T343787297Company The Inn Theatre Company. | |
| 14 Feb 20 to 15 Feb 20 | Questor's Theatre, Outer London :: V326 listing details L285964192 |
T852227622It's stormy outside. In here, tensions are simmering. As a touring swing band gather for their next performance, malevolent trickster Iago begins to sow the seeds of mistrust. The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons relocate Shakespeare's classic tragedy of jealousy and deception to a jazz-age setting, with live music, intense drama, and more than a hint of their own inimitable brand of theatrical mischief.Company Pantaloons Theatre Company. | |
| 20 Oct 19 | Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield :: V425 listing details L0113343783 |
T309598261A bold and audacious new staging of Shakespeare's classic thriller in which the General Othello and his new wife, Desdemona are psychologically tortured and destroyed by a jealous, subordinate, Iago. Phil Willmott's new interpretation of Shakespeare's classic thriller of jealousy, illicit passion and racial tension is set during the British Raj and commemorates the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (also known as the Amritsar massacre). One of the most infamous and shameful incidents of Britain's colonial rule of India, this atrocity saw British & Indian officers fire into a gathering of unarmed local protesters. The resulting international and local condemnation was a major factor in the ensuing deterioration of British authority in India leading to the eventual collapse of the Raj. The British had recently instigated a disastrous scheme whereby selected Indian soldiers were to be promoted into higher officer ranks in the British Army. These Indian cadets were sent to study in Great Britain at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in anticipation of promotion to King's Commissioned Officers, with full authority over British troops. However, far from home, at Sandhurst these Indian recruits were pitted against upper-class Englishmen and mercilessly bullied in conditions alien to their upbringing and experience. Of the first batch of 25 cadets admitted ten failed to meet the requisite standard, two died, two resigned, and one was deprived of his commission. This adaptation presumes that English Army Chaplain, Cassio, and the Indian Officer recruit, Othello, survived their Sandhurst training together, becoming friends, during which time they first met Desdemona. Upon graduation Othello has been fast tracked to the rank of General in an Indian outpost, now under the jurisdiction of Desdemona's father, The Duke. She and Othello secretly marry and he sends for his old friend, Cassio to be his Lieutenant. Iago, Othello's sociopathic English Orderly (a soldier assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant), is prevented from raising any higher in the army by his lower-class background and is deeply resentful of Othello. With the reluctant participation of his newly arrived wife, Emilia, Iago plots the destruction of the Indian General, who is already isolated and conflicted by his role collaborating in and enforcing the British occupancy of his native land. This production is running as part of Phil Willmott's 4th Essential Classics Season at the Union Theatre.Producer Sasha Regan ( for the Union Theatre). Director Phil Willmott. Performer Matthew Wade (Othello). Performer Carlotta De Gregori (Desdemona). Performer Rikki Lawton (Iago). Performer Jerome Dowling (Cassio). Performer Claire Lloyd (Emilia). Performer Maximilian Marston (Roderigo). Performer Megan Grech (Bianca). Performer Jeremy Todd (The Duke). Performer Kit Carson (Montano). | |
| 13 Mar 19 to 6 Apr 19 | Union Theatre, Inner London :: V1167 listing details L2127932804 |
T638378392Within a smokey, dimly lit jazz club Iago plots his scheme to overthrow Othello, the moor. Trust is eroded and innocence is corrupted in Shakespeare's tragic tale of manipulation and jealousy, ?Othello'. Featuring live jazz, this exciting, new take on one of Shakespeare's darkest plays is not one to miss. The Cambridge University European Theatre Group is a self-sufficient, entirely student-run theatrical company, set up in 1957 by a group of students including Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Trevor Nunn. The company tours a Shakespeare play around Europe for two weeks every December before two performances in London.Producer Cambridge University European Theatre Group. Presented byThe Cockpit. | |
| 16 Dec 18 | The Cockpit, Inner London :: V182 listing details L0133372589 |
T0404064629Shakespeare's classic in dialogue with a text by SJ Brady. A work-in-progress preview. The unthinkable has happened. Othello has murdered her wife. What force on earth could possibly lead someone to kill the one they love? By Jove Theatre Company bring their new adaptation of Shakespeare's classic to the 'write here, right now' festival in a special preview performance ahead of a full run in the summer. Recasting the lead as a gay woman and updating the setting to the summer of the same-sex marriage row, this production features newly written text in dialogue with Shakespeare's original material. New perspectives are offered as these characters speak back to and resist the destinies pre-determined for them by literature's most formidable force. Audience feedback at the preview will be essential in shaping the production ahead of the summer, so come and watch, tell us what you think, and take an active role in shaping a piece of theatre.Producer David Bullen. Producer Garen Abel Unokan. Company By Jove Theatre Company. Adapted by SJ Brady. Director SJ Brady. Design James Walker-Black. Performer Rachel Hawkes (Othello). Performer Kate Hunter (Desdemona). Performer Richard de Lisle (Iago). Performer Charlotte Mulliner (Emilia). Performer Gareeth Turkington (Roderigo / Brabantio). Performer Ryan Forde Iosco (Cassio). Performer James Walker-Black (Bianco). Performer Sophie Kisilevsky (Commissioner of Police). Performer Sian Mayhall-Purvis (Detective Inspector). Performer Sinead Costelloe (Ludovica). | |
| 10 Apr 14 | The Bussey Building AKA The CLF Art Cafe, Outer London :: V0401405791 listing details L01782237297 |
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| 23 May 17 | The Old Market, Brighton :: V1008189979 listing details L1844565326 |
| 10 Mar 17 to 11 Mar 17 | New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L01955675297 |
| 17 Sep 16 to 21 Sep 16 | LAMDA, Inner London :: V838624816 listing details L0856799852 |
