MOGADISHU Plays Lyric Hammersmit, Opens 3/2

MOGADISHU by Vivienne Franzmann, and directed by Matthew Dunster

Designed by Tom Scutt
A ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, MANCHESTER PRODUCTION

Lyric Hammersmith, London

03 March - 02 April 2011

Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright Vivienne Franzmann's debut play Mogadishu makes its London premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith opening for previews on 03 March 2011, with a press night on 07 March 2011.

Vivienne Franzmann who continues to work as a drama teacher in an East London school, was inspired by her experiences as a teacher in writing her debut play. Set in an inner city school Franzmann's play explores the clash of youth, class, race and justice. This thought provoking drama describes a modern world where dangerous actions threaten careers, relationships and even lives.
Matthew Dunster directs an exciting and talented young ensemble; his credits include Love the Sinner (National Theatre); 1984 and Macbeth (Royal Exchange); his own award-winning play You Can See the Hills (Royal Exchange, Manchester/Young Vic); the critically-acclaimed productions of The Frontline and Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre) and the Olivier award nominated production Love and Money (Young Vic/Royal Exchange, Manchester).

Mogadishu stars Hammed Animashaun (Superhuman, SPID Theatre Company); Ian Bartholomew
(King Lear, Royal Exchange); Christian Dixon (The Little Foxes, Donmar); Julia Ford (King John and Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company); Savannah Gordon-Liburd (The Wiz, Hackney Empire); Tara Hodge (The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife, Old Vic); Fraser James (Love The Sinner, National Theatre); Tendayi Jembere (BBC's Kerching); Michael Karim (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare School's Festival); Malachi Kirky (High Life, Hampstead); Farshid Rokey making his professional debut and Shannon Tarbet (Spur of the Moment, Royal Court).

Written by Vivienne Franzmann

Directed by Matthew Dunster

Designed by Tom Scutt

Lighting by Philip Gladwell

Sound by Ian Dickson

FREE First Nights (FFN)

As part of the Lyric Hammersmith's commitment to its local borough, anyone who lives or works in Hammersmith & Fulham can claim two free tickets to see Mogadishu on Thursday 03 March 2011, 7.30pm. People just need to come to the Ticket Office with proof of their home or work address, on either the Friday or Saturday before the FFN to pick up their free tickets. The Lyric runs FFN for all Lyric main house shows.

Listings Information
Mogadishu

Written by Vivienne Franzmann

Directed by Matthew Dunster
A ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, MANCHESTER PRODUCTION

Lyric Hammersmith

Dates 03 March - 02 April 2011

Times Evenings: Mon - Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: 16, 23 & 30 Mar - 1.30pm, 19, 26 Mar & 02 Apr - 2.30pm

Tickets £10 - £25

Bookings 0871 22 117 22 / www.lyric.co.uk

Notes for Editors
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in partnership with the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester is now established as the biggest national competition for playwriting. The ‘Bruntwood' is a search for great plays and for great writers. Since its launch in 2005, it has awarded a total of £80,000 to nine writers and six of the winning plays have been produced at the Royal Exchange. This season sees two of those plays go into production, Vivienne Franzmann's Mogadishu and Andy Sheridan's Winterlong.
The London launch of the third Bruntwood Prize will take place at the Lyric Hammersmith on Monday 07 March 2011. The competition is open to anyone aged 16 and over who lives in the UK or Ireland. It actively encourages writers of all levels of experience to enter.

More information is available at writeaplay.co.uk.

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Roald Dahl'S TWISTED TALES

Adapted by Jeremy Dyson / Directed by Polly Findlay

A LYRIC HAMMERSMITH, LIVERPOOL EVERYMAN & PLAYHOUSE AND NORTHERN STAGE PRODUCTION
Until 26 February 2011

Celebrating the delightfully twisted imagination and delicious black humour of Roald Dahl, Dyson brings a wonderfully dark and dangerous world to the stage; created from some of his most macabre stories including William and Mary and The Landlady. In Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales nothing is quite as it seems; pleasant old ladies have sinister hobbies, widows seek sweet revenge on the recently departed and a simple gambling game has alarmingly high stakes.

 

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