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Dateline: 8th September, 2005
At a press conference this morning Kevin Spacey announced a number of new productions at the Old Vic. He began with the first play of the 2006 - 2007 season, because, he says, he is "so thrilled about it." It will be Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, which will be directed by David Liddiment and will star Spacey himself. Spacey and Liddiment last worked together in 1998 on O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. They have wanted to revive the partnership but it is not until autumn 2006 that teri schedules can be made to coincide. Going back to the current 2005 - 2006 season, he confirmed that the theatre's pantomime Aladdin will be revived in December, and that it will again star Ian McKellen as Widow Twankey and Roger Allam as Abanazar. The role of Dim Sum, played last year by Maureen Lipman, will this year be taken by Frances Barber. In the new year one of Arthur Miller's last plays, Resurrection Blues, on which he was reputed to be still working until just before his death, will be directed by Robert Altman, best known for his work in films, including the very successful Gosford Park and, of course, MASH. Spacey will not appear in this production but admits that he is very excited about Altman working in the theatre and expects that he will be sneaking into rehearsals to watch him at work. Resurrection Blues will run from 14th February, 2006. Also in the new year - although no date has been set - will be a new version of The Soldier's Tale by Iraqi poet Abdu Kkareem Kasid and British playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz. It will run for just seven performances. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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