Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2008
14 January 2008
'The RSC can be found across London with a season of work that demonstrates the breadth of what we do, from Shakespeare through to new plays, performed in large spaces and intimate ones.'
Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
RSC in London: January – May 2008
Following on from successful runs of King Lear and The Seagull at the New London Theatre, and Anthony Neilson’s new play, God In Ruins at the Soho Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company presents two new plays (Leo Butler’s I’ll Be The Devil and Roy Williams’ Days Of Significance) at the Tricycle Theatre, and transfers The Histories, its acclaimed eight play staging of nearly 100 years of English history, to the Roundhouse in April. Dominic Cooke’s successful production of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses plays the Hackney Empire as part of a 6 week UK tour at the beginning of April.
I’ll Be The Devil
A new play commissioned by the RSC by Leo Butler.
Directed by Ramin Gray
At the Tricycle Theatre
21 February – 8 March 2008
Box Office: 020 7328 1000, www.tricycle.co.uk
I’ll Be The Devil was written as a response to The Tempest for the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in 2006.
Cast includes: Gerard Murphy, JD Kelleher, Edward Macliam, Andrew Macklin, Bill Carter and Samantha Young.
Days of Significance
By Roy Williams
Directed by Maria Aberg
At the Tricycle Theatre
12 – 29 March 2008
Box Office: 020 7328 1000, www.tricycle.co.uk
Commissioned by the RSC, and written by Roy Williams in response to Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Days of Significance premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon during the Complete Works Festival in 2006. Roy has made significant changes to the script for this new production.
Cast includes: Venetia Campbell, Ricky Champ, James Clyde, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Danny Dalton, Jamie Davis, Craig Gallivan, Simon Harrison, Pippa Nixon, Luke Norris, Beverley Rudd, Lorraine Stanley and Mark Theodore.
The Histories
In February 2006, the actors of the RSC Histories Ensemble joined artistic director, Michael Boyd’s creative team of directors, designers, musicians and theatre practitioners to embark on an extraordinary two year ensemble project to stage Shakespeare’s epic history cycle of eight plays charting over a century of turbulent English history: The cycle reaches its climax in London.
At the Roundhouse
1 April – 25 May 2008
Box Office 0844 482 8008 www.roundhouse.org.uk
Running in repertoire will be Shakespeare’s:
Richard II
Henry IV, Parts I & II
Henry V
Henry VI, Parts I, II & III
and Richard III
Cast includes: Nicholas Asbury, Hannah Barrie, Keith Bartlett, Maureen Beattie, Antony Bunsee, Rob Carroll, Richard Cordery, Matt Costain, Julius D’Silva, Keith Dunphy, Wela Frasier, Geoffrey Freshwater, Paul Hamilton, Alexia Healy, Kieren Hill, Tom Hodgkins, Chuk Iwuji, John Mackay, Forbes Masson, Chris McGill, Patrice Naiambana, Luke Neal, Sandy Neilson, Ann Ogbomo, Miles Richardson, Lex Shrapnel, Anthony Shuster, Jonathan Slinger, Katy Stephens, Geoffrey Streatfeild, James Tucker, David Warner, Roger Watkins and Clive Wood.
Noughts & Crosses
Adapted and directed by Dominic Cooke from the novel
by Malorie Blackman
At the Hackney Empire
1 – 5 April 2008
Box Office: 020 8985 2424 www.hackneyempire.co.uk
Cast includes: Charles Abomeli, Davinia Anderson, Doreene Blackstock, Daniel Bowers, Michelle Butterly, Louise Callaghan, Christopher Daley, Tyrone Huggins, Tracy Ifeachor, Richard Madden, Jo Martin, Phil McKee, Jenny Ogilvie, Clarence Smith, Ony Uhiara and Freddy White.
Further information
For more information please contact:
Philippa Harland
Head of Press
0207 845 0512
philippa.harland@rsc.org.uk
or
Nada Zakula
01789 412622
nada.zakula@rsc.org.uk
Press performances
Wednesday 27 February: 7pm – I’ll Be The Devil, Tricycle Theatre
Tuesday 18 March: 7pm – Days Of Significance, Tricycle Theatre
Tuesday 15 April: 7pm – Richard II, Roundhouse
Wednesday 16 April, 10.30am – Henry IV Part I; 3pm – Henry IV Part II; 7.30pm – Henry V, Roundhouse
Tuesday 6 May: 10.30am – Henry VI Part I; 3pm – Henry VI Part II; 7.30pm – Henry VI Part III, Roundhouse
Wednesday 7 May: 7pm – Richard III, Roundhouse
Press tickets
For performances of The Histories at the Roundhouse please contact Dean Asker on 01789 412660 or dean.asker@rsc.org.uk
For performances of I’ll Be The Devil and Days Of Significance please contact Victoria Wilson on 020 7845 0513, victoria.wilson@rsc.org.uk
Images
Production images for The Histories can be downloaded by registering with www.epo-online.com. Images for I’ll Be The Devil and Days Of Significance will be available from this site around the date of the first performance.
