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Big plans areafoot to celebrate London's multicultural nature during 2012, its Olymbic year: Eight of London’s leading producing venues have united for the first time to create a £3 million city-wide theatre festival. Participating organizations: the Royal Court, Battersea Arts Centre ,the Young Vic, the National Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Lyric Hammersmith, Somerset House and Sadler’s Wells. The plan is to create World Stages London for a series of theatre events with an international flavour that will take place in May 2012. The 12-233k Festival's projected works based on traditional global stories has received £67,375 of seed funding from Arts Council England and will be overseen by Young Vic artistic director David Lan and arts consultant Nicola Thorold. According to Lan, this will make possible around five new pieces of work that these organizations might not be able to create independently.
Shows already being developed include BAC working with the Lyric, Somerset House and the Young Vic on a project with Wildworks, the theatre company launched by former Kneehigh artistic director Bill Mitchell, which creates large-scale outdoor productions is Babel, i based on the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. Stratford East is working with Sadler’s Wells to create a Bollywood-inspired musical, written by Tanika Gupta that will be set in London, not India, and with lots of fusion, and less traditional music.
Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg who's also the show's producer will join the London production of Sister Act The Musical in August. After originating the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 film same title, Goldberg will don a new habit as Mother Superior. She will succeed Sheila Hancock Aug. 10 and play a limited run through Aug. 31.
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions announced today that Shrek the Musical will open at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 2011, with a press night on June 7, 2011. The Anglo-American creative team is led by directors Jason Moore and Rob Ashford and includes David Lindsay-Abaire (Book and Lyrics), Jeanine Tesori (Music), Tim Hatley (Scenic, Costume and Puppet Design), Hugh Vanstone (Lighting Design), Peter Hylenski (Sound Design), and Josh Prince (Choreography). Casting, performance dates, and box office details will be released soon. For a review of the production on Broadway, go here.
Shakespeare’s Globe revives its acclaimed 2008 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor this summer for a run at the Globe, before embarking on an international tour. Christopher Luscombe’s delightful and humorous production will perform in Los Angeles and New York during the autumn, continuing partnerships formed during the Globe’s US tour of Love’s Labour’s Lost last year. The production will return to the UK for performances in Milton Keynes, Norwich, Richmond and Bath. Many of the 2008 cast will return, including Christopher Benjamin as Falstaff, Serena Evans as Mistress Page, Sarah Woodward as Mistress Ford and Andrew Havill as Frank Ford.
Antony Sher will lead the cast in Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass, directed at the Tricycle Theatre by Iqbal Khan. Broken Glass, designed by Mike Britton with lighting by Matthew Eagland runs from 30 September – 27 November, with press night on 6 October 2010. Further casting will be announced shortly.
Robert Lindsay will return to the West End stage to star in the title role of Martin Sherman’s new play Onassis which will be directed by Nancy Meckler. It will open at the Novello Theatre on 12 October 2010, following previews from 30 September 2010. Also featured in the cast will be Lydia Leonard as Jackie Kennedy and Anna Francolini as Maria Callas. The play is the story of the last years in the life of Aristotle Onassis, and of his passionate and interwoven relationships with Kennedy and Callas, and his son Alexandros and based on material from Peter Evans’ book Nemesis. Prior to London, Onassis will play the Derby Theatre from 9-25 September 2010.
There’s no business like show business and the biggest deal of all for families this summer is the much-loved and eagerly awaited annual initiative - Kids Week in the West End! Now in its 13th year, Kids Week offers children aged 5-16 the opportunity to experience the magic of London theatre for FREE! From 13 to 27 August 2010, head to London’s West End for a fortnight of theatre fun.
The ticket deal is simple - one child (aged between 5 and 16) will be able to go absolutely FREE to any participating show when accompanied by a full paying adult, and another two children can go for half price. Whatever your taste, Kids Week guarantees a fantastic theatre experience for all the family with a whole host of participating shows including The Woman in Black, Oliver!, Wicked, Sister Act, Legally Blonde and MAMMA MIA plus many more.
The Kids Week fun doesn’t stop there as children also have the unique chance to take part in a range of free activities and workshops designed to engage and inspire the next generation of theatre lovers. Whatever your interests and talents, there’s something for everyone as activities range from the opportunity to learn show-stopping numbers, meet the cast and crew at question and answer sessions and go behind the scenes and discover the backstage secrets of your favourite show. So don’t miss out, log on now to www.kidsweek.co.uk and sign up to the Family Bulletin to be the first to find out all the latest Kids Week news including when the booking lines go live and the unveiling of this year’s exciting line up of shows and exclusive activities.
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