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Othello: Luke Treadaway and Vinette Robinson.
SHAKESPEARE’S OTHELLO OPENS
AT THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
The award-winning star of the BBC’s
Boiling Point Vinette Robinson and the
Olivier Award-winning Luke Treadaway
will play Emilia and Cassio in the highly
anticipated new West End production of
Shakespeare’s OTHELLO which begins
performances at the Theatre Royal
Haymarket on 23 October. They join
David Harewood as Othello, Toby Jones
as Iago and Caitlin FitzGerald as
Desdemona.
The explosive new production is
directed by Tony Award-winner Tom
Morris (War Horse) with music by
PJ Harvey. This epic story of
manipulation, jealousy and toxic
masculinity explores the darker side of
power, rage and desire.
Performances begin at Theatre Royal
Haymarket, London’s West End venue
that specialises in short-run, star-led
high quality productions from
23 October until 17 January.
This is the first in a series of
contemporary Shakespeare productions
created by Tom Morris for Chris Harper
Productions to be staged in the West
End over the next five years.
Othello is produced by Chris Harper
Productions with Len Blavatnik & Danny
Cohen for Access Entertainment.
www.OthelloOnStage.com
Photo: Matt Crockett
BEING MR WICKHAM AT JERMYN
STREET THEATRE
Adrian Lukis, who famously starred
as Mr Wickham in the BBC TV Pride and
Prejudice adaptation, returns to the role
on stage this summer in his acclaimed
self-written one-man play, Being Mr
Wickham, an exploration of one of Jane
Austen’s most charmingly roguish
gentleman characters. The play’s run will
coincide with this year’s celebrations
commemorating the 250th anniversary
of Jane Austen’s birth.
Adrian Lukis – Being Mr Wickham.
Photo: Michael Wharley
Presented by Original Theatre and
directed by Guy Unsworth, Being Mr
Wickham will return to Jermyn Street
Theatre from 12 to 30 August, after a
sold out run last year.
Join Pride and Prejudice’s George
Wickham on the eve of his sixtieth
birthday to lift the sheets on what exactly
happened thirty years on from where we
left him, and discover his own version of
some very famous literary events.
‘Mr Wickham is blessed with such
happy manners as may ensure his
making friends – whether he may be
equally capable of retaining them is less
certain’. Mr Wickham is ready to set the
record straight. What really happened
with Darcy? What did he feel about
Lizzie? What happened at Waterloo? Not
to mention Byron...
Alastair Whatley, Artistic Director of
Original Theatre, said: ‘I am delighted
that Mr Wickham is returning – just
about in time – to celebrate Jane
Austen’s 250th anniversary year. After
charming audiences all over the world,
our celebrated rogue returns to London
for the summer season and I’m thrilled
audiences will get another chance to
spend an evening in the company of
Adrian Lukis’ masterly performance.’
www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
THE CODE OPENS AT SOUTHWARK
PLAYHOUSE ELEPHANT
Producers Jim Kierstead, Merrie L.
Davis, Jim Head, Elisabeth Rock, Jim
Karp/James Manuel Meneses, Vasi
Laurence/Adina Schecter and Ted
Snowdon are to present the brand-new
London production of The Code, by
Michael McKeever, which will run at
Southwark Playhouse Elephant from
12 September to 11 October.
Starring two-time Olivier winner
Tracie Bennett as Tallulah Bankhead and
star of stage and screen John Partridge
as Billy Haines, The Code lays bare the
unspoken rules of Hollywood, then and
now: a world where image still shapes
opportunity, where authenticity is
curated and identity remains politicised.
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