Trevor Nunn to Direct Drama School Students in TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA

Internationally acclaimed director, Trevor Nunn will direct drama school students in a production of TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA. The play will open at The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre on April 30 and run until May 12.

"We are thrilled that Trevor Nunn has agreed to work with us on his first ever production of Two Gentlemen of Verona," said Jane Harrison, Principal of the Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd). "Our final year BA Acting Students are on the cusp of completing their training and joining the industry. They will benefit enormously from the opportunity to work with such an experienced, versatile and highly regarded Director. It is a genuine privilege to have him on board."

Trevor Nunn added: "I have enjoyed working with students before, and as a Patron of ArtsEd and an enthusiastic follower of the work produced by the school, I am delighted to be offering practical rather than just nominal support. But there is something that makes doing this project here particularly appropriate. You see, I think the Two Gentlemen of Verona is Shakespeare's play about adolescence, about teenage love and growing sexual awareness. So I have been looking to find a situation where that interpretive take on the play can be fully explored. Here it is."

Trevor Nunn is a three-time tony-award winning director. In 1964, Trevor joined the RSC, and was made the company's youngest-ever artistic director in 1968. With his colleague John Caird, he co-directed NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (winner of five Tony Awards), J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN and LES MISERABLES which won eight Tony Awards and has become the most performed musical in the world. He has also directed the Tony Award-winning CATS, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, ASPECTS OF LOVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD and THE WOMAN IN WHITE for Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the world premieres of THE COAST OF UTOPIA and ROCK 'N' ROLL for Tom Stoppard.

Tickets go on sale February 27. To buy tickets phone the box office at 0845 504 6456 or visit http://artsed.co.uk.