Barbara Flynn, Nina Sosanya & Zoë Wanamaker to star in ELEGY at the Donmar Warehouse

Full casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Elegy by Nick Payne. 

The production opens at the Donmar Warehouse on 27th April (previews from 21st April) and runs until 18th June 2016.

Directed by artistic director Josie Rourke, the full cast includes Barbara Flynn as Carrie, Nina Sosanya as Miriam and Zoë Wanamaker as Lorna, all of whom are returning to the Donmar. 

The piece "imagines a very-near future in which radical and unprecedented advances in medical science mean that it’s now possible to extend life".

Publicity images released for Kenneth Branagh's Harlequinade & All On Her Own

The first publicity images featuring the company of Harlequinade and All On Her Own have been released (see below). The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s never-before-seen Rattigan double bill will play in repertory alongside The Winter’s Tale from 17th October 2015 as part of the Plays at the Garrick season.

In the rarely seen comic gem Harlequinade, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet, while the intrigues and dalliances of the company members are accidently revealed with increasingly chaotic and hysterical consequences. Kenneth Branagh will play Harlequinade’s actor-manager Arthur Gosport in addition to co-directing the production with Rob Ashford.

Chichester Festival Theatre announces new season

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its upcoming season. Its newly refurbished Festival Theatre will reopen in July with a major new production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus directed by Jonathan Church with Rupert Everett as Salieri.

The season also includes Guys and Dolls starring Peter Polycarpou and Sophie Thompson as well as Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton, Kevin Whateley and Lara Pulver.

The season will host the world premieres of Pressure, Pitcairn and Taken at Midnight and stage five compelling dramas: Stevie (starring Zoë Wanamaker and Lynda Baron), Frankie & Johnny in the Clair De Lune, Miss Julie/Black Comedy (starring Rosalie Craig, pictured above) and An Ideal Husband (starring Patricia Routledge).