New productions of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Roald Dahl’s The Witches and Breakfast at Tiffany’s are highlights of Nikolai Foster’s first season as artistic director of Curve, Leicester.
Foster will direct A Streetcar Named Desire which will feature Charlie Brooks, recently seen in Curve’s production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing, as Blanche. Stewart Clarke will play Stanley. The production runs from 16 October until 8 November.
Foster will also direct David Wood’s stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, co-produced by Rose Theatre Kingston, from 9 December until 10 January. Before the run at Curve, the production will play in Hong Kong and will afterwards go on a UK tour.
As previously announced, Curve will première a new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, adapted by Richard Greenberg and featuring singer Pixie Lott as Holly Golightly. It will begin performances at Curve on 3 March 2016 before going on tour and ending with a 12-week season in the West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Said Foster, “I’m proud to present this new season of work at Curve, my first as artistic director. Drama, dance and music all feature prominently, an eclectic slate of work which supports our commitment to developing new and diverse audiences for the future.
“I’m looking forward to directing one of the greatest plays ever written and know Charlie Brooks and Stewart Clarke will bring something original and contemporary to A Streetcar Named Desire. And I know Pixie Lott will electrify Leicester audiences in our production of Breakfast at Tiffany's.
“All of us at Curve are hugely excited to welcome such a talented group of artists and companies to Leicester over the coming months, and sharing work created in our great region with audiences across the UK and further afield."
Other Curve productions in the new season include Oliver!, the Christmas musical for 2015, and the musical comedy Hairspray, which returns for 13 performances in September ahead of a UK tour. Both will be directed by former Curve artistic director Paul Kerryson.
Award-winning dancer and Curve associate artist Aakash Odedra will take the world première of his new double bill, Echoes and I Imagine to Curve on 9 and 10 October.
Other highlights include visits from Globe Theatre on Tour with Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing from 23 until 26 September, Mary Poppins from 12 until 24 October and Matthew Bourne’s production of Sleeping Beauty with music by Tchaikovsky from 28 October until 1 November.
Curve has also announced that in September it will add an extra 99 seats, taking its capacity to 900.
Further details about the new season are available at the Curve web site.