
By Rupert Goold and Ben Power, in response to Jonathan Swift’s
novel
Directed by Rupert Goold
World Premiere
Described as "an innovative experiment in theatrical form, filtering
the spirit and the ambition of the novel through the lens of contemporary
culture, Rupert Goold and Ben Power create a visceral satiric exploration
of identity, sanity and international relations."
The Threepenny Opera
By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, on a new version by David Eldridge
Directed by Lucy Bailey
This new version will be the first major new production in the UK
for fifteen years.
Orson Welles in the Land of the Peas
By Anthony Neilson
World Premiere
Orson Welles is the actor, writer and director regarded by many as
the greatest cinema artist of all time. In 1941 he releases Citizen
Kane. By 1980 he is voicing adverts for frozen food on British
television.
Examining ambition, myth and the eternal clash between art and commerce,
Orson Welles in the Land of the Peas takes a comic yet humane
look at the one of the defining figures of twentieth century culture
and attempts to fill in the gaps between the famous out-takes of this
recording session.
Salome
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
A co-production with The Curve, Leicester
6 – 15 May (Leicester Curve), followed by UK Tour
A dazzling, shocking piece of storytelling from one of the greatest
writers of the last two hundred years. It is fragile, savage and shimmeringly
beautiful, rendered in exquisite poetry and unforgettable theatrical
images. Headlong presents a vivid contemporary production of this
rarely-seen masterpiece.
Earthquakes in London
By Mike Bartlett
World premiere
Mike Bartlett’s new play is an imaginative investigation into
the perils we currently face. Environmental disaster, economic meltdown
and moral bankruptcy threaten to overwhelm a disperate group of individuals,
united only in their growing sense of panic and of isolation. With
wit, imagination and humanity, Bartlett investigates the potential
for change and the possibility of hope.
