A regional première, a new adaptation of a classic comedy and the theatre-in-the-round’s “most ambitious production to date” are highlights of summer 2018 at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Opening the season is a co-production with Oldham Coliseum and Hull Truck Theatre of Philip Goulding’s new adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s Whisky Galore. It runs at the New Vic from Wednesday 16 May until Saturday 2 June.
New Vic associate director Zoe Waterman will then direct the regional première of Tanya Ronder’s Table. First produced at the National Theatre, Table is “a moving drama about belonging that explores how people remain connected through centuries by the stories and possessions passed down by their ancestors”. It runs from Friday 8 until Saturday 23 June.
As part of the theatre’s Circus Past, Present and Future programme, artistic director Theresa Heskins will direct the New Vic’s “most ambitious” show, Astley’s Astounding Adventures. Written by Staffordshire-born Frazer Flintham, it charts the story of Philip Astley who was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and became an international impresario who invented circus as we know it today. It swings into the New Vic from Saturday 7 until Saturday 28 July.