Miranda Raison, best known for her role as 'Jo Portman' in the BBC's hit drama 'Spooks' and as 'Abbey' in ITV's 'Married Single Other,' is to play the title role in Howard Brenton's new play ANNE BOLEYN at Shakespeare's Globe. The play receives its world premiere on 24 July and runs until 21 August 2010.
Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) will present a staged reading of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). Prior developmental readings of the play were presented by Naked Angels Theater Company (Next Fall).
Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) will present a staged reading of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). Prior developmental readings of the play were presented by Naked Angels Theater Company (Next Fall).
The Courtyard Theatre presents the British premiere of Mother of Him by Evan Placey and directed by Guy Retallack. Winner of both the King's Cross Award for New Playwriting in the UK and Canada's Under 30 National Playwriting Award, Mother of Him, by Evan Placey, will get its British premiere, in a production, directed by Guy Retallack, at the Courtyard?Theatre from Wednesday 2 June to Sunday 4 July.
Shakespeare's Globe confirms further details of the 2010 Kings and Rogues theatre season, following a record-breaking 2009 which achieved the highest attendance figures ever in its 13 year history, as well as seeing the Globe reach new audiences all over the UK, Europe and the US through touring, and having its productions filmed for the first time.
Juilliard's Drama Division presents a series of fully-staged productions during the 2010-2011 season featuring students in their fourth and final year of acting training at Juilliard.
Miriam Zendle chats with actress Miranda Raison about her upcoming lead role as Anne Boleyn in Howard Brenton's new play of the same name, on at Shakespeare's Globe in July
Award-winning Playwright-in-Residence James Graham reunites with former Finborough Theatre Associate Director Kate Wasserberg to present a blackly comic and uniquely interactive storytelling event - a different actor, telling a story in a different order, selected at random, every single night - opening on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 27 May 2010).
Gemma Arterton will join Stephen Dillane in the Almeida Theatre production of The Master Builder. Directed by Travis Preston and in Kenneth McLeish's translation of Henrik Ibsen's original, The Master Builder previews from 12 November and runs until 8 January 2011, with press night on 18 November. Designs are by Vicki Mortimer with lighting by Paul Pyant and sound by John Leonard. Further casting will be announced shortly.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces today the addition of two World's Stage productions to its 2010/11 Season: the award-winning, CST-commissioned Funk It Up About Nothin' embarks on a tour of Australia, preceded by a limited return engagement Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare in January 2011; and the National Theatre of Scotland's internationally-acclaimed production Black Watch is added to the CST World Stage Series, presented at Chicago's Broadway Armory from March 29 to April 10, 2011.
Matthew Jocelyn, Artistic & General Director of Canadian Stage today announced casting for Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter: An Attempt at the Truth and The cosmonaut's last message to the woman he once loved in the former Soviet Union, featured productions in the company's upcoming 2010-2011 season. Saint Carmen of The Main will be announced at a later date.
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Jonathan Cake has joined the cast of Restoration, written by Claudia Shear, and directed by Christopher Ashley. Mr. Cake assumes the role to have been played by Danny Mastrogiorgio.
Leading Shakespeare scholar Professor Stanley Wells, CBE, has accepted Shakespeare's Globe's prestigious Sam Wanamaker Award, given annually in the name of the Globe's founder to celebrate work which has increased the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare's classic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream is re-imagined with a queer aesthetic in Mauckingbird Theatre Company's gender-bent tale of modern love, directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds and co-Director Lynne Innerst.
Miranda Raison, best known for her role as 'Jo Portman' in the BBC's hit drama 'Spooks' and as 'Abbey' in ITV's 'Married Single Other,' is to play the title role in Howard Brenton's new play ANNE BOLEYN at Shakespeare's Globe. The play receives its world premiere on 24 July and runs until 21 August 2010.
Miriam Zendle takes a look at what's on in London this summer and gives some Shakespeare - and suffrage - related theatre tips
The Courtyard Theatre presents the British premiere of Mother of Him by Evan Placey and directed by Guy Retallack. Winner of both the King's Cross Award for New Playwriting in the UK and Canada's Under 30 National Playwriting Award, Mother of Him, by Evan Placey, will get its British premiere, in a production, directed by Guy Retallack, at the Courtyard?Theatre from Wednesday 2 June to Sunday 4 July.
Ian Talbot will direct Peter Sham and Brad Carroll's new musical comedy, Lend Me A Tenor The Musical, based on the award-winning West End and Broadway hit comedy by Ken Ludwig. A riotous, unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities and unexpected romance, Lend Me A Tenor The Musical will run at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 24 September - 6 October 2010, prior to an anticipated West End run in the Autumn which will be produced by Martin Platt and David Elliott in association with Eileen and Allen Anes.
Award-winning Playwright-in-Residence James Graham reunites with former Finborough Theatre Associate Director Kate Wasserberg to present a blackly comic and uniquely interactive storytelling event - a different actor, telling a story in a different order, selected at random, every single night - opening on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 27 May 2010).
The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS from 25 May - 19 June 2010
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