Up in Cumbria, Theatre by The Lake’s 2017 season is the first under the leadership of new artistic director Conrad Lynch and marks a bold move to becoming a producer-led venue for the first time.
Boasting world premières, regional premières, new collaborations and new writing it is an ambitious programme.
It starts in March with William Wordsworth, a Theatre by the Lake and English Touring Theatre co-production, written by award-winning playwright Nicholas Pierpan.
The theatre’s much lauded summer season will feature a two-company ensemble for the first time. It opens with a major revival of Terence Rattigan’s heart-rending After the Dance and is followed by a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, As You Like It. This show will then embark on a UK tour in November.
Completing its summer season in the Main House will be a regional première of Handbagged by Moira Buffini. What did Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher talk about behind closed palace doors?
Launching the Studio season is a production of Two-Way Mirror by Arthur Miller.
(You can hear Conrad Lynch talk about the season and his new role on the BTG podcast.)