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Samcor Productions, Suzanne Corso and Patricia
Cleary
in association with New End Theatre present
Roman Nights
10 November - 11 December 2004
By Franco D’Alessandro
with Franca Barchiesi as Anna Magnani and Nolan Hemmings as Tennessee Williams
Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin
Set Design by Kate Klinger
Costume Design by Penn O'Gara
Lighting Design by Stuart Harrison
Sound Design by Darren Murphy
The friendship that Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams shared over 25 years embodied
the ancient artist–muse paradigm, and would inspire three of Tennessee’s
masterpieces – THE ROSE TATTOO, ORPHEUS DESCENDING and SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH.
With a lyricism that blurs the lines between art and life, ROMAN NIGHTS alternates
between biography and poetic rumination, creating an inspirational and informative
evening of theatre that nourishes the mind and soul. As they make their way through
the labyrinth of fame from Hollywood to New York to Rome, Williams and Magnani
wrestle with their demons – both real and imagined – from greedy agents
and producers, through betrayal by friends and lovers, to the ravages of age and
addiction. ROMAN NIGHTS experiments with form and style, mixing segments of film,
music and photography with live theatre to capturing the Golden Age of theatre
and film and the excitement of the La Dolce Vita era.
‘A heartening tale of two famous people.’ NEW
YORK TIMES
‘An enchanted and haunting examination of friendship.’ THE
NEW YORKER
‘Filled with pathos and passion.’ TIME OUT NEW
YORK
‘Franca Barchiesi is a persuasive Magnani, mercurial, defiant …
Nolan Hemmings suggests the paranoia and instability of Williams as well as his
cut and elegance.’ THE TIMES
‘Caitriona McLaughlin’s production is atmospheric and seductively
intimate.’ TIME OUT
‘This is a must for anyone with an interest in Italian cinema and the films
of Tennessee Williams.’ Ham & High
www.francodalessandro.com
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 3.30pm
No 3.30pm show Saturday 13 November
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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The
Merry Wife Of Wilton
14, 15 November 2004
Written and performed by Susan Sheridan
Directed by Alister Cameron
An intriguing and fascinating insight into one of the great figures of Elizabethan
and Jacobean England, this poignant, humorous and provocative play offers clues
as to the real identity of England's greatest Elizabethan playwright.
Sunday
and Monday at 7.30pm
Tickets: £15 Concessions £11
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The
Hungarian Cultural Centre presents
A Jewel Of Women
22 November 2004
A one act play and other readings from the works of Victor Határ
Directed by Tim Carroll
An evening to celebrate the 90th birthday of writer and poet Victor Határ,
the doyen of British – Hungarian writers. An émigré of the
1956 Hungarian Revolution, he settled in London, although his works could not
be published in Hungary until the fall of the Wall. His one act play, A Jewel
of Women has been specifically translated for this evening by István Tótfalusi.
Monday
at 7.30pm
Tickets: £4
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Moderneyes Theatre Company presents the UK première
of
Turn Of The Screw
13 October - 6 November 2004
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
From the book by Henry James
Original direction by Anna Brennan
Redirected by Kim Crow
With Linda Slade and Eric Davis
When American novelist Henry James wrote his classic ghost story at the turn of
the 19th century, he devised a story that not only delved into depths of human
psyche but which also shifted across to the darker world of the sinister with
deceptive ease. Against the most perfect English pastoral backdrop and without
melodrama or bloodshed, he brought to life a beautiful world that reeked with
evil.
In this new adaptation by Jeffery Hatcher, James’ text has been wrought
as a dark psychological thriller. Pared down to its bare bones this most elegant
of Victorian novellas has been transformed into a subtle study of Victorian social
mores and the seemingly limitless human capacity to both love and to fear.
This production of TURN OF THE SCREW received its world première at Tampa
Bay Performing Arts Centre USA, and now transfers to London.
Moderneyes Theatre Company is a new British touring company based in both London
and the USA. It aims to unite actors and theatrical groups from different countries,
often with different cultural and racial backgrounds thus drawing on a richness
and diversity of experience and tradition.
‘The two actors give you a vast and complicated landscape of the
mind. Henry James would have appreciated it’ Tampa Tribune
‘Slade brings us The Governess as a creature of flesh and blood
to be admired, pitied or despised, but never to be discounted. This is wonderful,
multi–dimensional acting.’ Weekly Planet Winner –
Best of 2003 Tampa Tribune The Years’ Best Theatre
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Wednesday & Friday: 1.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 3.30pm
No 3.30pm show Saturday 16 October
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
Special rates for school parties
Please call 020 7472 5803 for details of group bookings
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Margaret
Wolfit in
Eugene Onegin
24, 25, 31 October & 1 November 2004
Adapted from Pushkin’s novel by Margaret Wolfit
A dramatic adaptation of Pushkin's great novel that touches the Russian life and
experience in the 1820s. Set on a country estate, shy, thoughtful Tatiana expresses
her affection in a letter for the brooding, enigmatic Onegin, only to be given
a polite, if patronising rejection. Years later, they meet again and there is
a significant reversal. But is it too late?
‘A great romantic story ... thought–provoking and moving.’
