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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The flambuoyant Petruchio wins the unruly Kate's hand in marriage. Will his unconventional methods succeed in curing her temper and scolding tongue? Shakespeare explores the sexual politics of marriage in one of his earliest and most controversial comedies.
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Location:
RSC THE COURTYARD THEATRE
Date:
24 Apr - 25 Sep
Tel:
0844 800 1110
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A feast of magic, music, humour and spectacle, A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's best loved comedies. The boundaries between reality and imagination merge as the characters find themselves caught in a web of magic in the Athenian woods. This production revives Gregory Doran's hugely popular and critically acclaimed show from 2005 Comedies Season.
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Location:
RSC THE COURTYARD THEATRE
Date:
09 May - 13 Nov
Tel:
0844 800 1110
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WILD HONEY
MICHAEL FRAYN / ANTON CHEKHOV
When the young Chekhov completed his first play, he cannot have anticipated that a century later, it would be given a dazzling makeover by the author of Noises Off - nor that his youthful musings would be turned into a sharp, wildly funny midsummer comedy of love, lust and locomotives!
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Location:
PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL
Date:
17 May - 18 Sep
Tel:
01796 484 626
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
With its outrageous mix of secret elopements and nocturnal confusions, Goldsmith's classic comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. A ribald and hilarious portrait of life and love in town and country, this promises to be a season highlight!
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Location:
PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL
Date:
22 May - 16 Sep
Tel:
01796 484 626
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THE THREE SISTERS
ANTON CHEKHOV
"I woke up this morning, I saw the light flooding in, I saw the spring, and I felt such a great surge of joy, such a passionate longing for home". When their brother falls in love, Irina, Masha and Olga find it is not only their dream of a better life in Moscow that is put at risk, but also the very roof above their heads in Chekhov's revolutionary, heartbreaking and poignant masterpiece.
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Location:
ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER
Date:
10 Sep - 11 Oct
Tel:
0161 833 9833
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ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
When her brother is denied the dignity of a burial, Antigone refuses to bow to her ruler and prospective father-in-law and instead chooses to fight for all that she believes in, in Sophocles' powerful, shattering and relevant tragedy.
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Location:
ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER
Date:
14 Oct - 08 Nov
Tel:
0161 833 9833
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A TASTE OF HONEY
SHELAGH DELANEY
When her mother abandons her in favour of her latest fancy man, Jo looks for love herself, and soon finds that life is awfully difficult to get right in Shelagh Delaney's funny, vibrant and unforgettable play.
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Location:
ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER
Date:
12 Nov - 06 Dec
Tel:
0161 833 9833
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PORNOGRAPHY
SIMON STEPHENS
Pornography is the stark and shattering new play by Simon Stephens that captures Britain as it crashes from the euphoria and promise of the 2012 Olympics announcement into the devastation of 7/7.
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Location:
BIRMINGHAM REP, DOOR
Date:
03 Sep - 20 Sep
Tel:
0121 236 4455
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MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
BERTOLT BRECHT
Using only her wits and sheer will Mother Courage determinedly follows a series of faceless armies across the land in an effort to make a living for herself and her family; though, one by one, her children are lost to the very violence from which she profits. In Mother Courage we are reminded of the dreadfulness of war and that virtues are not rewarded in corrupt times.
First performed in 1941, Mother Courage and her Children is often hailed as Brecht's best work.
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Location:
DUNDEE REP
Date:
06 Sep - 27 Sep
Tel:
01382 223 530
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THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE
A distant village in Ireland facing the broad Atlantic. The dark night brings in a young stranger, on the run after a terrible crime. The folk greet him as a hero - he offers daring and excitement! The men take heed. The women are dazzled. Soon, like all heroes, he meets the girl of his dreams... She smiles as her Playboy wins the races on the strand, while his fiery words bewitch all who listen.
But when you least expect it, a crime can catch up with you... The story twists with surprises in this great Irish comedy.
