As artistic director Tom Littler plans his departure from Jermyn Street Theatre, the season for the first half of next year is announced.
Amongst the line-up is the world première of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s stage adaptation of French classic novel Jules and Jim made famous by Françoise Truffaut’s 1962 film. New artistic director Stella Powell-Jones will direct.
If one world première wasn’t enough for the season, it starts with another, In the Net by Misha Levkov, a story of two half-sisters and a Syrian refugee, and includes Katherine Moar’s Farm Hall based on the true story of a group of German nuclear scientists held captive in a Cambridge stately home, and the début play of historian Orlando Figes, The Oyster Problem.
Rediscovery Yours Unfaithfully, a 1933 drama by Miles Malleson, in co-production with New York’s Mint Theater, closes The Promise Season.
Littler said, “it’s a bittersweet moment to end my time at Jermyn Street Theatre by announcing this season of work—five superb plays, all brand new to UK audiences. As I pass the baton to a terrific new team bursting with promise of their own, I am looking forward to returning to watch these stories come to life. I have been so lucky to spend five years at this very special theatre, and I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has created and supported our work.”
The Promise Season includes:
- In The Net written by Misha Levkov, directed by Vicky Moran and presented by WoLab, 12 January to 4 February
- The Oyster Problem written by Orlando Figes, directed by Philip Wilson and presented by WoLab, 9 February to 4 March
- Farm Hall written by Katherine Moar, directed by Stephen Unwin, 9 March to 8 April
- Jules And Jim written by Timberlake Wertenbaker based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché, directed by Stella Powell-Jones, 20 April to 27 May
- Yours Unfaithfully written by Miles Malleson, directed by Jonathan Bank, co-produced with The Mint Theater, New York City, 1 June to 1 July
Before the new season, Jermyn Street Theatre’s Christmas production closes The Temptation Season. It is a comic adaptation by John Nicholson of Gustave Flaubert’s novel The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary.
The theatre’s programme also includes One Night Only Sunday Treats and pre-show debates around the themes of each production. Details on the web site.