National Theatre
L'histoire de la naissance du National Theatre est l'histoire d'une longue, d'une très longue lutte: plus d'un siècle!
Il faut dire que les exemples étaient nombreux sur le continent européen: la France disposait d'un théâtre National (la Comédie Française) depuis 1680; mais le Danemark, la Suède et l'Autriche avaient les leurs depuis plus de deux cents ans. Voici comment tout a commencé en Angleterre …
Certains disent que l'histoire du Théâtre National anglais débute en 1564, à la naissance de William Shakespeare. Son influence sur les auteurs, metteurs en scène et acteurs, mais aussi son énorme attraction du public, ont favorisé la reconnaissance du théâtre comme un art majeur ce qui aurait dû permettre la fondation d'un théâtre National. Comme en France à l'époque de Molière et de Racine. Et pourtant, En Angleterre, il va falloir attendre…
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6.1) Le National Theatre de Nicholas Hytner
Lorsque Trevor Nunn a annoncé qu’il allait quitter le National Theatre, la conviction d'Hytner se fait très claire: «J'ai vraiment senti que cette fois j’avais une forte idée de ce que le National Theatre devrait devenir avec un nouveau directeur. J’ai eu une longue conversation avec Christopher Hogg, alors président du NT Board, et Tom Stoppard au sujet de mes idées pour l’avenir du National Theatre. Il s’agissait notamment de redéfinir la façon d’utiliser les salles de théâtre et d’ouvrir le National Theatre à de nouveaux publics en abaissant les prix de certaines représentations.» Nicholas Hytner a obtenu le poste et sa nomination au poste de directeur a été annoncée en septembre 2001. Il a pris la relève de Nunn en avril 2003.
Le rôle de Hytner en tant que directeur du National implique, entre autres, de décider de la programmation de ce grand vaisseau. «Essentiellement, ce que je fais est de produire 20 spectacles par an ici» a-t-il déclaré dans une interview. «Produire au lieu de mettre en scène, mais je génère les idées, je décide du répertoire. Ce que je fais, c’est réunir l’équipe qui va mettre en scène ce répertoire, je me tiens à l'écart du projet puis reviens à une étape ultérieure pour voir si tout se déroule correctement.» (Hytner met également en scène certaines pièces lui-même au National Theatre.) Mais sa fonction implique aussi d'assumer la direction générale du National Theatre en tant qu’organisation. «Il serait faux de dire que je me limite uniquement au répertoire – ce n’est pas le cas. Je pense que la façon dont nous affectons les budgets - plus précisément ce à quoi nous consacrons de l’argent - est toujours une décision artistique. Je pense que l’attention que nous accordons à ce qui se passe dans les foyers, à ce qui se passe à l’extérieur, à la façon dont l’édifice se présente la nuit, à la quantité d’attention que nous accordons à notre travail d’éducation et à notre site Web sont toutes des questions artistiques. Elles découlent toutes du sens de la direction artistique de l’organisme.»
Sous la direction de Hytner, le National Theatre a innové avec des ouvertures le dimanche, des tournées des spectacles du National Theatre dans le monde entier, le National Theatre Live et des abonnements à prix réduit. Ces saisons, parrainées par Travelex, ont offert un grand nombre de sièges à prix réduit (10£ lorsque le régime a été introduit en 2003, avec des prix augmentant à 12£ à partir de 2011). Ces tarifs réduits ont permi de remplir les salles: l'Olivier Theatre a eu entre 90% et 100% de ses salles pleines pendant les mois d’été, comparativement à une moyenne historique de 65 %, sans perte de revenu global, la baisse de prix étant compensée par la hausse du remplissage. Mais le plus grand succès de ces tarifs réduits est qu'il a encouragé un public plus jeune et plus diversifié a franchir les portes du National. En 2003, par exemple, on peut signaler qu’un tiers du public qui a assisté à la production multiraciale d’Henry V () en tenue moderne (mise en scène par Hytner) ne s'était jamais rendu dans un théâtre auparavant. Un tier! Et une grande partie du public pour le drame Elmina’s Kitchen () étaient des Londoniens noirs de l’East London, venant pour la première fois au National.
Hytner a dit que la diversité du public est une conséquence de la diversité de la programmation plutôt qu'un objectif. «Je pense que notre répertoire est plus diversifié qu’il ne l’a jamais été et je pense que c'est le reflet d'une société qui est devenue elle-même plus diversifiée. Toutefois, l’objectif premier n’a jamais été de s'adresser à un public plus diversifié, mais plutôt de faire en sorte que la programmation proposée reflète de la plus grande diversité de notre culture.» Il a également dit: «Le répertoire devrait refléter du monde auquel nous appartenons, et il devrait replacer cette société dans le contexte de son passé et, autant que nous le pouvons, du monde entier.»
La dernière innovation d’Hytner a été le National Theatre Future, un projet de 70 millions de livres sterling visant à modifier profondément le bâtiment du National Theatre - tout en en respectant totalement l'esprit initital - en ouvrant l'accès sur le South Bank, transformant les installation pour développer la pédagogie (le public peut accéder en permanence à une verrière où il peut regarder les décors et accessoires en cnstruction). Le National Theatre Future a aussi pour but premier de rester à l’avant-garde des nouvelles technologies.
Hytner a déclaré dès 2010 qu’il ne voulait pas rester à la tête du National Theatre indéfiniment, disant : «Je suis ici depuis sept ans. Mes prédécesseurs sont resté en moyenne 12 ans. Il est important que quelqu’un d’autre vienne et secoue à nouveau cette maison. Je ne serai pas ici dans 10 ans, c’est certain.» En avril 2013, il a annoncé qu’il quitterait ses fonctions de directeur du National Theatre à la fin de mars 2015.
6.2) Pour en savoir plus sur le National Theatre de Nicholas Hytner
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6.3) Tous les spectacles du National Theatre de Nicholas Hytner
Théâtre
Revival
108) Man and Superman (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mardi 17 février 2015
Première: mercredi 25 février 2015
Dernière: dimanche 17 mai 2015
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De George Bernard Shaw
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •
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Avec: Ralph Fiennes (John Tanner/Don Juan), Tim McMullan (Mendoza/The Devil), Indira Varma (Anne Whitefield/Ana), Nicholas le Prevost (Nicholas Le Prevost)
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Original
107) Hard Problem (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 21 janvier 2015
Première: mercredi 28 janvier 2015
Dernière: mercredi 27 mai 2015
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Tom Stoppard
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Vera Chok, Jonathan Coy, Damien Molony, Lucy Robinson, Parth Thakerar, Olivia Vinall
Commentaire:
Presse: "I wish this production was a high-point in both men’s careers. But there’s no getting round it: this is a major disappointment." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph
"Even if the play occasionally suffers from information overload, it is still a rich, ideas-packed work that offers a defence of goodness whatever its ultimate source. The play also works because we are made to care about Hilary, who is excellently played by Olivia Vinall." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Hytner directs an elegant, incisive account of a piece that buzzes with complex ideas, passionately and wittily expressed, but which never quite exerts a strong enough grip as drama." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Flecked with Stoppard’s wry, ironic humour and luminous intelligence, directed with exemplary lucidity by Hytner, this is a play that, movingly, wrestles with deep questions about what makes us who we are and with the implications of materialism." Sarah Hemming for The Financial Times
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Original
106) Treasure Island (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 03 décembre 2014
Première: mercredi 10 décembre 2014
Dernière: mercredi 08 avril 2015
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De Robert Louis Stevenson, adaptation de Bryony Lavery
Mise en scène de Polly Findlay
Avec: Patsy Ferran (Jim), Arthur Darvill (Long John Silver), Daniel Coonan, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Paul Dodds, Heather Dutton, Nick Fletcher, Joshua James, Helena Lymbery, Alexandra Maher, Alastair Parker, Tim Samuels, David Sterne, Ben Thompson, Zubin Varla, Roger Wilson.
Metteur en scène: Polly Findlay •
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Original
105) Behind The Beautiful Forevers (Original)
Joué durant 5 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: lundi 10 novembre 2014
Première: mardi 18 novembre 2014
Dernière: mardi 05 mai 2015
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De David Hare d'après l'œuvre de Katherine Boo
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Meera Syal, Stephanie Street, Shane Zaza, Gavi Singh Chera, Hiran Abeysekera, Esh Alladi, Nathalie Armin, Pal Aron, Tia-Lana Chinapyel, Vincent Ebrahim, Sartaj Garewal, Mariam Haque, Thusitha Jayasundera, Muzz Khan, Ranjit Krishnamma, Manjeet Mann, Nikita Mehta, Anjli Mohindra, Tia Palamathanan, Bharti Patel, Ronak Patani, Chook Sibtain, Anneika Rose, Anjana Vasan, Assad Zaman.
Commentaire: Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. (plus)
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Original
104) John (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 30 octobre 2014
Première: mardi 04 novembre 2014
Dernière: mardi 13 janvier 2015
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Lloyd Newson
Metteur en scène: Lloyd Newson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Taylor Benjamin, Lee Boggess, Gabriel Castillo, Ian Garside, Ermira Goro, Garth Johnson, Hannes Langolf, Vivien Wood, Andi Xhuma
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Revival
103) Medea (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: lundi 14 avril 2014
Première: lundi 21 juillet 2014
Dernière: jeudi 04 septembre 2014
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
D'Euripide, nouvelle version de Ben Power
Metteur en scène: Carrie Cracknell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Helen McCrory (Medea), Dominic Rowan, Michaela Coel, Danny Sapani, Cath Whitefield, T Jai Adu-Yeboah, Lorna Brown, Ricco Godfrey Brown, Vivien Carter, Simon Desborough, Amy Griffiths, Adrian Grove, Hazel Holder, Trevor Imani, Jane Leaney, Joel McDermott, Caroline Martin, Daisy Maywood, Jude Pearce, YuYu Rau, Petra Soor, Clemmie Sveaas, Naomi Tadevossian, Martin Turner, Toby Wharton, Kyron Wilson and Jane Wymark.
Commentaire:
Presse: "At the end of this thrilling and merciless production you leave the theatre feeling both appalled and strangely elated – the sure sign that a tragedy has hit its mark." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph
"The play's tragic force emerges strongly and the production's climax seems better suited to modern tastes than Euripides's original." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"The heroine's formidability and vulnerability are brilliantly entwined in McCrory's performance." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"It’s McCrory’s performance that makes the production satisfyingly muscular. She captures Medea’s animal savagery and the agony of being transfixed by her own grim destiny." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"Here is an exciting, fashionable production of a horrid play." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
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Original
102) Great Britain (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: lundi 30 juin 2014
Première: lundi 30 juin 2014
Dernière: samedi 23 août 2014
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Richard Bean
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Billie Piper (Paige Britain), Harriet Thorpe, Sarah Annis, Ross Boatman, Robert Calvert, Oliver Chris, William Chubb, Dermot Crowley, Jo Dockery, Robert Glenister, Ian Hallard, James Harkness, Scott Karim, Barbara Kirby, Nicholas Lumley, Maggie McCarthy, Iain Mitchell, Miles Mitchell, Aaron Neil, Nick Sampson, Kellie Shirley, Kiruna Stamell, Rupert Vansittart, Joseph Wilkins and Andrew Woodall
Commentaire: Sera transféré au Haymarket Theatre dès septembre 2014 (plus)
Presse: "Directed with terrific niftiness by Nicholas Hytner, the play weaves between politically incorrect humour and something darker and more troubling as it raised awkward questions about the divisions between honourable and disgusting journalistic muck-raking. It suggests that, while a great many of our institutions may be found wanting at the moment, the NT is on exhilarating and exemplary form." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Maybe it's too much to expect Bean to map out a path for the future. But what he has done is to remind us of the sins of the powerful and put an array of scandals on to the National Theatre stage. I mean it as a compliment when I say his play has a tabloid energy and bravura." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Some terrific acting work across the board and slick direction from Nicholas Hytner keep it motoring along. It’s only in the darker second half, though, when despite Bean’s constant heavy-handed editorialising, the parallel real-life tragedies lurking behind the cartoon knock-about make themselves felt, that the show stops looking like a bold, topical summer filler, and becomes required, conscience-pricking viewing." Dominic Cavendish for The Daily Telegraph
"The Royal National Theatre’s quick-response play about the hacking scandal is less anti-Press than one might have expected. It is more ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’ than ‘J’accuse’. The heaviness of the humour obscures much of the seriousness." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"Bean’s satire is deliberately grotesque. The cartoonish elements are richly enjoyable, laced with political incorrectness, yet they’re interleaved with some altogether more subtle jokes. Even if the show feels a little too broad and could do with a trim, it’s barbed, dense and very funny." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
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Revival
101) King Lear (Revival)
Joué durant 5 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mardi 14 janvier 2014
Première: jeudi 23 janvier 2014
Dernière: mercredi 02 juillet 2014
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
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Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Sam Mendes •
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Avec: Simon Russell Beale (King Lear), Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Tom Brooke (Edgar), Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan), Adrian Scarborough (Fool), Stanley Townsend (Kent), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia)
Commentaire:
Presse: "There is much to admire but also moments that seem overblown and at times downright perverse." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph
"... the production is, for the most part, thrillingly well-played ... Strongly recommended." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Mendes's production and Russell Beale's performance sharpen our understanding of Shakespeare's analysis of human folly and the primacy of contradictory feeling over calm rationality." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Mr Russell Beale is rightly held in affection. But at 53 is he old enough to be a Lear? Can he create sufficient sense of royalty and command? Not for me, alas." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"... the scenes of anguish, violence and despair are stunningly achieved." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Sam Mendes •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (King Lear), Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Tom Brooke (Edgar), Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan), Adrian Scarborough (Fool), Stanley Townsend (Kent), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia)
"... the production is, for the most part, thrillingly well-played ... Strongly recommended." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Mendes's production and Russell Beale's performance sharpen our understanding of Shakespeare's analysis of human folly and the primacy of contradictory feeling over calm rationality." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Mr Russell Beale is rightly held in affection. But at 53 is he old enough to be a Lear? Can he create sufficient sense of royalty and command? Not for me, alas." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"... the scenes of anguish, violence and despair are stunningly achieved." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
Théâtre
Revival
100) Emil and the Detectives (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: samedi 16 novembre 2013
Première: mercredi 04 décembre 2013
Dernière: jeudi 20 février 2014
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
By Erich Kastner, adapted by Carl Miller
Director Bijan Sheibani
Metteur en scène: Bijan Sheibani •
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Avec: Naomi Frederick, Sue Wallace, Judy Flynn, Stuart McQuarrie, Ella Kenion; the central characters of Emil and the Detectives will be played by 9-13 year olds, with a 50-strong ensemble of children recruited from local London boroughs, schools and youth theatres
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Revival
99) From Morning to Midnight (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mardi 19 novembre 2013
Première: mardi 26 novembre 2013
Dernière: mercredi 15 janvier 2014
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
by Georg Kaiser, in a new version by Dennis Kelly
Melly Still
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98) Light Princess (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 25 septembre 2013
Première: mercredi 09 octobre 2013
Dernière: jeudi 09 janvier 2014
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur: Tori Amos •
Parolier: Samuel Adamson • Tori Amos •
Libettiste: Samuel Adamson •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •
Chorégraphe: Steven Hoggett •
Avec: Rosalie Craig (Althea), Nick Hendrix (Digby), Clive Rowe, Hal Fowler, Amy Booth-Steel, Stephanie Bron, Vivien Carter, James Charlton, Owain Gwynn, Nicola Hart, C J Johnson, Luke Johnson, David Langham, Richard Lowe, Tommy Luther, Jamie Muscato, Emma Norin, Malinda Parris, Kane Oliver Parry, Adam Pearce, Caspar Phillipson, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nuno Silva, Phoebe Street, Ben Thompson, Lynne Wilmot
Commentaire:
Presse: "The show left me cold...This show about a floating princess feels ponderous rather than as light as air and never quite achieves dramatic lift-off. "
Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph
"Entrancing, dreamlike show... visually original...I’d go again tomorrow, and again the day after that."
Simon Edge for The Express
"This almost entirely sung-through show lacks a genuine fairy tale sense of wonder or real emotional punch. "
Lyn Gardner for The Guardian
"Though much of the music is delicate and sensuous, there are bursts of thrilling exuberance."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
★★★★
‘A tour de force’ Time Out
★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig is stunningly good’ Evening Standard
★★★★★
‘Every so often you see something in theatre so arresting, so unlike anything you’ve seen before, that you want to grab strangers in the street and tell them to book tickets.’ Daily Express
★★★★
‘Brilliantly staged by Marianne Elliott of War Horse and Curious Incident fame – a magical and ravishingly distinctive fusion of the theatrical arts.’ Independent
★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig – a star is born.’ Metro
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Parolier: Samuel Adamson • Tori Amos •
Libettiste: Samuel Adamson •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •
Chorégraphe: Steven Hoggett •
Avec: Rosalie Craig (Althea), Nick Hendrix (Digby), Clive Rowe, Hal Fowler, Amy Booth-Steel, Stephanie Bron, Vivien Carter, James Charlton, Owain Gwynn, Nicola Hart, C J Johnson, Luke Johnson, David Langham, Richard Lowe, Tommy Luther, Jamie Muscato, Emma Norin, Malinda Parris, Kane Oliver Parry, Adam Pearce, Caspar Phillipson, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nuno Silva, Phoebe Street, Ben Thompson, Lynne Wilmot
Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph
"Entrancing, dreamlike show... visually original...I’d go again tomorrow, and again the day after that."