Sunday
and Monday at 7.30pm
Tickets: £15 Concessions £11
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New End Theatre presents
Spinich & Chips
22 September ‚ 9 October 2004
By Zoltán Egressy
Translated by Mike Kelly
Directed by Peter Fekete
Designed by Black Point Arts Budapest
Cast includes: Gary Condes, Jonathan Lisle and Travis Oliver
Situated in the confines of a shabby changing room, before, during and after a
football match, this extremely popular contemporary Hungarian drama focuses on
the dynamic relationships between a referee and his two linesmen. As a perfectionist,
driven to perform well to be picked by FIFA, the referee is undermined by the
inadequacies and bitterness of his two linesmen. Under skillful direction of Peter
Fekete, director of the National Theatre of Budapest, this darkly serious and
yet absurdly funny comedy explores the culture of machismo and questions the illusion
of success and failure.
This production is part of Magyar Magic – Hungary In Focus 2004, a year–long
celebration of Hungarian art and talent in the United Kingdom.
Supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
Tuesday - Sunday: 7.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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Proudly Presents presents
George... Don’t Do That
6 - 19 September 2004
The words and music of Joyce Grenfell
With Maria Gibbs and Andrew D Brewis
In her lifetime, Joyce Grenfell was an immensely popular performer, appearing
in countless radio and television shows and winning the hearts of millions of
fans in the UK and North America. Her last performance was in a private audience
before the Queen in 1973. In 2004, on the 25th anniversary of her death, Joyce
Grenfell is still remembered with great affection for the way in which she brought
recognisable characters to life. Through songs and sketches like I’m Going
To See You Today, Eng. Lit., Stately As A Galleon and, of course, her nursery
school monologues, GEORGE ... DON’T DO THAT takes audiences back to a gentler
time of surprisingly modern comedy.
Gifted comedy performer Maria Gibbs brings the warmth, humanity and sparkling
wit of Joyce Grenfell vividly to life and is accompanied by pianist Andrew D Brewis.
‘Gibbs
has all the awkward movements and gestures and sings beautifully.’
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
‘Maria Gibbs portrayal of Joyce Grenfell is both fresh and poignant.’
DONCASTER CIVIC THEATRE
‘So much like the real star it’s uncanny ... wickedly funny!’
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
Monday: 7.30pm<
- Sunday: 9.00pm
Except Tuesday 7 September: 7.30pm
and Sunday 19 September: 7.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £15 Concessions £11
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Andy Jordan Productions, New End Theatre
and Arc Stockton present
Talk About The Passion
1 - 18 September 2004
by Graham Farrow
Directed by Darren Tunstall
Designed by Michael Taylor
Your child is murdered. His killer gets rich. What would you do?
Following the murder of his only child, Jason Carroway is forced to endure the
media attention that accompanies the controversial release of the killer’s
autobiography. How far will Jason go for his son, and how does the woman who publishes
the story defend her actions? TALK ABOUT THE PASSION is a gripping drama from
acclaimed new playwright Graham Farrow that bravely confronts society’s
morbid fascination with the most terrible of crimes. An age–old story of
loss, guilt, morality and revenge.
Graham Farrow has earned a reputation for his compelling brand of high octane,
up to the minute drama. Raised in the North East, his plays include DOWN AMONG
THE DEAD MEN, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN and RATTLESNAKES. TALK ABOUT THE PASSION
has been produced worldwide, becoming a major hit when it was premièred
in Australia earlier this year. The playscripts of TALK ABOUT THE PASSION and
RATTLESNAKES will be published by Methuen to coincide with this production.
‘Short, sharp and with several chilling twists at the end ... thought–provoking
theatre at its best.’ PERTH SUNDAY TIMES
‘This passionate powerful thriller leaves the audience glued to
the edge of their seats.’ PERTH WESTERN WEEKLY
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
Friday
& Saturday eve: £19 Concessions £15
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ASHES TO ASHES
8, 9 August 2004
Two men arrive at Birkenau from different regions of Europe. Separated
on arrival from their families, the random and cruel selection process throws
them together. The friendship that emerges is one which will endure the brutality
of the guards and, ultimately, entrance to the death chamber itself.
Sunday 8 and Monday 9 August at 7.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
A challenging and bold piece of physical theatre, this production contains
scenes of an adult nature. Suitable for 16 years and over only.
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Andy Jordan Productions present
Calculus
28 July - 28 August 2004
by Carl Djerassi
Directed by Andy Jordan
Designed by Michael Taylor
Lighting by Chris Corner
With Lynette Edwards, Michael Fenner, David Gant, John Kane, Roger May, Susan
Sheridan and Nick Wilton
Sir Isaac Newton, England’s foremost scientist, has accused the German polymath,
Gottfried Leibniz, of scientific plagiarism. Scandal ensues. In 1712 the Royal
Society establishes an anonymous commission of eleven good men to adjudicate.
But has their decision already been taken for them, elsewhere?
With stunning period costumes, settings and music, Calculus offers intrigue, colourful
characters, plenty of laughs – and a surprising twist in its tail ...
Visit the site www.djerassi.com
for further information.
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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New End Theatre presents
MY MOTHERS SOUP
29 June - 24 July 2004
Written and performed by Nessim Zohar
Directed by Nathan Datner
Direct from his sell–out production at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival, Israeli
actor Nessim Zohar takes us on a journey through his childhood in Egypt and Israel
whist at the same time preparing a tureen of his special recipe soup.
