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Julie
By
Zinnie Harris
Newcastle Northern Stage
Friday
3rd – Saturday 18th June 2016.
Northern
Stage Resident Director Rebecca Frecknall directs Zinnie Harris’ update of
August Strindberg’s mas-terpiece, Miss Julie. A classic tale of passion,
compulsion, love and hate, Julie is set against a backdrop of workers’
strikes and social unrest making it as relevant today as ever.
Director
Rebecca Frecknall said: “I’ve been drawn to this play for years. I first watched
an amateur production of the original Strindberg play when I was in my teens
and then my first professional directing job was as assistant director on
Patrick Marber's version at the Young Vic. It seems beautifully serendipitous
that my first fully professional production at Northern Stage explores the same
story!
“Zinnie's
take on 'Miss Julie' really sparked my imagination when I first read it. Her
incarnations of the char-acters are so contemporary and complex and her
reworking and strengthening of the female characters gives the play a whole
other level of game-playing not present in the original. It's a very sexy and
political piece, but ultimately I'm drawn to the tensions and games between the
characters.
“I
think that audiences are drawn to plays that have stood the test of time and
this production is particularly timely politically. The background to the
immediate action of the play is a workers union strike and the presence of
this civil unrest is an undercurrent that permeates the entire story. Recently,
with the Junior Doctors’ and even school children out on strike, I’ve been
feeling how necessary it is that theatres revive stories that deal with the
human fall-out of this restlessness and desire for change in society.”
Pearl
Chanda will
play the lead role of Julie. A RADA graduate, Pearl last appeared at
Northern Stage as Nina in Headlong’s playful 2013 production of Chekhov’s
masterpiece The Seagull, adapted by award-winning writer John Donnelly
and directed by Blanche McIntyre.
Michael
Grady Hall will
play John. Michael has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company
since graduating from RADA, most recently playing
Frank in the RSC’s critically acclaimed sell out run of Oppenheimer
which transferred to the West End.
Rona
Morison will
play Christine. As well as The James Plays (National Theatre), Rona has
appeared in Bristol Old Vic’s production of The Crucible, directed
by War Horse director Tom Morris, the Bush Theatre’s UK tour of Crave/Illusion,
Royal Court Theatre’s Anhedonia and Scuttlers
(Manchester Royal Exchange).
Julie
was
written by award-winning British playwright, director and screenwriter Zinnie
Harris for the Na-tional Theatre of Scotland in 2006. Director Rebecca
Frecknall is joined on the creative team by Set & Cos-tume Designer Madeleine
Girling, winner of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 2013. Lighting
Design is by Joshua Pharo whose recent theatre credits include In the
Night Time (Gate Theatre) and The Rolling Stone (Orange Tree
Theatre). The original score and sound design is by Nick John Williams whose
recent work includes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Northern Stage,
directed by Mark Calvert.
PLEASE NOTE: This performance contains full female nudity.
Running time: 90 mins
Tickets: £14.50 / £12 concessions
Previews: Fri 3 & Sat 4 Jun: £10.50
Post-show Discussion: Wed 15 June
British Sign Language performance Signed by Faye Alvi - Fri 17 Jun, 7.30pm
Tickets:
For
full details or to book tickets online visit http://www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/julie
or call the box office on 0191 230 5151.
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