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Gate Theatre

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Gate Theatre in West London has announced a summer season of provocative, interactive plays which will include four innovative pieces and three world premieres. Theatre tickets for the season are on sale now.

Rupert Goold’s Headlong theatre has collaborated with the Gate to bring us two premieres; Joseph K and How To Be An Other Woman. They will also be joining forces for a production of Lulu, by Frank Wedekind. The Knowledge Emporium, Domini Public, Susurrus and Etiquette are four other pieces being produced in the surrounding Notting Hill area.

Lulu, beginning 10th June, will be adapted and directed by Anna Ledwich, and tells the story of a young woman who spends her life moving from one husband to another. Sinead Matthews will star in the piece, whose previous credits include Our Class at the National Theatre and Eigengrau at the Bush theatre.

Following Lulu is How To Be Another Woman, adapted and directed by co-Artistic Director at the Gate Natalie Abrahami. The piece is touted as “a vivid evocation of womanhood and consumerism”, and will include choreography by Aline David with design by Samal Blak.

Joseph K is a new piece by Tom Basten based on The Trial by Franz Kafka. Gate Associate Director Lyndsey Turner directs this tale of a man arrested on his 30th birthday, with no understanding why.

The remaining four plays will be shown as part of the Gate Outdoors season.

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The National Theatre

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Casting has been announced for the National Theatres upcoming production Earthquakes In London, which will include current star of Enron Tom Goodman-Hill. Theatre tickets for Earthquakes in London are currently on sale.

Goodman-Hill reunites with Enron director Rupert Goold for this new play from Mike Bartlett, which will also include Jessica Raine, Bill Paterson, Anna Madely, Lia Williams and Geoffrey Streatfield in the cast. Bartlett won an Olivier award this year for his play Cock.

Headlong Theatre will co-produce the show, which opens this August in the Cottesloe theatre. Earthquakes In London has been billed as “a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe”.

Goodman-Hill can currently be seen as Andy Fastow in hit show Enron. His previous stage credits include Darker Shores (Hampstead Theatre), and the witty Monty Python musical Spamalot in which he played Sir Lancelot, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award. Goodman-Hill is said to be “delighted” with the role and working with Rupert Goold once again.

Earthquakes In London follows a tense and provocative play Love The Sinner, a new work by Drew Pautz, which tests the lengths of human sacrifice for the sake of belief.

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Mamma Mia!

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia! continues its success on the West End, with theatre tickets flourishing as ever. New to the cast from 14th June is Harriet Thorpe, a regular face on the West End, taking over the role of the glamorous Tanya.

Thorpe has spent the last two years performing the role of Madame Morrible in top selling show Wicked. Prior to this she has been seen in fellow West End musicals Les Miserables and Cabaret. Roles in Absolutely Fabulous and The Brittas Empire have also made her a familiar face on screen.

Mamma Mia! is inspired by the chart topping Swedish group ABBA, and features a score taken entirely from their soundtrack, and composed by former members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The story centres on Donna, a former singer living in the Greek Islands with her daughter Sophie, who is soon to be married. Sophie’s father is absent; however she is desperate to have him give her away on her wedding day, so invites three of her mother’s former lovers to the island in the hope of discovering him. When Donna realises what has happened her heart is soon reawakened.

Thorpe replaces Jane Gurnett as the sophisticated, man-hungry Tanya, alongside cast members Linzi Hately (Donna) and Jessie May (Sophie). Also in the cast are Christopher Hollis, Paul Ryan, Catherine Russell and Norman Bowman.

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Tricycle Theatre

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Casting has been announced for the Tricycle theatre’s summer season, Women Power And Politics, which will run from 4th June. Amongst the ensemble players are Kika Markham, Stella Gonet and Niamh Cusack. Theatre tickets are on sale now.

Following the general election, a series of nine plays exploring themes of femininity, power and politics will be presented in both contemporary and historical settings. Each of the plays will portray female characters in political roles, battling the criticisms and discriminations against their gender.

Kika Markham, widower of Corin Redgrave, has been previously seen on stage in Song At Twilight (Gielgud Theatre), for which she received an Olivier award nomination. Other credits include Homebody/Kabul (Young Vic) and The Permanent Way (National Theatre).

Stella Gonet is best known for her roles in television programmes Holby City and The House of Eliot. Theatre credits include the recent productions of Racing Demon, Skylight, Hamlet and The Voysey Inheritance (National Theatre), and RSC productions of Measure For Measure, Three Sisters and The Revenger’s Tragedy.

Niamh Cusack, who has recently appeared at the Hampstead Theatre in Andersen’s English, has a long line of stage credits which include Mammals (Bush Theatre), Dancing At Lughnasa (The Old Vic) and His Dark Materials (National Theatre).

Also in the cast are Felix Scott, Lara Rossi, Tom Mannion, Amy Loughton, John Hollingworth, Heather Cranley, Oliver Chris, Simon Chandler, Claire Cox.

Writers include Rebecca Lenkewicz, Lucy Kirkwood, Marie Jones, Sam Holcroft, Zinnie Harris, Moira Buffini, Bola Agbaje, Joy Wilkinson and Sue Townsend.

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