Simon Edge for The Express
"This almost entirely sung-through show lacks a genuine fairy tale sense of wonder or real emotional punch. "
Lyn Gardner for The Guardian
"Though much of the music is delicate and sensuous, there are bursts of thrilling exuberance."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
★★★★
‘A tour de force’ Time Out
★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig is stunningly good’ Evening Standard
★★★★★
‘Every so often you see something in theatre so arresting, so unlike anything you’ve seen before, that you want to grab strangers in the street and tell them to book tickets.’ Daily Express
★★★★
‘Brilliantly staged by Marianne Elliott of War Horse and Curious Incident fame – a magical and ravishingly distinctive fusion of the theatrical arts.’ Independent
★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig – a star is born.’ Metro
Theatre
Revival
97) Edward II (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 28 août 2013
Première: mercredi 04 septembre 2013
Dernière: samedi 26 octobre 2013
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
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Libettiste: Christopher Marlowe •
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Avec: John Heffernan (Edward II), Vanessa Kirby (Queen Isabella), Kyle Soller (Gaveston) , Ben Addis, Alex Beckett, Paul Bentall, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Bettrys Jones, Nathaniel Martello-White, Matthew Pidgeon, David Sibley
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Libettiste: Christopher Marlowe •
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Avec: John Heffernan (Edward II), Vanessa Kirby (Queen Isabella), Kyle Soller (Gaveston) , Ben Addis, Alex Beckett, Paul Bentall, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Bettrys Jones, Nathaniel Martello-White, Matthew Pidgeon, David Sibley
Théâtre
Revival
96) Liolà (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 31 juillet 2013
Première: mercredi 07 août 2013
Dernière: mercredi 06 novembre 2013
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
by Luigi Pirandello
in a new version by Tanya Ronder
Director Richard Eyre
Choreography Scarlett Mackmin
Metteur en scène: Richard Eyre •
Chorégraphe: Scarlett Mackmin •
Avec: Rory Keenan (Liola), Lisa Dwyer Hogg, James Hayes, Carla Langley, Niamh McGowan, Roxanna Nic Liam, Jessica Regan, Anne Bird, Charlotte Bradley, Anthony Delaney, Jenny Fennessy, Rosaleen Linehan, Gertrude Montgomery, Aisling O’Sullivan, David Summer, Eileen Walsh
Commentaire: This high-spirited drama by Pirandello takes us to the heart of a rural community where property and family provoke fierce passions. Richard Eyre directs Tanya Ronder’s new version, performed by an Irish cast and gypsy musicians. It’s unexpected, funny and touching. (plus)
Presse: ★ ★ ★ ★
Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times
‘Touching and entertaining. Glows with the warmth of summer.’
Daily Telegraph
‘Richard Eyre’s beautifully judged production keeps the sun-baked Sicilian setting but his excellent cast give an Irish accent to the proceedings.’
Independent
‘A seductive curiosity.’
Sunday Times
‘A joyous summer surprise.’
Sunday Express
‘Tanya Ronder’s adaptation – poetic and full of juicy peasant dirt – meshes well with Orlando Gough’s “gypsy” songs.’
Financial Times
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95) Othello ()
Joué durant 5 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mardi 16 avril 2013
Première: mardi 23 avril 2013
Dernière: samedi 05 octobre 2013
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
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Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
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Avec: Adrian Lester (Othello), Rory Kinnear (Iago), Olivia Vinall (Desdemona) , Jonathan Bailey (Cassio), Lyndsey Marshal (Emilia), William Chubb, Tom Robertson, Nick Sampson, Sandy Batchelor, Adam Berry, David Carr, Robert Demeger, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Gabriel Fleary, Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, Scott Karim, David Kirkbride, Tom Radford, Chook Sibtain, Rebecca Tanwen, Joseph Wilkins
Commentaire:
Presse: "Hytner's brilliantly acted (both leads are stunning), acutely penetrating and deeply disturbing account of the play." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"It’s a gripping production of a tragedy that is also an intensely painful psychological thriller, and though the production lasts more than three hours, it never loosens its dramatic hold. This Othello has all the hallmarks of Hytner at his best - it’s witty, agile, lucid and deeply felt...Any production of Othello stands or falls with the actors playing Othello and Iago, and the double-act between Lester’s Moor and Rory Kinnear’s Iago proves exceptional. " Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph
"Everything about the production is clear, clever and comprehensible. But, partly because it denies Othello something of his musical grandeur and makes Iago's diseased mind the main event, I'd say it scores a successful victory on points without delivering the final, knockout blow." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Though it lasts well over three hours, Sir Nicholas Hytner’s inventive Othello zips along." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"Adrian Lester is a charismatic, dignified Othello... a reminder, as if we needed one, of his great quality as a Shakespearean actor. Rory Kinnear is mesmerising as Iago...The modern setting reveals the play’s paranoid mood and uncomfortable humour but muffles the tragedy a little. Still, this is a distinguished, lucid production. " Henry Hitchings for The Evening Stanadard
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Adrian Lester (Othello), Rory Kinnear (Iago), Olivia Vinall (Desdemona) , Jonathan Bailey (Cassio), Lyndsey Marshal (Emilia), William Chubb, Tom Robertson, Nick Sampson, Sandy Batchelor, Adam Berry, David Carr, Robert Demeger, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Gabriel Fleary, Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, Scott Karim, David Kirkbride, Tom Radford, Chook Sibtain, Rebecca Tanwen, Joseph Wilkins
"It’s a gripping production of a tragedy that is also an intensely painful psychological thriller, and though the production lasts more than three hours, it never loosens its dramatic hold. This Othello has all the hallmarks of Hytner at his best - it’s witty, agile, lucid and deeply felt...Any production of Othello stands or falls with the actors playing Othello and Iago, and the double-act between Lester’s Moor and Rory Kinnear’s Iago proves exceptional. " Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph
"Everything about the production is clear, clever and comprehensible. But, partly because it denies Othello something of his musical grandeur and makes Iago's diseased mind the main event, I'd say it scores a successful victory on points without delivering the final, knockout blow." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Though it lasts well over three hours, Sir Nicholas Hytner’s inventive Othello zips along." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"Adrian Lester is a charismatic, dignified Othello... a reminder, as if we needed one, of his great quality as a Shakespearean actor. Rory Kinnear is mesmerising as Iago...The modern setting reveals the play’s paranoid mood and uncomfortable humour but muffles the tragedy a little. Still, this is a distinguished, lucid production. " Henry Hitchings for The Evening Stanadard
Théâtre
Original
94) People (Original)
Joué durant 6 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 31 octobre 2012
Première: mercredi 07 novembre 2012
Dernière: mercredi 15 mai 2013
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Alan Bennett
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Frances de la Tour, Linda Bassett, Selina Cadell, Peter Egan, Nicholas le Prevost, Frances Ashman, Philip Childs, Jack Chissick, Giles Cooper, Andy de la Tour, Jess Murphy, Alastair Parker, Robin Pearce, Ellie Burrow, Carole Dance, Miles Jupp, Barbara Kirby , Alexander Warner
Commentaire: Award-winning writer Alan Bennett is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour, with whom he worked on The History Boys and The Habit of Art.
Alan Bennett is one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, and the much anticipated People is the sixth of his plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. Following its original run at the National Theatre, The History Boys transferred to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006, and toured internationally before being turned into a film, again directed by Nicholas Hytner and with a cast including Frances de la Tour.
Bennett and Hytner also collaborated on the award-winning play and film The Madness of King George and their last stage production, The Habit of Art, was broadcast as part of National Theatre Live in 2010. (plus)
Presse: "Mordantly funny new play...while the play has one or two awkward contrivances, it confirms Bennett's peculiar gift for blending the satiric and the elegiac. " Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Bennett’s writing brims with ideas — perhaps too many. Several of the characters are underdeveloped, and I’m not absolutely convinced that he has decided what this play’s main concern is. Yet it has bite..." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"People has a good theme but the production doesn’t half plod in places." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"People is maybe not the most even-handed of plays but it demonstrates that, in his 78th year, Alan Bennett's acute wit and talent for challenging cosy English complacencies are in a very healthy state of preservation." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"At 78, Alan Bennett has lost little of his mischievous wit and sense of the ridiculous. His eagerly awaited new comedy, People, may not be out of the top drawer of his work, lacking the emotional depth and sly subtlety of his best writing, but it is entertaining, funny and touching...This may not be Bennett at the very top of his game, but it is still a richly enjoyable evening. " Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
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93) London Road (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 29 représentations
Première preview: samedi 28 juillet 2012
Première: mercredi 01 août 2012
Dernière: jeudi 06 septembre 2012
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: Adam Cork •
Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Clare Burt, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley , Duncan Wisbey, James Doherty, Linzi Hateley
Commentaire: Reprise à l'Olivier Theatre (la plus grande salle du National Theatre) du spectacle créé l'année précédente au Cottesloe Theatre (la plus petite salle du National Theatre). (plus)
Presse:
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Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Clare Burt, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley , Duncan Wisbey, James Doherty, Linzi Hateley
Théâtre
Original
92) Travelling Light (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 11 janvier 2012
Première: mercredi 18 janvier 2012
Dernière: samedi 02 juin 2012
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Nicholas Wright
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Antony Sher, Mark Extance, Colin Haigh, Paul Jesson, Sue Kelvin, Abigail McKern, Damien Molony (as Motl), Lauren O'Neil (as Anna), Karl Theobald, Alexis Zegerman.
Commentaire:
Presse: "The show is often inventive and amusing."
Charles Spencer for The Telegraph
"Great subject matter but the play- and the production - fail to rise to their own piquant occasion."
Paul Taylor for The Independent
"It is Antony Sher who steals the honours as the ebullient Jacob."
Michael Billington for The Guardian
"The adjective ‘cheesy’ is insufficient for the new play at the Royal National Theatre. It may star Sir Antony Sher.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
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91) Comedy of errors (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 4 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mardi 22 novembre 2011
Première: mardi 29 novembre 2011
Dernière: dimanche 01 avril 2012
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: Guy Woolfenden •
Parolier: Trevor Nunn •
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Lenny Henry (Antipholus of Syracuse); Claudie Blakley (Adriana), Clare Cathcart, Chris Jarman (Antipholus of Ephesus), Lucian Msamati (Dromio of Syracuse), Joseph Mydell (Aegeon), Pamela Nomvete, Daniel Poyser (Dromio of Ephesus), Amit Shah, Michelle Terry (Luciana), Marcus Adolphy, Tom Anderson, Paul Bentall, Ian Burfield, Silas Carson, Adrian Hood, Yvonne Newman, Rhiannon Oliver, Jude Owusu, Simon Parrish, Grace Thurgood, Everal A Walsh , Rene Zagger.
Commentaire:
Presse: "The mistaken identity routines and farcical chaos often prove a comic delight." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph
"This production captures vividly that dreamlike sense of transformation that makes Shakespearean comedy unique." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"As the National’s high-culture yet fun alternative to seasonal Christmas shows, this hits the spot." Ian Shuttleworth for Financial Times
"Henry beautifully conveys the tragicomic plight of an innocent abroad." Paul Taylor for The Independent
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Parolier: Trevor Nunn •
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Lenny Henry (Antipholus of Syracuse); Claudie Blakley (Adriana), Clare Cathcart, Chris Jarman (Antipholus of Ephesus), Lucian Msamati (Dromio of Syracuse), Joseph Mydell (Aegeon), Pamela Nomvete, Daniel Poyser (Dromio of Ephesus), Amit Shah, Michelle Terry (Luciana), Marcus Adolphy, Tom Anderson, Paul Bentall, Ian Burfield, Silas Carson, Adrian Hood, Yvonne Newman, Rhiannon Oliver, Jude Owusu, Simon Parrish, Grace Thurgood, Everal A Walsh , Rene Zagger.
"This production captures vividly that dreamlike sense of transformation that makes Shakespearean comedy unique." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"As the National’s high-culture yet fun alternative to seasonal Christmas shows, this hits the spot." Ian Shuttleworth for Financial Times
"Henry beautifully conveys the tragicomic plight of an innocent abroad." Paul Taylor for The Independent
Théâtre
Original
90) One Man, Two Guvnors (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: mardi 17 mai 2011
Première: mardi 24 mai 2011
Dernière: lundi 19 septembre 2011
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste:
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Adam Penford •
Avec:
Commentaire:
Presse: "An evening of riotous delight"
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"Bubbles over with humour. A surefire hit. "
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"One massive hit"
Paul Taylor for The Independent
"One of the funniest productions in the National's history."
Michael Billington for The Guardian
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Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Adam Penford •
Avec:
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"Bubbles over with humour. A surefire hit. "
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"One massive hit"
Paul Taylor for The Independent
"One of the funniest productions in the National's history."
Michael Billington for The Guardian
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89) London Road (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 07 avril 2011
Première: jeudi 14 avril 2011
Dernière: samedi 27 août 2011
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
Compositeur: Adam Cork •
Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley, Howard Ward, Duncan Wisbey
Commentaire: The musical opened to almost unanimous critical acclaim, garnering 5-star ratings from the Evening Standard, Financial Times, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, Metro, The Sunday Express and Time Out magazine. (plus)
Presse: "A remarkably detailed social panorama. Don't miss. "
Kate Bassett for The Indpendent
"Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork's wonderfully sung play, which has more spoken and musicalised dialogue than big numbers, has a serious subject, an innovative technique and an insinuating score."
Susannah Clapp for The Guardian
"Imaginatively staged production.The whole concept might sound deeply dodgy, but somehow it works, combining humour and compassion."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"By turns disturbing and surprising, haunting and harrowing, it is also frequently unexpectedly funny and ultimately even uplifting."
Mark Shenton for The Stage
"A subtle and affecting work."
Henry Hitchings for Evening Standard
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Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley, Howard Ward, Duncan Wisbey
Kate Bassett for The Indpendent
"Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork's wonderfully sung play, which has more spoken and musicalised dialogue than big numbers, has a serious subject, an innovative technique and an insinuating score."
Susannah Clapp for The Guardian
"Imaginatively staged production.The whole concept might sound deeply dodgy, but somehow it works, combining humour and compassion."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"By turns disturbing and surprising, haunting and harrowing, it is also frequently unexpectedly funny and ultimately even uplifting."
Mark Shenton for The Stage
"A subtle and affecting work."
Henry Hitchings for Evening Standard
Théâtre
Original
88) Frankenstein (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: samedi 05 février 2011
Première: mercredi 23 février 2011
Dernière: lundi 02 mai 2011
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De Nick Dear, d'après le roman de Mary Shelley
Metteur en scène: Danny Boyle •
Chorégraphe: Bill T Jones •
Avec: Benedict Cumberbatch et Jonny Lee Miller alternent les rôles de Victor Frankenstein et de la créature. Mark Armstrong (Rab), Martin Chamberlain (Servant 2), Josie Daxter (Ensemble), Steven Elliott (Klaus), George Harris (M. Frankenstein), Naomie Harris (Elizabeth Lavenza), Daniel Ings (Servant 1), Karl Johnson (De Lacey) ,John Killoran (Gustav/Constable), Daniel Millar (Felix), Andreea Padurariu (Female Creature) Ella Smith (Gretel/Clarice), John Stahl (Ewan), Lizzie Winkler (Agatha), Haydon Downing (William Frankenstein), William Nye (William Frankenstein), Jared Richard (William Frankenstein).
