Friday 2 November 2012

Spring season at Sheffield Theatres

Today Sheffield Theatres announced their season for next spring. Below are my highlights including the dates I’m going to see stuff. There are several other things, mostly Lyceum shows, I may go and see but haven’t decided yet. As per usual if you want to come along with me, get in touch. Tickets on Sale to members 10/11/2012 and to the public 17/11/2012.


Bull
PDR
06/02/2013
Previews
07-09/02/2013
Dates
11-23/02/2013
I'm going
16/02/2013 (4pm Matinee)
A new play by Mike Bartlett, one of the UK’s most exciting young writers. Award-winning theatre director Clare Lizzimore, who previously directed One Day When We Were Young as part of the Theatre’s Roundabout Season, returns to Sheffield to direct this razor-sharp new play about office politics; or playground bullying– depending which side you’re on.

 
The Daughter-in-Law
PDR
27/02/2013
Previews
28/02-02/03/2013
Dates
04-23/03/2013
I'm going
16/03/2013
One of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, Set in a Derbyshire mining town, the play concerns the turbulent early stages of a miner's marriage - as bonds between his new spouse and mother are stretched to breaking point. This new production will be directed by Sheffield Theatres’ Associate Director Paul Miller (Democracy) and stars Lynda Baron (Open All Hours, Fat Friends) as Mrs Gascoigne and Claire Price (Company, The Pride) as Minnie.

 
NT Connections
Dates
21-28/03/2013
I'm going
At random depending on availability
Celebrating young theatre talent with 10 thrilling new plays to be performed by local young companies. Ten brand new plays for Connections 2013 have just been announced. A stellar line-up of some of the most influential British playwrights who have all written exclusively for National Theatre Connections.

 
20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield
Preview
08/04/2013
Dates
09-13/04/2013
I'm going
10/04/2013
Sheffield People’s Theatre, who, after the success of their inaugural production, Lives in Art, present a unique compilation of five-minute plays about Sheffield from Monday 8 – Sat 13 April. 20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield, written by twenty local writers and spanning a range of performance genres, will be directed by Sheffield Theatres’ Creative Producer Andrew Loretto (Lives in Art, LeanerFasterStronger).

 
Taming of the Shrew (Propeller)
Dates
08-11/05/2013
I'm going
08/05/2013
Two, disguised, competing suitors clamour for the hand of beautiful Bianca whilst gold digging Petruchio agrees to wed her viciously ill-tempered sister Kate sight-unseen. The difference between marrying for love and marrying for money, however, becomes increasingly difficult to judge. This brash, brutal and darkly comic story pulls no punches.

 
The History Boys
PDR
16/05/2013
Previews
17-20/05/2013
Dates
21/05-08/06/2013
I'm going
22/05/2013
Set in a Sheffield Grammar school in the 1980s, The History Boys questions the purpose and means of education. In a school where the headmaster cares only about exam results, a bunch of excitable sixth-form boys go about their pursuit of the important things: sex, sport and a university place. Alan Bennett’s award-winning play, one of Britain’s funniest comedies full of one-liners and teenage anxieties, will be brought to life by director Michael Longhurst (Constellations, Royal Court and Duke of York’s Theatre) in a new production which sees the play staged in the city where it is set.

 
Sheffield Sizzler
Dates
31/05-01/06/2013
Experience performances from the best local talent as Sheffield Sizzler takes over Sheffield Theatres and Tudor Square with live music, performance art, poetry, comedy, drama and more.

 
This is my Family
PDR
19/06/2013
Previews
20-22/06/2013
Dates
24/06-20/07/2013
I'm going
06/07/2013
A brand new musical comedy by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls) in the Studio Theatre. Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Daniel Evans will direct Bill Champion as Steve, Janie Dee (NSFW, All’s Well That Ends Well) as Yvonne, Evelyn Hoskins as Nicky, Terence Keeley as Matt, Rachel Lumberg (The Way of The World) as Sian and Sian Phillips (Cabaret, Little Dogs) as May. The show centres on a teenager who enters a writing competition to win a holiday for her dysfunctional family. Is there any place on earth she could take them that might make a difference?

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