Hilarious comedy and gripping drama unfolds as Nessim Zohar actually cooks on
stage Molocheya – an Egyptian national dish.
While cooking the soup for his mother’s commemoration anniversary, the hero
embarks on a journey of his past revealing painful relationship with his deceased
mother. Exotic and colourful Alexandria of the 1940s is the backdrop for this
sensitive and brilliantly performed play.
By the end of the show the soup will be ready and you will have an opportunity
to taste the soup and chat to the performer.
‘My Mother’s Soup is as funny as it is dramatic and poignant –
should be seen by all.’ Edinburgh Evening News
Tuesday - Sunday: 7.30pm
Sunday 18 July 3.30pm matinee only
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
‘Bubbling with laughs’ METRO
‘A marvellous brew of warmth, wit and humour perfectly spiced to
win your heart ... A winning recipe of joy and laughter performed with a passion
guaranteed to lift your spirits’ LBC Radio
‘The stories are fun told with humour and rhapsody’
TIME OUT
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>New End Theatre presents the world première of
THE PRIVATE ROOM
26 May - 26 June 2004
By Mark Lee
Directed by Debra Hauer
Set design by George Souglides
Costume design by Kate Klinger
Lighting design by John Bishop
With Michael Hayden James Howard Janet Kidder
Noah Lee Margetts Bernice Stegers Richard Sumitro
In the 21st century the distance between America and the Middle East seems less
of a world away than it used to. Set both in an exclusive dining room near Wall
Street, New York and in a windowless interrogation room at Camp Delta in Guantanamo
Bay, THE PRIVATE ROOM is a bold exploration by American playwright Mark Lee of
the fault lines betwen an anxious superpower and the forces proclaiming a new
world order.
Lawrence Davison, a tough–minded stock trader, dominates the world of securities
manipulation with the help of his fixer, Tommy Nash. Captain JT Price runs the
interrogation centre at Camp Delta, and is currently focusing on the Pakistani
prisoner Salman Bashir. Caught between these two worlds is Barbara Dempsey, both
a Wall Street clerk and a member of the US Army Reserve, who has been called up
to work as an interrogator. Behind closed doors everywhere, deals are being made,
allegiances forged, promises broken.
THE PRIVATE ROOM is an intense, yet savagely funny play that considers the very
real impact the cultural assumptions of one society can have on another. From
the author of the critically acclaimed CALIFORNIA DOG FIGHT, this new play promises
an emotional and intellectual journey into a world in which truth is a bargaining
chip in a deadly game.
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
"Intelligent, absorbing, provocative." The Daily
Telegraph
"A classy production."The
Independent
"Excellent." Time Out
"Terrific performances." The Guardian
"First rate, venomously observed." The Sunday Times
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Jewish
Council For Racial Equality presents
‘I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From
Rwanda’
14, 21 June 2004
by Sonja Linden
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide JCORE present
this moving true story as a contribution to Refugee Week. Set in an interview
room of a refugee centre in Rwandan, an english writer hears the account of a
woman defending a young man who killed her daughter.
Monday
14, 21 June at 7.30pm
Tickets: £15 Concessions £10
Post show discussions
You are invited to meet the author Sonja Linden at the post show discussion after
the 14th June performance, and the director and actors after the 21st June performance.
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High
On Laughter Ltd presents the London première of
I EAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU FOR BREAKFAST
30 May, 6, 13, 20 June 2004
Written by Steven Alan Green and John Dowie
Directed by Ben De Wynter
When comedy legend Jerry Lewis collapsed at The London Palladium at a
charity benefit, he left comedian and producer Steven Alan Green with a bill for
£40,000. But, Steven smelled a rat. Did Jerry fake his illness? Should Steven
sue one of his comedy heroes or just walk away and lick his wounds? This one–man
show reveals the months of tantrums and tears, outrageous demands and rampant
paranoia that lead up to the heart–stopping moment.
‘Steven Alan Green is a terrific performer ... unmissable’
Kate Copstick The Scotsman.
Sundays
30 May, 6, 13 and 20 June at 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 Concessions £8
www.stevenalangreen.com
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The
Swedish Theatre of Turku, Finland, (Abo Svenska Teatern) presents
ROSE
31 May 2004
by Martin Sherman
A unique theatrical event in London for all Swedish speakers, ROSE won
first prize at the 2003 International Women’s Theatre Festival in Tornea/Haparanda.
The monologue, performed by Janina Berman, recounts an elderly Jewish woman’s
dramatic life story from the Ukraine through war–torn Europe to the US and
her son’s subsequent move to Israel.
Monday
31 May at 7.30pm
Please note that this performance will be in Swedish
Tickets: £15 Concessions £10
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CELEBRATING
30 YEARS
2 April - 2 June 2004
This April the theatre will be 30 years old. We are holding a celebratory
exhibition at the Hampstead Museum at nearby Burgh House. The exhibition will
comprise of photographs, drawings, publicity material and memorabilia associated
with productions performed since its inauguration.