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Original
87) Beauty and the Beast (Kirkwood) (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 24 novembre 2010
Première: mercredi 01 décembre 2010
Dernière: mercredi 05 janvier 2011
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
Text by Lucy Kirkwood based on the classic French fairy-tale. Music by Paul Clark
Director Katie Mitchell
Choreography Joseph Alford
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe: Joseph Alford •
Avec: Mark Arends, Sian Clifford, Kate Duchene, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Justin Salinger
Commentaire:
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86) Fela! (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: samedi 06 novembre 2010
Première: mardi 16 novembre 2010
Dernière: samedi 23 janvier 2010
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti •
Parolier: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti •
Libettiste: Bill T Jones •
Metteur en scène: Bill T Jones •
Chorégraphe: Bill T Jones •
Avec: Sahr Ngaujah (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - Rolan Bell performs the role at certain performances), Paulette Ivory, Melanie Marshall, Lydie Alberto, Cindy Belliot, Nandi Bhebhe, Ricardo Coke Thomas, Scarlette Douglas, Jacqui Dubois, Poundo Gomis, Jazmine Jarret Thorpe, Aisha Jawando, Wanjiru Kamuyu, Nyron Levy, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Shelley-Ann Maxwell, Tamara McKoy Patterson, Catia Moto da Cruz, Pamela Okoroafor, Jermaine Rowe, Craig Stein. Jonathan Andre, Kwame Peter Crentsil, Sherinne Kayra Anderson, Thierry Picaut
Commentaire: The London staging began previews on November 6, 2010 with an opening night on November 16 and ran in repertoire with other National Theatre productions. There was a mixed reaction to this show: all agreed it had stunning choreography and a superb cast of singers and dancers, but for many its political message was lost in what was ultimately another “jukebox musical”. By avoiding an honest portrayal (in real life Fela had 27 wives and died of AIDS because of his refusal to use condoms) it was felt this was a whitewash and missed opportunity to create a serious and groundbreaking musical. (plus)
Presse: "Somehow Bill T Jones’s production proceeds in fits and starts without ever achieving a satisfying dramatic momentum. I longed for a stronger sense of narrative, and more depth beyond the showbiz razzle-dazzle" Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"It's a loud, brash, energetic spectacle...While musically impressive, the production could do with a stronger book. The story is flimsy and confused, and there's a lack of narrative drive." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"The best bits, for me, were those that make you feel on your pulses why Fela's music, with its sarcastic pidgin lyrics and obstinately insistent rhythms." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"It's a great story, and one told with enormous verve in Bill T Jones's kaleidoscopic production. The dancing is ecstatic, the music lifts the spirits, and the stage is alive with movement...I've never seen a show quite like it at the National. " Michael Billington for The Guardian
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Parolier: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti •
Libettiste: Bill T Jones •
Metteur en scène: Bill T Jones •
Chorégraphe: Bill T Jones •
Avec: Sahr Ngaujah (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - Rolan Bell performs the role at certain performances), Paulette Ivory, Melanie Marshall, Lydie Alberto, Cindy Belliot, Nandi Bhebhe, Ricardo Coke Thomas, Scarlette Douglas, Jacqui Dubois, Poundo Gomis, Jazmine Jarret Thorpe, Aisha Jawando, Wanjiru Kamuyu, Nyron Levy, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Shelley-Ann Maxwell, Tamara McKoy Patterson, Catia Moto da Cruz, Pamela Okoroafor, Jermaine Rowe, Craig Stein. Jonathan Andre, Kwame Peter Crentsil, Sherinne Kayra Anderson, Thierry Picaut
"It's a loud, brash, energetic spectacle...While musically impressive, the production could do with a stronger book. The story is flimsy and confused, and there's a lack of narrative drive." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"The best bits, for me, were those that make you feel on your pulses why Fela's music, with its sarcastic pidgin lyrics and obstinately insistent rhythms." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"It's a great story, and one told with enormous verve in Bill T Jones's kaleidoscopic production. The dancing is ecstatic, the music lifts the spirits, and the stage is alive with movement...I've never seen a show quite like it at the National. " Michael Billington for The Guardian
Théâtre
Revival
85) Hamlet (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 30 septembre 2010
Première: jeudi 07 octobre 2010
Dernière: mercredi 26 janvier 2011
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Hamlet), Clare Higgins (Gertrude), David Calder (Polonius), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), Ruth Negga (Ophelia), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King), Matthew Barker, Jake Fairbrother, Ferdinand Kingsley, Alex Lanipekun, James Pearse, Saskia Portway, Victor Power, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Nick Sampson, Michael Sheldon, Leo Staar, Zara Tempest-Walters, Giles Terera, Ellie Turner.
Commentaire:
Presse: "Kinnear's fine Hamlet...Kinnear is a strong, clearly-defined Hamlet...Both for Kinnear's performance and the revelatory detail of the production, this is an evening to admire and cherish."
Michael Billington for The Guardian
"In Rory Kinnear the National Theatre has a stunning new Hamlet. From the moment we first see him he’s a captivating presence.."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"Rory Kinnear’s intelligent, dry-witted student prince...An intriguing production that prompts and probes like an interrogation in a bare room.
Neil Norman for The Daily Express
"[Rory Kinnear] towering performance...a chilling production that demands to be seen."
David Lister for The Independent
"With great modesty, Mr Kinnear makes this modern Hamlet his distinctive possession.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"Kinnear proves a Hamlet of great individuality and distinction."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Hamlet), Clare Higgins (Gertrude), David Calder (Polonius), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), Ruth Negga (Ophelia), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King), Matthew Barker, Jake Fairbrother, Ferdinand Kingsley, Alex Lanipekun, James Pearse, Saskia Portway, Victor Power, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Nick Sampson, Michael Sheldon, Leo Staar, Zara Tempest-Walters, Giles Terera, Ellie Turner.
Michael Billington for The Guardian
"In Rory Kinnear the National Theatre has a stunning new Hamlet. From the moment we first see him he’s a captivating presence.."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
"Rory Kinnear’s intelligent, dry-witted student prince...An intriguing production that prompts and probes like an interrogation in a bare room.
Neil Norman for The Daily Express
"[Rory Kinnear] towering performance...a chilling production that demands to be seen."
David Lister for The Independent
"With great modesty, Mr Kinnear makes this modern Hamlet his distinctive possession.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"Kinnear proves a Hamlet of great individuality and distinction."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
Théâtre
Revival
84) Danton's Death (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 15 juillet 2010
Première: jeudi 22 juillet 2010
Dernière: jeudi 14 octobre 2010
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
by Georg Buchner, in a new version by Howard Brenton
Director Michael Grandage
Metteur en scène: Michael Grandage •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Toby Stephens (Danton), Max Bennett, Stefano Braschi, Kirsty Bushell, Jason Cheater, Judith Coke, Emmanuella Cole, Ilan Goodman, Taylor James, Barnaby Kay (as Camille), Gwilym Lee, Elliot Levey (Robespierre), Eleanor Matsuura, Elizabeth Nestor, Alec Newman ( St Just), Chu Omambala, Rebecca O'Mara, Rebecca Scroggs, Jonathan Warde, Ashley Zhangazha, David Beames, Michael Jenn, David Smith
Commentaire:
Presse: "This version thins the dramatic texture and turns the play into a character study: one in which the sensual, death-haunted, strangely passive Danton confronts the repressed, life-fearing, remorselessly active Robespierre. That is a vital part of Büchner's play; but to focus so exclusively on that element is to miss the larger point that they are also history's puppets."
Michael Billington for The Guardian
"Certain plays are easier to admire than to love. Danton’s Death (1835), written by Georg Büchner in a fit of revolutionary zeal when he was just 21, indubitably falls into this category."
Fiona Mountford for The Evening Standard
"Thrilling production...a truly gripping drama. "
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"Visually arresting and viscerally involving production."
Mark Shenton for The Stage
"'Danton’s Death' is not uplifting or touching but it makes for an interesting, admirably serious evening."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
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83) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: samedi 09 janvier 2010
Première: mercredi 13 janvier 2010
Dernière: mercredi 17 février 2010
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: André Previn •
Parolier:
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •
Avec:
Commentaire:
Presse: FIVE STARS: 'Tom Stoppard's superb black comedy... one of his greatest works.' Daily Telegraph
'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times
2009 reviews
FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times
FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out
FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian
FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •
Avec:
'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times
2009 reviews
FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times
FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out
FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian
FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph
Théâtre
Original
82) Habit of Art (The) (Original)
Joué durant 6 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 05 novembre 2009
Première: mardi 17 novembre 2009
Dernière: mercredi 19 mai 2010
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Alan Bennett
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Richard Griffiths (W H Auden), Alex Jennings (Benjamin Britten), Frances de la Tour, Danny Burns, Martin Chamberlain, Philip Childs, John Heffernan, Barbara Kirby, Elliot Levey, Adrian Scarborough, Stephen Wight, Tom Attwood, Laurence Belcher, Otto Farrant, Toby Graham.
Commentaire: The Habit of Art is a 2009 play by English playwright Alan Bennett, which centers on a fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera “Death in Venice”. The play has been described as a multi-layered postmodern masterpiece, describing the meeting between poet W.H. Auden (Richard Griffiths) and composer Benjamin Britten (Alex Jennings) in 1972, some 30 years after the failure of the opera they wrote together. But the play is not just about this meeting… it is a rehearsal of the play, so includes the stage manager (Frances de la Tour) who steps in occasionally to read the part for an absent actor, the writer, who must field complaints about his play, and even a casual walk on from another play being performed elsewhere in the theatre complex. (plus)
Presse: "Nicholas Hytner directs with an unerring instinct for the volatile nature of the material in a cracking production that flirtatiously keeps the audience up to speed with the outrageous amount of information and allusion." Paul Taylor for The Independent
"Absolute cracker, often wonderfully and sometimes filthily funny (this is not a show for the prudish), but also deeply and unexpectedly moving." Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
"Satirical, serious and self-indulgent, sometimes all at the same time." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
"The play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness...A play that could easily seem tricksy is also given a superbly fluid production by Nicholas Hytner and is beautifully acted." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"So much of The Habit of Art is so engaging, it seems churlish to point out its basic problem: which is that even the excellence of Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings can’t stop one feeling that Bennett doesn’t fully trust his material. He isn’t confident that his portraiture can sustain a full-length play...the play lacks dramatic tension." Benedict Nightingale for The Times
"It’s funny, and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving. Although Bennett savours his material, he doesn’t make it sing." Henry Hitchings' for The Evening Standard
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81) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: lundi 12 janvier 2009
Première: vendredi 16 janvier 2009
Dernière: mercredi 25 février 2009
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: André Previn •
Parolier:
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •
Avec: Joseph Millson (Alexander), Toby Jones (Ivanov), Bryony Hannah, Dan Stevens, Bronagh Gallagher, Alan Williams
Commentaire: Dance sequences and acrobatic displays were interpolated into this production as a means of depicting the torture scenes. For several critics this was felt to be self-consciously “arty” and embarrassing. The political message of the work still made an impact, but 30 years on, some found that impact diminished. (plus)
Presse: FIVE STARS: 'Tom Stoppard's superb black comedy... one of his greatest works.' Daily Telegraph
'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times
2009 reviews
FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times
FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out
FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian
FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •
Avec: Joseph Millson (Alexander), Toby Jones (Ivanov), Bryony Hannah, Dan Stevens, Bronagh Gallagher, Alan Williams
'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times
2009 reviews
FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times
FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out
FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian
FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph
Théâtre
Revival
80) War Horse (Revival)
Joué durant 6 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mercredi 10 septembre 2008
Première: mercredi 17 septembre 2008
Dernière: mercredi 18 mars 2009
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Nick Stafford •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: James Barriscale, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Tim van Eyken, Thomas Goodridge, Stephen Harper, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Howard Ward, Alan Williams Kit Harington (Albert), Bronagh Gallagher, Curtis Flowers, Bryony Hannah.
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Libettiste: Nick Stafford •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: James Barriscale, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Tim van Eyken, Thomas Goodridge, Stephen Harper, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Howard Ward, Alan Williams Kit Harington (Albert), Bronagh Gallagher, Curtis Flowers, Bryony Hannah.
Théâtre
Original
79) War Horse (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Première preview: mardi 09 octobre 2007
Première: dimanche 14 octobre 2007
Dernière: jeudi 14 février 2008
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Nick Stafford •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Toby Sedgwick (Ted Narracott), Luke Treadaway (Albert Narracott), Angus Wright (Captain Nicholls), Alice Barclay, Jason Barnett, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Thomas Goodridge, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Rachel Leonard, Tim Lewis, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Ashley Taylor-Rhys
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Spectacular production...well acted by a huge cast." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Extraordinarily fresh and moving production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Elliott and Morris recreate the kaleidoscopic horror of war through bold imagery." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is one of the most powerfully moving and imaginative productions of the year, whatever age you happen to be." SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "What makes the piece so elating is its expression of how, in the worst circumstances imaginable, love and compassion can endure. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Nick Stafford •
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Toby Sedgwick (Ted Narracott), Luke Treadaway (Albert Narracott), Angus Wright (Captain Nicholls), Alice Barclay, Jason Barnett, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Thomas Goodridge, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Rachel Leonard, Tim Lewis, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Ashley Taylor-Rhys
Théâtre
Reprise
78) Waves (Reprise)
Joué durant 1 an 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 17 représentations
Première preview: lundi 20 août 2007
Première: lundi 20 août 2007
Dernière: mardi 09 septembre 2008
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
D'après le roman "The Waves" (1931) de Virginia Woolf dans une adaptation de Katie Mitchell et de la troupe
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Anastasia Hill, Kate Duchene, Liz Kettle, Michael Gould, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell
Commentaire: 2 séries:
> Cottesloe (16/11/2006 - 8/2/2007) 54 représ devant 14.913 spect
> Cottesloe (20/8 - 9/9/2007) 17 représ devant 5.198 spect (plus)
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Excellent company of actors." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a sterile piece of theatre about theatre: a celebration of technical ingenuity that leaves the heart untouched. " SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "An intellectual and aesthetic pleasure — albeit a demanding one...A freeflowing meditation on inner life and the nature of identity, Woolf’s work follows six friends from childhood to middle age and towards death, and takes the form of a succession of subjective internal monologues. There is no dialogue and, though certain events emerge, no plot...True, it’s not easy, and Mitchell requires " JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Powerfully played." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "...fixated on the way the actors wrought brilliant theatrical, visual and aural enhancements of Woolf 's text." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Ingenious, brilliantly acted but ultimately academic production."
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Reprise
77) Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship (Reprise)
Joué durant 6 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 48 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: vendredi 06 juillet 2007
Dernière: mercredi 02 janvier 2008
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
BURN (2006) de Deborah Gearing / CHATROOM (2006) de Enda Walsh / CITÏZENSHIP (2006) de Mark Ravenhill
Metteur en scène: Anna Mackmin •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Naomi Bentley, Robert Boulter, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Richard Dempsey, Farzana Due Elahe, Andrew Garfield, Matti Houghton, Sid Mitchell, Javone Prince, Joy Richardson, Andrea Riseborough, Matt Smith , Alex Tregear.
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/3 - 3/6/2006) 30 représ devant 10.990 spect
> Cottesloe (6/7/2007 - 2/1/2008) 48 représ devant 9.792 spect (plus)
Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "An impressive number of themes, from internet suicide chatrooms to peer pressure to sexual orientation, are handled in commendably non-dogmatic style...A triumph." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "They give us keenly believable views of British teenagers today and offer revealing sociology and vivid entertainment...The actors are young and astoundingly good. You come out talking of Andrew Garfield and Matt Smith as much as of the plays...these are the best new plays currently to be seen in London." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Each astutely directed by Anna Mackmin and featuring an ensemble of terrific young acting talent." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Mackmin's production leaves you with a smile on your face." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Anna Mackmin now directs an outstanding company of young professionals." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossed and amused...Both plays are strong, though Citizenship is the more accomplished and certainly the funnier."
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Revival
76) Attempts on her Life (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 27 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 08 mars 2007
Première: mercredi 14 mars 2007
Dernière: jeudi 10 mai 2007
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Martin Crimp (1997)
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Kate Duchene, Michael Gould, Jacqueline Kington, Claudie Blakley, Liz Kettle, Dina Korzun, Helena Lymbery, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell, Zubin Varla, Sandra Voe.
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A dreadful form of directorial embellishment." SARAH HEMING for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Witty, super-slick staging." ALICE JONES for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Felt just like an art installation - slick, chilly and a little shallow." MICHAEL BILLINGTON says, "Much as I admire Crimp's text, I'm not sure it is helped by Katie Mitchell's hi-tech revival, which has strong echoes of her recent version of Virginia Woolf's Waves." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Mitchell’s cast kept me absorbed and alert." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Theatre needs to do more than intrigue: it needs to move and involve us, and those are qualities beyond Crimp's grasp."
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Revival
75) Caucasian Chalk Circle (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 21 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 07 mars 2007
Première: jeudi 08 mars 2007
Dernière: samedi 14 avril 2007
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Bertolt Brecht (1948) dans une adaptation de Frank McGuiness (1997)
Metteur en scène: Sean Holmes •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Nicolas Tennant (Azdak), Cath Whitefield (Grusha), Leo Chadburn, Oliver Dimsdale, Thusitha Jayasundera, John Lloyd Fillingham, Ferdy Roberts, Gemma Saunders, Mo Sesay.
