RSC @ Northern Stage - A Tender Thing
29 October 2009 - 07 November 2009
Evenings: 7.30pm
Matinees: 2pm
Written by Ben Power
Running Time: TBC
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PERFORMANCE IS AT NORTHERN STAGE. TO BOOK TICKETS PLEASE CALL THE NORTHERN STAGE BOX OFFICE ON 0191 230 5151 OR BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.NORTHERNSTAGE.CO.UK
ONLINE BOOKING OPENS ON SAT 14 FEBRUARY
‘Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast’
Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.
Shakespeare’s language resonates through this account of an older couple whose lifetime of love is under threat.
Ben Power has woven the text of Romeo and Juliet into a provocative new tale of a love that fears no challenge. Re-imagining some of Shakespeare’s greatest poetry with an uncommon boldness, A Tender Thing is an elegiac yet ultimately hopeful account of the depth and power of the human capacity for love which receives its world premier at Northern Stage.
Ben Power is Literary Associate of Headlong Theatre where his work includes Six Characters in Search of an Author and Faustus. He was dramaturg on A Disappearing Number for Complicité, which won the 2007 Evening Standard, the Critics’ Circle and the Olivier awards for Best New Play.
Kathryn Hunter plays Juliet. A founder member of Complicité, with whom she won an Olivier Award for her performance in The Visit, Kathryn will return to the Company as part of the 2009-2011 Ensemble after directing the current RSC production of Othello, playing at the Northern Stage in February 2009.
£5 TICKETS FOR 16-25 YEAR OLDS
Anyone aged 16 to 25 can take advantage of the RSC’s £5 ticket scheme.
Northern Stage
25 tickets will be held off sale (across a range of prices) for each performance at Northern Stage. 15 of these tickets can be booked in advance via the Northern Stage Box Office. The remaining 10 will be sold from the Northern Stage Box Office from 10am on the day of each performance.
Conditions: All Season Tickets must be booked and paid for at the same time. Subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other reduction or offer. Package price only applies when the same number of tickets are purchased for each performance. All ticket discounts are at the discretion of the Box Office. Not available online. Subscriptions only available until 31 March 2009.
SCHOOLS TICKETS
£15 Schools Tickets available for Monday – Wednesday evening performances and midweek matinees. Please note: the number of schools tickets is limited. Please book directly with each venue’s Box Office.
CONCESSIONS
Friends of the Theatre Royal receive a 10% discount for performances at the Theatre Royal and Northern Stage.
There are a range of concessions available at each of the venues, please contact individual Box Offices for details.
All tickets discounts are subject to limited availability and at the discretion of the Box Office. Discounted tickets including Season Tickets cannot be booked in conjunction with or combined with any other reductions or offers.
2 FOR 1 ON FIRST NIGHTS
Thu 5 Nov
POST SHOW TALKBACK
Stay on after the show and put your questions to the Acting Company and members of the Creative Team.
On-Stage, Post Performance, Lasts Approximately 40 Minutes, FreeNewcastle Theatre Royal:
The Woman in Black
25 - 30 January 2010
Evenings: 7.30pm
Matinees: Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm
The most terrifying live theatre experience!
Running time: 2hrs
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides audiences with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world.
A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.
It all begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep...
Now in its 20th year in the West End , over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most chilling and successful theatre events ever staged.
GALA THEATRE, DURHAM
Journey’s End
By Original Theatre & Icarus Theatre Collective
Thur 11 - Sat 13 March, 7.30pm
The young, talented and war-weary Captain Stanhope is confronted with the fresh face of his past as an old schoolmate joins his platoon. As the offensive looms ever closer, Stanhope must inspire his men to make the ultimate sacrifice for a war he no longer understands and for a cause he no longer remembers. This compelling play is based on R.C. Sherriff's own experience in the trenches with its heroism, humour and inevitable tragedy. All staged within a claustrophobic dugout, audience and actor are witness to a seminal moment in our recent history. Time creeps to a standstill and the soldiers await their orders before racing to a heart wrenching climax as these young men face their Journey’s End.
By Original Theatre & Icarus Theatre Collective
Thur 11 - Sat 13 March, 7.30pm
The young, talented and war-weary Captain Stanhope is confronted with the fresh face of his past as an old schoolmate joins his platoon. As the offensive looms ever closer, Stanhope must inspire his men to make the ultimate sacrifice for a war he no longer understands and for a cause he no longer remembers. This compelling play is based on R.C. Sherriff's own experience in the trenches with its heroism, humour and inevitable tragedy. All staged within a claustrophobic dugout, audience and actor are witness to a seminal moment in our recent history. Time creeps to a standstill and the soldiers await their orders before racing to a heart wrenching climax as these young men face their Journey’s End.
One Man Lord of the Rings
Tuesday 30 March, 7.30pm
Charles Ross, creator of the hugely successful One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, returns with his equally hilarious follow-up in which he recreates the enchanting world of Middle-earth, armed with just a pair of elbow pads and his outrageous imagination. No props or costumes are required as Ross hurtles through the Tolkien trilogy - The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King - in just 3600 seconds of unbelievable kinetic entertainment. If you’ve seen the films, read the books and named your first-born Frodo, don’t miss this zany take on the ever-popular epic saga.
