Sheffield Theatres
Coordinates: 53°22′52″N 1°28′01″W / 53.381°N 1.467°W
Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It comprises three theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse.[1] These theatres make up the largest regional theatre complex outside the London region and show a variety of in-house and touring productions.
Artistic Directors
- 1981 – 1992 – Clare Venables
- 1992 – 1994 – Michael Rudman
- 1995 – 2000 – Deborah Paige
- 2000 – 2005 – Michael Grandage
- 2005 – 2007 – Samuel West
- 2009 – 2016 – Daniel Evans
- 2016 – present – Robert Hastie
Production history
2017 productions
- Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Tom MacRae with music and lyrics by Dan Gillespie Sells directed by Jonathan Butterell[2]
- Musical Differences by Robin French directed by George Richmond-Scott as part of National Theatre Connections
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie[3]
- Tribes by Nina Raine directed by Kate Hewitt[4]
- What We Wished For by Chris Bush with music by Claire McKenzie directed by Emily Hutchinson[5]
- Desire Under The Elms by Eugene O'Neill directed by Sam Yates[6]
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov translated by Peter Gill directed by Tamara Harvey in a co-production with Theatre Clwyd[7]
- The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Haburg directed by Robert Hastie[8]
2018 productions
- Chicken Soup by Ray Castleton and Kieran Knowles directed by Bryony Shanahan[9]
- Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan directed by Kate Hewitt[10]
- The Changing Room by Chris Bush directed by Emily Hutchinson as part of National Theatre Connections[11]
- The York Realist by Peter Gill directed by Robert Hastie in a co-production with The Donmar Warehouse[12]
- Love And Information by Caryl Churchill directed by Caroline Steinbeis[13]
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman from the novel by Ken Kesey directed by Javaad Alipoor[14]
- Songs From The Seven Hills by John Hollingworth with music and lyrics by Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour directed by Emily Hutchinson[15]
- Steel by Chris Bush directed by Rebecca Frecknall[16]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with music by Dan Gillespie Sells directed by Robert Hastie [17]
- Close Quarters by Kate Bowen directed by Kate Wasserberg in a co-production with Out Of Joint[18]
- Kiss Me, Kate by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter directed by Paul Foster[19]
2019 productions
- Rutherford & Son by Githa Sowerby directed by Caroline Steinbeis[20]
- hang by debbie tucker green directed by Taio Lawson[21]
- Stuff by Tom Wells directed by Emily Hutchinson as part of National Theatre Connections
- Standing At The Sky's Edge by Chris Bush with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley directed by Robert Hastie[22]
- Life Of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti from the novel by Yann Martel directed by Max Webster[23]
- The Last King Of Scotland by Steve Waters from the novel by Giles Foden directed by Gbolahan Obisesan[24]
- Reasons To Stay Alive by April De Angelis from the novel by Matt Haig directed by Jonathan Watkins
- My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley directed by Jeni Draper, a co-production with fingersmiths
- Guys And Dolls by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, and directed by Robert Hastie
2020 productions
- Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hastie
- Run Sister Run by Chloe Moss, in a co-production with Paines Plough and Soho Theatre
- Here's What She Said To Me by Oladipo Agboluaje and directed Moji Elufowoju, in a co-production with Utopia Theatre Company
- Oscar And The Pink Lady by Bryony Lavery from the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- Everybody's Got To Leave Sometime in a co-production with Dante Or Die
- Oliver Twist from the novel by Charles Dickens[25]
2021-22 productions
- She Loves Me, a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock.[26]
- Anna Karenina, from Helen Edmundson’s adaptation, directed by Anthony Lau.[27]
- Rock / Paper / Scissors, a trio of interwoven original plays by Chris Bush, performed simultaneously by one cast with three creative/production teams.[28]
Pinter: A Celebration
Sheffield Theatres' programme Pinter: A Celebration took place from 11 October to 11 November 2006. The programme featured selected productions of Harold Pinter's plays, in order of presentation: The Caretaker, No Man's Land, Family Voices, Tea Party, The Room, One for the Road and The Dumb Waiter. These films (mostly his screenplays; some in which Pinter appears as an actor) were shown: The Go-Between, Accident, The Birthday Party, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reunion, Mojo, The Servant and The Pumpkin Eater.
Pinter: A Celebration also included other related programme events: "Pause for Thought" (Penelope Wilton and Douglas Hodge in conversation with Michael Billington), "Ashes to Ashes – A Cricketing Celebration", a "Pinter Quiz Night", "The New World Order", the BBC Two documentary film Arena: Harold Pinter (introduced by Anthony Wall, producer of Arena), and "The New World Order – A Pause for Peace" (a consideration of "Pinter's pacifist writing" [both poems and prose] supported by the Sheffield Quakers), and a screening of "Pinter's passionate and antagonistic 45-minute Nobel Prize Lecture."[29]
References
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- ^ "Season Announcement Spring 2020". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "She Loves Me review". The Stage. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Anna Karenina review – Tolstoy meets Baz Luhrmann in a magnificent spectacle". The Guardian. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Rock/Paper/Scissors review – sharp-edged trilogy celebrates a city in flux". The Guardian. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 18 August 2006, accessed 28 September 2006.
External links
- Sheffield Theatres