Commentaire: Mobile production in collaboration with Filter Theatre Company (plus)
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Original
74) Reporter (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 14 février 2007
Première: mercredi 21 février 2007
Dernière: samedi 02 juin 2007
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Nicholas Wright
Metteur en scène:
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Ben Chaplin (James Mossman), Paul Ritter, Angela Thorne, Bruce Alexander, Leo Bill, Patrick Brennan, John Cummins, Aleksandar Mikic, Chris New, Angelo Paragoso, Gillian Raine, Tilly Tremayne
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "So drawn and moved by the forgotten tragedy of James Mossman...Fascinating play, witty." SARAH HEMMING for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Never less than absorbing...Richard Eyre’s production combines a seductive, brooding atmosphere with wonderful comic details. Yet the piece also frustrates. It does not give enough substance to Mossman’s reputation for brilliance..." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Unfortunately, Ben Chaplin, for most of the evening, stands with his arms folded across his chest and speaks in a guarded tone of voice. He's lovely to look at, but the lack of charm or command (at least one is a newsman's necessity) is obvious." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The play is given a perfectly pitched production from Richard Eyre and a commanding performance from Ben Chaplin...But, much as I enjoyed the evening, it is one that, like Mossman himself, leaves its mysteries unresolved. " BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Pacy production and Chaplin’s fine, measured performance..."
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Revival
73) Man of Mode (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: lundi 29 janvier 2007
Première: mardi 06 février 2007
Dernière: jeudi 19 avril 2007
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De George Etherege (1676)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Hayley Atwell (Belinda), Tom Hardy (Dorimant), Amber Agah, Nancy Carroll, Shelley King, Rory Kinnear, Amit Shah
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Its comedy misses out on cut and thrust. Handsome Hardy makes Dorimant a cocky toyboy rather than a practised lecher.." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Rory Kinnear gives a star performance in a star role." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Superficially heartless comedy." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Hytner has created a coherent and persuasive modern equivalent of Restoration high society, and as a result the old comedy sparkles and shocks anew...this is a production that memorably captures both the laughter and the biting chill factor of Etherege's cruel comedy." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "An alarmingly cold, loveless play."
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Revival
72) Oh les beaux jours (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 31 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 18 janvier 2007
Première: mercredi 24 janvier 2007
Dernière: jeudi 01 mars 2007
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Samuel Beckett •
Metteur en scène: Deborah Warner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Fiona Shaw (Winnie)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Overpitched production…her [Fiona Shaw] Winnie struck me as a crudely comic, patronising send-up of a character, who ought to inspire bleak amusement. I was left untouched and unmoved…” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “A brilliant naturalistic performance conceived very much in terms of Shaw's own stage persona… Shaw is a fine Winnie.” PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, “It's arguable… that this Winnie is too archly aware of the audience and that this diminishes our sense of her terrible loneliness.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “a knockout production… Brilliantly acted by Shaw, it is a staging that superbly captures that combination of wild laughter and existential terror that is the hallmark of all Beckett's greatest work.” ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, “An extraordinary production… You’d expect a bravura performance from Shaw and that’s exactly what you get.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “Memorable performance in an awesome play.”
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Libettiste: Samuel Beckett •
Metteur en scène: Deborah Warner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Fiona Shaw (Winnie)
Théâtre
Reprise
71) Coram Boy (Reprise)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 74 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 29 novembre 2006
Première: jeudi 07 décembre 2006
Dernière: samedi 24 février 2007
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Adaptationd de Helen Edmundson du roman de Jamila Gavin
Metteur en scène: Melly Still •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Bertie Carvel (Adult Alex ), Abby Ford (Young Thomas), Ruth Gemmell (Mrs Lynch), Rebecca Johnson (Lady Ashbrook), Inika Leigh Wright (Miss Price), Sharon Maharaj (Mrs Hendry), Katherine Manners (Young Alex / Aaron), Justine Mitchell (Melissa / Angel), Stuart McLoughlin (Adult Thomas ), William Scott-Masson (Sir William Ashbrook), Adam Shipway (Claymore), Nicholas Tizzard (Handel / Dr Smith) Clare Burt, Debbie Korley, Jenni Maitland, Tim McMullan, Deeivya Meir, Hannah Storey, Al Weaver , Kelly Williams.
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (14/11/2005 - 04/2/2006) 47 représ devant 41.752 spect
> Olivier (29/11/2006 - 24/2/2007) 74 représ devant 79.919 spect (plus)
Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "a Christmas cracker...busy from the start with novel-compressing short, sharp bursts of action on an ever-moving revolve, attains transcendence." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "There are many good things in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation...At every point, the story is clear and often gripping." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Beautifully acted by a large cast, and exquisitely sung by a choir, this is a deeply satisfying evening that celebrates parent-child love and reminds us that our children do not belong to us, they belong only to themselves." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "This arresting, sumptuous, fast-moving production is one of the most powerful pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time. I cried, laughed and gasped - sometimes within a single minute." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Just as special, just as moving, the second time around...Melly Still directs a beautifully fluent and uncluttered production that handles the complex narrative with clarity and panache...This is not a show for the excessively squeamish, or children under 12, but I suspect almost everyone else will be bowled over by its power and humanity." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossing...bold, robust and never the least prurient or morbid."
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Original
70) Waves (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 08 novembre 2006
Première: jeudi 16 novembre 2006
Dernière: jeudi 08 février 2007
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
D'après le roman "The Waves" (1931) de Virginia Woolf dans une adaptation de Katie Mitchell et de la troupe
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Anastasia Hill, Kate Duchene, Liz Kettle, Michael Gould, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell
Commentaire: 2 séries:
> Cottesloe (16/11/2006 - 8/2/2007) 54 représ devant 14.913 spect
> Cottesloe (20/8 - 9/9/2007) 17 représ devant 5.198 spect (plus)
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Excellent company of actors." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a sterile piece of theatre about theatre: a celebration of technical ingenuity that leaves the heart untouched. " SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "An intellectual and aesthetic pleasure — albeit a demanding one...A freeflowing meditation on inner life and the nature of identity, Woolf’s work follows six friends from childhood to middle age and towards death, and takes the form of a succession of subjective internal monologues. There is no dialogue and, though certain events emerge, no plot...True, it’s not easy, and Mitchell requires " JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Powerfully played." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "...fixated on the way the actors wrought brilliant theatrical, visual and aural enhancements of Woolf 's text." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Ingenious, brilliantly acted but ultimately academic production."
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Revival
69) Thérèse Raquin (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: samedi 04 novembre 2006
Première: lundi 13 novembre 2006
Dernière: mercredi 21 février 2007
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Emile Zola (1867) dens une adaptation de Nicholas Wright (2006)
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Ben Daniels (Laurent), Charlotte Emmerson (Therese), Mark Hadfield (Grivet), Emma Lowndes (Suzanne), Judy Parfitt (Madame Raquin), Patrick Kennedy (Camille), Timothy Allsop, Judith Coke, Michael Culkin, Rendah Heywood, Chris Johnston
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Feverish, flamboyant staging." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It’s all dully interesting and admirably flat...One watches this Therese Raquin as if from an immense distance, and with total detachment." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The impression is of a story so adapted to contemporary, local taste that its odd, disturbing flavour has been adapted out of it. This Therese Raquin is easy to swallow, but an hour later you're hungry for a real play. MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The play, in short, is nothing like as powerful as the novel." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "I suspect that Zola's original novel will haunt my memory far more potently than this disappointingly pallid and laborious stage version." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A play that, far from being the scientific case-study Zola wanted, is as grimly moral a warning against extramarital hanky-panky as any ever written."
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68) Caroline or change (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: mardi 10 octobre 2006
Première: jeudi 19 octobre 2006
Dernière: jeudi 04 janvier 2007
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur: Jeanine Tesori •
Parolier: Tonu Kushner •
Libettiste: Tonu Kushner •
Metteur en scène: George C Wolfe •
Chorégraphe: Hope Clarke •
Avec: Tonya Pinkins {Caroline Thibodeaux), Greg Bernstein/Perry Millward/Jonny Weldon (Noah), Anna Francolini (Rose Gellman), Clive Rowe, Ian Lavender, Richard Henders, Hilton McRae Valda Avicks
Commentaire: This through-composed musical, combining spirituals, blues, Motown , classical music and Jewish Klezmer, began off-Broadway in November 2003, and received a Broadway production from May 2004 running for 126 performances. In spite of its very short run, it received six Tony Award nominations. The London production at the National Theatre did not achieve its hoped-for West End transfer, but it did win the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. (Tony Kushner was better known as the author of the AIDS play “Angels in America” ) (plus)
Presse: NICOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Caroline, Or Change turns out, therefore, to be a quaintly charming musical, beautifully acted...Unfortunately Kushner's almost non-stop lyrics, whose words too often become submerged by the 10-strong orchestra, are embarrassingly inept, banal and rambling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A remarkable musical...the real joy lies in finding a musical that combines compassion with social awareness." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Amazing piece of music-theatre...Kushner's great achievement is to make the political personal in a work that combines great dramatic intensity with wild flights of fantasy and music of thrilling variety and strength...Tonya Pinkins is simply sensational in the title role" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Tesori’s score, which embraces Afro-American and Jewish music, rock and blues and gospel, does help to give the evening the size and significance it’s in danger of lacking." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "Enjoyable to watch and highly emotional." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The staging by George C Wolfe is a pictorial joy. Caroline, or Change makes a delightful change from the usual no-brainer musical."
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Parolier: Tonu Kushner •
Libettiste: Tonu Kushner •
Metteur en scène: George C Wolfe •
Chorégraphe: Hope Clarke •
Avec: Tonya Pinkins {Caroline Thibodeaux), Greg Bernstein/Perry Millward/Jonny Weldon (Noah), Anna Francolini (Rose Gellman), Clive Rowe, Ian Lavender, Richard Henders, Hilton McRae Valda Avicks
Théâtre
Original
67) Seafarer (The) (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 78 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 20 septembre 2006
Première: jeudi 28 septembre 2006
Dernière: mardi 30 janvier 2007
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Conor McPherson
Metteur en scène: Conor McPherson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Ron Cook (Mr Lockhart), Conleth Hill (Ivan Curry), Karl Johnson (James 'Sharky' Harkin), Jim Norton (Richard Harkin), Michael McElhatton (Nicky Giblin)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Compelling...meticulously-wrought production, the finest ensemble acting in town." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Sparkling and suspenseful new play." KATE BASSETT for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This is like The Birthday Party crossed with Faust too. Yet it is also a hilarious, spooky and delving play about living hells, drying out, despair and hope. The superb cast includes Jim Norton as a horribly demanding invalid, Karl Johnson as his desolate brother, a comically lurching Conleth Hill and Ron Cook as the predatory, smirking Lockhart." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s some fine writing here and...some excellent acting. But there are doubts. Doesn’t the author, who also directs, take inordinate time evoking this boozy, crazy household? Isn’t the diabolic intrusion a bit over the top? And couldn’t he tell us more about Sharkey’s sin and its effect on the man himself? Johnson’s pinched, arid face and uneasy body language reveal a lot, but a few more lines might clarify and maybe deepen the picture...Still, I laughed, became increasingly absorbed, and ended up impressed by McPherson’s originality." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Making his brilliant National Theatre debut as author and director, Conor McPherson’s new play powerfully recalls Pinter’s The Homecoming with its grim all-male household dominated by a stick-wielding bully in an armchair."
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Revival
66) Alchemist (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 08 septembre 2006
Première: jeudi 14 septembre 2006
Dernière: mardi 21 novembre 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De Ben jonson (1610)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Alex Jennings (Subtle), Simon Russell Beale (Face), Lesley Manville (Doll), Ian Richardson (Sir Epicure Mammon), Tristan Beint, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Bryan Dick, Tim McMullan, Amit Shah, Sam Spruell
Commentaire:
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Fresh, inventively funny production." KATE BASSETT also for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This is not Hytner's most successful modernisation. It often feels mildly strained, lacks real bite and is not quite thought through, actually missing a few tricks." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "The modern-dress performances brim with vitality. Jennings's estuary-accented wide boy Subtle sets the deceptions going in a comedy classic performance...Russell Beale delights and deftly bridges class divides thanks to speedy costume changes." SUSANNAH CLAPP for OBSERVER says, "Nicholas Hytner has gone for gold. And got it. There never was much doubt that his production of The Alchemist would be full of fine moments: a cast headed by Alex Jennings, Lesley Manville and Simon Russell Beale more or less guaranteed that. It was less predictable that Ben Jonson's play about 17th-century con-artists would present so juicy and precise a portrait of 21st-century metropolitan life." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Fine and hilarious...This, for my money, is one of the funniest plays in the English language." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A fresh and superbly inventive production...Rarely have I seen an apparently dusty classic given such an exhilarating modern makeover." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Russell Beale and Jennings... there is no funnier or more adroit double-act on the London stage...The evening is irresistible."
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Revival
65) Exiles (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 26 juillet 2006
Première: mercredi 02 août 2006
Dernière: jeudi 26 octobre 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De James Joyce (1914)
Metteur en scène: James MacDonald •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Adrian Dunbar, Thomas Grant, Dervla Kirwan, Peter McDonald , Marcella Plunkett
Commentaire:
Presse: RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A production that is a poem and a revelation. For three hours we experience that rarest quality on the contemporary stage - stillness - and it never loses its grip." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "MacDonald's production sacrifices Exiles' governing mood of perverse and agonised sexual confusion, which McDonald, Miss Plunkett and Dervla Kirwan's troubled Bertha powerfully transmit, in favour of Dunbar's misguided, winsome perkiness. James Joyce is accordingly done down." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Fine revival...Some may dismiss this as a novelist's play; to me it emerges as a neglected landmarks of modern theatre that explores the byzantine complexities of marriage with the honesty of genius." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "It’s an interesting rather than a dazzling play...restrained production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Even in 2006 this is a play that asks sharp, searching questions about the power of mind over body, the difficulty of emotional honesty, the limits of tolerance in vital relationships and, above all, the sheer complexity of our sexual feelings. " DOMINIC CAVENDISH for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Fascinating, finely judged but finally only half-persuasive."
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Théâtre
Revival
64) Life of Galileo (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 59 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 28 juin 2006
Première: jeudi 06 juillet 2006
Dernière: mardi 31 octobre 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De Bertolt Brecht (1947) dans une nouvele version de David Hare (2006)
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (Galileo), Oliver Ford Davies (The Cardinal Inquisitor), Zubin Varla (The Little Monk, Fulganzio), Andrew Woodall (Cardinal Barberini, later Pope ), Tim McMullan (The Chancellor / Official (sc 10) , Ryan Watson (Andrea Sarti, as a boy), Bryan Dick (Andrea Sarti, older), Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Virginia, Galileo s daughter), Julia Ford (Signora Sarti ), Dermot Kerrigan (Federzoni, the lens grinder), Duncan Bell (Sagredo, Galileo s friend ), Bertie Carvel (Ludovico Marsili ), Jamie Manton (Cosimo De Medici, as a boy), Tristan Beint (Cosimo De Medici, older/ First Monk/ First Clerk/ Guarding Monk), Ian Barritt (Chamberlain/ Very Old Cardinal/ Vanni), Simon Merrells (Philosopher/ Clavius/ The Rector ), Christopher Gilling (Mathematician/ Astronomer), Amit Shah (Second Monk/ Second Clerk ), Sam Spruell (Cardinal Bellarmin/ Footman ), Marcus Cunningham (Ballad-Singer/ Guard/ Peasant), Sarah Annis (1st Girl/ Ballad-Singer's Wife), Natalie Best (2nd Girl), Lucy Vandi (3rd Girl ), Steven Williams (Boy)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Spectacular production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Urgent, bitingly funny and morally devastating modern-dress production...Simon Russell Beale's brilliant performance " CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superb production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Sharp, actable adaptation." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Howard Davies has put the production into modern dress with surprising, often illuminating results." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, " He [Simon Russell Beale] triumphs in the central role."
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Revival
63) Seagull (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 68 représentations
Première preview: samedi 17 juin 2006
Première: mardi 27 juin 2006
Dernière: samedi 23 septembre 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Anton Chekhov •
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Juliet Stevenson, Ben Whishaw, Mark Bazeley, Michael Gould, Sean Jackson, Liz Kettle, Sandy McDade, Hattie Morahan, Justin Salinger, Angus Wright
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Anyone who comes fresh to the play should be warned they are not seeing some radical reinterpretation, but a pallid version of the real thing...Mitchell's Seagull does, though, generate an intriguing, desolate atmosphere." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "This is an evening where acting takes second place to effect and the sight of a decaying class tangoing its way to oblivion. It is director's theatre at its most indulgent in which the play, as Chekhov wrote it, is definitely not the thing." DOMENIC CAVENDISH for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "One of the most insightful Chekhov interpreters of her generation with a daringly dark and stripped-back Seagull." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The period is somewhat confusingly updated to the 1920s...the main problem is an excess of atmospherics and detail...One should feel their pain at the end. I didn’t." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It’s clever, it’s elegant, it’s interesting – and so what if it isn’t the least bit moving? Or if it isn’t the play Chekhov wrote?"
