Review: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse“Sometimes the Devil doth preach.” In a winter season that has arguably gone too light on Shakespeare, it is nonetheless fitting that the final production is a brand new version of John Webster’s bloody tragedy. Dominic Dromgoole’s production opened the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ten years ago, and now Rachel Bagshaw is on board to direct it on its return to the replica Jacobean theatre.
Review: ONE NIGHT, LONG AGO, 100 Petty FranceFrom two associate directors of Punchdrunk, One Night, Long Ago is an evocative walk through a mind palace which reveals more and more as the journey continues. With an audience of only 15 for each show in the venue used for Swamp Motel’s immersive show Saint Jude earlier this year, it’s a setting which builds in intimacy right from the off.
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For WATCH ON THE RHINE at Donmar WarehouseAll new rehearsal photos have been released for Lillian Hellman’s masterpiece political thriller Watch on the Rhine. The cast includes Kate Duchêne (Anise), Caitlin FitzGerald (Sara Muller) and Patricia Hodge (Fanny Farrelly), with John Light (Teck de Brancovis), Carlyss Peer (Marthe de Brancovis), Geoffrey Streatfeild (David Farrelly), Mark Waschke (Kurt Muller) and David Webber (Joseph).
Fuel Presents A DEAD BODY IN TAOS, A New Play By David Farr This YearFuel has announced that David Farr's new play A Dead Body in Taos will receive its world premiere this autumn at Wilton's Music Hall following preview performances at Bristol Old Vic. Directed by Rachel Bagshaw the production is part mystery, part sci-fi epic and part love story. Bagshaw is joined by designer Ti Green and Video Designer Sarah Readman. The cast features Gemma Lawrence as Sam and Eve Ponsonby as Kath.
Wilton's Music Hall Announces 2022 Autumn SeasonWilton's Music Hall announced an Autumn season for August-December 2022, with an impressive array of world-class theatre, music, comedy and opera in collaboration with a variety of distinguished production companies and talent.
Miracle Theatre's EVERYMAN Returns on Tour This SpringAfter a smash-hit autumn tour, Miracle Theatre announce that Carol Ann Duffy’s adaptation of Everyman is back this Spring, touring to Falmouth, Bristol and Porthtowan before visiting Brighton as part of the Fringe Festival 24th – 29th May.
Cast Announced For MIDNIGHT MOVIE at the Jerwood Theatre UpstairsNadia Nadarajah and Tom Penn have been cast in the world premiere of Midnight Movie written by Eve Leigh and directed by Rachel Bagshaw, which runs in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs Wednesday 27 November 2019 a?" Saturday 21 December 2019 with press night on Tuesday 3 December 2019, 7pm.