Nicholas Hytner is to direct two world premieres for the London Theatre Company at the Bridge Theatre: Alan Bennett’s Allejujah! and the world premiere of Lucinda Coxon’s Alys, Always, based on the novel by Harriet Lane.
THE LADY FROM THE SEA – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★
The grounding comes in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s decision to transplant the play to 1950s Caribbean and in the casting of Nikki Amuka-Bird as Doctor Wangel’s second wife, Ellida giving her racial difference added weight as the family outsider and to her feelings of restlessness.
THE LADY FROM THE SEA – Donmar Warehouse ★★★
Nikki Amuka-Bird is captivating as Ellida, and Ellie Bamber as Hilde and Helena Wilson as Bolette are wonderful as the daughters, their strength, intelligence and humour tempered with the fragility of living in a world owned by men.
NEWS: Finbar Lynch & Ellie Bamber join Nikki Amuka-Bird in Donmar Lady from the Sea, Full cast
The Donmar Warehouse has announced full casting for Elinor Cook’s new version of Ibsen’s 1888 masterpiece The Lady from the Sea.
SONGS AND SOLIDARITY – Trafalgar Studios
“We could see this was a bad one immediately. The sky was glowing.”Touted as an evening of song, dance and poetry, Songs anA fundraising gala evening pulled together in the space of a week by the superhuman efforts of actor Giles Terera and producer Danielle Tarento, it was a concert for the hundreds of families made homeless and the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire.
NEWS: Benefit concert for Grenfell Tower fire victims announced
Adding to the fundraising efforts already established, actor Giles Terera and producer Danielle Tarento have put together a theatrically inclined evening of song, dance and comedy in aid of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
NEWS: Amazing line-up for Songs and Solidarity, a West End fundraiser for Grenfell Tower fire
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire was a devastating loss but a small mercy has been the way in which so many have responded in offering various means of help and support. Adding to this remarkable group are Giles Terera and Danielle Tarento, who have combined forces to speedily put together Songs and Solidarity – a West End fundraising gala evening of song, dance and comedy for the hundreds of families made homeless and the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire.
NEWS: Norris directs Lucy Kirkwood premier, The Good Soldier Schwejk newly adapted
Christine Edzard will be writing and directing a new version of The Good Soldier Schwejk, based on the satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hašek, and creating a daring theatrical and filmic experience.
Published in serial form, The Good Soldier Schwejk became an instant success.