Photo Flash: First Look at DON CARLOS at Exeter Northcott Theatre

Exeter Northcott Theatre presents a new revival of Schiller's Don Carlos presented in a co-production with Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) and Rose Theatre Kingston. Gadi Roll directs Tom Burke (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Alexandra Dowling (Eboli), Darrell D'Silva (Philip), Kelly Gough (Elizabeth), Jason Morell (Domingo), Vinta Morgan (Alba), Samuel Valentine (Don Carlos), Stephen Ventura (Lerma) Flip Webster (Duchess), with Alexander Allin, Dan Ball, Guy Dennys and Euan Shanahan completing the company's ensemble.

Produced by former Northcott Executive and Artistic Director Paul Jepson with NST and Rose Theatre, it is the centrepiece of the Exeter Northcott's 50th anniversary celebrations and opens on 16 October, with previews from 11 October, and runs until 20 October 2018 ahead of performances in Southampton and Kingston. The production reunites Burke and Roll following their previous collaboration on Don Juan Comes Back From the War at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

Artistic and Executive Director Daniel Buckroyd said, "It is very exciting that the next outing in the Northcott's role as a producer of high-quality theatre comes in the form of this fantastic co-production with Nuffield Southampton Theatres and Rose Theatre Kingston.

We are also delighted that it will be playing to audiences around the UK, flying the flag for the theatre and the city.'

Don Carlos is a magnificent tale of passion and power set against the chilling backdrop of the bloody and ruthless Spanish Inquisition.

Don Carlos is torn apart when his tyrannical father King Philip II seals a peace deal by marrying French noble Elizabeth de Valois, the love of Carlos' life. The heartbroken heir turns for help to his closest friend, Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, a champion of the oppressed, who questions the monarch's iron rule and becomes an unlikely power broker in the duplicitous court.

Written just two years before the French Revolution, Schiller's Don Carlos is a man caught at the intersection of passion and politics: smitten by his stepmother and seduced by Posa's dangerous vision of freedom. The chilling work is full of Shakespearean echoes and its themes of justice and equality; freedom of expression and conscience; religious bigotry and state persecution are as relevant today as ever.

Director Gadi Roll brings his trademark dynamic imagery and haunting soundscapes to Schiller's masterpiece.

Gadi Roll said, "This is a play for our times. It mercilessly and sensationally depicts an extreme world of state power and corruption, but at its heart are some of the greatest heroes ever written."

Vinta Morgan (c) The Other Richard

Vinta Morgan, Darell D'Silva (c) The Other Richard

Vinta Morgan (c) The Other Richard

Tom Burke (c) The Other Richard

Tom Burke and Samuel Valentine (c) The Other Richard

Tom Burke and Samuel Valentine (c) The Other Richard

Samuel Valentine (c) The Other Richard

Samuel Valentine and Tom Burke (c) The Other Richard

Kelly Gough (c) The Other Richard

Kelly Gough (c) The Other Richard

Jason Morrell (c) The Other Richard

Darell D'Silva (c) The Other Richard

Darell D'Silva and Vinta Morgan (c) The Other Richard

Darell D'Silva and Samuel Valentine (c) The Other Richard

Darell D'Silva (c) The Other Richard

Alexandra Dowling (c) The Other Richard

 

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