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Anton Chekhov •
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Juliet Stevenson, Ben Whishaw, Mark Bazeley, Michael Gould, Sean Jackson, Liz Kettle, Sandy McDade, Hattie Morahan, Justin Salinger, Angus Wright
Théâtre
Original
62) Market Boy (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: samedi 27 mai 2006
Première: mardi 06 juin 2006
Dernière: jeudi 24 août 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De David Eldridge
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jonathan Cullen, Callum Dixon, Paul Moriarty, Claire Rushbrook, Freddy White , Danny Worters, Andrew Frame, Gary McDonald, John Marquez, Owen Oakeshott, Jade Williams
Commentaire:
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Highly engaging." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Stunning." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It runs with much of the zip and colour of a good musical and, amid the huge cast, there is a wealth of first-rate acting." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Dramatically inert." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "An ensemble production of dazzling flair and comic vitality." SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "It’s the most fun I’ve had at the theatre in ages...It’s bold, brash, and fabulous"
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Théâtre
Original
61) Overwhelming (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 57 représentations
Première preview: mardi 09 mai 2006
Première: mercredi 17 mai 2006
Dernière: mercredi 30 août 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De JT Rogers
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Matthew Marsh (Jack Exley), Andrew Garfield (Geoffrey Exley), Tanya Moodie (Linda White-keeler), William Armstrong (Charles Wolsey / British Doctor), Nick Fletcher (Jean-claude / Clark ), Jude Akuwudike (Joseph Gasana / Hospital Orderly / Waiter ), Chipo Chung (Elise Kayitesi / Waitress / Rwandan Doctor ), Danny Sapani (Samuel Mizinga ), Babou Ceesay (Gerard / Waiter ), Adura Onashile (Woman In Club / Market Woman / Waitress ), Lucian Msamati (Un Lieutenant / Man In Nightclub / Man At Embassy Party / Market Man / Policeman)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Deftly effective and powerfully acted production...The Overwhelming gives political theatre serious allure." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "What the play has to say is important; but Rogers's dramatic technique is spasmodically flawed....The technical shortcomings are camouflaged by the speed and clarity of Max Stafford-Clark's Cottesloe production." JEREMY AUSTIN for THE STAGE says, "Powerful and evocative...A brilliant and horrifying evening’s theatre." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Best new play I've seen this year...one of the most entertaining. The drama has both comic and thriller-like elements, and something of the atmosphere of a Graham Greene novel." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Absorbing, uneven."
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Théâtre
Revival
60) Voysey Inheritance (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: mardi 18 avril 2006
Première: mardi 25 avril 2006
Dernière: mercredi 07 juin 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Harley Granville Barker (1905)
Metteur en scène: Peter Gill •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Lucy Briers (Honor Voysey), Nancy Carroll (Alice Maitland), Julian Glover (Mr Voysey), Martin Hutson (Hugh Voysey), John Normington (Peacey), Dominic West (Edward Voysey ) , Andrew Woodall (Major Booth Voysey), Doreen Mantle (Mrs Voysey), Mark Tandy (Trenchard Voysey), Sarah Mowat (Mrs Booth Voysey (Emily), Kirsty Bushell (Mrs Hugh Voysey (Beatrice)), Isabella Calthorpe (Ethel Voysey), Joseph Thompson (Denis Tregoning), John Nettleton (Mr Booth), Roger Swaine (The Rev. Evan Colpus), Julia West (Phoebe), Anna Steel (Mary), David Baron, Christopher Gilling, Max Dowler, Sinead O'Keeffe
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Atmospheric, exquisitely acted production, a great family drama of the British 20th century." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Splendidly crisp and wonderfully cast production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Often funny." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "well-upholstered play and the acting has the in-depth quality of the National at its best...a first-rate evening." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Wonderfully rich and satisfying play...This is a great play that finds the National at the top of its game."
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Théâtre
Revival
59) Royal Hunt of the Sun (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 4 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 72 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 30 mars 2006
Première: mercredi 12 avril 2006
Dernière: samedi 12 août 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De Peter Shaffer (1964)
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Alun Armstrong (Pizarro), Paterson Joseph (Atahuallpa), Philip Voss (Miguel Estete), Israel Aduramo, Natasha Bain, Micah Balfour, Dwayne Barnaby, Tristan Beint, Ralph Birtwell, Martin Carroll, Oliver Cotton, Jim Creighton, Branwell Donaghey, Darrell D Silva, Andrew Frame, Bradley Freegard, Daniel Lindquist, Richard Lintern, George Daniel Long, Andrew McDonald, Tam Mutu, Terel Nugent, Owen Oakeshott, Gary Oliver, Bhasker Patel, Paul Ritter, Nataylia Roni, Douglas Scott Franklin, Amit Shah, Malcolm Storry, Michael Taibi, Oliver Tompsett, Ewart James Walters.
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A spectacular theatrical epic." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Old-fashioned in stage-craft and style." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While the play was a startling antidote to 60s naturalism, what now seems more interesting is Shaffer's understanding of the imperialist instinct in which the conquest of the Incas becomes a metaphor for modern Iraq." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Lumbering production by Trevor Nunn, full of empty displays of ritual, dodgy choreography and naff mime sequences" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s much to admire in Nunn’s use of a bare, round, wooden stage with plenty of gorgeous costumes but a minimum of props."
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Reprise
58) Two Thousand Years (Reprise)
Joué durant 4 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 61 représentations
Première preview: samedi 25 mars 2006
Première: mardi 28 mars 2006
Dernière: samedi 29 juillet 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Mike Leigh
Metteur en scène: Mike Leigh •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Gina Bellman (Michelle), John Burgess (Dave), Ben Caplan (Josh), Allan Corduner (Danny), Caroline Gruber (Rachel ), Simon Schatzberger (Jonathan), Nitzan Sharron (Tzachi), Alexis Zegerman (Tammy)
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/9/2005 - 31/1/2006) 90 représ devant 28.236 spect
> Lyttelton (25/3 - 29/7/2006) 61 représ devant 42.647 spect (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Despite the play's thematic flaws, Leigh and his superb players know just how to keep an audience tantalisingly hooked." BEN RUSSELL for THE INDEPENDENT says, " A good, but slightly pedestrian play that lacks the layered richness of Leigh's finest stage and film drama." MICHAEL BILINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Funny-sad exploration of the inherent tensions of family life and the nature of the world around us...This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as Abigail's Party, at others as painfully touching and true such superb Leigh films as Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Leigh’s improvisational skills — actually the actors improvise while he prods, listens, selects, edits — have created a piece that is consistently absorbing and remarkably topical...almost all the time this is quality Leigh: amusing, touching, wise." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "A funny but warmly touching story of secular Jewish parents struggling to cope with their son’s fierce new dedication to the Hebrew faith."
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Original
57) Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 30 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 03 mars 2006
Première: mercredi 15 mars 2006
Dernière: samedi 03 juin 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
BURN (2006) de Deborah Gearing / CHATROOM (2006) de Enda Walsh / CITÏZENSHIP (2006) de Mark Ravenhill
Metteur en scène: Anna Mackmin •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Naomi Bentley, Robert Boulter, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Richard Dempsey, Farzana Due Elahe, Andrew Garfield, Matti Houghton, Sid Mitchell, Javone Prince, Joy Richardson, Andrea Riseborough, Matt Smith , Alex Tregear.
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/3 - 3/6/2006) 30 représ devant 10.990 spect
> Cottesloe (6/7/2007 - 2/1/2008) 48 représ devant 9.792 spect (plus)
Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "An impressive number of themes, from internet suicide chatrooms to peer pressure to sexual orientation, are handled in commendably non-dogmatic style...A triumph." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "They give us keenly believable views of British teenagers today and offer revealing sociology and vivid entertainment...The actors are young and astoundingly good. You come out talking of Andrew Garfield and Matt Smith as much as of the plays...these are the best new plays currently to be seen in London." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Each astutely directed by Anna Mackmin and featuring an ensemble of terrific young acting talent." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Mackmin's production leaves you with a smile on your face." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Anna Mackmin now directs an outstanding company of young professionals." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossed and amused...Both plays are strong, though Citizenship is the more accomplished and certainly the funnier."
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Théâtre
Original
56) Southwark Fair (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 10 février 2006
Première: jeudi 16 février 2006
Dernière: mardi 04 juillet 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Samuel Adamson
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Margaret Tyzack (May), Rory Kinnear (Simon), Michael Legge (Aurek), Rhashan Stone (Alexander), Simon Gleeson (Angus), Con O Neill (Patrick), Madeleine Potter (Toni)
Commentaire:
Presse:
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Théâtre
Revival
55) Measure for Measure (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 10 février 2006
Première: mercredi 15 février 2006
Dernière: samedi 18 mars 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jamie Bradley, Steven Crossley, Hannes Flaschberger, Naomi Frederick, Mike Grady, Tamzin Griffin, Katie Jones, Richard Katz, Anamaria Marinca, Clive Mendus, Ben Meyjes, Ajay Naidu, Craig Parkinson, Kostas Philippoglou, Angus Wright
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Enthralling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Simon McBurney's production is brilliant." SUSANNAH CLAP for THE OBSERVER says, "Suddenly the play looks brutal, contradictory, unresolved: barbaric and Christian and modern." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Powerfully disturbing production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I’ve seldom enjoyed this tricky play more."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jamie Bradley, Steven Crossley, Hannes Flaschberger, Naomi Frederick, Mike Grady, Tamzin Griffin, Katie Jones, Richard Katz, Anamaria Marinca, Clive Mendus, Ben Meyjes, Ajay Naidu, Craig Parkinson, Kostas Philippoglou, Angus Wright
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect (plus)
Théâtre
Revival
54) Once in a Lifetime (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 86 représentations
Première preview: lundi 05 décembre 2005
Première: jeudi 15 décembre 2005
Dernière: samedi 11 mars 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De George S Kaufman and Moss Hart (1930)
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Suchet (Herman Glogauer), Victoria Hamilton (May Daniels), Adrian Scarborough (George Lewis), Caroline Sheen (Susan Walker), Marcia Warren (Mrs Walker), Issy van Randwyck (Helen Hobart), Jonathan McGuinness (Lawrence Vail)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Once in a Lifetime is not very funny or very sharp, and director Edward Hall tries to paper over its deficiencies by throwing expensive sets..." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "At the end, I felt as exhausted by the struggle to have a good time as the game cast must be by the strain of trying to provide one." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Dizzily enjoyable revival." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Has a certain period charm." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s no faulting the energy of Hall’s cast or the exotic excellence of Mark Thompson’s designs... I just wasn’t convinced that Once in a Lifetime was worth the effort." ALISTAIR SMITH for THE STAGE says, "It falls down due to a lack of substance and fails to create anything truly memorable. Like its source material it is just a bit too frothy."
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Revival
53) History Boys (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 59 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 02 décembre 2005
Première: lundi 05 décembre 2005
Dernière: mercredi 01 février 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Aucun •
Avec: ) Desmond Barrit (Hector), Bruce Alexander (Headmaster), James Cartwright (Timms), Philip Correia (Rudge), Marc Elliott (Akthar), Diane Fletcher (Mrs Lintott), Jamie King (Dakin), Tobias Menzies (Irwin), Thomas Morrison (Scripps), Matt Smith (Lockwood), Kenny Thompson (Crowther), Steven Webb (Posner)
Commentaire: Best Play - Evening Standard Award & Critics' Circle Award / Best New Play - Laurence Olivier Award / Best Actor - Richard Griffiths - Evening Standard Award, Critics' Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award / Samuel Barnett won Best Newcomer & Best Supporting Actor in a play at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards / Best Director - Nicholas Hytner - Laurence Olivier Award
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008) (plus)
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The play is a delight." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says,"A superb, life-enhancing play." "NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Comic ramble fails to make the top grade." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "This is a wonderful evening, as heart-catching as it is hilarious." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Curious, questing, intelligent, witty and, at times, hilarious." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Brilliantly funny, with lines that we will, I hope, quote for years and several show-stopping vignettes."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Aucun •
Avec: ) Desmond Barrit (Hector), Bruce Alexander (Headmaster), James Cartwright (Timms), Philip Correia (Rudge), Marc Elliott (Akthar), Diane Fletcher (Mrs Lintott), Jamie King (Dakin), Tobias Menzies (Irwin), Thomas Morrison (Scripps), Matt Smith (Lockwood), Kenny Thompson (Crowther), Steven Webb (Posner)
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008) (plus)
Théâtre
Revival
52) Translations (Revival)
Joué durant 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 13 représentations
Première preview: mardi 15 novembre 2005
Première: mercredi 16 novembre 2005
Dernière: jeudi 01 décembre 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Brian Friel (1980)
Metteur en scène: Sean Holmes •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Billy Carter (Owen), Simon Coates (Captain Lancey), David Ganly (Manus), Kenny Ireland (Hugh), Aislinn Mangan (Sarah), Mairead Mckinley (Maire), Jane Murphy (Bridget ), Eugene O'Hare (Doalty), Tony Rohr (Jimmy Jack ), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Lieutenant Yolland)
Commentaire: NT Education Mobile production (plus)
Presse:
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Original
51) Coram Boy (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 47 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 02 novembre 2005
Première: lundi 14 novembre 2005
Dernière: samedi 04 février 2006
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Adaptationd de Helen Edmundson du roman de Jamila Gavin
Metteur en scène: Melly Still •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Sophie Bould (Alice ), Bertie Carvel (Adult Alex), Abby Ford (Young Thomas), Ruth Gemmell (Mrs Lynch), Akiya Henry (Toby ), Rebecca Johnson (Lady Ashbrook), Inika Leigh Wright (Miss Price), Stuart McLoughlin (Adult Thomas), Anna Madeley (Young Alex / Aaron), Katherine Manners (Edward), Eve Matheson (Mrs Milcote), Justine Mitchell (Melissa), Paul Ritter (Otis Gardiner / Mr Philip Gaddarn), Jack Tarlton (Meshak Gardiner), Kelly Williams (Isobel)
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (14/11/2005 - 04/2/2006) 47 représ devant 41.752 spect
> Olivier (29/11/2006 - 24/2/2007) 74 représ devant 79.919 spect (plus)
Presse: CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Helen Edmundson's adaptation does full justice to the dark power of the original, while also transforming it into a thrilling piece of theatre...This is an emotionally overwhelming production, and one that will haunt the memory of all who see it." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Wonderfully abundant, munificent version of Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread-winning novel." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A highly superior show that should appeal to adults and children alike."
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Théâtre
Original
50) Paul (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 47 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 30 septembre 2005
Première: mercredi 09 novembre 2005
Dernière: samedi 04 février 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
D'Howard Brenton
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Adam Godley (Paul), Lloyd Owen (Peter), Paul Higgins (James) (Note: Paul Rhys withdrawn through illness)
Commentaire:
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This rather restrained and painstaking play - premiered in Howard Davies's well-acted, joltingly modern-dress production - offers an intriguingly secular account of the resurrection" MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Brenton's fascinating play persuades me that it is invariably the secular dramatists who write best about spiritual matters...an exciting play that explores big issues from a point of rationalist doubt." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Much of this play moved me...Adam Godley is superb as the ascetic Paul." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Tense production." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "a compelling study of faith and of the human need for stories that explain the world and inspire action."
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Revival
49) Pillars of the Community (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 46 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 21 octobre 2005
Première: mardi 01 novembre 2005
Dernière: samedi 04 février 2006
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Henrik Ibsen (1877)
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Damian Lewis (Karsten Bernick ), Geraldine Alexander (Betty), Brid Brennan (Marta Bernick ), Michelle Dockery (Dina Dorf ), Michael Gould (Knap), Annabel Leventon (Mrs Rummel), Lesley Manville (Lona Hessel), Pamela Merrick (Mrs Lynge), Paul Moriarty (Aune), Justin Salinger (Hilmar Tonnesen), Una Stubbs (Mrs Holt), Michael Thomas (Rorlund)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A lucid, not too modern-sounding version by Samuel Adamson." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A wonderfully rich and absorbing piece." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE TIMES says, "The real joy lies in seeing a virtually unknown Ibsen work rescued from the shadows and shown to be a resonant play for today." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A stimulating if wordy play about moral collapse and regeneration." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A grippingly entertaining stage thriller."
