The Habit of Art

Archive Listings for The Habit of Art

T148235662 (TOUR10) Producer National Theatre. Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Mark Henderson. Sound Paul Groothuis. Music Matthew Scott. Performer Desmond Barrit (W H Auden). Performer Malcolm Sinclair (Benjamin Britten).
23 Nov 10 to 27 Nov 10	Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L827264991
16 Nov 10 to 20 Nov 10	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L566061078
9 Nov 10 to 13 Nov 10	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L1872323209
2 Nov 10 to 6 Nov 10	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V458 listing details L02012362328
26 Oct 10 to 30 Oct 10	Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548 listing details L993003427
19 Oct 10 to 23 Oct 10	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L207109482
12 Oct 10 to 16 Oct 10	Venue Cymru (formally - North Wales Theatre), Llandudno :: V848 listing details L0153567845
5 Oct 10 to 9 Oct 10	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0320399955
28 Sep 10 to 2 Oct 10	Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham :: V143 listing details L01516850730
T01632007810 (LYTTELTON10) Running time: 2hrs 35mins inclu. interval.Producer National Theatre. Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Mark Henderson. Sound Paul Groothuis. Music Matthew Scott. Performer Tom Attwood (Tom). Performer Desmond Barrit (Fitz/Auden). Performer Simon Bubb (Neil). Performer Danny Burns (George). Performer Selina Cadell (Kay/May). Performer Martin Chamberlain (Ralph). Performer Philip Childs (Boyle). Performer Matthew Cottle (Donald/Humphrey Carpenter). Performer Barbara Kirby (Joan). Performer Luke Norris (Tim/Stuart). Performer Leighton Pugh (Matt). Performer Malcolm Sinclair (Henry/Britten/Boyle).
14 Jul 10 to 21 Sep 10	Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374 listing details L0552535839
T01703651910 (LYTTELTON09) World PremiereProducer National Theatre. Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Mark Henderson. Sound Paul Groothuis. Performer Richard Griffiths (W.H. Auden). Performer Alex Jennings (Benjamin Britten). Performer Frances de la Tour. Performer Adrian Scarborough. Performer John Heffernan. Performer Elliot Levey. Performer Stephen Wight.
5 Nov 09 to 19 May 10	Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374 listing details L01904087481
T01736642828 (LIVEBROADCAST10) Producer National Theatre. Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Mark Henderson. Sound Paul Groothuis. Performer Richard Griffiths (W.H. Auden). Performer Alex Jennings (Benjamin Britten). Performer Frances de la Tour. Performer Adrian Scarborough. Performer John Heffernan. Performer Elliot Levey. Performer Stephen Wight.
22 Apr 10	Torch Theatre, Milford Haven :: V820 listing details L1815858851
22 Apr 10 to 24 Apr 10	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L2037854395

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Play :: Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett’s new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

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