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Theatre News

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Greg Hicks plays Aegisthus opposite Brie Larson in Daniel Fish’s revival of Elektra at The Duke of Yorks Theatre from January.  The London transfer of Kyoto has also been confirmed for January after its success at the RSC this year. Jenna Augen will reprise the role of Shirley Pearlman at Soho Place with directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin reuniting.  Anita Reynolds joins the cast of Backstroke at the Donmar Warehouse, written and directed by Anna Mackmin and with Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie playing mother and daughter.  Colm Gormley will next be seen at Hampstead Theatre in An Interrogation written and directed by Jamie Armitage and George Caple returns to Boys From the Blackstuff but this time taking on the main role of Chrissie.  

Openings include James Doherty who leads the cast of the Hans Christian Anderson classic Red Shoes at the RSC this Christmas, Dorothea Myer Bennett who plays Olivia in Twelfth Night at The Orange Tree, Fred Haig who who plays Ernst Ludwig in Rebecca Frecknall’s acclaimed production of Cabaret,  Rhys Rusbatch who returns to the RSC in Prasanna Puwanarajah’s production of Twelfth Night , Richard Dempsey in Dr Strangelove at The Noël Coward and Robert Hands who has taken over the role of Myers in Witness For the Prosecution; all playing this Christmas.

Summer Stage 24

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We are thrilled to highlight the remarkable projects our talented actors are involved in this summer.

Thomas Coombes stars as Michael in “Death of England” a powerful one-person play by Roy Williams. Part of Williams’ acclaimed trilogy, this revival by The National Theatre and Bill Kenwright is directed by Clint Dyer and takes place at Soho Place.

Greg Hicks returns to The National Theatre, taking on the role of Pa Joad in “Grapes of Wrath.” This adaptation of Steinbeck’s classic is brought to life under the direction of Carrie Cracknell.

Tom Edden will play Lucky in Beckett’s masterpiece “Waiting For Godot“, opening at The Theatre Royal Haymarket and directed by James Macdonald.

Jodie McNee returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company in David Edgar’s new play “The New Real,” directed by Holly Race Raughan. At the same time, Jenna Augen stars in the RSC’s production of “Kyoto,” a new work by The Jungle creators Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.

Dorothea Myer Bennett teams up again with Patrick Marber in a new piece of writing “What We Talk About When We Talk About Ann Frank” which will premiere at the Marylebone Theatre. 

Molly Logan joins The Gate Theatre, Dublin, as Maggie in the revival of “Dancing at Lughnasa,” directed by Caroline Byrne. Anita Reynolds is part of the cast of “The Comedy of Errors” at Shakespeare’s Globe, while Colm Gorley performs in “Much Ado About Nothing,” both directed by Sean Holmes.

George Caple continues to impress in the Liverpool Royal Court’s West End transfer of “Boys From the Blackstuff.” We are also looking forward to seeing Chris Harper join the UK tour of the revival of Yasmina Reza’s “ART.”

We are immensely proud of our actors’ incredible work and dedication to their craft. Stay tuned for more updates on their upcoming projects.

Summer Stage

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Our actors are currently working across some very exciting stage productions in London and beyond. Lyonesse will play at the Harold Pinter Theatre from October with Sara Powell cast as Chris, joining Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James for a strictly limited run in Penelope Skinner’s funny and poignant new play, directed by Ian Rickson. Richard Dempsey will be joining the company of Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre from September in a celebration of the life and works of the great writer and composer, produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Winner of the Best Theatre Event at the Whats On Stage Awards, the all star cast are back for another strictly limited run directed by Matthew Bourne and Julia Mckenzie. Billy Carter plays George in Regent Park Theatre’s revival of the Olivier and Tony award winning La Cage Aux Folles , directed by Timothy Sheader and Tom Edden’s brilliant turn as Bela Zangler in Crazy For You has now transferred to the Gilliam Lynne Theatre, West End from Chichester, earning rave reviews along the way.

Tamsin Carroll and Fred Haig are both in Chichester this season for the stage premiere of Rock Follies, directed by Dominic Cooke. Jodie McNee has opened in Cuckoo, Michael Wynne’s new play at The Royal Court Theatre , directed by Vicky Featherstone and then transferring to The Liverpool Everyman. Also performing in Liverpool will be George Caple who opens in James Graham’s new stage production of the classic Boys From the Blackstuff at Liverpool’s Royal Court. Following his run in The Olivier Award winning Oklahoma, Greg Hicks returns to the stage at the Sam Wanamaker in a new production of Ibsen’s Ghosts, directed by Jo Hill Gibbons this autumn whilst Sandy Foster and Colm Gormley both return to the RSC. Sandy opens in Falkland Sound with Aaron Parsons directing and Colm Gormley will appear in Cowbois, written by Charlie Josephine and co directed with Sean Holmes.

Stage Latest

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London Theatre

David Seadon-Young20161122-1 will play the role of Adam in An American in Paris, the award winning Broadway musical opening at The Dominion Theatre in March 2017. Aleksandar Mikic reprises his role as The Lead in The Wish List directed by Matthew Xia at the Royal Court, Daniel Rabin opens in Robert Icke’s Mary Stuart at The Almeida, Howard Ward is in rehearsals for Wild Honey at the Hampstead Theatre, Gavin Spokes plays The Dame at this years Hackney Empire Panto Sleeping Beauty whilst Clemmie Sveaas returns to the Royal Opera House in Javier de Frutos’ production of Les Enfants Terribles. Laura Rogers will perform in Winter Solstice directed by Ramin Gray for The Orange Tree and Sarah Malin will play Prospero in The Tempest at the Southwark Playhouse directed by Amy Draper, whilst Arabella Neale takes over the role of Patricia in David Hare’s The Red Barn at The National’s Lyttleton Theatre from December.

Succesful openings include Tom Edden in Amadeus at The National Theatre, Stephen Kennedy in The Old Vic’s King Lear with Glenda Jackson, John Mackay in EV Crowe’s The Sewing Group at The Royal Court and Graham Turner in King Lear & Cymbeline for the RSC at The Barbican. Also transferring to London with the RSC are Sam Alexander and Peter McGovern in Much Ado About Nothing and Love’s Labour’s Lost playing in rep at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

And beyond

At The Sheffield Crucible Josie Walker will join the cast of the Everyone’s Talking About Jamie playing Jamie’s mum Margaret in the coming-of-age story of a teenage drag queen directed by Jonathan Butterell. Lisa Palfrey joins the cast of Headlong’s new Jack Thorne play Junkyard directed by Jeremy Herrin, RADA Grad George Caple is to join the fist resident Rep company at The Liverpool Everyman in 25 years where roles will include playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet directed by Nick Bagnall. Geoff Leesley has opened to excellent reviews in Trouble in Mind directed by Laurence Boswell at the Ustinov Studio Bath whilst Richard Dempsey plays JJ Silvers in Strictly Ballroom and Jenna Augen plays Grandma in The Witches, both opening at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Jason Callender meanwhile begins rehearsals for The Play That Goes Wrong Tour, Sandy Foster opens in Maria Aberg’s production of Fantastic Mr Fox touring the UK next year and Jude Monk McGowan takes Punchdrunks acclaimed London show Sleep No More to Shanghai.