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Original
48) Playing with Fire (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: lundi 12 septembre 2005
Première: mercredi 21 septembre 2005
Dernière: samedi 22 octobre 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De David Edgar
Metteur en scène: Michael Attenborough •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Oliver Ford Davies, Emma Fielding, Kate Best, David Troughton, Geoffrey Beevers, Paul Bhattacharjee, Susan Brown, Trevor Cooper, Rudi Dharmalingam, Nick Fletcher, Colin Haigh, Ranjit Krishnamma, Jonathan McGuinness, Aaron Neil, Bhasker Patel, Alistair Petrie, Helen Rutter, Rebekah Staton, Ewan Stewart, Caroline Strong, Tony Turner, Deka Walmsley, Sameena Zehra
Commentaire:
Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "David Edgar's new play is an uncannily timely but thorny work that takes some struggling through." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While I admire Edgar's desire to explore big issues on public stages and to instruct delightfully, I can't help feeling his new play offers somewhat tendentious explanations for the failure of multi-cultural policies...In short, Edgar's play doesn't quite add up and overlooks the many other sources of racial tension in Britain. But at least it occupies the Olivier stage with a certain bravura in Michael Attenborough's production." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "What [David Edgar] hasn't been able to achieve is a satisfying drama. He hits all the right topical buttons, but for long arid stretches the play resolutely refuses to come to life...There are ideas in abundance, so much clever talk...But of real human drama, and characters you genuinely come to care for, there is little evidence." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Intelligent, balanced and fair...A 23-person cast that includes Oliver Ford Davies as an educated demagogue and David Troughton as the council’s genially floundering leader, is as committed as any cast could be. They left me stimulated and impressed. But excited? Not quite." KATE BASSETT for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Hardly sparks into life at all...hasn't successfully digested and transformed all his material into an engaging drama...this is a peculiarly arid, grey and sprawling piece with too many wooden exchanges and repetitive sections that patently need redrafting. "
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Original
47) Two Thousand Years (Original)
Joué durant 4 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 90 représentations
Première preview: samedi 10 septembre 2005
Première: jeudi 15 septembre 2005
Dernière: mardi 31 janvier 2006
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Mike Leigh
Metteur en scène: Mike Leigh •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: John Burgess, Ben Caplan, Allan Corduner, Adam Godley, Caroline Gruber, Nitzan Sharron, Samantha Spiro, Alexis Zegerman
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/9/2005 - 31/1/2006) 90 représ devant 28.236 spect
> Lyttelton (25/3 - 29/7/2006) 61 représ devant 42.647 spect (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Despite the play's thematic flaws, Leigh and his superb players know just how to keep an audience tantalisingly hooked." BEN RUSSELL for THE INDEPENDENT says, " A good, but slightly pedestrian play that lacks the layered richness of Leigh's finest stage and film drama." MICHAEL BILINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Funny-sad exploration of the inherent tensions of family life and the nature of the world around us...This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as Abigail's Party, at others as painfully touching and true such superb Leigh films as Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Leigh’s improvisational skills — actually the actors improvise while he prods, listens, selects, edits — have created a piece that is consistently absorbing and remarkably topical...almost all the time this is quality Leigh: amusing, touching, wise." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "A funny but warmly touching story of secular Jewish parents struggling to cope with their son’s fierce new dedication to the Hebrew faith."
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Revival
46) Aristocrats (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: samedi 02 juillet 2005
Première: mardi 12 juillet 2005
Dernière: jeudi 13 octobre 2005
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Brian Friel
Metteur en scène: Tom Cairns •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Sam Beazley (Uncle George), Stephen Boxer (Tom Hoffnung), Brian Doherty (Willie Diver), Dervla Kirwan (Alice), Peter McDonald (Eamon ), Gina McKee (Judith), T P McKenna (Father), Marcella Plunkett (Claire), Andrew Scott (Casimir)
Commentaire:
Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "fine revival..What Friel offers us is a humane analysis of the flawed Irish temper and its propensity for romance." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "unsatisfying....wilting production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "If anyone is writing richer plays than Friel, I don’t know him, or her...Friel is the bard of loss, the poet of dislocation, and Aristocrats is a fine elegy to a disappearing world, well worth its revival at the National." PETER HEPPLE for THE STAGE says, "Andrew Scott...rather overshadows the rest of the low-key players, particularly his female siblings, Dervla Kirwan as alcoholic Alice and Gina McKee.." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Too much clotted exposition, too little living drama.....Friel is a paradoxical writer. At his greatest, he soars into the sublime. But when less than inspired, as he mostly is here, he seems like a conscientious, earthbound plodder." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The production skilfully sustains the play's meditative, tragicomic mood. ...there is something genuinely Chekhovian in the mix of objectivity and compassion with which Friel views this dying breed...a richly ambivalent play."
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Original
45) President of an Empty Room (The) (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 17 juin 2005
Première: mardi 28 juin 2005
Dernière: samedi 27 août 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Steven Knight
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Georgina Ackerman, Jim Carter, Nona Dumezweni, Paul Hilton, Fraser James, Inika Leigh Wright, Petra Letang, Stephen Moore, Lucian Msamati, Anthony O'Donnell, Tracey Saunders.
Commentaire:
Presse:
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Original
44) Un Inspector (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: mardi 07 juin 2005
Première: jeudi 16 juin 2005
Dernière: mercredi 05 octobre 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Adapté librement par David Farr de la satire de Gogol "The Government Inspector"
Metteur en scène: David Farr •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Michael Sheen ( Carson, the UN Inspector), David Ryall (Justice), Mark Arends, Geoffrey Beevers, Elizabeth Bell, Kate Best, Sam Cox, Michelle Dockery, Nick Fletcher, Michael Gould, Daisy Haggard, Geraldine James, Mark Leadbetter, Penelope McGhie, Jonathan McGuinness, David Ryall, Justin Salinger, Nicolas Tennant and Tony Turner.
Commentaire:
Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Never quite clever or funny enough.....Farr's production has good supporting performances, deals with the dual-language problem with admirable simplicity, and has a sting in its tail. But I'm not sure, for all its sly contemporary references, that it has any more to say to us than Gogol's original." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "There are also good things in Farr's production: not least Ti Green's set filled with a baroque imperialist nostalgia. But Farr's play veers awkwardly between a paraphrase of Gogol's original and a satire on east European capitalist chaos. In the end, it feels neither one thing nor the other and leaves one hungrily waiting for Gogol." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Sheen is superb as a self-aggrandising fantasist...But the play often drifts between riffing on Gogol and satirising post-Soviet capitalism and dilutes each’s social sting."
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Original
43) On the Shore of the Wide World (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 20 mai 2005
Première: jeudi 26 mai 2005
Dernière: mardi 23 août 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Simon Stephens
Metteur en scène: Sarah Frankcom •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Carla Henry, Thomas Morrison, Eileen O'Brien , Steven Webb, Siobhan Finneran, Nicholas Gleaves, David Hargreaves, Susannah Harker, Roger Morlidge, Matt Smith
Commentaire: Une coproduction: National Theatre / Manchester Royal Exchange
Cette pièce a ouvert à Manchester le 18 avril (jusqu'au 14 mai), avant un tranfert au Cottesloe Theatre le 20 mai. (plus)
Presse:
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Original
42) Theatre of Blood (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: lundi 09 mai 2005
Première: jeudi 19 mai 2005
Dernière: samedi 10 septembre 2005
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Lee Simpson & Phelim McDermott d'après le film de la MGM/Sam Jaffe (1973)
Metteur en scène: Philem McDermott •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jim Broadbent (as Lionheart), Paul Bentall, Hayley Carmichael, Sally Dexter, Nick Haverson, Mark Lockyer, Tim McMullan, Rachael Spence, Steve Steen , Rachael Stirling, Gerard Bell, Bette Bourne, Stephen Harper, Victoria Willing and Edward Woodall
Commentaire: A collaboration with Improbable (plus)
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "An intelligent, larky evening that offers, in more senses than one, a bloody good show." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "However enjoyable it is, there is also something hermetic about the show's preoccupation with theatre.." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Giddily enjoyable." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "..I also found Broadbent’s endlessly confused quotations from the Shakespeare canon a bit wearisome. But he blends ersatz Irving — Sir Henry not Mr Wardle — and flatulent Wolfit with wonderfully hammy panache."
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Revival
41) Henry IV, Part I (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: samedi 16 avril 2005
Première: mercredi 04 mai 2005
Dernière: mercredi 31 août 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters
Commentaire:
Presse: ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Nicholas Hytner's new National Theatre production isn't perfect, but I've encountered none so interesting." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Even if Michael Gambon doesn't quite turn out to be the Falstaff of one's dreams, Nicholas Hytner's production of our great national epic is as socially detailed and emotionally moving as one had hoped." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, Superb new production in the Olivier...captures both the epic scale of this dramatic diptych.." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Didn’t always light my mental and emotional fires... Hytner’s revival moves at a bold, impressive pace."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters
Théâtre
Revival
40) Henry IV, Part II (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 46 représentations
Première preview: samedi 16 avril 2005
Première: mercredi 04 mai 2005
Dernière: mercredi 31 août 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters
Commentaire:
Presse: ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Nicholas Hytner's new National Theatre production isn't perfect, but I've encountered none so interesting." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Even if Michael Gambon doesn't quite turn out to be the Falstaff of one's dreams, Nicholas Hytner's production of our great national epic is as socially detailed and emotionally moving as one had hoped." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, Superb new production in the Olivier...captures both the epic scale of this dramatic diptych.." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Didn’t always light my mental and emotional fires... Hytner’s revival moves at a bold, impressive pace."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters
Théâtre
Original
39) Tristan & Yseult (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 35 représentations
Première preview: lundi 04 avril 2005
Première: mardi 12 avril 2005
Dernière: mardi 07 juin 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy, adaptation d'Emma Rice
Metteur en scène: Emma Rice •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Stu Barker, Dan Canham, Craig Johnson, Giles King, Pieter Lawman, Amanda Lawrence, Eva Magyar, Sarah Moody, Mike Shepherd, Anthony Shuster, Tristan Sturrock , Alex Vann.
Commentaire: A collaboration with Kneehigh Theatre (plus)
Presse:
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Revival
38) House of Bernarda Alba (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 4 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: samedi 05 mars 2005
Première: mardi 15 mars 2005
Dernière: samedi 30 juillet 2005
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Federico Garcia Lorca dans une nouvelle traduction de David Hare (2005)
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Penelope Wilton (Bernarda Alba) , Deborah Findlay (Poncia) , Mary Cunningham, Beth Fitzgerald, Maria Golledge, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Hill, Katherine Manners, Sandy McDade, Jo McInnes, Pamela Merrick, Justine Mitchell, Cherry Morris, Jennifer Scott-Malden, Rachael Spence, Sophie Trott, Kirsty Wood.
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Revival
37) A Dream Play (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 04 février 2005
Première: mardi 15 février 2005
Dernière: mercredi 11 mai 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
D'August Strindberg dans une nouvelle version de Caryl Churchill (2005)
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Mark Arends, Anastasia Hille, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Charlotte Roach, Dominic Rowan, Justin Salinger, Susie Trayling, Lucy Whybrow, Angus Wright
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Miss Mitchell's beautifully articulated images and actions pass in a seamless flow of surprises and atmospherics." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While I don't feel a masterpiece has been desecrated, the result is technical virtuosity shorn of emotional content......capriciously inventive production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The staging is stunning yet simple...the acting is pretty good too." PETER HEPPLE for THE STAGE says, "What is striking...is the fluidity of Katie Mitchell’s production...As for the acting, this is true ensemble playing." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, " In Katie Mitchell's stunning adaptation of Strindberg, you are whirled through 100 minutes of disconcerting theatrical brilliance and at the end feel you have woken from a troubling dream."
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Revival
36) A Minute too late (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 21 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 20 janvier 2005
Première: jeudi 27 janvier 2005
Dernière: samedi 26 février 2005
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Création collective
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jos Houben, Simon McBurney, Marcello Magni
Commentaire:
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35) Fix Up (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: mardi 07 décembre 2004
Première: jeudi 16 décembre 2004
Dernière: mercredi 23 mars 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Kwame Kwei-Armah (2004)
Metteur en scène: Angus Jackson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Claire Benedict (Norma), Jeffery Kissoon (Brother Kiyi), Mo Sesay Carl), Nina Sosanya Alice), Steve Toussaint (Kwesi)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Beautifully acted and modulated production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Although the play climaxes in a welter of revelations, it has dramatic impetus and universal relevance...Richly eloquent new play" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The characters are strongly drawn, the dialogue often sharp and funny." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Clearly heartfelt but somewhat creaky piece exploring the broader issue of black identity."
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Original
34) His dark Materials - Part 1 (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: samedi 20 novembre 2004
Première: mercredi 08 décembre 2004
Dernière: samedi 02 avril 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Deux pièces basées sur les romans de Philip Pullman (1995-2000), adaptation de Nicholas Wright (2003)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Timothy Dalton (Lord Asriel) , Patricia Hodge (Mrs Coulter) , Niamh Cusack (Serafina Pekkala); Dominic Cooper (Will); Anna Maxwell Martin (Lyra). Samuel Barnett, John Carlisle, Patrick Godfrey, Stephen Greif, Jamie Harding, Akbar Khurta, Inika Leigh Wright, Helena Lymbery, Tim McMullan, Iain Mitchell, Helen Murton, Cecilia Noble, Nick Sampson, Danny Sapani, Jason Thorpe, Russell Tovey, Ben Whishaw, Katie Wimpenny, Ben Wright, Richard Youman
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."
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Original
33) His dark Materials - Part 2 (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 70 représentations
Première preview: mardi 30 novembre 2004
Première: mercredi 08 décembre 2004
Dernière: samedi 02 avril 2005
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Deux pièces basées sur les romans de Philip Pullman (1995-2000), adaptation de Nicholas Wright (2003)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Harewod (Lord Asriel) , Lesley Manville (Mrs Coulter) , Michael Legge (Will), Elaine Symons (Lyra ), John Carlisle (Lord Boreal), Adjoa Andoh (Serafina Pekkala), Mark Bailey (Billy Costa ), Michelle Dockery (Jessie), Vanessa Earl (Mrs Lonsdale ), Jamie Harding (Pantalaimon), Darren Hart (Roger), Don Gallagher (Iofur Raknison/Jeptha Jones), Ian Gelder (John Faa), Leo Kay (Golden Monkey) , David Killick (Farder Coram ), Pascal Langdale (Ben ), Samantha Lawson (Lilly), Elliot Levey (Brother Jasper/Kaisa), Emma Manton (Stelmaria) , Iain Mitchell (Professor Hopcraft) , Victoria Moseley (Salcilia), Helen Murton (Daisy), Chike Okonkwo (Dr Cade) , Harry Peacock (Tony Costa), Alan Perrin (Lee Scoresby), Alistair Petrie (Iorek), Dodger Phillips (Dr West ) , Samuel Roukin (Thorold/Balthamos), Nick Sampson (Fra Pavel), Rachel Sandars (Ruta Skadi/Betty)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."
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Revival
32) Mandate (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 43 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 15 octobre 2004
Première: mardi 26 octobre 2004
Dernière: mercredi 26 janvier 2005
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Nikolai Erdman (1925) dans une nouvelle version de Declan Donnellan (2004)
Metteur en scène: Declan Donnellan •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Deborah Findlay (Nadejda Petrovna), Sinead Matthews (Nastia), David Collings (Autonom), Naomi Frederick (Varvara Sergeevna), Martin Hutson (Pavel ), Adrian Scarborough (Ivan Ivanovich Shironkin), Bruce Alexander (Olymp Valerianovich Smetanich), Sarah-Jane Drummey (Ensemble), Daniel Hart (Anatoly), Sean Jackson (Ensemble), Carol Macready (Vishnevezkaia, Tamara Leopoldovna) , Laurence Penry-Jones (Valerian), Michael Rouse (Ensemble ), Roger Sloman (An Organ Grinder), Harry Towb (Agaphangel), Anne White (Ensemble)
Commentaire: Interdite pendant des décennies en URSS, cette nouvelle version du chef-d'œuvre comique de Nikolai Erdman décrit une société emplie d'hypocrisie et de confusion. (plus)
Presse:
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Théâtre
Original
31) Primo (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 29 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 24 septembre 2004
Première: jeudi 30 septembre 2004
Dernière: mercredi 01 décembre 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
D'Antony Sher, adaptation de "Si c'est un Homme" ("If This Is A Man" de Primo Levi (1947))
Metteur en scène: Richard Wilson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Antony Sher
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I sometimes found Richard Wilson's stylised, austere production and the manner of Sir Antony's performance fussily decorative." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Antony Sher, as adapter and performer, and Richard Wilson as director, have such aesthetic tact and imaginative sobriety that they capture precisely the book's controlled outrage." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH "The person we encounter on the pages of Levi's book, and in Sher's perfectly judged performance, is a human being who has emphatically not been destroyed by the very worst this world has to offer. That is the beacon in the terrible darkness." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "This is an evening beyond criticism."
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Revival
30) Buried Child (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: samedi 18 septembre 2004
Première: mercredi 29 septembre 2004
Dernière: mercredi 15 décembre 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Sam Shepard (1977/95)
Metteur en scène: Matthew Warchus •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Brendan Coyle (Tilden), Sam Troughton (Vince), Sean Murray (Bradley), John Rogan (Father Dewis), Lauren Ambrose (Shelley), Elizabeth Franz (Halie), M. Emmet Walsh (Dodge)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Buried Child steers a choppy course between black comedy and chilling confessional." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Highly recommended." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Excellent production." CHARLES SPENCER FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Gripping and often wildly funny production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Matthew Warchus’s uniformly excellent cast kept me appalled and agog, amused and repelled."
