Sheffield Theatres
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Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It comprises three theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Crucible Studio.[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]
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; films (most his screenplays; some in which Pinter appears as an actor): The Go-Between, Accident, The Birthday Party, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reunion, Mojo, The Servant, The Pumpkin Eater; and 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 (introd. 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."[26]
References
- ^ "Sheffield Theatres Arts Council Funding Confirmed Until 2022" Broadway World. Retrieved 6 July 2017
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-cast-announced
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/julius%20caesar
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/tribes
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/what%20we%20wished%20for
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/desire%20under%20the%20elms
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/uncle-vanya
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-wizard-of-oz
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/chicken-soup
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/frostnixon
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-changing-room
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-york-realist
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/love-and-information
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/songs-from-the-seven-hills
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/steel
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/a-midsummer-nights-dream
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/close-quarters
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/kiss-me-kate
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/rutherford-and-son
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/hang
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/standing-at-the-skys-edge
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/life-of-pi
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/the-last-king-of-scotland
- ^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/season-announcement-spring-2020
- ^ See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", Archived 3 July 2011 at WebCite sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 18 August 2006, accessed 28 September 2006.