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John Gielgud Theatre
Tue 29 May - Sat 09 Jun at 7:00pm
Matinees Sat 02 & Wed 06 Jun at 2:00pm
Please note there will be no performance on Mon 04 Jun
By Alexander Galin
Translation by M Glenny and C Porter
Directed by Jonathan Cullen
‘Prostitutes cleaned off the streets ahead of the Olympics’ Daily Telegraph, 02 April 2012
The Olympics, Moscow 1980. The streets have been cleaned and the working girls shipped out to isolated hostels. Here they share their hopes and dreams while they wait for the Olympic Torch to pass by.
Premiered by Lev Dodin and the Maly Theatre in 1987, Alexander Galin’s angry and poetic drama explores the underbelly of a great international celebration. An
acclaimed playwright and film-director, Galin’s films include The Casualty, Casanova’s Overcoat and The Photo, while his plays have been performed in over 200 theatres around the world.
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GBS Theatre
Wed 30 May - Sat 09 Jun at 7:15pm
Matinees Sat 02, Fri 08 & Sat 09 Jun at 2:15pm
Please note there will be no performance on Mon 04 Jun
By Bernard Shaw
Directed by Eve Shapiro
Designed by Sophia Ahmed
‘Mrs Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip and Gloria, have just returned to England after an 18 year stay in Madeira.
The children have no idea who their father is and, through a comedy of errors, end up inviting him to a family lunch.
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Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre
Thu 31 May - Sat 09 Jun at 7:30pm
Matinees Sat 02, Wed 06 & Sat 09 Jun at 2:30pm
Please note there will be no performance on Mon 04 Jun
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Nona Shepphard
Designed by Velin Edrov
Set in the corrupt and incompetent court of England, sophisticated salons of antique Rome and the warm-hearted but secret court-in-exile in Wales,
Cymbeline, with its romance form and fairy tale motifs, is rich in psychological and political detail; it is tragedy, comedy, romance and melodrama by turns and
sweeps to a triumphant last scene with its multiple revelations and satisfying conclusion.
The play’s heroine, Imogen, is a blend of the beautiful princesses of fairy tale and the practical but emotionally naïve cross dressers of Shakespeare’s comedies; but throughout this very complicated and enthralling plot, her goodness, determination, experience of grief, humanity and very real heroism shine through, and make her one of his most successful creations.
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GBS Theatre
Thu 28 Jun at 9pm
Fri 29 Jun at 7:15pm
Sat 30 Jun at 9pm
Mon 02 Jul at 7:15pm
Tue 03 Jul at 9pm
Wed 04 Jul at 2:15pm and 9pm
Thu 05 Jul at 7:15pm
Fri 06 Jul at 9pm and
Sat 07 Jul at 4pm and 7:15pm
By Ilan Hatsor (1990)
Translated by Michael Taub (2007)
Directed by Alon Tiran (RADA MA Theatre Directing student)
Designed by Huan Wang (RADA MA Theatre Directing student)
An explosive Israeli play about three Palistinian brothers, Masked depicts the tragedy of one family torn between duty, kinship, principles and survival against the backdrop of the Israeli-Arab struggle. It transcends any specific nationalistic conflict and could have occurred in any place or time where occupation, oppression and civil war have reigned.
Alon Tiran is from Israel and his directing credits include Ha-Ha by Richard Eyre, Keeping Tom Nice by Lucy Gannon, Joe Orton’s Loot, an adaptation of The 24th Day by Tony Piccirillo, The Island by Athol Fugard and Woyzeck by Georg Buchner.
This production has a professional cast.
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GBS Theatre
Thu 28 Jun at 7:15pm
Fri 29 Jun at 9pm
Sat 30 Jun at 7:15pm
Mon 02 Jul at 9pm
Tue 03 Jul at 7:15pm
Wed 04 Jul at 4pm and 7:15pm
Thu 05 Jul at 9pm
Fri 06 Jul at 7:15pm and
Sat 07 Jul at 2:15pm and 9pm
By Anthony Neilson (1993)
Directed by Matthew Monaghan (RADA MA Theatre Directing student)
Designed by Huan Wang (RADA MA Theatre Directing student)
Tadge returns from the horrors of war to a Britain he no longer recognises or respects. Broken and psychotically unhinged, he seeks revenge. A domestic shocker, Penetrator uncompromisingly tears apart the male psyche with a compulsion by turns hilarious and horrific.
Matthew’s previous directing credits include Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, his own adaptation of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber, Measure for Measure and Philip Ridley’s Vincent River.
Huan Wang worked in China on over 40 theatrical productions before he came to study Theatre Directing at RADA. He has won a number of prestigious National Theatre Awards, and was the Visual Design Director for the opening ceremonies of the 29th Beijing Olympics
and the 6th Winter Asian Games.
This production has a professional cast.
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