The Secret’s out: Northern Stage is set to host a
spectacular summer of theatre
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| Opus No 7 Photo: Pavel Antonov |
Secret
Theatre (4-14 June) │Opus No7 (19 -21 June)
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| Streetcar Named Desire Sergo Vares - Photo: Alexandra Davenport |
This
summer Northern Stage will be the first venue outside of London to let its audience in
on a secret. Secret Theatre has been the talk of the town in London since launching in 2013
and now the company is taking four of its shows outside of the capital for the
first time, starting with a ten day residency at Northern Stage in June.
“These people are some of London’s brightest theatre talents.” Time Out
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| Glitterland - Billy Seymour, Charlotte Josephine, Hammed Animashaun, Steven Webb, Sergo Vares, Nadia Albina - Photo: Helen Maybanks |
"The
Lyric's Secret Theatre Company is one of the most exciting things to happen in
British theatre in recent years. Bringing fresh energy and new thinking to
great classic texts and the very best of New-Writing they are creating theatre
which is accessible and innovative, entertaining and deeply engaging.At
Northern Stage we are committed to bringing the very best theatre to Newcastle,
sometimes this means established famous names and faces and sometimes, like
now, it means bringing something right at the moment of its invention. As
the first company to present this work outside of London we are very proud to
join the Lyric in an explosion of creativity and colour that we think will
bring something genuinely new and exciting to our stages.
Secret
Theatre are creating some of the most exciting work I have seen in a long time
and I look forward to introducing them to the ever-welcoming Newcastle audience.” Lorne Campbell,
Artistic Director, Northern Stage
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| Woyzeck - Billy Seymour - Photo: Alexandra Davenport |
Lyric
Hammersmith/Secret Theatre Artistic Director Sean Holmes adds, "We’re thrilled to be
taking Secret Theatre across the country and that our first two week residency
is being hosted in Newcastle. Northern Stage has a
long-standing commitment to programming daring, declarative theatre and that
makes it the perfect partner for our season of bold work and big risks.”
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| Chamber Piece - Katherine Pearce, Steven Webb, Charlotte Josephine, Hammed Animashaun, Leo Bill, Nadia Albina - photo: Alexandra Davenport |
Then
on 19 June, one of the most influential figures in Russian theatre, Dmitry
Krymov – rarely seen in the UK and never before in Newcastle – brings Opus No7 to
Northern Stage.
An
"unforgettable work and thrillingly inventive production" The
New York Times
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| Opus No 7 Photo: Pavel Antonov |
For the first time since reopening in 2006, Northern Stage will open up Stage 1 and Stage 2, creating space for Opus No7 to place its audience tantalisingly close to the action of this genre-defying double bill. The oppression of Soviet Jews and the censorship of Shostakovich under Stalin, and the legacies of these events, are depicted through larger-than-life puppets, duelling pianos, living walls and blizzards of newsprint. Epic images are conjured up from the simplest of materials - by turns tender and delicate, comedic and sinister.
“This is mouth-watering theatre on a grand scale, and ensuring that bigger, broader audiences have the opportunity to experience incredible international theatre is a passion for us all. To that end I’m delighted to be working so closely with my colleagues in Brighton, Norwich and Newcastle to ensure that Russia’s boldest and most inventive theatrical force will be thrilling audiences across England.” Mark Ball, Artistic Director of LIFT
“You do not see work as
original or stirring as Krymov’s every season. A thrillingly inventive
production that tingles with sensation,” Time Out New York
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| Opus No 7 Photo: Pavel Antonov |
Krymov is currently one of the most successful Russian theatre directors in the world. Opus No7 was the toast of New York in January 2013 and his take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a huge hit both at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Edinburgh International Festival in 2012.
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| Opus No 7 Photo: Pavel Antonov |
William
Galinsky, Artistic Director of Norfolk & Norwich Festival, spoke to Dmitry
Krymov at his studio in Russia earlier this month. “After
training and working as a theatrical set designer, Krymov spent the years after
the fall of communism as a very successful painter only to start making theatre
again with a group of design students. His is a theatre of magic and
transformation, of beautiful, funny and dizzying images and sounds that
communicate with its audience far beyond the power of words. When I saw Opus
No7 I was struck by his ability to create the most wonderful magic from every
day materials. I don’t want to give too much away but in Opus No7 the audience
experiences the most extraordinary transformation of everyday objects like
newspaper, cardboard and paint. These are the materials of a theatre created by
a painter who has discovered a giant, moving, three-dimensional canvas.”
Opus No7 is at Northern Stage from 19-21 June and Secret Theatre will perform four productions during their residency from 4-14 June.
Opus
No. 7 Photo Credit: Pavel Antonov
Details of the shows:
Details of the shows:
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| A Streetcar Named Desire- Photo: Alexandra Davenport |
Secret
Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire -4,
7, 10, 12 & 14 June
£18.50
/ £14.50
A
reclaiming of Tennessee Williams’ classic like you’ve never seen it before.
"Unsettling, absorbing, thrilling... Stunning." The Times
Recommended Age: 14+
Secret
Theatre: Woyzeck -5
& 11June
£18.50
/ £14.50
A
mind-boggling staging of George Buchner’s masterpiece of a man, murder and
madness. Recommended Age: 14+
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| Chamber Piece - Photo: Alexandra Davenport |
£18.50
/ £14.50
A
pitch-black comedy from up-and-coming writer Caroline Bird about power, lethal
injection and the desperate need for a Twix. ”Smart, effortless and shocking”
The Times Recommended Age: 14+
Secret
Theatre: Glitterland -6
June, 7.30pm
£14.50
/ £12 concessions
A
thrilling story of power, corruption and revenge adapted from John Webster’s The White
Devil by Hayley Squires. “Fiercely imaginative” The Telegraph
Opus
No7 -19
– 21 June, 7.30pm
£24,
£18 concessions
Larger-than-life
puppets, duelling pianos, living walls and blizzards of newsprint in this
genre-defying double bill from of the most influential figures in Russian
theatre, Dmitry Krymov.
Recommended
age: 12+
Tour dates: Brighton Festival – 3 – 8 May, Norfolk and Norwich Festival 14 – 17 May, Barbican – 4 – 14 June
Tour dates: Brighton Festival – 3 – 8 May, Norfolk and Norwich Festival 14 – 17 May, Barbican – 4 – 14 June
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