“If you liked the Lord of The Rings trilogy, you will love Charlie Ross's version - and if you didn't, well at least his is shorter" Sir Ian McKellen
The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Mon 26 April - Sat 1 May, 7.30pm (+ Thur & Sat 2.30pm)
Hitchcock meets hilarious! Direct from theWest End , Broadway and 25 countries around the globe comes Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the most astonishing theatrical tour-de-force.
This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip and pencil moustache, as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. Literally nothing has been cut from this hilarious and spectacular version of Britain’s most spell-binding thriller - legendary scenes include The Chase on the Flying Scotsman, The Escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death-defying (or nearly!) finale at the London Palladium. This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.
Watch the jolly good trailer HERE
£14 First Night, Matinee & Gala Friends, £17 (£15 conc) - Tues, Wed & Thur, £20 (£18 conc) - Fri & Sat
BOOK NOW Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Mon 26 April - Sat 1 May, 7.30pm (+ Thur & Sat 2.30pm)
Hitchcock meets hilarious! Direct from the
This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip and pencil moustache, as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. Literally nothing has been cut from this hilarious and spectacular version of Britain’s most spell-binding thriller - legendary scenes include The Chase on the Flying Scotsman, The Escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death-defying (or nearly!) finale at the London Palladium. This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.
Watch the jolly good trailer HERE
£14 First Night, Matinee & Gala Friends, £17 (£15 conc) - Tues, Wed & Thur, £20 (£18 conc) - Fri & Sat
Durham Mysteries 2010
Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 May 2010
Durham Mysteries 2010 is set to be one of the North East’s most anticipated events, with some of the UK’s finest literary talents recruited to bring a new twist to ten of the world’s best known stories.
Originally performed inDurham
The exciting new event, which is set to take place at outdoor locations acrossDurham
Distinctive, imaginative and striking, Durham Mysteries 2010 promises to be a hugely memorable experience.
For more details, see theDurham
To find out more about taking part, click HERE
Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 May 2010
Durham Mysteries 2010 is set to be one of the North East’s most anticipated events, with some of the UK’s finest literary talents recruited to bring a new twist to ten of the world’s best known stories.
Originally performed in
The exciting new event, which is set to take place at outdoor locations across
Distinctive, imaginative and striking, Durham Mysteries 2010 promises to be a hugely memorable experience.
For more details, see the
To find out more about taking part, click HERE
James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small
Adapted for the stage by Simon Stallworthy
Thur 30 Sept - Sat 16 Oct, 7.30pm (+ Sat 2.30pm), No Sunday Performances
When newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small North Yorkshire village of Darrowby to take up his first job in the established veterinary practice of Siegfried Farnon, he has no idea of the adventures that await him.
With the country-folk's inherent suspicion of strangers and their treatment of sick animals rooted in the past, James faces many challenges to win over the villagers of Darrowby. But through his good humour and skill with all manner of animal ailments, the country vet soon becomes a central part of their lives and forges friendships which will last a lifetime.
These tender and heart-warming tales among the dales and moors, farmhouses and public houses, were expertly captured by James’ creator - Sunderland-born Alf Wight - in a series of novels which have sold in their millions all over the world, and been made into two films and a classic BBC TV series. Now for the first time ever these stories are being brought to the stage in a major new dramatisation that will be one of the theatrical highlights of 2010. The adventures of James, Siegfried and his easy-going brother Tristran Farnon, are brought to life alongside the unique characters - and animals - that live and work on theYorkshire moors.
The play captures the laughter, joy and magic of the original novels which inspired the hit BBC TV series, and is a chance to escape into a much simpler time, when life moved at a slower pace, the health of your pigs was your only worry and the only thing that twittered was the birds!
£15 (£13 conc), £12 First Night, Matinee & Friends; Pay What You Like on Monday 4 October
Adapted for the stage by Simon Stallworthy
Thur 30 Sept - Sat 16 Oct, 7.30pm (+ Sat 2.30pm), No Sunday Performances
When newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small North Yorkshire village of Darrowby to take up his first job in the established veterinary practice of Siegfried Farnon, he has no idea of the adventures that await him.
With the country-folk's inherent suspicion of strangers and their treatment of sick animals rooted in the past, James faces many challenges to win over the villagers of Darrowby. But through his good humour and skill with all manner of animal ailments, the country vet soon becomes a central part of their lives and forges friendships which will last a lifetime.
These tender and heart-warming tales among the dales and moors, farmhouses and public houses, were expertly captured by James’ creator - Sunderland-born Alf Wight - in a series of novels which have sold in their millions all over the world, and been made into two films and a classic BBC TV series. Now for the first time ever these stories are being brought to the stage in a major new dramatisation that will be one of the theatrical highlights of 2010. The adventures of James, Siegfried and his easy-going brother Tristran Farnon, are brought to life alongside the unique characters - and animals - that live and work on the
The play captures the laughter, joy and magic of the original novels which inspired the hit BBC TV series, and is a chance to escape into a much simpler time, when life moved at a slower pace, the health of your pigs was your only worry and the only thing that twittered was the birds!
£15 (£13 conc), £12 First Night, Matinee & Friends; Pay What You Like on Monday 4 October
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