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Location:
NUFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON
Date:
11 Sep - 27 Sep
Tel:
023 8067 1771
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MACBETH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Gripping, intense, and relentlessly powerful - Macbeth is coming to the Lyceum... and there's a storm brewing...
Liam Brennan stars as the title character, led astray by three conniving witches, and gradually overwhelmed by his own lust for power.
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Location:
ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH
Date:
12 Sep - 11 Oct
Tel:
0131 248 4848
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PRIVATES ON PARADE
PETER NICHOLS
Based on playwright Nichols' own experiences entertaining the troops with Kenneth Williams and Stanley Baxter during his national service, a cast of multi-talented performers are brought together by Tony award-winning Musical Director & Arranger Sarah Travis and Playhouse Artistic Director Ian Brown. Privates on Parade is peppered with eccentric characters, bawdy humour and wonderful songs, effortlessly parodying the musical revue popular at the time.
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Location:
WYP QUARRY, LEEDS
Date:
15 Sep - 11 Oct
Tel:
0113 213 7700
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THE GLEE CLUB
RICHARD CAMERON
It's 1962, and five hard-working, hard-drinking Yorkshire miners - Jack, Colin, Walt, Scobie, and Bant - and their pianist, Phil - have a well-respected and much-loved a capella musical act on the northern working men's club circuit.
They raise a small fortune for local charities and good causes and enjoy their moments in the spotlight, which contrast with their back breaking work down the dark and dangerous pit, and they're bloody good at it.
But the swinging 60s are just around the corner - is the imminent revolution in popular culture about to render their turn a thing of the past? At the same time, personal tensions threaten to tear apart lifelong friendships. Can their lives ever be the same again?
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Location:
LIBRARY, MANCHESTER
Date:
19 Sep - 18 Oct
Tel:
0161 236 7710
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OTHELLO
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Frantic Assembly, in co-production with the Theatre Royal Plymouth explodes onto the stage with this electrifying take on Shakespeare's most brutal and gripping tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder. Fusing a taut adaptation of the classic text with its trademark hardhitting choreography, Frantic Assembly takes a scalpel to 21st century Britain, exposing prejudice, danger and fear.
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Location:
THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH
Date:
20 Sep - 27 Sep
Tel:
01752 267 222
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
DARIO FO
Packed with razor sharp quips, this hilarious farce cuts to the heart of political corruption and exposes the manipulation of information by the media to tell the true story of an Italian anarchist who mysteriously fell to his death from the window of a police station.
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Location:
MERCURY, COLCHESTER
Date:
18 Sep - 04 Oct
Tel:
01206 573 948
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ARISTO
MARTIN SHERMAN
Aristo is the story of the last years in the life of Aristotle Onassis, and of his complex and interwoven relationships with Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, and his son Alexandros. Based in part on Peter Evans' book Nemesis, aristo is an explosive account of how those in positions of enourmous power and wealth often live lives detached from the realities and moral codes of everyday existence. Robert Lindsay stars.
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Location:
MINERVA, CHICHESTER
Date:
11 Sep - 11 Oct
Tel:
01243 781 312
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OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER
Wertenbaker's modern classic, filled with vibrant characters written with humour and compassion, illustrates the extraordinary human ability to transcend circumstances and the power of theatre to change lives.
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Location:
WATERMILL, NEWBURY
Date:
17 Sep - 25 Oct
Tel:
01635 460 44
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MACBETH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Confronted by three witches as he returns from battle, Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is given a tantilising vision of the future - he will acquire great power in his homeland, first as Thane of Cawdor and then as King of Scotland. Intrigued by this prophecy, his personal ambitions are aroused - and when word arrives that his valour in the King's service has been indeed rewarded with the title of Cawdor, his thirst for power begins to control him.
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Location:
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
Date:
23 Oct - 15 Nov
Tel:
0115 941 9419
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