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Théâtre
Original
29) Stuff happens (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 53 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 01 septembre 2004
Première: vendredi 10 septembre 2004
Dernière: samedi 06 novembre 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De David Hare (2004)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Alex Jennings (George W. Bush), Nicholas Farrell (Tony Blair), Adjoa Andoh (Condoleezza Rice) , Desmond Barrit (Dick Cheney), Joe Morton (Colin Powell), Isla Blair (Laura Bush / Jessica Stern) , Ewan Hooper (President Jaques Chirac / Hans Blix), Philip Quast (George Tenet / John Negroponte / Maurice Gourdault-Montagne), Angus Wright (David Manning), Dermot Crowley (Donald Romsfeld), Ian Gelder (Paul Wolfowitz), Iain Mitchell (Jack Straw / Geoff Hoon), Raad Rawi (Philip Bassett / Christopher Meyer / Gerard Errera / Saddam Hussein / Ricardo Lagos), Larrington Walker (Kofi Annan / Trevor McDonald / General Hassan Muhammad Amin), Tim Donoghue (Senator John McCain /Paul O'Neill / Jean-David Levitte), Alan Leith (Jeremy Greenstock / Dan Bartlett), Don Gallagher (Alastair Campbell / Robin Cook / David Kay / Igor Ivanov), Kevork Malikyan (Ari Fleischer / Sergei Lavrov / Mohammed Elbaradei), Sara Powell (Interviewer), Nick Sampson (Jonathan Powell), Robert East (Sir Richard Dearlove), Raeda Ghazaleh
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A beautifully staged and acted production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A very good, totally compelling play." NEAL ASCHERSON for THE OBSERVER says, "Gives us plenty to think about but not enough to stir the emotions." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The dramatist has had the gall to raise serious doubts about the wisdom and honesty of both the Coalition’s leaders....a play that strikes me as hard-hitting, yet balanced enough...."
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Théâtre
Original
28) Night Season (The) (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 44 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 23 juillet 2004
Première: mardi 03 août 2004
Dernière: mercredi 17 novembre 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Rebecca Lenkiewicz (2004)
Metteur en scène: Lucy Bailey •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Bradley (Patrick Kennedy), Annette Crosbie (Lily O'Hanlon), Sarah-Jane Drummey (Maud Kennedy), Lloyd Hutchinson (Gary Malone), John Light (John Eastman), Susan Lynch (Judith Kennedy), Justine Mitchell (Rose Kennedy)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Mildly atmospheric production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "charming, blithe and funny." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Sharp and funny, sometimes sentimental, and never less than absorbing and fun." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "In the course of Lucy Bailey's splendidly acted production - which imparts a dream-like feel to the proceedings, with its spaced-out set, weird aerial angles, and torrential falls of sand for the seashore scenes - Lenkiewicz's more distinctive strengths become increasingly apparent. She has a gift for combining the lyrical and the eccentrically comic" SERENA DAVIES for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "The play was...so winningly portrayed that I forgave it its sentimentality and fell for its charm."
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Musical
Revival
27) A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de preview: 10 previews
Nb de représentations: 66 représentations
Première preview: lundi 28 juin 2004
Première: vendredi 09 juillet 2004
Dernière: mardi 02 novembre 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •
Libettiste: Burt Shevelove • Larry Gelbart •
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •
Chorégraphe: Rob Ashford •
Avec: Desmond Barrit (Pseudolus), Darren Carnall & Peter Caulfield & David Lucas &Graham MacDuff & Michael Rouse & Matthew Wolfenden (The Proteans), Sam Kelly (Senex), Isla Blair (Domina), Vince Leigh (Hero), Hamish McColl (Hysterium), David Schneider (Lycus), Simone De La Rue & Hayley Newton (Geminae), Jane Fowler (Tintinabula), Tiffany Graves (Gymnasia), Michelle Lukes (Vibrata), Lorraine Stewart (Panacea), Caroline Sheen (Philia), Harry Towb (Erronius), Philip Quast (Miles Gloriosus), Alan Leith (Sergeant)
Commentaire:
Presse:
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Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •
Libettiste: Burt Shevelove • Larry Gelbart •
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •
Chorégraphe: Rob Ashford •
Avec: Desmond Barrit (Pseudolus), Darren Carnall & Peter Caulfield & David Lucas &Graham MacDuff & Michael Rouse & Matthew Wolfenden (The Proteans), Sam Kelly (Senex), Isla Blair (Domina), Vince Leigh (Hero), Hamish McColl (Hysterium), David Schneider (Lycus), Simone De La Rue & Hayley Newton (Geminae), Jane Fowler (Tintinabula), Tiffany Graves (Gymnasia), Michelle Lukes (Vibrata), Lorraine Stewart (Panacea), Caroline Sheen (Philia), Harry Towb (Erronius), Philip Quast (Miles Gloriosus), Alan Leith (Sergeant)
Théâtre
Revival
26) Iphigenia at Aulis (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: samedi 12 juin 2004
Première: mardi 22 juin 2004
Dernière: mardi 07 septembre 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Euripide (431 AVJC) dans une traduction de Don Taylor (1990)
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Kate Duchene (Clytemnestra); Peter Needham (Old Man); Charlotte Roach (Coach); Justin Salinger (Achilles); Dominic Rowan (Menelaus); Hattie Morahan (Iphigenia), Ben Daniels (Agamemnon), Martin Hodgson (Soldier ), Sean Jackson (Messenger ), Annamaria Adams, Helena Lymbery; Penelope McGhie, Kristin Hutchinson, Sarah Malin, Susie Trayling, Charlotte Roach
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Astonishing"; CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Fresh, daring and stylish...This is an edgy, gripping and often brilliantly atmospheric production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Wonderfully edgy and mordant revival." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Brilliantly imaginative, tense, powerful, and essentially true to the ageing Euripides." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Katie Mitchell...might have seemed the right director for the task. But she stages the play as if both text and translation were inconvenient encumbrances." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Hyperactive production that sometimes obscures the play's driving momentum. But, at its best, it brings home the situation's painful poignancy."
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Théâtre
Revival
25) False Servant (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 64 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 26 mai 2004
Première: mardi 01 juin 2004
Dernière: mercredi 15 septembre 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Marivaux (1724) dans une nouvelle version de Martin Crimp (2004)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Kent •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Shaw-Parker (Frontin), Adrian Scarborough (Trivelin ), Nancy Carroll (The Chevalier), Anthony Calf (Lelio ), David Collings (Arlequin), Charlotte Rampling (The Countess), Michael Cantwell (Servant), William Rycroft (Servant ), Katherine Toy (Servant), Tam Ward (Servant)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A rich pleasure" MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Kent's production is slow to get started, but it wrings every last sexual nuance out of the key encounters." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A brilliant, cynical scary play that justifies every British prejudice about French sophistication and avarice." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Thrills, chills, and belly laughs – this addictively adult comedy has got the lot." ALSTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES "Adrian Scarborough as the satiric servant Trivelin, brilliant.." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A deeply satisfying evening."
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Revival
24) Measure for Measure (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 39 représentations
Première preview: lundi 17 mai 2004
Première: jeudi 27 mai 2004
Dernière: samedi 31 juillet 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Troughton (The Duke), Mike Grady (Escalus), Paul Rhys (Angelo), Toby Jones (Lucio), Clive Mendus (Froth / First Gentleman/ Abhorson), Tamzin Griffin (Mistress Overdone), Richard Katz (Pompey), Ben Meyjes (Claudio), Angus Wright (Provost), Steven Crossley (Friar Peter / Justice), Naomi Frederick (Isabella), Cait Davis (Francisca), Kostas Philippoglou (Elbow), Rhydian Jones (Servant to Angelo), Vinette Robinson (Juliet), Jamie R Bradley (Boy), Meredith MacNeill (Mariana), Johannes Flaschberger (Barnadine)
Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Enthralling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Simon McBurney's production is brilliant." SUSANNAH CLAP for THE OBSERVER says, "Suddenly the play looks brutal, contradictory, unresolved: barbaric and Christian and modern." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Powerfully disturbing production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I’ve seldom enjoyed this tricky play more."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Troughton (The Duke), Mike Grady (Escalus), Paul Rhys (Angelo), Toby Jones (Lucio), Clive Mendus (Froth / First Gentleman/ Abhorson), Tamzin Griffin (Mistress Overdone), Richard Katz (Pompey), Ben Meyjes (Claudio), Angus Wright (Provost), Steven Crossley (Friar Peter / Justice), Naomi Frederick (Isabella), Cait Davis (Francisca), Kostas Philippoglou (Elbow), Rhydian Jones (Servant to Angelo), Vinette Robinson (Juliet), Jamie R Bradley (Boy), Meredith MacNeill (Mariana), Johannes Flaschberger (Barnadine)
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect (plus)
Théâtre
Original
23) History Boys (The) (Original)
Joué durant 11 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 222 représentations
Première preview: samedi 08 mai 2004
Première: mardi 18 mai 2004
Dernière: mardi 26 avril 2005
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Aucun •
Avec: Frances De La Tour (Mrs Lintott); Samuel Barnett (Posner ); Richard Griffiths (Hector), Dominic Cooper (Dakin), James Curden (Timms), Samuel Anderson (Crowther ), Tom Attwood (Boy ), Stephen Campbell Moore (Irwin), Sacha Dhawan (Akthar ), Rudi Dharmalingam (Boy ), Andrew Knott (Lockwood ), Clive Merrison (The Headmaster ), Jamie Parker (Scripps ), Russell Tovey (Rudge),
Commentaire: Best Play - Evening Standard Award & Critics' Circle Award / Best New Play - Laurence Olivier Award / Best Actor - Richard Griffiths - Evening Standard Award, Critics' Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award / Samuel Barnett won Best Newcomer & Best Supporting Actor in a play at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards / Best Director - Nicholas Hytner - Laurence Olivier Award
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008) (plus)
Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The play is a delight." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says,"A superb, life-enhancing play." "NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Comic ramble fails to make the top grade." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "This is a wonderful evening, as heart-catching as it is hilarious." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Curious, questing, intelligent, witty and, at times, hilarious." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Brilliantly funny, with lines that we will, I hope, quote for years and several show-stopping vignettes."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe: Aucun •
Avec: Frances De La Tour (Mrs Lintott); Samuel Barnett (Posner ); Richard Griffiths (Hector), Dominic Cooper (Dakin), James Curden (Timms), Samuel Anderson (Crowther ), Tom Attwood (Boy ), Stephen Campbell Moore (Irwin), Sacha Dhawan (Akthar ), Rudi Dharmalingam (Boy ), Andrew Knott (Lockwood ), Clive Merrison (The Headmaster ), Jamie Parker (Scripps ), Russell Tovey (Rudge),
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008) (plus)
Théâtre
22) Lifegame ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 10 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 05 mai 2004
Première: jeudi 06 mai 2004
Dernière: jeudi 13 mai 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Keith Johnstone (2002)
Metteur en scène: Philem McDermott • Lee Simpson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Niall Ashdown, Angela Clerkin, Julian Crouch, Guy Dartnell, Stella Duffy, Phelim McDermott, Nick Powell, Lee Simpson
Commentaire: Une production de l'Improbable Theatre (plus)
Presse:
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Théâtre
Revival
21) Sing yer Heart out for the Lads (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 23 avril 2004
Première: vendredi 30 avril 2004
Dernière: samedi 26 juin 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Roy Williams (2002)
Metteur en scène: Paul Miller •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Kay Bridgeman (Sharon), Callum Dixon (Becks), Gawn Grainger (Jimmy), Paul Moriarty (Alan), Tanya Franks (Gina), Ryan Ford (Glen), Ray Fearon (Mark), Kyle Smith-Thompson (Duane), Ryan Regis, (Bad T), Jake Nightingale (Lawrie), Steve John Shepherd (Lee), Neal Barry (Phil), Stehen Wright (Jason), Ashley Walters (Barry)
Commentaire:
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Théâtre
Revival
20) Cyrano de Bergerac (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: samedi 10 avril 2004
Première: lundi 19 avril 2004
Dernière: jeudi 24 juin 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
D'Edmond Rostand, dans une nouvelle version de Derek Mahon (2004)
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Stephen Rea (Cyrano de Bergerac), Claire Price (Roxane), Zubin Varla (Christian) , Malcolm Storry (Count de Guiche), Anthony O'Donnell (Ragueneau), Nick Sampson (Debray,), Katherine Manners (Genevieve), Mark Bonnar (Ligniere) , Pascal Langdale (Valvert), Stephen Critchlow (Montfleury), David Collings (Jodelet), Mairead McKinley (Liz), Gregory Fox-Murphy (Castel-Jaloux), Katy Odey (Marianne), Simon Merrells, Thomas Arnold, Dermot Kerrigan, Harry Peacock, William Rycroft, Daniel Tuite, Stephen Berkeley-White, Gildas Diquero, Joanne Fong, Antonia Grove, Miranda Lind, Karl Sullivan, Trevour Thomas, Tam Ward.
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Boring production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This Cyrano is tactless and deeply inessential." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s energy, and narrative momentum and, at times, fun." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "It just about works because the play is indestructible." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Disappointing production." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Transcending the translation and the set, this Cyrano is the freshest and freest person on the stage." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "Fine production."
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Original
19) Permanent Way (The) (Original)
Joué durant 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 32 représentations
Première preview: samedi 03 avril 2004
Première: samedi 03 avril 2004
Dernière: samedi 01 mai 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De David Hare (2003)
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Flaminia Cinque, Nigel Cooke, Matthew Dunster, Souad Faress, Sam Graham, Lloyd Hutchinson, Kika Markham, Bella Merlin , Ian Redford
Commentaire: En coproduction avec Out of Joint.
Créé au York Theatre Royal le 13 novembre 2003
Joué au Cottesloe Théâtre et transféré au Lyttelton Theatre. (plus)
Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Searing piece of documentary theatre." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Max Stafford Clark delivers a great production and you leave the theatre aroused and angry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superbly edited, directed and acted." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "This production is worth a visit." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Powerfully moving."
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Reprise
18) Democracy (Reprise)
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Première preview: jeudi 12 février 2004
Première: vendredi 13 février 2004
Dernière: mardi 30 mars 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Michael Frayn
Metteur en scène: Michael Blakemore •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Gunter Guillaume. The cast also includes Nicholas Blane, Paul Broughton, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Ettridge, Paul Gregory, Glyn Grain, Steven Pacey, David Ryall.
Commentaire: Ce spectacle créé au Cottelsoe Theatredu NT en août 2003, est repris au Lyttelton Theatre du NT en février 2004 avant d'être ttransféré dans le West End, au Wyndham's Theatre en avril 2004, pendant 6 amois! (plus)
Presse:
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Théâtre
Original
17) Permanent Way (The) (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 53 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 08 janvier 2004
Première: mardi 13 janvier 2004
Dernière: mardi 30 mars 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De David Hare (2003)
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Flaminia Cinque, Nigel Cooke, Matthew Dunster, Souad Faress, Sam Graham, Lloyd Hutchinson, Kika Markham, Bella Merlin , Ian Redford
Commentaire: En coproduction avec Out of Joint.
Créé au York Theatre Royal le 13 novembre 2003
Joué au Cottesloe Théâtre et transféré au Lyttelton Theatre. (plus)
Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Searing piece of documentary theatre." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Max Stafford Clark delivers a great production and you leave the theatre aroused and angry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superbly edited, directed and acted." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "This production is worth a visit." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Powerfully moving."
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Théâtre
Original
16) His dark Materials - Part 2 (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: lundi 15 décembre 2003
Première: samedi 03 janvier 2004
Dernière: samedi 20 mars 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Deux pièces basées sur les romans de Philip Pullman (1995-2000), adaptation de Nicholas Wright (2003)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: David Harewod (Lord Asriel) , Lesley Manville (Mrs Coulter) , Michael Legge (Will), Elaine Symons (Lyra ), John Carlisle (Lord Boreal), Adjoa Andoh (Serafina Pekkala), Mark Bailey (Billy Costa ), Michelle Dockery (Jessie), Vanessa Earl (Mrs Lonsdale ), Jamie Harding (Pantalaimon), Darren Hart (Roger), Don Gallagher (Iofur Raknison/Jeptha Jones), Ian Gelder (John Faa), Leo Kay (Golden Monkey) , David Killick (Farder Coram ), Pascal Langdale (Ben ), Samantha Lawson (Lilly), Elliot Levey (Brother Jasper/Kaisa), Emma Manton (Stelmaria) , Iain Mitchell (Professor Hopcraft) , Victoria Moseley (Salcilia), Helen Murton (Daisy), Chike Okonkwo (Dr Cade) , Harry Peacock (Tony Costa), Alan Perrin (Lee Scoresby), Alistair Petrie (Iorek), Dodger Phillips (Dr West ) , Samuel Roukin (Thorold/Balthamos), Nick Sampson (Fra Pavel), Rachel Sandars (Ruta Skadi/Betty)
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."
