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Heldenplatz

Friday, February 26th, 2010

An Austrian play, originally condemned in its own country comes to the Arcola Theatre where it will run from 10th February until 6th March. ‘Heldenplatz’ by Thomas Bernhard investigates the complicity of some Austrians with Hitler’s Germany. The play is set in 1988, but it suggests, that for some people, things haven’t really changed in over forty years. Theatre tickets for this show are now on sale.

Annie Castledine and Annabel Arden direct. The cast includes Paul Brightwell whose stage credits include ‘Journey’s End’ in the West End, ‘Coriolanus’ at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and ‘Les Enfants Du Paradis’ for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is a regular on our television screens where programmes include ‘The Commander’, ‘Blackbeard’ and ‘The Rise and Fall of Rome’. Film credits include ‘Titanic’, ‘Sliding Doors’ and ‘Kingdom of Heaven’.

Brightwell is joined by Andrew Hawkins whose previous stage credits include ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ for the Royal Shakespeare Company’, ‘Time and the Conways’ at the Old Vic and ‘I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document’ at the Finborough Theatre. Television includes ‘Bugs’ and ‘Foyle’s War’. Films include ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘The Son of the Pink Panther’ and ‘Shadowlands’.

Petra Markham also joins the cast. Her films include ‘Felicia’s Journey’ and she has recently filmed the second series of ‘Criminal Justice’ for the BBC.

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Ruined

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The Almeida Theatre in North London surely deserves more critical recognition. Whilst awards and plaudits are showered on the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Court Theatre in London as a matter of course, this theatre, under the artistic direction of Michael Attenborough does not always seem to get the acclaim it deserves. 2010 looks set to be an excellent year with the sale of theatre tickets going very well.

‘Rope’, a jazz age murder story has got things underway and has now sold all theatre tickets for its run. It will be followed by a starry production of ‘Measure for Measure’ which runs from 12th February to 10th April. Then there is another contrast as ‘Ruined’ by Lynn Nottage, set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, runs from 15th April to 5th June.

The director Indhu Rubasingham is also having a good year and will come straight to this production from having helmed ‘Disconnect’ at the Royal Court.

The cast includes Jenny Jules. Her previous stage work includes ‘Death and the King’s Horsemen’ at the National Theatre in London. She has also been a regular at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn where productions have included ‘The Colour of Justice’, ‘Wine in the Wilderness’ and ‘Walk Hard’. Previous appearances at the Almeida include ‘Big White Fog’, ‘The Homecoming’ and ‘A Chain Play’.

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Disconnect

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Anupama Chandrasekhar is a Chennai based playwright who has received assistance from the Royal Court Theatre’s International Writers Programme. Her first play was ‘Free Outgoing’ which premiered in 2007. The Court now also presents her second play ‘Disconnect’ which will run from 17th February to 20th March. Theatre tickets are now on sale.

The play is set in an Indian call centre where graduates pass themselves off as American and chase those unfortunate enough to be struggling under the burden of debt.

The cast includes Paul Bhattacharjee. He is a regular at the Royal Court and his previous productions there have included ‘Blood Wedding’, ‘Iranian Nights’ and ‘The Burrow’. His television credits include ‘Two Oranges and a Mango’, ‘Chilli In Your Eyes’ and ‘Shalom Salaam’. His films include ‘White Teeth’, ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ and ‘Wild West’.

Alongside Bhattacharjee is Ayesha Dharker. Her films include ‘Arabian Nights’, ‘City of Joy’ and ‘Anita and Me’. Television includes ‘Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee’, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Coronation Street’. Her previous theatre includes ‘The Ramayana’ at the National Theatre.

Also in the cast is Hasina Haque. This young actress has already appeared at the National Theatre in London in ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ and ‘England People Very Nice’.

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The Caretaker

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’ plays at the Trafalgar Studios until 17th April. This very famous play tells the story of the brothers Aston and Mick and the effect an interloper, in the form of homeless man Davies, has on their relationship. The play is full of Pinter’s wonderfully bleak humour and trademark dialogue. The various characters use language to cajole and bully each other. The Telegraph has described the production as “spellbinding”, the Independent “superb” and the Daily Mail “glorious”. Theatre tickets are available although very limited for some performances.

Jonathan Pryce leads the cast as Davies in this production which started life at the Liverpool Everyman. His cinema credits include ‘Stigmata’, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, ‘G I Joe’ and the three Pirates of the Caribbean films. Television appearances include ‘Clone’ and ‘Cranford’. His previous stage credits include ‘My Fair Lady’ at the National Theatre in London, ‘Dimetos’ at the Donmar Warehouse and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ in the West End.

Peter Mcdonald plays Aston. He played alongside Pryce in the recent production of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and other theatre includes ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ and ‘Resurrection Blues’ at the Old Vic, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ and ‘A Lie of the Mind’ at the Donmar Warehouse and ‘The Aristocrats’ at the National Theatre in London.

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