The Truth
By Florian ZellerMichel is having an affair with Alice, his best friend's wife. For six months they have been meeting in hotel rooms for afternoon trysts. Alarmed by Michel's seeming indifference, Alice is struggling with feelings of guilt. Is it time for them to tell their partners the truth? A...
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by Martin Crimp after MolièreAlice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues avoid her, and the more her personal relationships begin to fracture. As she challenges fashionable ideas and lends her voice to causes others are afraid to...
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By Joe DiPietroIt is New Year's Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York's Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. As Frank Sinatra's career suddenly skyrockets, he struggles with balancing the love of his...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William ShakespeareRegent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
On a midsummer's night Hermia and her lover Lysander flee from Athens and Demetrius - the man Hermia's father favours as a son-in-law. Demetrius follows, pursued by Helena who loves him in spite of being spurned in favour of Hermia. On the same night Bottom and his friends leave Athens to find somewhere quiet to rehearse their play which is to be performed at the wedding feast of Duke Theseus. Drawn into the woods they enter a world of magic, mystery and wonder.
See cast, creatives, and 11 reviewsArchduke
By Rajiv JosephRoyal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London
UK premiere
Belgrade, 1914. Three hungry young men are offered something to eat (and the chance to change the course of history). Their mission: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and set the century alight.
See cast, creatives, and 12 reviewsOthello
By William Shakespeare. Adapted by Gordon BarrBotanic Gardens - Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow
When Othello – refugee of slavery and decorated war hero – secretly marries Desdemona – daughter of a respected senator – they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that will lead to disaster. For in the shadows stands Iago. Overlooked for promotion and resentful of Othello's happiness, he begins an insidious campaign of disparagement and treachery, determined to bring them down and not caring who gets destroyed in the process! So will I turn her virtue into pitch, And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all. This summer, the stage is set for an intense and intimate tragedy of jealousy, betrayal and manipulation, all played out in the stunning surroundings of the Kibble Palace Glasshouse.
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