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Original
15) His dark Materials - Part 1 (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: samedi 06 décembre 2003
Première: samedi 20 décembre 2003
Dernière: samedi 20 mars 2004
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Deux pièces basées sur les romans de Philip Pullman (1995-2000), adaptation de Nicholas Wright (2003)
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Timothy Dalton (Lord Asriel) , Patricia Hodge (Mrs Coulter) , Niamh Cusack (Serafina Pekkala); Dominic Cooper (Will); Anna Maxwell Martin (Lyra). Samuel Barnett, John Carlisle, Patrick Godfrey, Stephen Greif, Jamie Harding, Akbar Khurta, Inika Leigh Wright, Helena Lymbery, Tim McMullan, Iain Mitchell, Helen Murton, Cecilia Noble, Nick Sampson, Danny Sapani, Jason Thorpe, Russell Tovey, Ben Whishaw, Katie Wimpenny, Ben Wright, Richard Youman
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."
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Reprise
14) Play without words (Reprise)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 10 décembre 2003
Première: jeudi 18 décembre 2003
Dernière: samedi 06 mars 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Création de Matthew Bourne, musique de Terry Davies
Metteur en scène: Matthew Bourne •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Scott Ambler, Belinda Lee Chapman, Saranne Curtin, Will Kemp, Stephen Kirkham, Michela Meazza, Eddie Nixon, Alan Vincent, Ewan Wardrop and Richard Winsor.
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Revival
13) Mourning becomes Electra (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 36 représentations
Première preview: lundi 17 novembre 2003
Première: jeudi 27 novembre 2003
Dernière: samedi 31 janvier 2004
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
D'Eugene O’Neill
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Helen Mirren (Christine Mannon) , Eve Best, Clarke Peters, Paul McGann, Paul Hilton, Tim Pigott-Smith, Dominic Rowan, , Karen Archer, Thomas Arnold, Felix Dexter, Peter Eastland, Maxine Howe, Rebecca Johnson, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Beverley Longhurst, Simon Merrells, Lucian Msamati, James Smith, Trevor Thomas
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENENING STANDARD says, "Gripping epic tale." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Eve Best's Lavinia is astonishing." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I was swept away by the clarity and punch of Howard Davies’s production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A touch of greatness." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It's a National triumph."
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Original
12) Pillowman (The) (Original)
Joué durant 5 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 71 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 07 novembre 2003
Première: jeudi 13 novembre 2003
Dernière: samedi 17 avril 2004
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Martin McDonagh
Metteur en scène: John Crowley •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Jim Broadbent, Adam Godley, Nigel Lindsay, David Tennant, James Daley, Jennifer Higham, Victoria Pembroke, Mike Sherman
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Dazzling, disquieting nightmare of a play." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While clever, has a feeling of hollowness." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Stomach-churning and wildly comic." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE of the THE TIMES says, "Unnerving but provocative."
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Revival
11) Tales from the Vienna Woods (The) (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 32 représentations
Première preview: mardi 07 octobre 2003
Première: mardi 14 octobre 2003
Dernière: mercredi 19 novembre 2003
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
D'Ôdon von Horvâth (1931) dans une nouvelle version de David Harrower (2003)
Metteur en scène: Richard Jones •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Frances Barber (Valerie), Darrell D'Silva (Oskar), Karl Johnson, David Ross, Helen Anderson-Lee, Jane Bertish, Paul Birchard, Paul Chequer, Judith Coke, Joe Duttine, Keiran Flynn, Gregory Fox-Murphy, Penelope McGhie, Carol Macready, Doreen Mantle, Tom Marshall, Gary Oliver, Amanda Perry-Smith, Liza Sadovy, Nicholas Sidi, Emma Stansfield, Nicola Walker, Lauren Graham, Jodi Ellen Spencer, Peter Moreton
Commentaire:
Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a riveting portrait of a society waltzing towards the abyss." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Viennese whirl fails to take off." CHARLOTTE CRIPPS for THE INDEPENDENT says, "New translation...is a welcome bolt from the blue." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Tales without a sting."
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Original
10) Democracy (Original)
Joué durant 3 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: samedi 30 août 2003
Première: mardi 09 septembre 2003
Dernière: mardi 30 décembre 2003
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Michael Frayn
Metteur en scène: Michael Blakemore •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Gunter Guillaume. The cast also includes Nicholas Blane, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Ettridge, Paul Gregory, Glyn Grain, Steven Pacey, David Ryall.
Commentaire: Ce spectacle créé au Cottelsoe Theatredu NT en août 2003, est repris au Lyttelton Theatre du NT en février 2004 avant d'être ttransféré dans le West End, au Wyndham's Theatre en avril 2004, pendant 6 amois! (plus)
Presse:
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Revival
9) Edmond (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 50 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 10 juillet 2003
Première: jeudi 17 juillet 2003
Dernière: samedi 04 octobre 2003
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
De David Mamet
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Kenneth Branagh , Tony Haygarth, Stephen Greif, Jude Akuwudike, Robert Horwell, David Kennedy, Adam Levy, Iain Mitchell, Nicola Stephenson, Harry Towb, Elli Garnett, Rebecca Johnson, Tom Marshall, Joseph Mydell, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Nicola Walker, Carol Macready, Andrew Westfield, Nonso Anozie
Commentaire:
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says of Kenneth Branagh " Remarkable return to the stage with an intense, shocking performance." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Kenneth Branagh makes an impressive return to the London stage in Edward Hall's balefully witty revival of Edmond, a strange and provocative moral fable." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Superb production." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Thrilling production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Energetic, pacey and well-acted."
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8) Power ()
Joué durant 3 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 27 juin 2003
Première: jeudi 03 juillet 2003
Dernière: mercredi 29 octobre 2003
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Nick Dear
Metteur en scène: Lindsay Posner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Robert Lindsay (Fouquet), Rupert Penry-Jones (Louis XIV), Stephen Boxer, Barbara Jefford, Jonathan Slinger, Geraldine Somerville, Hattie Morahan
Commentaire:
Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "[Robert]Lindsay is most enjoyable." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Arresting production." And goes on to say "Lindsay lights up the bare stage." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, " Witty, elegant and strikingly well acted."
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Revival
7) Jumpers (Revival)
Joué durant 4 mois 3 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 82 représentations
Première preview: samedi 07 juin 2003
Première: jeudi 19 juin 2003
Dernière: vendredi 07 novembre 2003
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
De Tom Stoppard
Metteur en scène: David Leveaux •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (George Moore), John Rogan (Crouch ) Nicholas Woodeson (Bones), Jonathan Hyde (Archie), Essie Davis (Dorothy)
Commentaire: Sera transféré dès le 14 novembre 2003 au Picadilly Theatre, puis à Broadway en avril 2004. (plus)
Presse: ROBERT HANKS for THE INDEPENDENT says, "It is still a marvellous display of Stoppard's verbal ingenuity, with some beautifully contrived cross-purposes and neat gags." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "One emerges having had a good time." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Beale triumphantly proves Jumpers worth reviving." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Leveaux's spectacular production artfully unites Stoppard's contrary elements into a witty, though verbosely over-extended whole."
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Revival
6) His Girl Friday (Revival)
Joué durant 5 mois 2 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Olivier Theatre
Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: jeudi 29 mai 2003
Première: jeudi 05 juin 2003
Dernière: samedi 22 novembre 2003
Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)
Adaptation de John Guare (2003) d'après The Front Page (1931) de Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur et le film de Columbia Pictures
Metteur en scène: Jack O'Brien •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Zoe Wanamaker (Hildy Johnson), Alex Jennings ( Walter Burns), Margaret Tyzack (Mrs Baldwin), Sam Beazley (Rev. Peter Davies), Paul Birchard (Schwartz), Dermot Crowley (Murphy), Tim Donoghue (Murphy), Demetri Goritsas (Endicott), Mike Grady (Pinku), Stephen Greif (Diamond Louie ), Paul Grunert (Kruger), Tony Haygarth (Woodenshoes Eichorn), Richard Lintern (Bruce Baldwin), Nathan Osgood (Bensinger), David Ross (Sheriff Hartman), Christopher Ryan (McCue), Kerry Shale (Earl Holub), Nicola Stephenson (Mollie Malloy), Russell Tovey (Ralph Sweeney), Harry Towb (The Mayor), Helen Anderson-Lee, David Baron, Paul Benzing, Judith Coke, Kieran Flynn, Richard Hollis, Penelope McGhie, Breffni McKenna, Andrew Westfield
Commentaire:
Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."
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Original
5) Elmina's Kitchen (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 4 semaines
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: vendredi 23 mai 2003
Première: jeudi 29 mai 2003
Dernière: lundi 25 août 2003
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Kwame Kwei-Armah
Metteur en scène: Angus Jackson •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Paterson Joseph (Deli), George Harris (Clifton), Emmanuel Idowu (Ashley), Oscar James (Baygee), Donna Croll (Anastasia), Shaun Parkes (Digger)
Commentaire:
Presse: MADDY COSTA for THE GUARDIAN says, "Kwei-Armah writes exquisitely, in a language that is peppery, poetic and full of wit." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Elmina’s Kitchen builds into a powerful, of-the-moment drama and a heartfelt plea for finding your potential without a gun. It’s a fine addition to Nicholas Hytner’s first season at the National." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Amusing but too static first half....absolutely chilling second half."
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Revival
4) Henry V (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 55 représentations
Première preview: mardi 06 mai 2003
Première: mardi 13 mai 2003
Dernière: mercredi 20 août 2003
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
Compositeur:
Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Adrian Lester (Henry V), Penny Downie (Chorus), Jude Akuwudike (Pistol) Peter Blythe (Exeter), Robert Blythe (Fluellen), Tony Devlin (Warwick/MacMorris), Felicite Du Jeu (Princess Katherine), William Gaunt (Archbishop of Canterbury/Burgundy), Jamie Harding (Le Fer), Ian Hogg (King of France ), Robert Horwell (Nym), David Kennedy (Bardolph/Michael Williams), Adam Levy (Dauphin), Tom McKay (Scroop/Gloucester), Marian McLoughlin (Alice), Iain Mitchell (Constable of France), Cecilia Noble (Mistress Quickly/Mistress of France), Nick Sampson (Cambridge/Orleans), Faz Singhateh (Westmoreland), Rohan Siva (Mountjoy), Mark Springer (Grey/Bourbon), Russell Tovey (Boy), Tim Treloar (Bedford/Bates), David Weston (Bishop of Ely/Sir Thomas Erpingham), Rupert Wickham (Gower/French Ambassador)
Commentaire: Il s'agit de la première mise en scène de Nycholas Hytner durant sa direction au National, mais aussi la première fois que Henry V de Shakespeare est présenté au national! (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "This is a rare Henry V, convincingly revalued and redefined." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "This is absolutely a Henry V for our age." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Adrian Lester, recently a fine Hamlet and now a vivid, vital Henry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "For dramatic power, contemporary resonance and sheer wit, this Henry V is bang on target." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Adrian Lester's powerful, charismatic Henry is evidently overcompensating for his reckless youth in a determined and sustained display of humourless righteousness."
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Parolier:
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Adrian Lester (Henry V), Penny Downie (Chorus), Jude Akuwudike (Pistol) Peter Blythe (Exeter), Robert Blythe (Fluellen), Tony Devlin (Warwick/MacMorris), Felicite Du Jeu (Princess Katherine), William Gaunt (Archbishop of Canterbury/Burgundy), Jamie Harding (Le Fer), Ian Hogg (King of France ), Robert Horwell (Nym), David Kennedy (Bardolph/Michael Williams), Adam Levy (Dauphin), Tom McKay (Scroop/Gloucester), Marian McLoughlin (Alice), Iain Mitchell (Constable of France), Cecilia Noble (Mistress Quickly/Mistress of France), Nick Sampson (Cambridge/Orleans), Faz Singhateh (Westmoreland), Rohan Siva (Mountjoy), Mark Springer (Grey/Bourbon), Russell Tovey (Boy), Tim Treloar (Bedford/Bates), David Weston (Bishop of Ely/Sir Thomas Erpingham), Rupert Wickham (Gower/French Ambassador)
Musical
Original
3) Jerry Springer: The Opera (Original)
Joué durant 5 mois
Lieu: National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre
Nb de représentations: 87 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 09 avril 2003
Première: mardi 29 avril 2003
Dernière: mardi 30 septembre 2003
Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)
Compositeur: Richard Thomas • Stewart Lee •
Parolier: Richard Thomas • Stewart Lee •
Libettiste:
Metteur en scène: Stewart Lee •
Chorégraphe: Jenny Arnold •
Avec: Michael Brandon (Jerry Springer), Alison Jiear (Chantel/Eve), David Dedella (Warm-up Man/Satan), Wills Morgan (Montel/Jesus), Marcus Cunningham (Chucky/Adam), Valda Aviks (Zandra/Mary), Benjamin Lake (Dwight/God), Aally Bourne (Andrea/Archangel Michael),
Commentaire: This was Nicholas Hytner’s first show as the new artistic director of the Royal National Theatre, and it seemed to herald a new era, very different from Trevor Nunn’s series of American musicals’ “golden oldies”.
It had been rewritten and enlarged from earlier “fringe” versions at the Edinburgh Festival and the BAC, and proved to be hugely controversial. The clash of high operatic music and big choral parodies with scatological lyrics about whores, crack, and junkies made some critics compare it to a modern day “Beggar’s Opera”. A nearly naked Jesus admitting to being “a bit gay”, a plump glam-rock God descending on a golden swing singing “It Ain’t Easy Being Me”, and Jesus and Satan performing a baroque duet caused some critics to scream blasphemy. Adam and Eve and the Holy Virgin appearing as guest artists on the Jerry Springer TV chat-show made some critics respond enthusiastically to the satire on the cheap values of modern society. The show won four Olivier Awards including Best Musical. (plus)
Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "It's vulgar, salacious but such a pleasure."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "But the supreme merit of Lee's Lyttelton production is that it is superbly sung."
BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, " If ever a show seems destined for cult status, this is it."
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Parolier: Richard Thomas • Stewart Lee •
Libettiste:
Metteur en scène: Stewart Lee •
Chorégraphe: Jenny Arnold •
Avec: Michael Brandon (Jerry Springer), Alison Jiear (Chantel/Eve), David Dedella (Warm-up Man/Satan), Wills Morgan (Montel/Jesus), Marcus Cunningham (Chucky/Adam), Valda Aviks (Zandra/Mary), Benjamin Lake (Dwight/God), Aally Bourne (Andrea/Archangel Michael),
It had been rewritten and enlarged from earlier “fringe” versions at the Edinburgh Festival and the BAC, and proved to be hugely controversial. The clash of high operatic music and big choral parodies with scatological lyrics about whores, crack, and junkies made some critics compare it to a modern day “Beggar’s Opera”. A nearly naked Jesus admitting to being “a bit gay”, a plump glam-rock God descending on a golden swing singing “It Ain’t Easy Being Me”, and Jesus and Satan performing a baroque duet caused some critics to scream blasphemy. Adam and Eve and the Holy Virgin appearing as guest artists on the Jerry Springer TV chat-show made some critics respond enthusiastically to the satire on the cheap values of modern society. The show won four Olivier Awards including Best Musical. (plus)
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "But the supreme merit of Lee's Lyttelton production is that it is superbly sung."
BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, " If ever a show seems destined for cult status, this is it."
Théâtre
Original
2) Scenes from the Big Pictures (Original)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Lieu: National Theatre - Dorfman Theatre
Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: mercredi 02 avril 2003
Première: jeudi 10 avril 2003
Dernière: samedi 21 juin 2003
Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)
De Owen McCafferty
Metteur en scène: Peter Gill •
Chorégraphe:
Avec: Kathy Kiera Clarke (Connie Dean), Ruairi Conaghan (Paul Foggarty), Chris Corrigan (Robbie Mullin), Darren Healy (Bop Torbett), Packy Lee( Swiz Murdock), Karl Johnson (Shanks o' Neill), Gerard Jordan (Cooper Jones), Aoife McMahon (Maeve Hynes), Eileen Pollock (Sharon Lawther), Frances Tomelty (Theresa Black), Harry Towb (Frank Coin), June Watson (Betty Lennon), Elaine Cassidy (Maggie Lyttle), Patrick O'Kane (Joe Hynes), John Normington (Sammy Lennon), Dermot Crowley (Dave Black), Ron Donachie (Bobbie Torbett), Michelle Fairley (Helen Woods), Stuart McQuarrie (Harry Foggarty), Breffni McKenna (Spilo Johnson), Andy Moore (Rat Joyce)
Commentaire:
Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "McCafferty's ability to show not just the way individual lives intersect, but the collision of private and public worlds, is striking" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "This is, as someone says, a place where people feel as much in control of their lives as lumps of meat in that abattoir — and it’s brought to life with care, intelligence and, yes, love." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Captivating....Dark brilliance".
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