Tricycle Theatre Announces Season of Premieres

The Tricycle Theatre announces their upcoming season, which includes the British premieres of Moonlight and Magnolias and the award-winning play, Doubt. Plus the world premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company's I'll Be The Devil and a special engagement from the Edinburgh Festival.

Moonlight and Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson, British Premiere

Sean Holmes will direct the British premiere of Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight and Magnolias from September 27 to November 3, with press night on October 1.  Designs are by Francis O'Connor with lighting by Davy Cunningham and sound by Carolyn Downing.

"Legendary Jewish producer David O. Selznick and writer Ben Hecht join (reluctant) forces with director Vic Fleming, poached directly from the set of The Wizard of Oz, in a desperate and hilarious attempt to re-write the script of Gone with the Wind as they shut down production on the movie.  Moonlight and Magnolias is a parody of the inside workings of the film industry and an insightful look at the politics of 1930's Hollywood.

The cast is Josephine Butler (Miss Poppenghul), Duncan Bell (Hecht), Andy Nyman (Selznick) and Steven Pacey (Fleming).

The Table

Poland's Karbido Crew will bring their 2007 Edinburgh Festival hit The Table to the Tricycle from November 5 (Opening) for 12 performances only.

"With stick, bows, knives, hands and a mixing desk, The Karbido crew play the specially made original table, a wooden instrument with exceptional and unique acoustic properties.  It's a piece of furniture with soul, sensitive to the slightest touch and uniquely resonating."

The Table was originally conceived and produced by the musicians/performers themselves: Pawel Czepulkowski, Igor Gawlikowski, Michal Litwiniec and Jacek Fedorowicz.  Their music has been played across six continents to great acclaim.  The Table was performed at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007 and is a previous winner of The Toucan Award, the top prize for the best off-stream performance at the 27th Actor's Song Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.

Doubt
by John Patrick Shankley, British Premiere

Nicolas Kent, the Tricycle's Artistic Director, will direct the British premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt to run from November 22 to January 12, 2008, opening November 26.  Designs are by John Gunter. Casting will be announced shortly.

"Doubt is set in 1964, the year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, at a Bronx Catholic School where a strong-minded nun wrestles with her conscience in the face of concerns about one of the priests. Sister Aloysius reveals her initial doubts about the enigmatic Father Flynn to Sister James, an inexperienced but enthusiastic young nun. As her suspicions grow about his inappropriate behavior with the school's first black student, a verbal battle of wills begins and she instigates a relentless campaign to remove the priest."

The Eleventh Hour: A Day for Darfur

On Sunday December 2 the Tricycle will host The Eleventh Hour ? A Day for Darfur.  From 11AM - 10PM, the eleven hour summit of continuous programming about Darfur will feature performances, films, exhibitions, testimonials, music, discussions, speakers, participative workshops and more, focusing on Darfuri culture, the crisis in Darfur, and what we can do. The Eleventh Hour ? A Day for Darfur is produced Rachel Grunwald. Participants, featuring guests and artists from Darfur and around the world, will be announced shortly.   Tickets are £5.

I'll Be The Devil
by Leo Butler, World Premiere
The Royal Shakespeare Company

Maria Aberg will direct the World premiere of Leo Butler's I'll be the Devil, a new RSC commission, which will run at the Tricycle Theatre from February 21 to March 8, 2007 opening February 27.

"This epic, brutal play, which was given a work-in-progress public reading as part of the RSC's Complete Works Festival under the title One of These Days, is set in occupied Ireland in 1775 and is written in response to The Tempest.  Knowing that her soldier lover is leaving for England, a local woman unleashes a sequence of events that will result in tragedy for both their children.  With a poetic fearlessness Leo Butler looks at what happens when a brutal foreign power is in intimate and callous contact with the primitive heart of an ancient society."

Days of Significance
by Roy Williams, London Premiere

Ramin Gray will direct the London premiere of Roy Williams' Days of Significance, a new RSC commission, which will run from March 12 through 29, opening March 18.

"Set in market town England and the deserts of Iraq, the play has been updated to accommodate the rapidly changing situation in the war zone and how it impacts on those at home.

The Tricycle Theatre is located at  269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR.  For tickets (£7.50 - £18.00 plus reductions) call 020 7328 1000 or visit www.ticketweb.co.uk.  Performances are Monday through Saturday at 8PM and Saturday matinees at 4PM.  For more information visit www.tricycle.co.uk

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