Liverpool Playhouse's Autumn 2012 season features a new production of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist and an expanded programme in the Studio.
The Playhouse has recruited rising star director Robert Icke to open the season in high comedic style while the season that follows includes a rich array of visiting productions and culminates with the Rock 'n' Roll Panto in the form of Jack and the Beanstalk.
In the recently reborn Studio, the world première of Joe Ward Munrow's debut play, Held, will be complemented for the first time by visiting productions and the annual Everyword Festival of new writing will take over the whole building.
For spring 2013, the Playhouse will première a new Roger McGough adaptation of a classic Molière comedy, to be directed by Gemma Bodinetz and toured nationally by English Touring Theatre, reuniting the team behind Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac.
Gemma Bodinetz, artistic director of the Everyman and Playhouse, said: "This season includes a rich variety of world premières, brave adaptations and exciting new talent. Whether it is the first play by an emerging writer or the production of a 17th century classic, our aim is to dazzle and exceed expectation. Our newly opened studio is already proving to be the crucible of big ideas in an intimate setting whilst the Playhouse will be turning some classics on their head with wit and courage."
Details: www.everymanplayhouse.com.