THE CARDINAL Finds Full Company at Southwark Payhouse
Natalie Simpson (Royal Shakespeare Company's recent productions of King Lear, Hamlet and Cymbeline) joins an eleven-strong cast to play Duchess Rosaura alongside the previously announced Stephen Boxer in THE CARDINAL at Southwark Playhouse. James Shirley's tragic masterpiece, directed by Justin Audibert, plays from 26 April - 27 May with a press performance on 28 April.
Richard Egarr to Lead the Australian Chamber Orchestra on Tour, 13-28 June
The reigning king of historically informed performance, Richard Egarr is one of the world's finest keyboardists, conducts his own band, is a noted historian and educator, an accomplished entertainer and anecdotalist, and an enthusiast of all things musical. If the musical world has polymaths, then Richard Egarr surely is one. NPR radio calls Egarr 'the Bernstein of early music'.