Opening: Three Sisters, Big White Fog & ExtremisDate: 14 May 2007
Amongst the major openings in London this week are:
OPENING TUESDAY, 15 May 2007, as part of Cheek by Jowl’s annual residency at the Barbican, Declan Donnellan directs a Russian-language production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, which runs until 19 May as part of an international tour. The nostalgic tale of sisters longing to return to Moscow following the death of their father is co-produced by the Chekhov International Theatre Festival and stars Alexander Feklistov, Andrei Kutzichev and Igor Yasulovich who appeared in Cheek by Jowl’s Twelfth Night last year (See News, 20 Sep 2006).
OPENING THURSDAY, 17 May 2007 (previews from 11 May), the Almeida presents the UK premiere of African-American playwright Theodore Ward’s 1937 play Big White Fog (pictured), directed by Almeida artistic director Michael Attenborough. It is 1920s Chicago and Victor Mason is fighting to keep his dreams alive and his family together as his devotion to the separatist Back to Africa movement clashes with the family’s pursuit of the American Dream. Ward has written more than 30 plays including Our Lan’, which won awards for its run on Broadway. Danny Sapani, Jenny Jules and Novello Nelson feature in the production, which continues to 30 June (See News, 20 Mar 2007).
ALSO ON THURSDAY, pomp and ceremony returns to the Royal Albert Hall during the 2007 Cathcart Spring Proms. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society and the Pipes of Eton College will perform British Proms favourite as images from the Natural World are projected onto huge screens. Angela Rippon hosts.
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OPENING FRIDAY, 18 May 2007 (previews from 15 May), following its world premiere last August, Howard Brenton’s Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated new play In Extremis returns to Shakespeare’s Globe for a limited run to 29 May as part of this summer’s season. When Peter Abelard starts an affair with his student Heloise, philosophical and religious conservatives are quick to discredit him, leading to a war of ideas and the greatest love story of the Middle Ages. John Dove once again directs Oliver Boot and Sally Bretton as the famous French lovers with Eleanor Bron joining the cast as Helene (See News, 12 Apr 2007).
- by Malcolm Rock
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