The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, have
announced details of the RSC's 2004 Newcastle season, which, this year,
will be mainly in the Theatre Royal and the People's Theatre in Jesmond,
as the Newcastle Playhouse is currently dark for major refurbishment.
Mon 1 - Sat 6 November
Mon - Sat eves 7pm, Sat mat 1pm
Theatre Royal
Hamlet
Directing for the first time since becoming the RSC's Artistic Director,
Michael Boyd takes on Shakespeare's tour de force, Hamlet, with Toby
Stevens playing the role of the Danish Prince.
Pre Show Talk Fri 5 November, 5.15pm.
Post Show Discussion Wed 3 November.
Audio Described and Open Captioned Performance Thurs 4 November.
Tickets £10 - £38
Mon 8, Thurs 11, Fri 12, Sat 20, Tues 23 and Sat 27 November
All eve performances 7.30pm, except Sat 13 November 1.30pm
The People's Theatre
The Dog in the Manger
Part of The Spanish Golden Age season, this is a hear-rending romantic
comedy by Shakespeare's contemporary Lope de Vega.
Pre Show Talk Mon 8 November 5.30pm
Tickets £10 - £20
Tues 9 - Sat 13 November
Tues - Sat eves 7pm, Thurs mat 1pm, Sat mat 1pm
Theatre Royal
Macbeth
Greg Hicks and Sian Thomas play the murderous Macbeths in Dominic
Cooke's production of Shakespeare's dark and savage thriller of ambition
run wild.
Pre Show Talk Fri 12 November, 5.15pm.
Post Show Discussion Wed 10 November.
Audio Described and Open Captioned Performance, Thurs 11 November.
Tickets £10 - £38
Tues 9, Wed 10, Thurs 11 Fri 12, Sat 13, Sat 20, Wed 24 November
All eve performances 7.30pm, except Thurs 11, Sat 20 and Sat 27 November
1.30pm
The People's Theatre
House of Desires
Part of the Spainsh Golden Age season, this is a wild romantic farce
by Shakespeare's contemporary Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.
Pre Show Talk Wed 10 November 5.30pm
Tickets £10 - £20
Wed 10 - Fri 12 November
Thurs and Fri eves 9.30pm, Wed mat 3pm
Theatre Royal
Tynan
Adapted by Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers, Corin Redgrave takes
the interesting and complex eponymous lead in this revealing production
based on The Kenneth Tynan Diaries, edited by John Lahr.
Suitable for ages 15+.
Tickets £12 - £16
Tues 16 - Sat 20 November
Tues - Sat eves 7pm, Thurs and Sat mat 1pm
Theatre Royal
King Lear
Bill Alexander directs Corin Redgrave in the title role of Shakespeare's
heart-breaking depiction of the fall from noble King to broken man.
Pre Show Talk Fri 19 November, 5.15pm.
Post Show Discussion Wed 17 November.
Audio Described and Open Captioned Performance Fri 19 November.
Tickets £10 - £38
Tues 16, Thurs 18, Thurs 25 and Fri 26 November
All eve performances 7.30pm, plus Thurs 25 November 1.30pm
The People's Theatre
Pedro, the Great Pretender
Part of the Spainsh Golden Age season, the story follows the witty,
entrepreneurial Pedro's picaresque escapdes - by Shakespeare's contemporary
Miguel Cervantes, of Don Quixote fame.
Pre Show Talk Thurs 18 November 5.30pm
Tickets £10 - £20
Wed 17, Fri 19 and Thurs 25 November
All eve performances 7.30pm, except Thurs 25 November 1.30pm
The People's Theatre
Tamar's Revenge
Part of the Spanish Golden Age season, a tale of crime and retribution
based on the story of the House of David by Shakespeare's contemporary
Tirso de Molina.
Pre Show Talk Wed 17 November 5.30pm
Tickets £10 - £20
Details of the Live Theatre productions are yet to be announced.
