Fiona Shaw to Star in RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM's 2013 Next Wave Festival; Full Lineup Announced 5/21

According to The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy Of Music will announce its 2013 Next Wave Festival lineup tomorrow, May 21. The festival will feature 34 productions in dance, music theater and opera and runs September 17-December 22, 2013.

Fiona Shaw, just finished with her stint on Broadway in THE TESTAMENT OF MARY, will star in THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER in December, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and featuring Daniel Hay-Gordon. The production was previously presented at the Old Vic Tunnels in January.

Another of this year's productions is Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage's THE BLUE DRAGON, which plays September 18-21, directed by and starring Lepage. Other highlights include the solo-show BODYCAST: AN ARTIST LECTURE BY SUZANNE BOCANEGRA STARRING Frances McDormand in December, THE SWEET SCIENCE SUITE: A SCIENTIFIC SOUL MUSIC HONORING OF Muhammad Ali in October and more.

Before The Testament of Mary on Broadway, Shaw recently appeared in the West End's Scenes From An Execution at The National Theatre. She starred alongside Alan Rickman in John Gabriel Borkman at Dublin's Abbey Theatre (which later transferred to NYC's BAM). Her other UK stage appearances include The Waste Land, London Assurance, Hedda Gabler, The Good Woman of Szechuan, Mother Courage and Her Children, Richard II, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Electra, Happy Days, The Taming of the Shrew, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, As You Like It, Machinal and many more.

She has also been seen in the New York world premiere production My Life as a Fairy Tale and Medea on Broadway. Shaw is well known for her portrayal of 'Petunia Dursley' in the Harry Potter films, as well as her role as 'Marnie Stonebrook' in HBO's "True Blood".

For tickets and more information, visit BAM.org.