Open Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 5pm, Bank Holidays from 2 to 5pm, for Saturday
openings call 020 7431 0144, closed Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Hampstead Museum
Burgh House
New End Square
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New
End Theatre presents
SLEIGHT OF MIND
20 April - 22 May 2004
Jeff Salmon
SLEIGHT OF MIND is a mind–boggling
journey into the power and possibilities of the human mind; a tantalising puzzle
that will leave you amazed and baffled.
Using psychological techniques, a–fast–as–light eye and a razor–sharp
wit, Jeff Salmon engages his audience with a series of mesmerising and utterly
mystifying mind games. With a mixture of applied psychology, misdirection and
showmanship, this is one man who can seemingly predict and control human behaviour.
Whatever you’re about to think, he’ll have not only thought it first
but written it down before the words have entered your brain let alone passed
your lips.
However you choose to categorise it, SLEIGHT OF MIND will amaze and unsettle you.
You won’t understand how he does it – but one thing’s for sure,
you’ll enjoy this fast moving and fascinating rollercoaster of a ride which
explores the human psyche. This live show does not have the luxury of television
camera trickery or sneaky editing.
Simply put, what you see is what you get and you’ll leave the show totally
convinced that Jeff Salmon has just achieved the impossible.
Not suitable for under 12's
Tuesday
- Saturday: 9.30pm
No shows 26 April and from 2 to 6 May inclusive
No
9.30pm show on 9 and 16 May
Extra 7.30pm shows from 27 April to 1 May, and on 9 and 16 May
additional early evening performances at 7.30pm from 27 April to 1 May inclusive
Extra Special Show on Sunday 25 April at 9.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
in association with Magic FM
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Theatre
Unlimited and New End Theatre present
DEFYING HITLER
4 - 22 May 2004
Adapted for the stage by Rupert Wickham
From the book by Sebastian Haffner
Directed by Peter Symonds
Designed by Michael Folkard
Lighting design by Carol Weller
Direct from the Royal National Theatre
Born in Berlin in 1907, Sebastian
Haffner lived through some of the most momentous events in twentieth century history.
From the outbreak of World War l to the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s he experienced
at first–hand the defining moments in German political history culminating
in the emergence of the new world order of post–war Europe, viewed from
the relative safety of England, where he had fled in 1938.
Haffner’s memoir, discovered posthumously in 1999 by his son, Oliver Pretzel,
has now been adapted for the stage by Rupert Wickham. Premièred at the
Royal National Theatre in 2003, this sensitive and thought–provoking play
brings to life Haffner’s candid, witty and extremely moving account of his
early life and his reflections on the momentous political events taking place.
DEFYING HITLER is a welcome opportunity to listen to the voice of the ordinary
German, and to ponder with him the thorny question – whatever became of
the Germans?
The critics on Haffner’s book DEFYING HITLER
‘It sings with wisdom and understanding’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘A brilliant, moving and terrifying evocation of the destruction of civilisation
in Germany under the Nazis’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Wednesday and Thursday matinees: at 2.30pm
Saturday matinee: 3.30pm 22 May only
Sunday
matinees: 3.30pm
Additional Saturday matinee 22 May
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
Post show discussions
Tuesday 4 May – Sebastian Haffner’s son, Oliver Pretzel,
talks about his father’s extraordinary life.
Thursday 6 May – Sebastian Haffner’s journalism under
the Nazis 1933–1938, introduced by Rupert Wickham.
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John Pickard
Mayer
Hillman
Deborah
Moggach
Tim
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Hampstead
& Highgate Festival 2004 and New End Theatre present
A
PROGRAMME OF LITERARY LUNCHES
Tickets £6
Tuesday 18 May at 1pm Literary Lunch 1
As part of this years celebration of Elgar in Hampstead, the festival’s
music director George Vass interviews fellow Elgarian, composer
and lecturer at Bristol University, John Pickard with specific
reference to the late chamber and orchestral works.
Wednesday 19 May at 1pm Literary Lunch 2
Mayer Hillman’s new book HOW WE CAN SAVE THE PLANET is
to be published by Penguin at the end of May. Mayer previews the book in conversation
with Roger Harrabin, environmental correspondent on BBC Radio
4’s Today programme.
Thursday 20 May at 1pm Literary Lunch 3
Deborah Moggach talks to Piers Plowright about
her recently published book THESE FOOLISH THINGS, which explores questions of
race and morality. Set in Bangalore it is a comedy of manners between East and
West.
Friday 21 May at 1pm Literary Lunch 4
Tim Jeal discusses his new book with Piers Plowright.
SWIMMING WITH MY FATHER is a piercingly honest account of growing up in the convention–bound
1950’s. Tim Jeal spent his childhood torn between a worldly
mother and a father who was a Christian mystic and conscientious objector.
New End Theatre Café Bar will be open daily from 12.30pm serving coffee
and refreshments.
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Ocean
Of Sugar and New End Theatre present
THE TIMEKEEPERS
14 - 25 April 2004
By Dan Clancy
Directed by Lee Gilat
Set and Lighting Design by Uri Ofir
Costume Design by Inga Barba
With Rami Baruch, Roy Horovitz, Kobi Livne
Winner of Hudson River Playwright’s Award and Writer's Digest Playwright’s
Award
Strictly limited season – only London performances
A small room in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany: two very different
men meet at the lowest point of their lives. Benjamin is a Jewish clockmaker,
a conservative family man. Hans is a young extrovert German homosexual. Under
the watchful eyes of the guards the two men work. Slowly, through necessity and
with great emotional strength and humour, a remarkable friendship is born.
