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“O, brave
new world that has such
people in
it!”
The Tempest
Newcastle Northern Stage
Friday 25th September
- Saturday
10th October 2015
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| Photo: Mark Savage Photography |
A
sparkling new production of Shakespeare's tale of love, revenge and forgiveness
comes to the stage this autumn by award-winning director Phelim McDermott. The
Tempest opens at Northern Stage, Newcastle on 25 September before
transferring to Oxford Playhouse from 14 October.
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| Photo: Mark Savage Photography |
Directed
by Improbable’s Phelim McDermott (Shockheaded Peter, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Satyagraha), the creative team includes set and costume designer Becs Andrews
(Through His Teeth, Royal Opera House), original music by Brendan Murphy (Lands
of Glass, Unfolding Theatre) and lighting design by Colin Grenfell (The
Crucible, West Yorkshire Playhouse).
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| Photo: Mark Savage Photography |
Phelim
says, “Of all Shakespeare's plays it’s great to return to Northern Stage to
direct the first play I was ever in as a teenager! We have a strong ensemble of
actors who will work in our unique Improbable style.
We
will be aiming to bring the text alive making a show that will be different
every night yet true to the heart of this magical and unusual play - I want to
do justice to the text because it’s a fantastic play, but I’d like to feel that
we’ll create our own Tempest.”
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| Photo: Mark Savage Photography |
Tyrone
Huggins (RSC, National Theatre, Eastenders) will play
Prospero. Huggins wrote and starred in The Honey Man (Birmingham Rep) - the
critically acclaimed story of an ageing Caribbean recluse, who tries in vain to
save "Miranda" (his colony of bees), drawing parallels with
Shakespeare’s magical tale of revenge, love and, ultimately, forgiveness. He
was also one of a group of high profile writers announced for Eclipse Theatre
Company’s Revolution Mix – a three-year equality initiative to bring Black British
stories to regional theatres – which Northern Stage is a partner in, along with
the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman and Bristol Old Vic among
others.
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He
is joined by Jade Ogugua as Miranda (The Guilty, ITV), Eileen Walsh as Ariel
(The Magdalene Sisters), Tony Bell as Stephano (Oh, The Humanity, Northern
Stage), Peter Peverley as Caliban
(Twelfth Night, Northern Stage, Pete was also a founder
member of the Northern Stage ensemble), John Paul Connolly as Alonso (Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe,
West End and Broadway), Hannah McPake as Trinculo (The Gamblers, Greyscale),
Gary Kitching as Antonio (Oh What a Lovely War, Northern Stage), and
Christopher Price as Ferdinand (Catch-22, Northern Stage).
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| Photo: Mark Savage Photography |
Costume
and set designer, Becs Andrews: “The set design has lots of options for
transformation; the cast will bring it to life during the rehearsal process.
Improbable have a unique way of working – it’s very process-driven, which is
what’s unusual, and what’s interesting to me; it’s very exciting.”
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Northern
Stage Artistic Director Lorne Campbell says, “Bringing Phelim to Northern Stage
to direct The Tempest is part of our ongoing commitment to getting some of the
finest directors in the world to direct for the company and to present work
here, following on from Rachel Chavkin (Catch-22) and the presentation of the
Krymov Ensemble (Opus No.7) in 2014. Improbable’s work manages to combine being
very funny, playful and accessible with a sophisticated theatricality and great
skill in its use of text.”
On The Web:
Website: www.northernstage.co.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/northernstage
Facebook: www.facebook.com/northernstage
Tickets:
The
Tempest comes to Newcastle’s Northern Stage from Friday
25th September - Saturday 10th
October 2015
Tickets:
£24, £19.50, £14.50 / £12 Students under 21s
Box
Office: www.northernstage.co.uk or
0191 230 5151
Photo: Mark Savage
Photography
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