Thoroughly Modern Millie
By Jeanine Tesori/Richard Morris/Dick Scanlan
Directed by Martyn Knight
York Light Opera Company's production of the popular 1920s musical
comes to the Theatre Royal.
13 - 24 February
Blame
By Beatrix Campbell and Judith Jones
Directed by Deborah Bruce
Single mum Mandy's freewheeling lifestyle comes under scrutiny when
her eight-year-old daughter Laikeisha goes missing.
A Theatre Royal/Sphinx Theatre Company co-production
3 - 17 March
Perfect Pitch
Written and directed by John Godber
Unfortunately an Englishman's caravan isn't his castle, as Ron and
Yvonne discover when the ghastly Grant and Steph pull up alongside.
A Hull Truck production
20 - 24 March
African Snow
By Murray Watts
Directed by Paul Burbridge
Commissioned to mark the bicentenary of Britain's abolition of the
slave trade, African Snow is based on the experiences of two men
- John Newton, the converted slave trader and composer of "Amazing
Grace", and slave-turned-abolitionist campaigner Olaudah Equiano.
A Theatre Royal/Riding Lights Theatre Company co-production
30 March - 21 April
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Four works by four top choreographers.
26 - 27 April
The Price
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Neil Sissons
It's 1968 but three elderly brothers are still haunted by memories
of the Great Depression. When they get together at 90-year-old Solomon's
Manhattan apartment, long-repressed desires and resentments bubble
to the surface.
A Compass Theatre Company production
1 - 5 May
The Boyfriend
By Sandy Wilson
Directed by Paul Laidlow
Sandy Wilson's witty 1920s pastiche is brought to life by York Musical
Theatre Company.
9 - 19 May
The Wonderful World of Dissocia
Written and directed by Anthony Wilson
According to the author, "If you like Alice in Wonderland but
there's not enough sex and violence in it, then Dissocia is the
show for you".
A National Theatre of Scotland production
22 - 26 May
Dead Fish
By Gordon Steel
Directed by Keith Hukin
The tragic-comic tale of the Blackett family, who find themselves
in danger of being torn apart when eldest son Ray refuses to follow
his father into the steel industry.
A Reform Theatre Company production
22 - 24 February
Mad Forest
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Mary Luckhurst
A surreal look at the lives and loves of a group of Romanians after
the 1989 revolution.
York University's Out of the Blue Theatre Company production
27 February - 3 March
The Madman and the Nun
By Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Directed by Natasha Long …playing in repertory with
4.48 Psychosis
By Sarah Kane
Directed by Lisa Blair
York University Drama Society
6 - 10 March
The UN Inspector
By David Farr
Directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons
The ex-ministers of a former Soviet Republic, mistaking a British
businessman for the dreaded UN Inspector, go to farcical lengths
to hide wholesale corruption.
A York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre production
14 - 17 March
The Burial at Thebes
By Seamus Heaney
Directed by Damian Cruden
A new verse translation of Sophocles' Antigone.
A York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre production
21 - 23 March
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Adapted by Nick Lane
Directed by Eamonn Fleming
At last - the true story behind the classic fairytale, revealed
by the elves themselves!
A York Theatre Royal production
29 March - 21 April
The Colour of Poppies
Adapted from Noelle Chatelet's novel La Femme Coquelicot and
directed by Yann Le Gouic de Kerveno
Faith Brook stars as 75-year-old Martha, who proves that you're
never too old to fall in love.
25 - 27 April
The Hare and the Tortoise
Adapted by Damian Cruden, Robert Pickavance, Eamonn Fleming and
Ikutomo Kurogi
Directed by Damian Cruden
The classic fable is given a Japanese twist in a show that combines
elements of traditional Kogen theatre and British theatre for children.
A York Theatre Royal production
2 May - 16 June
The York Realist
By Peter Gill
Directed by Paul Osborne
A Yorkshire farm labourer's horizons are widened by the opportunity
of a new life in London and a dangerous love affair.
A York Settlement Players production
9 - 19 May
