The Duchess Of Malfi at the Old Vic Theatre
January 5, 2012
Eve Best (Nurse Jackie) returns to The Old Vic in John Webster’s great Jacobean tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Noises Off at the Old Vic Theatre
October 24, 2011
An all-star cast including Janie Dee, Robert Glenister, Jamie Glover, Amy Nuttall and Celia Imrie star in Lindsay Posner’s brand new production of Michael Frayn’s irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off.
ROBERT SHEEHAN in The Playboy of the Western World
July 17, 2011
Robert Sheehan has become a bit of a sex symbol since his breakthrough role as Nathan in E4′s hugely successful series Misfits.
Robert won a BAFTA nomination for the role, and now he’s setting his sights on the stage as he gears up to make his professional theatre début as Christy Mahon in John Crowley’s new production of Irish classic The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic Theatre.
Robert’s other TV credits include forthcoming BBC adaptation of The Borrowers, Love/Hate and the Red Riding Trilogy. Film credits include Killing Bono with Ben Barnes and Season of the Witch with Nicholas Cage.
He stars in The Playboy of the Western World alongside Ruth Negga and Niamh Cusack, from 17 September 2011 at the Old Vic.
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RUTH NEGGA in The Playboy of the Western World
July 17, 2011
Ruth Negga is clearly going places, and her starring role in forthcoming Samuel L Jackson movie The Samaritan, a neo-noir thriller directed by David Weaver, is proof enough.
Ruth Negga. Photo: Sabrina Lantos
So it’s good to hear that she hasn’t abandoned her stage roots and will get back to theatre later this year starring in John Crowley’s new production of J M Synge’s Irish comedy The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic.
Negga, who plays Pegeen Mike in the play, will appear alongside her fellow Misfits co-star Robert Sheehan and veteran Irish actress Niamh Cusack. The play runs from 17 September 2011 at the Old Vic.
Ruth returns to the role of Pegeen having starred in the Druid Theatre Company’s Australian tour of The Playboy of the Western World. Other theatre credits include National Theatre runs in Hamlet and Phèdre, both directed by Nicholas Hytner, performances at The Abbey and Peacock Theatres in Ireland including The Crucible, The Importance of Being Ernest and David Levaux’s production of The Real Thing, and as Cat in Max Stafford-Clark’s production of Duck at the Royal Court, which earned her an Olivier nomination for Best Newcomer in 2003.
In addition to her role as Nikki in E4′s Misfits, TV roles include mini-series The Nativity, Love/Hate and Criminal Justice. Movie roles include Breakfast on Pluto and Isolation.
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July 15, 2011
John Crowley directs J M Synge’s rich Irish comedy The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic, starring Niamh Cusack, Ruth Negga and Robert Sheehan.
Richard III at the Old Vic Theatre starring Kevin Spacey – Round-up of Reviews
June 29, 2011
A round-up of reviews of Richard III at the Old Vic Theatre starring Kevin Spacey.
Kevin Spacey as Richard III at the Old Vic
The final season of the Old Vic’s The Bridge Project sees Kevin Spacey in the title role of Richard III, directed by Sam Mendes.
See a round-up of reviews for Richard III, below.
Photos: Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre
March 31, 2011
Production photos of Terence Rattigan’s Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre
Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Celebre at the Old Vic
Thea Sharrock (Blithe Spirit) directs Terence Rattigan’s final play, Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre, starring Anne-Marie Duff and Niamh Cusack.
The play is based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury (Anne-Marie Duff), who was put on trial in 1935 along with her 18-year-old lover, accused of killing her husband. Vilified by the public as much for her seduction of a younger man as the murder of her husband, the play examines the role of passion, guilt and loyalty in 1930s England. Niamh Cusack plays socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman of the trial, Edith Davenport.
The play also stars Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark.
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Cause Celebre – Reviews Round-up
March 31, 2011
A round-up of reviews for Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre in London
Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Celebre at the Old Vic
Terence Rattigan’s final play, Cause Celebre, has opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London starring Anne-Marie Duff and Niamh Cusack.
The play is based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury (Anne-Marie Duff), who was put on trial in 1935 along with her 18-year-old lover, accused of killing her husband. Vilified by the public as much for her seduction of a younger man as the murder of her husband, the play examines the role of passion, guilt and loyalty in 1930s England. Niamh Cusack plays socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman of the trial, Edith Davenport.
Thea Sharrock, who directed an Olivier award-winning production of Rattigan’s After the Dance at the National Theatre last year, directs the play following her recent revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Apollo Theatre.
The play also stars Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark.
Read reviews from the Times, Telegraph, Hollywood Reporter, Express and Evening Standard, below.
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Cause Celebre – news and photos
Richard III tickets at the Old Vic Theatre starring Kevin Spacey
February 4, 2011
Oscar winner Sam Mendes directs Oscar winner Kevin Spacey in the title role of Shakespeare’s Richard III in the final season of their multi-award winning Bridge Project venture.
FREDDIE FOX in Cause Celebre
January 22, 2011
Up and coming Freddie Fox, from the Fox acting dynasty, to star in Rattigan’s Cause Celebre at the Old Vic Theatre
It’s hard to find a young actor better connected to the profession than Freddie Fox, 21.
Son of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, brother to Emilia Fox, nephew of James Fox, cousin of Laurence Fox, godson of John Mortimer, great grandson of famous dramatist Frederick Lonsdale, the list goes on and on.
Fox only graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama last year, but has immediately found work – notably in two major TV dramas, playing 80s pop star Marilyn in the BBC’s Boy George biopic Worried About the Boy and the young version of writer Peter Scabius in Any Human Heart, the high-profile Channel 4 adaptation of William Boyd’s novel.
Up next he plays a bisexual assassin in BBC thriller-noir The Shadow Line alongside an impressive cast that includes Christopher Eccleston, Sir Antony Sher, Stephen Rea and Chiwetel Ejiofor. And he won’t have to travel far to get to work in Cause Celebre: Freddie can be currently seen starring as cleft-palated Camille in Feydeau’s farce A Flea In Her Ear at the Old Vic, opposite Tom Hollander.
Cause Celebre also stars Anne-Marie Duff, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark.
The play opens at the Old Vic Theatre on 29 March 2011, with previews from 17 March. It is based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who was put on trial in 1935 along with her 18-year-old lover, accused of killing her husband. Vilified by the public as much for her seduction of a younger man as the murder of her husband, the play examines the role of passion, guilt and loyalty in 1930s England.
Thea Sharrock directed Rattigan’s After the Dance at the National Theatre earlier this year and will direct Alison Steadman in Blithe Spirit from 2 March 2011 at the Apollo Theatre.
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