Terence Rattigan News

Following the opening of Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company today (1 April 2011) announce a further two productions to be directed by Trevor Nunn in his role as Artistic Director. After a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Nunn's production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead comes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in June, followed in September by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Further productions in the season will be announced shortly.

It is 1942. At the Falcon Hotel, on the edge of an airfield in Lincolnshire, Teddy, a young bomber pilot is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. Events take an unexpected turn, when Peter a famous heartthrob film star arrives, and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered.

In what The Daily Mail calls 'very serious' negotiations, producers are in talks to bring AFTER THE DANCE to the Great White Way with Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch the 2011 Lend Us Your Ears play reading series with The Notorious Lady Susan, adapted by Tom Fontana from the novel Lady Susan by Jane Austen.

Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Niamh Cusack, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark will join the previously announced Anne-Marie Duff in Terence Rattigan's final play, Cause Celebre, opening for previews on 17 March with a press night on 29 March 2011.

Hot on the heels of the acclaimed sell-out world premier of Terence Rattigan's Less Than Kind, the revival of Henrik Ibsen's 1894 masterpiece, Little Eyolf continues Jermyn Street Theatre's artistic policy, under the stewardship of Gene David Kirk, of presenting both little performed European and American classics and vibrant new plays and musicals.

Rebecca Caine stars in After Lydia, by Gwyneth Herbert & Denniston, adapted from a Terence Rattigan play, upstairs at Ronnie Scott's on Monday 14th March at 1pm.

Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith lead the cast in Terence Rattigan's Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Trevor Nunn. Set and costumes are by Stephen Brimson Lewis with light by Paul Pyant, sound by Paul Groothuis and projection design by Jack James. Flare Path is produced by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, Act Productions Ltd and Tom McKitterick.

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's ‘This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix.

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

The National Theatre production of Frankenstein, directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire), will be presented in movie theatres around the world on March 24. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Was it a critical success? Find out here!

The National Theatre production of Frankenstein, directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire), will be presented in movie theatres around the world on March 24. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Catch a trailor for the production below!

Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith will lead the cast in Terence Rattigan's Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Trevor Nunn.

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

At the heart of the sixth season from Artistic Director Jonathan Church and Executive Director Alan Finch will be 'a Festival within a Festival' celebrating the achievements of playwright Terence Rattigan in the centenary year of his birth.

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).

James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith will join Sienna Miller in Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, directed by Trevor Nunn at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Opening on 10 March 2011 with previews from 4 March 2011 Flare Path is booking until 4 June 2011. Set and costumes are by Stephen Brimson Lewis. Flare Path is produced by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Tom McKitterick and the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company in association with Act Productions Ltd.