Almeida Theatre announces cast for Yael Farber’s production of King Lear
Almeida Theatre announces cast for Yael Farber’s production of King Lear
King Lear
REVIEW: King Lear, Wyndham’s Theatre, London ✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Kenneth Branagh in Shakespeare’s King Lear now playing for a limited season at Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
Cast Announced For Lear At Exmoor’s Valley Of The Rocks
Pleasure Dome Theatre have announced the cast for their production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear to be presented at Exmoor’s Valley Of Rocks. After their critically acclaimed The Importance of Being Earnest and “stunning” Lorna Doone Pleasure Dome Theatre Company present LEAR; Shakespeare’s greatest play re-imagined in a gritty, dystopian production created especially for Exmoor’s Valley of the Rocks. Scott Le Crass returns to direct a cast including Judith Rae, Ian Pink, Kate Austen, Samuel Tucker, Helena Payne, Timothy Blore, Helena Northcote and Neil Keats The company invite you to come and experience “theatre in the wild,” watch the sunset and enjoy great entertainment on “nature’s greatest stage,” but don’t forget to wrap up warm, even on balmy summer nights the weather can be changeable. Bring your own seating and picnic or pre-order one from Perfect Picnics. Tickets can be bought online before the show or on “the door.” LEAR … Read more
McKellen’s Lear Causes ATG Box Office Crash
When tickets for King Lear went on sale today at midday, the ATG online ticketing system failed to cope with demand of rock star proportions as thousands of fans clamoured to grab tickets for the acclaimed production.
Ian McKellen’s King Lear Transfers To Duke Of York’s Theatre
The Chichester Festival’s acclaimed production of King Lear starring Sir Ian McKellen, directed by Jonathan Munby will transfer to the Duke Of York’s Theatre from 11 July to 3 November 2018. King Lear tickets are now on sale. Two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends. Tender, brutal, moving and epic, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written. This production of King Lear sees Sir Ian McKellen returning to the Duke Of York’s Theatre where he made his West End debut in the 1964 production of A Scent Of Flowers. This intimate and contemporary production of King Lear ran for a sold-out acclaimed season at the Chichester Festival Theatre’s Minerva Theatre … Read more
Further Cast Announced For King Lear At The Old Vic – Book Now
Further casting has been announced for King Lear at the Old Vic which will be presented from 25 October to 3 December 2016. One of the most anticipated theatrical events of the year sees double Academy Award-winning actor Glenda Jackson return to the stage in the role of King Lear. She will be joined by Celia Imrie as Goneril, Morfydd Clark as Cordelia, William Chubb as Albany, Jane Horrocks as Regan, Rhys Ifans as The Fool, Simon Manyonda as Edmond, and Harry Melling as Edgar. King Lear is directed by Deborah Warner. BOOK NOW FOR KING LEAR AT THE OLD VIC THEATRE
REVIEW: King Lear, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
There has not, since 2007, been a National Theatre production of a Shakespearean play anything like as engaging, thrilling and involving as the Sam Mendes helmed revival of King Lear now playing in the Olivier Theatre.