THE TIMEKEEPERS is an award–winning drama that has toured Israel to great
acclaim for two years, An intimate human drama, rich with nuances, this play deals
with the Holocaust in a way that accentuates the private experience amidst a tragedy
of millions. The international cast includes Rami Baruch – a member of the
repertory company at The Cameri, Tel Aviv, and winner of the Israeli Theatre Academy
Award. Roy Horovitz an actor and director – named Best Actor at the International
Children and Youth Festival, Haifa. He appeared in the Hollywood film, THE BODY
with Antonio Banderas. Kobi Livne is a graduate of the Beit Zvi School of Stage
Arts and participated in Amos Gitay’s acclaimed film KIPUR.
‘A gentle and convincing show that succeeds, thanks to an excellent cast,
to touch upon the human ability to survive and to establish impossible friendships
even in the hardest conditions’ Shay Bar–Yakov,
Yediot Acharonot
Special 2 for 1 offer
On 17 18 and 21 April only get two top price tickets for the price of one.
Advance booking only and subject to availability.
Wednesday
- Sunday: 7.30pm
Sunday
matinees at: 3.30pm
Thursday 15 April performance will be in Hebrew
No shows on 19 and 20 April
Tickets: £14 Concessions £12 Groups £10
This play contains some adult–only content and is suitable for 16
years and over only. Post–show discussions with the cast and director will
be held on 17, 18 and 25 April.
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New End Theatre presents the world première of
Alice Virginia
9 March - 10 April 2004
by DMW Greer
directed by Cathrine Meister–Petersen
With Susannah
York,
Amanda Boxer, Andrew Halliday
Should a mother love her child
unconditionally? Can a parent ever let go?
On the eve of her grandson’s long awaited engagement party Alice Virginia,
a Southern matriarch, grapples with her own standards and those of her middle–aged
daughter. During the preparations, confined in a Georgetown home, the two women
are forced to confront decades of unspoken rules and family regulations. Pressures
become unleashed as mother and daughter face their issues of perfection, their
differences and each other.
Past and present collide in this viciously funny insight into the frailties of
the mother–daughter relationship.
ALICE VIRGINIA is a second play from DMW Greer, author of the Olivier–award
winning West End hit BURNING BLUE.
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday
& Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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New End Theatre, The Mirror Theatre
Ltd and The Franklin Group present the European première of
Edge
6 - 31 January 2004
*****
Transferring *****
17
February to 14 March
Kings Head Theatre
115 Upper Street
Islington
London N1
Box Office: 020 7226 1916
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written and directed by Paul Alexander
with Angelica Torn as Sylvia Plath
"TIME OUT Critics Choice"
On 11 February 1963, Sylvia Plath was finally
successful in ending her own life. The culmination of a journey that had begun
many years before and in another country, her final hours in a small flat in north
London marked the beginning a legend that was to be based as much on the daring
clarity of her writing as the incendiary nature of her love affair with fellow
poet Ted Hughes.
An imagined reconstruction of her final hours, EDGE is a brilliant new play by
American playwright and academic, Paul Alexander.
A smash hit off–Broadway, where it garnered rave reviews for author and
performer, this is theatrical dynamite – contentious, challenging, visionary
– a window into the soul of a woman, a poet and 20th century icon.
'Sterling performance' The New Yorker
'A resurrected Sylvia Plath ... showcase of a lifetime' New York Times
'Ms Torn is an actress of the highest possible voltage' Wall Street Journal
'Angelica torn is sexy, brittle and laceratingly funny. A performance not to be
missed' New York Post
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday
& Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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New End Theatre
presents the world première of
Change of Heart
"Love and the ethics of playing God"
4 February - 6 March 2004
by Rosemary Friedman
directed by Michael Gieleta
designed by Angela Simpson
sound design by Shock Productions
with Gary Condes, Emilio Doorgasingh, Clive Moore, Estelle Morgan, Julie–Kate
Olivier, John Kay Steel
‘I know organs are available. I am not going to wait quietly in line while
someone round here plays God!’
Professor Jessie Sands is a leading international
transplant specialist. When, paradoxically, she becomes ill with the very disease
she is researching, she expects to be put at the top of the transplant list. The
cosmopolitan team of doctors is faced with a choice between saving the life of
their colleague or that of an anonymous patient.
From the acclaimed writer Rosemary Friedman, whose previous works include the
novel INTENSIVE CARE and the play HOME TRUTHS, comes this gripping new drama,
based on a true story, which examines the complexities of human relationships
in a life–threatening situation and poses rarely discussed moral and ethical
issues.
change of heart sees the return to the New End of director Michael Gieleta whose
outstanding LAST SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE was the summer success story in 2002,
and Julie–Kate Olivier who brought to life the paintings of Manet in MODERN
MAN last autumn.
