ALMEIDA THEATRE announces full Winter/Spring Season

This morning,the Almeida Theatre has announced their new winter/spring season, it is as follows. 

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Rupert Goold

5 December 2014 – 14 February 2015

Press Night 15 December

Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold brings his electrifying production of The Merchant of Venice, originally produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, to the Almeida.  

Following his recently acclaimed productions King Charles III and American Psycho, Goold explosively relocates one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays to the bright lights of Las Vegas in a whirlwind of glitter, gambling and greenbacks.

Former Almeida Artistic Director Ian McDiarmid will play Shylock.  Many of the original RSC cast will reprise their roles including Jamie Beamish, Rebecca Brewer, Susannah Fielding, Scott Handy, Caroline Martin and Emily Plumtree. 

Designs are by Tom Scutt, lighting by Rick Fisher, music by Adam Cork, sound by Gregory Clarke, choreography byScott Ambler and orchestrations by Alex Baranowski.

OUR TOWN at the Almeida Theatre announce full casting

Casting is announced for Our Town at the Almeida Theatre.  Award-winning US actor-director David Cromer will direct and perform in this intimate version of Thornton Wilder’s iconic American play.  The cast will also include Michael Ajao,Paul Bigley, Arthur Byrne, Sidney Cole, Kate Dickie, Laura Elsworthy, Anna Francolini, Matthew Jacobs-Morgan, Daniel Kendrick, Simon Lennon, Jessica Lester, Richard Lumsden, Annette McLaughlin, Christopher Staines, Rhashan Stone and David Walmsley.

We grow-up, we fall in love, we have families and we die. That is our story.

Performed on a bare stage with minimal props, two people fall in love, marry, and live out their lives as a small American town becomes an allegory for everyday life.

Cromer’s acclaimed production of Our Town ran for over a year at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York where it won multiple awards. It has subsequently been revived in Los Angeles, Boston and Kansas City. With Cromer reprising his role as Stage Manager, this will be the UK premiere of his celebrated production of Wilder’s classic.

Casting announced for LITTLE REVOLUTION at the Almeida Theatre

Casting is announced for the world premiere of Alecky Blythe’s new play inspired by the 2011 London riots, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. This is Alecky’s first new London production after the success of London Road at the National Theatre.

The cast will include Ronni Ancona, Melanie Ash, Alecky Blythe, Bayo Gbadamosi, Lloyd Hutchinson, Rez Kempton, Barry McCarthy, Lucian Msamati, Clare Perkins, Michael Shaeffer, Imogen Stubbs and Rufus Wright.  The company includes a community chorus of Islington and Hackney locals brought together by the Almeida Projects team.

In the summer of 2011, London was burning. Alecky took her Dictaphone to the streets. From the helicopters circling overhead to the burnt out buildings on the street, Little Revolution records the voices and stories of a community as the riots happened to their present-day aftermath.

FIRST LOOK: Mr Burns at the Almeida Theatre

The European Premiere of Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns is currently playing at the Almeida Theatre. Associate Director of the Almeida Theatre Robert Icke directs, following the success of 1984 which has transferred to the West End.

The company includes Fiona Digney, Adrian der Gregorian, Demetri Goritsas, Adey Grummet, Michael Henry, Justine Mitchell, Wunmi Mosaku, Annabel Scholey, Michael Shaeffer and Jenna Russell.

Mr Burns is designed by Tom Scutt who most recently worked on the Almeida’s current production of King Charles III. Philip Gladwell designs the lighting, sound designed by Tom Gibbons, with joint composition and musical direction by Orlando Gough and Michael Henry. 

The Almeida Theatre Announces Autumn 2014 Season

The Almeida Theatre today announces its body of work for the autumn: a World Premiere of a new work by Alecky Blythe will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins and the London Premiere of David Cromer’s acclaimed production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.  

Also announced today is the West End transfer of Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III to the Wyndham’s Theatre in September.
The Young Friends of The Almeida will present Last Words You’ll Hear, directed by Almeida Director-in-Residence, Whitney Mosery, at the Latitude Festival in July. 

King Charles III will be the fourth production to transfer from the Almeida within the last year. Chimerica played to sell-out audiences at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Richard Eyre’s Olivier Award-winning Ghosts played at the Trafalgar Studios from last December and Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed production of 1984, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre, has just extended its run by five weeks until 23 August.

King Charles III will transfer to the Wyndham's Theatre this September

The Almeida Theatre’s acclaimed production of King Charles III will transfer to the Wyndham’s Theatre for a limited season previewing from Tuesday 2 September with a press performance on Thursday 11 September. Tim Pigott-Smith will once again play Charles. The cast also includes Richard Goulding, Nyasha Hatendi, Adam James, Margot Leicester, Tom Robertson, Nicholas Rowe, Tafline Steen and Lydia Wilson. Further casting is to be announced.

The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne.  A future of power.  But how to rule?
Mike Bartlett's controversial play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family. The production is playing to sell-out crowds at the Almeida Theatre until 31 May, and has received international critical acclaim.

Casting is announced for Mr Burns at the Almeida Theatre

Casting is announced for the European Premiere of Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns. Almeida Theatre Associate Director Robert Icke directs, following the success of 1984 which transfers to the West End this week.

The company includes Fiona Digney, Adrian der Gregorian, Demetri Goritsas, Adey Grummet, Michael Henry, Justine Mitchell, Wunmi Mosaku, Annabel Scholey, Michael Shaeffer and Jenna Russell.

Mr Burns will be designed by Tom Scutt who most recently worked on the Almeida’s current production of King Charles III. Philip Gladwell will design the lighting, sound design will be by Tom Gibbons, with joint composition and musical direction by Orlando Gough and Michael Henry. 

It's the end of everything in contemporary America. A future without power. But what will survive?

Mr Burns asks whether the stories we tell make us the people we are, explodes the boundaries between pop and high culture and, when society has crumbled, imagines the future of America's most famous TV family.

Casting announced for King Charles III at the Almeida Theatre‏

Casting is announced for the World Premiere of Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III directed by Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold.   Public booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 25 February.

The cast will include Katie Brayben, Oliver Chris, Richard Goulding, Nyasha Hatendi, Adam James, Margot Leicester, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Robertson, Nicholas Rowe, Nick Sampson, Tafline Steen and Lydia Wilson.

King Charles III will be designed by Tom Scutt, composed by Jocelyn Pook, with lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Arditti.

The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne.  A future of power.  But how to rule?

Mike Bartlett's controversial play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.