'MADAME BOVARY' and NOISES OFF Among Nuffield's 2016 Spring/Summer Season

Following his successful directorial debut at Nuffield, Southampton, of The Glass Menagerie, Nuffield's Director Sam Hodges, announces the upcoming spring/summer 2016 season. The new season will feature two new Nuffield co-productions, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! and Noises Off, alongside six visiting productions by nationally and internationally renowned companies.

Sam Hodges, Nuffield Director said: "We are especially thrilled to present two new Nuffield productions this season: an exhilarating new adaptation of Madame Bovary and the legendary comedy Noises Off. We are really looking forward to our 2016 season, it promises a full programme of bold, funny, classic and stylish theatre, and welcomes some of the most exciting theatre companies from across the UK to join us."

The season begins with the Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!, a collaboration between Nuffield, Peepolykus, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic and Royal & Derngate, Northampton. Gustave Flaubert's seminal 19th century novel has been lovingly derailed by John Nicholson and Javier Marzan of Peepolykus and will be directed by Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse's Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz. A bijoux cast of just five -- with a fair amount of doubling -- will create an absurd take on the traditional tale.

In June, Nuffield, alongside Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stage, will mount our production of Noises Off, the multi-award-winning comedy by Michael Frayn. This riotous comedy serves up an irresistible glimpse into the onstage and backstage antics of a touring company as they hurtle towards a disastrous first night. It will be directed by Nuffield's Associate Director Blanche McIntyre (The Oresteia, HOME; As You Like It, Shakespeare's Globe; Tonight at 8:30, Nuffield).

In addition to Nuffield's co-productions, Nuffield's Youth Theatre will present two productions in spring/summer 2016. Evan Placey's Girls Like That in January, and in late March, a new modern adaptation of The Odyssey.

The rest of Nuffield's season features a host of visiting companies who will present a collection of classics and popular titles retold. In February, Curve Leicester and Rose Theatre Kingston will bring their production of the wicked Roald Dahl story The Witches, followed by an Eclipse Theatre Company, Sheffield Theatres, and Belgrade Theatre Coventry co-production of the American classic A Raisin in the Sun, a ferocious portrayal of working class life on the cusp of the American civil rights era.

In April, Nuffield will welcome Filter's explosive take on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night followed by Get Carter, Northern Stage's dark and stylish new adaptation of the classic Newcastle-noir thriller. In May, Nuffield hosts the farewell tour of the award winning West End hit The 39 Steps. Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller is brilliantly and hilariously recreated for the stage, with four actors playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk will bring the spring/summer season to a close in July. This Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic co-production, written by Daniel Jamieson, traces a young couple as they navigate Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. This production marks the Emma Rice's final direction for Kneehigh.

Tickets for the new season will be on sale from Thursday 12 November. For more information visit nuffieldtheatre.co.uk or call 023 8067 1771.

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NUFFIELD PRODUCTIONS:

Girls Like That

By Evan Placey

Directed by Max Lindsay

A Nuffield Youth Theatre production
Dates: 13 - 16 January 2016
Tickets: £14.00, £12.00 concessions

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert's complex novel lovingly derailed by Peepolykus

Adapted by John Nicholson and Javier Marzan

Directed by Gemma Bodinetz

A Nuffield, Peepolykus, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic and Royal & Derngate Northampton co-production

Dates: 1 - 19 March 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £18.00, £22.00 & £25.00

The Odyssey

By Homer

Directed by Max Lindsay

Adapted by David Farr

A Nuffield Youth Theatre production

Dates: 24 - 30 March 2016

Tickets: £8.00, £11.00, £13.00 & £18.00

Noises Off

By Michael Frayn

Directed by Blanche McIntyre

A Nuffield, Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stage co-production

Dates: 31 May - 25 June 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £18.00, £22.00 & £25.00

VISITING COMPANIES:

The Witches

By Roald Dahl

Adapted by David Wood

Directed by Nikolai Foster

A Curve Leicester and Rose Theatre Kingston production

Dates: 15 - 20 February 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £16.00, £20.00 & £25.00 Suitable for ages 7+

A Raisin in the Sun

By Lorraine Hansberry

Directed by Dawn Walton

An Eclipse Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and Belgrade Theatre Coventry co-production

Dates: 23 - 27 February 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £16.00, £20.00 & £25.00

Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Sean Holmes

Created by Filter

Dates: 18 - 23 April 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £16.00, £20.00 & £25.00

Get Carter

Based on the novel Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis

Adapted by Torben Betts

Directed by Lorne Campbell

Designed by Leo Warner
A Northern Stage production

Dates: 26 - 30 April 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £18.00, £22.00, £25.00 Suitable for ages 16+

The 39 Steps

By Alfred Hitchcock

Directed by Maria Aiken

Movement by Toby Sedgwick

Adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble & Nobby Dimson

Produced by Edward Snape for Fiery Angel and Tricycle London Productions with the West Yorkshire Playhouse
Dates: 3 - 7 May 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £18.00, £25.00 & £29.00

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

By Daniel Jamieson

Directed by Emma Rice

A Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic co-production

Dates: 5 - 9 July 2016

Tickets: £10.00, £16.00, £20.00 & £25.00

Nuffield is Southampton's leading professional theatre company based at the Nuffield Theatre at the heart of the Highfield campus of the University of Southampton. Nuffield celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014. Nuffield won 'Regional Theatre of the Year' at The Stage Awards 2015 & Best Design UK Theatre 2015 (Hudsucker Proxy)

The Company is led by Samuel Hodges, supported by a team of associates: directors Blanche McIntyre, Natalie Abrahami and Michael Longhurst, designer Tom Scutt and playwright Adam Brace, and develops and produces work with some of the UK's most exciting and dynamic regional theatres, including Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Royal & Derngate, Northampton.

In March 2015, Nuffield announced that they will be the operating company of the North Building in Southampton's new arts venue in Guildhall Square, whilst continuing to run their current space on the Highfield campus of the University of Southampton. The new building will include a flexible 447 seat main house theatre, a 135 seat studio, screening facilities, rehearsal and workshop spaces, and a café bar and bistro.

Nuffield Laboratory is the creative development programme for new work and new talent, through which Nuffield collaborate with artists at all stages in their careers to experiment with new ideas. All of Nuffield's new produced work is developed alongside the Laboratory, which also provides a programme of talent development opportunities such as creative residencies, scratch nights, networking opportunities and skills development workshops.

Nuffield Connect aims to enrich the experience of Nuffield and its work for all through a vibrant programme of engagement and enrichment. Nuffield Connect engages over 5000 people through its programme animation activities, its Youth Theatre and Drama Club, its adult workshops and outreach projects including RSC Open Stages. Nuffield also continues to host the prestigious Hampshire Youth Theatre annually.

uffield is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and a registered charity, receiving additional core funding from the University of Southampton, Southampton City Council and Hampshire County Council.

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