Tuesday
- Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday
& Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
Press night Mon 9 Feb
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New End Theatre
and IDX Productions in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse present
And All The Children Cried
17 February - 6 March 2004
By Judith Jones & Beatrix Campbell
In collaboration with Annie Castledine, who directs
With Barbara Peirson and Gillian Wright
Another opportunity to see this acclaimed production which launches the Time Out
Critics’ Choice Season 2004 at the Battersea Arts Centre
Two women are in prison. Their
crimes? Killing children. One woman is optimistic that she will be released. The
other is consumed by a sense of injustice – for her, life probably means
life. The women face each other, and the audience, with confessions and challenges
that confront our attitudes towards crime and punishment.
All The Children Cried is an extraordinary dramatic inquiry into what people do
with their power and their pain – deadly themes of sex and violence which
restlessly surface in contemporary Britain, and have been the subject of drama
since classical times.
This is a first play by Judith Jones and Beatrix Campbell, a social worker and
a journalist. They bring together 25 years of researching and managing the impact
of sex and violence on both victims and perpetrators.
'No play has moved or challenged me more this year.' Daily Telegraph
'Both actors give blistering chilling performances.' Time Out
'Intelligent, sensitive and bone–chilling.' Evening Standard
For
further information and details of guest speakers, which include Clare Short,
Lord Justice Sedley, Mo Mowlam et al please visit
www.andallthechildrencried.co.uk
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Sunday:
5.30pm
Tickets: £14.75 Concessions £6.50
Battersea Arts Centre
Lavender Hill
London SW11 5TN
Box Office:
020 7223 2223
www.bac.org.uk
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One
Arab. One Jew. One Stage. Two Very Funny Guys.
25 & 26 January 2004
Ahmed Ahmed and Rabbi Bob Alper
A recent BBC documentary, Me
and Uncle Sam, featured the profile of Ahmed and included scenes from his and
Bob’s joint performances. Comedy's Odd Couple presents a unique stand–up
show that’s absolutely non–political, respectful of Islam and Judaism,
yet is also terrifically funny, and, beneath it all, healing and hopeful.
Bob performed at the New End in 2000 to rave reviews and oversold–out houses,
and together Ahmed and Bob have appeared in the US in synagogues, mosques, churches,
theatres, and universities from coast to coast.
Sunday
& Monday: 8.00pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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Association
RYX Theatre Przeoczenie present
Streetwalker
19 January 2004
written by Malgorzata Szyszka and Magdalena Gnatowska
directed by Malgorzata Szyszka
with Magdalena Gnatowska and Antoni Barlowski
Taken from the real life diary
of an anonymous author, this intimate theatrical ceremony explores the dark underworld
of the streets. Using dialogue between the body and the deep whisperings of the
unconscious, 'Mind be away from my body', Streetwalker takes the audience along
a mysterious journey through the streets of a working prostitute. This production
is supported by European Cultural Foundation, The Stefan Batory Foundation and
Mama Cash.
Sunday
& Monday: 8.00pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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New End Theatre presents the
world première of
The Invisible Monkey
5 December 2003 - 3 January 2004 calendar
By David Crook
Directed by Linda Marlowe
Music by Harriet Bushman
Design by Simon Holdsworth
With David Charles, Elisa Laghi, Patti Love, Matthew Maude
Magical characters, songs, dance and lots of
laughter: THE INVISIBLE MONKEY is selling fast as this year's Christmas show for
children.
Young Zach longs to have a pet of his own, but his wicked Aunt Hettie is the enemy
of all animals alive. It seems there will never be anyone to love poor Zach. Until
one day, he meets a Pedlar on Hampstead Heath who sells magical pets. Could an
invisible pet monkey be the answer to his problem? Or will it be the start of
new problems he never dreamed of?
Come and see THE INVISIBLE MONKEY perpetrate pandemonium. Hear a Dream sing. Watch
Aunty eat snot and snails. Laugh at the hen–pecked Uncle – and listen
to the verse: every line of the play is jammed with jokes written in rhyming couplets.
Tickets: £13 Concessions £9.50
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New End Theatre presents the
UK première of
Take a Chance On Me
The second-time-around dating comedy
11 November - 20 December 2003 calendar
by Roger Hall
directed by Justin Greene
Set and costume
design by Sarah-Jane McClelland
Lighting design by John Harris
Music composed by Martin Seager
Soundscape created by Shock Productions
With Alan Francis, Candida Gubbins, Georgina Hale, Helen Lederer,
Joe McGann, Patrick Pearson, Eric Richard, Gwyneth Strong.
‘You know the rules. Once the bell rings you each take it in turns to talk.
When the bell rings again, you all move on and meet a new partner. You all have
three minutes. Remember ... three minutes can change your life.’
Six people looking for love the second–time–around navigate ex–husbands
and wives, nightmarish one night stands, unhappily married divorce lawyers, and
angry, pre–teen kids on a mission to prevent mum or dad ever finding someone
else. Finally the lovelorn six are brought together at a North London Speed Dating
event to plot the course of their lives in just three minutes.
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME is a fast–moving social comedy from New Zealand playwright
Roger Hall, whose previous stage plays MIDDLE AGED SPREAD (West End Comedy of
the Year) and LOVE OFF THE SHELF have been major UK hits. His stage play, CONJUGAL
RITES, was made into a popular television series starring Gwen Taylor and Michael
Williams, co–produced by Justin Greene. Director Justin Greene is responsible
for West End successes, MASTERCLASS and A MONTH OF SUNDAYS (West End Comedy of
the Year) and is co–author with Steve Brown of the hit musical, SPEND SPEND
SPEND.
