Old Vic Theatre

Bridge Project: Cherry Orchard

Booking to 15 August 2009

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The Bridge Project

Sam Mendes will direct a transatlantic company of actors in a double-bill of classic works for The Bridge Project inaugural 2009 season which pairs a new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard by Tom Stoppard with The Winter’s Tale. This formidable, transatlantic company and creative team will create these two new productions for six internationally renowned theatres. Simon Russell Beale, leads the British/American cast, playing Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard and Leontes in The Winter’s Tale joined by Sinead Cusack as Madame Ranevskaya and Paulina, Richard Easton as Firs and Old Shepherd/Time, Rebecca Hall as Varya and Hermione, Josh Hamilton as Yasha and Polixenes, and Ethan Hawke as Trofimov and Autolycus.

The Bridge Project is a unique series of co-productions between The Old Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Neal Street Productions. Each year a single British/American company will perform a double-bill of classic works at BAM and at The Old Vic, and make several international visits. In year one, the company will travel to Auckland, Singapore, Madrid and Recklinghausen.

Bridge Project: Winters Tale

Booking to 15 August 2009

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The Bridge Project

Sam Mendes will direct a transatlantic company of actors in a double-bill of classic works for The Bridge Project inaugural 2009 season which pairs a new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard by Tom Stoppard with The Winter’s Tale. This formidable, transatlantic company and creative team will create these two new productions for six internationally renowned theatres. Simon Russell Beale, leads the British/American cast, playing Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard and Leontes in The Winter’s Tale joined by Sinead Cusack as Madame Ranevskaya and Paulina, Richard Easton as Firs and Old Shepherd/Time, Rebecca Hall as Varya and Hermione, Josh Hamilton as Yasha and Polixenes, and Ethan Hawke as Trofimov and Autolycus.

The Bridge Project is a unique series of co-productions between The Old Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Neal Street Productions. Each year a single British/American company will perform a double-bill of classic works at BAM and at The Old Vic, and make several international visits. In year one, the company will travel to Auckland, Singapore, Madrid and Recklinghausen.

Inherit The Wind

Booking 18 September 2009 to 20 December 2009

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Starring Artistic Director Kevin Spacey. Directed by Trevor Nunn.

A grippingly relevant drama based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey trial. A schoolteacher is arrested for teaching his high school students Darwin’s evolution theory. In a highly religious town this is strictly prohibited by law and two legal Titans confront each other in a  community where freedom of thought is put on trial.

Trevor Nunn last directed Richard II at The Old Vic and Kevin Spacey was last seen on stage at The Old Vic starring in Speed the Plow.

The Old Vic auditorium is back in the traditional proscenium arch set up after being in-the round for the last three productions.

INHERIT THE WIND
Written by: Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Produced by: The Old Vic Theatre Company
Cast: Kevin Spacey. Further cast TBA
 

Six Degrees of Separation

Booking 07 January 2010 to 03 April 2010

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Six Degrees of Separation is an Olivier and Tony Award-winning play.  A sharp and witty look at fame, celebrity and opportunity, based on the existential theory that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else by a chain of no more than 6 people. A film version was released in 1993 and starred Will Smith.

Set on the Upper East side in Manhattan, in a Fifth Avenue apartment an art dealing couple are visited by a stranger in the night who claims to be a friend of their children.

The young man, Paul soon starts up another con against a young man and his girlfriend resulting in the young man giving Paul all of his savings.

The plot is based on a real life story of David Hampton, a con man who managed to convince a number of people in the 1980’s that he was the son of Sidney Poitier.

It’s sharp and funny in a New York wise cracking kind of way and poses the question – who’s conning you?

Directed by David Grindley (who directed National Anthems at The Old Vic a few years ago).  David Grindley's recent Broadway credits include Pygmalion and Journey’s End, which won the 2007 Tony for Best Revival. Recent UK credits include Crown Matrimonial, Blackbird and In the Club. Previous London credits include Honour, The Philanthropist, National Anthems, What the Butler Saw, Some Girls, Abigail’s Party and Loot.

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
Written by: John Guare
Directed by: David Grindley
Produced by: The Old Vic Theatre Company

The Old Vic auditorium is back in the traditional proscenium arch set up after being in-the round for the last three productions.