'While Hall's plays are funny, their comedy is that of sorrowful resilience,
like Chekhov's, and of serious social criticism.'
New Zealand Book Council
Tuesday - Saturday: 8.00pm
Saturday
& Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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New Perspectives and New End
Theatre present the UK première of
Last Train to Nibroc
a
perfect love story
20 October - 8 November 2003 calendar
by Arlene Hutton
directed by Patrick Sandford
designed by Juliet Shillingford
lighting by Mark Dymock
When a chance meeting on a
train bound for New York reveals a shared history in small–town Kentucky,
bookish Sunday School teacher May and charming young pilot Raleigh are forced
to confront their pasts and make a decision that will shape their futures.
Last Train to Nibroc sets its timeless American love story against the backdrop
of a world descending into war, and captures the compelling twists and turns of
its romance with wit, charm and a fierce optimism.
From a major new voice in American theatre, this is the first British production
of a funny and touching new play that has been seen in cities across the US and
played to great acclaim Off–Broadway.
Directed by Patrick Sandford Artistic Director of the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton.
New Perspectives Theatre Company are committed to providing the best new theatre
writing in the East Midlands and beyond.
'Beautifully written ... every line is a heartbeat.' Financial
Times
'Seems to be daring you not to like the characters in this old–fashioned
love story. But don’t bet against them, let your guard down for a few seconds
and they’ve got you.' New York Times
www.newperspectives.co.uk
Monday:
7.30pm
Tuesday - Saturday: 9.00pm
Tickets: £13 Concessions £11
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Suspect Package Theatre Company
and New End Theatre present the UK première of
Problem Child
a
coal black comedy
14 October - 8 November 2003 calendar
by George F Walker
with Trevor White, Samantha Coughlan
directed by Josephine LeGrice
Problem Child is a multiple
award–winning black comedy from Canada's leading writer for the stage, and
has proved a huge critical and commercial success all across North America. This
rollercoaster of a one–act is the story of four people holed up in a suburban
motel room, and their various reckless and passionate struggles, all of which
revolve around the absence of a child. The play is supported by the Canadian High
Commission.
Suspect Package Theatre was founded earlier this year by Samantha Coughlan and
Trevor White. Their purpose is to produce theatre that is new, fast, provocative
and uncompromising, with a particular emphasis on Canadian plays as yet unfamiliar
to a London audience.
'A black comedy with a depth of character that ravishes.' Village
Voice
'We’re back in the strange world of George Walker, where humour
and horror waltz drunkenly around in each others arms.'
Washington Post
www.suspectpackage.ca
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 3.30pm
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New
End Theatre presents
The Story of Yours
10 September - 11 October 2003 calendar
by John Hopkins
directed by Guy Retallack
Commissioned in 1969 by the
Royal Court Theatre, This Story of Yours was a first play by British writer John
Hopkins, best known as a television dramatist and the author of Z Cars and Talking
to a Stranger – the ‘first authentic masterpiece written for television’
The Observer. In This Story of Yours, structured as a series of three confrontations,
Hopkins dissects the mind and soul of a policeman accused of killing a criminal.
Powerful, challenging and above all thought–provoking, this promises to
be a dark and dramatic study of one man’s descent from law abiding citizen
into his own private hell.
British playwright, screenwriter, and television writer John Hopkins’ credits
include screenplays for over 100 feature films. Born in London and raised in Wimbledon,
Hopkins launched his writing career at the BBC. Some of his better known screenplays
include Thunderball and The Offence on which this play is based.
Director Guy Retallack returns to the New End following the success of his show
More Lies About Jerzy last year. Cast includes Gillian Wright last seen at New
End in February 2002 in our Critics’ Choice production of and all the children
cried.
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 3.30pm
Previews
10 – 11 September
Press night 12 September
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New End
Theatre and Word of Mouth Theatre Company present
Playing Sinatra
29 July - 7 September 2003 calendar
A Dark Comedy by Bernard Kops
Directed by David Salter
Designed by Julie Marabelle
Lighting by Mark Dymock
Sound by Peter Weitz
With David McAlister, Miles Richardson, Jennie Stoller
'Playing Sinatra means you can walk out of yourself. You can fly to the stars
and dream you are loved and happy and are wanted.'
Wrapped in their own secret world, brother and sister Norman and Sandra Lewis
live out their fantasies in the music of their idol Frank Sinatra. But Norman's
cosy life is threatened when Sandra meets a handsome admirer and finally seems
set for the romance of her dreams. As he fights to keep their lives untouched,
Norman's terror makes him dangerously unpredictable.
Award–winning director David Salter brings Bernard Kops' darkly comic play
to the London stage for the first time in over 10 years.
One of Britain's best–known post–war playwrights, Bernard Kops rose
to fame in the 1950s with the success of his first play The Hamlet of Stepney
Green. His subsequent plays for the stage have included Dreams of Anne Frank (Time
Out Best Play 1992 award), Café Zeitgeist, Call In The Night, The Dream
Of Peter Mann, Sophie! The Last Of The Red Hot Mommas (which broke all box office
records during its extended run at the New End Theatre in 1990), More Out
Than In and Ezra.
Tuesday - Sunday: 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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71A Productions presents the
world première of
Modern Man
24 June - 26 July 2003 calendar
By Roger Kirby
Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin
Designed by Nicolai Hart Hansen
Music composed by Jane Watkins
Soundscape by Shock Productions
With Julie-Kate Olivier, Kate Steavenson–Payne,
Carolyn Tomkinson, Gideon Turner
Set largely in Edouard Manet's art studio, Roger Kirby's intriguing new play crackles
with sexual tension and jealousy as the muses who helped Manet become famous confront
him and each other. Victorine, whose unapologetic nudity scandalized society;
the cerebral, aristocratic Berthe Morisot; and Suzanne, the long suffering wife,
each posed for the witty, well–born painter, and each demanded more than
he was prepared to give.
Often considered the inventor of modern art, Manet's struggles between his passion
for his art and his desire for love, between self–realization and the capacity
to love, are those of contemporary life. Roger Kirby paints an elegant, witty
and provocative portrait of a man whose decision to pursue his genius separated
him from life and from the women who were drawn to him.
Tuesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 3.30pm
Tickets: £17 Concessions £13
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STOP PRESS – RAVE REVIEWS
'witty, thoughtful'
Time Out
'handsomely designed…accomplished performances'
Time Out
'Roger Kirby’s dialogue is witty and rich…the emotional heart
of the play is captured by superb acting from the cast'
Camden New Journal
'Gideon Turner performs brilliantly in making this self-absorbed, egotistical
character a charming and sympathetic one'
Camden New Journal
'Kate Steavenson-Payne is wonderful as Berthe, managing to convey both
strength and softness, even at moments of high emotion'
Camden New Journal
'an intellectually stimulating and elegant production'
Camden New Journal
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You
Couldn't Make it up
a fantasy written and directed by Patrick Wilde
Designed by Tracy Waller
lighting designed by Oliver Fenwick
20 May - 21 June 2003 calendar
Cast includes: Andy Killick, Emma Linley, Adam Redmayne, Robert Sutton,
David Paul West, Alexis Gregory and Alex Woodhall
A smash hit at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, You Couldn't Make It Up is
the long–awaited sequel to Patrick Wilde's What's Wrong With Angry? and
the movie version
Get Real.
Kevin wants to be a singer but has to pay the rent. His old school friend John
wants to be an actor and is prepared to do anything to be famous – even
join a Boyband. Philip is a writer; all his life he's fought for what he believes
in but now he's blocked and can't write a thing. Then a terrible secret is revealed
and Philip finds something to write about again – but is he prepared to
give into the demands of the moneymen? And is that really Oscar Wilde dancing
with Adolf Hitler to the strains of a Dusty Springfield classic? You couldn't
make it up!
Sexuality and men behaving badly take centre–stage for this sharply observed,
hard–hitting and riotously funny black comedy from a writer whose television
credits include This Life, Monarch Of The Glen, As If and Holby City.
Tuesday - Sunday: 8.00pm
Sunday: 5.00pm
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Lady
Day – On
Tour
At Emerson's Bar & Grill
by Lanie Robertson
It's 'round midnight in a small bar in South Philadelphia, March 1959, and Billie
Holiday is making one of her final appearances - washed-up but still charismatic.
In the sleazy and intimate surroundings of her old friend Emerson's bar, she begins
her evening's cabaret and between her songs gradually pours out the stories of
her life - the heartaches and the triumphs. Featuring more than a dozen of the
songs that transformed the singer they called Lady Day into a jazz legend.
'A tour-de-force, Dawn Hope is riveting. She creates a blazing portrait 'of a
great artist.' Metro ****
Warehouse Theatre
Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NF
warehousetheatre.co.uk
Wed 30 Apr – Sun 18 May
Tue 6.30pm, Wed to Sat 8pm, Sun Mat 5pm
Tue, Wed, Sun mat £11 (£8)
Thu BARGAIN NIGHT all tickets £6.50
Fri £14 (£10), Sat eve £14
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Thursday 22 May at 7.30pm
1 Mill Steet Ludlow Shropshire
Tickets £11 Concs £8
Box office 01584 878 141
www.assemblyrooms.co.uk
Library Theatre
Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 May
27, 28, 29 May at 7.30pm
30 and 31 May at 8pm
St Peters Square Manchester
Tickets £12 Concs £10 Sat all seats £12
Box office 0161 236 7110
www.librarytheatre.com
Forum 28
Sunday 1 June at 7.30pm
28 Duke Street Barrow–in–Furness Cumbria Tickets £8 Concs
£6
Box office 01229 820 000
www.barrowbc.gov.uk
Alnwick Playhouse
Tuesday 3 June at 7.30pm
Bond Gate Without Alnwick Northumberland
Tickets £9 Concs £8
Box Office 01665 510 785
www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
Salisbury Playhouse
Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 June
17 and 18 June at 7.30pm
19, 20, 21 June at 8pm Thu Mat 2.30pm
Malthouse Lane Salisbury Wiltshire
Tickets: Tue all seats £8.50
Wed to Fri £15 £13 £9.50
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