Past productions 2007-2010

 

All dates are given for press nights.

HAPPY DAYS
by Samuel Beckett
Dir. Deborah Warner
Lyttelton, 25 January 2007

THE MAN OF MODE
by George Etherege
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 6 February 2007

THE REPORTER
by Nicholas Wright
Dir. Richard Eyre
Cottesloe, 21 February 2007

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
by Bertolt Brecht
In a version by Frank McGuiness
Dir. Sean Holmes
Cottesloe, 9 March 2007

ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE
by Martin Crimp
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Lyttelton, 14 March 2007

SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD
by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona
Dir. Aubrey Sekhabi
Lyttelton, 21 March 2007

THE ROSE TATTOO
by Tennessee Williams
Dir. Steven Pimlott
Olivier, 29 March 2007

LANDSCAPE WITH WEAPON
by Joe Penhall
Dir. Roger Michell
Cottesloe, 5 April 2007

RAFTA, RAFTA…
by Ayub Khan-Din
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Lyttelton, 26 April 2007

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
Adapted by Tom Morris and Emma Rice from the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Dir. Emma Rice
Olivier, 10 May, 2007

PHILISTINES
by Maxim Gorky
In a version by Andrew Upton
Dir. Howard Davies
Lyttelton, 30 May 2007

THE FIVE WIVES OF MAURICE PINDER
by Matt Charman
Dir. Sarah Frankcom
Cottesloe, 20 June 2007

SAINT JOAN
by Bernard Shaw
Dir. Marianne Elliott
Olivier, 11 July 2007

THE HOTHOUSE
by Harold Pinter
Dir. Ian Rickson
Lyttelton, 18 July 2007

THE ENCHANTMENT
by Victoria Benedictsson
In a version by Clare Bayley
Dir. Paul Miller
Cottesloe, 1 August 2007

THE EMPEROR JONES
by Eugene O’Neill
Dir. Thea Sharrock
Olivier, 28 August 2007

CHATROOM/CITIZENSHIP
by Enda Walsh/Mark Ravenhill
Dir. Anna Mackmin
Cottesloe, from 1 September 2007 before UK tour and returning from 20 November 2007

PRESENT LAUGHTER
by Noël Coward
Dir. Howard Davies
Lyttelton, 2 October 2007

WAR HORSE
Adapted by Nick Stafford from a novel by Michael Morpurgo
Dirs. Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
Olivier, 17 October 2007

STATEMENT OF REGRET
by Kwame Kwei-Armah
Dir. Jeremy Herrin
Cottesloe, 14 November 2007

WOMEN OF TROY
by Euripides, in a version by Don Taylor
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Lyttelton, 28 November 2007

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by William Shakespeare
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 18 December 2007

2008

HAPPY NOW?
by Lucinda Coxon
Dir. Thea Sharrock
Cottesloe, 16 January 2008

THE HOUR WE KNEW NOTHING OF EACH OTHER
by Peter Handke
trans. Meredith Oakes
Dir. James MacDonald
Lyttelton 13 February 2008

BABY GIRL/DNA/THE MIRACLE
by Roy Williams/Dennis Kelly/Lin Coghlan
Dir. Paul Miller
Cottesloe, 28 February 2008

MAJOR BARBARA
by Bernard Shaw
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 4 March 2008

FRAM
By Tony Harrison
Dir. Tony Harrison/Bob Crowley
Olivier, 10 April 2008

NEVER SO GOOD
by Howard Brenton
Dir. Howard Davies
Lyttelton, 17 March 2008

SHOOT/GET TREASURE/REPEAT
By Mark Ravenhill
Dir. Gordon Anderson, Tom Cairns, Mark Ravenhill
Cottesloe, 3 April 2008

HARPER REGAN
by Simon Stephens
Dir. Marianne Elliott
Cottesloe, 17 April 2008

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
by Joan Didion, based on her memoir
Dir. David Hare
Lyttelton, 25 April 2008

THE PITMAN PAINTERS
by Lee Hall
Dir. Max Roberts
Cottesloe, 19 May 2008

THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
by Thomas Middleton
Dir. Melly Still
Olivier, 27 May 2008

AFTERLIFE
by Michael Frayn
Dir. Michael Blakemore
Lyttelton, 3 June 2008

DE PROFUNDIS
by Oscar Wilde
Dir. Richard Nelson
Lyttelton, 16 June 2008

A SLIGHT ACHE
by Harold Pinter
Dir. Iqbal Khan
Lyttelton, 21 July 2008

SOME TRACE OF HER
Inspired by The Idiot by Dostoevsky, adapted by Katie Mitchell
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe, 23 July 2008

HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Dir. Howard Davies
Olivier, 24 July 2008

WAVES
Based on a novel by Virginia Woolf, devised by Katie Mitchell and the Company
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe, 20 August 2008

IN-I
by Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan
Dir. Juliette Binoche/Akram Khan
Lyttelton, 6 September 2008

WAR HORSE
Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford
Dir. Marianne Elliot/Tom Morris
Olivier, 10 September 2008

THE WALWORTH FARCE
by Enda Walsh
Dir. Mikel Murfi
Cottesloe, 18 September 2008

OEDIPUS
by Sophocles
Dir. Jonathan Kent
Olivier, 8 October 2008

TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU
conceived by Lloyd Newson
Dir. Lloyd Newson
Lyttelton, 29 October 2008

GETHSEMANE
by David Hare
Dir. Howard Davies
Cottesloe, 11 November 2008

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tracy Letts
Dir. Anna D Shapiro
Lyttelton, 21 November 2008

2009

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR
by Tom Stoppard and André Previn
Dir. Felix Barrett and Tom Morris
Olivier, 12 January 2009
(Returned to the Olivier Theatre from 9 January to 17 February 2010)

MRS AFFLECK
by Samuel Adamson
Dir. Marianne Elliott
Cottesloe, 20 January 2009

THE PITMEN PAINTERS
by Lee Hall
Dir. Max Roberts
Lyttelton, 27 January 2009

ENGLAND PEOPLE VERY NICE
by Richard Bean
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 4 February 2009

BERLIN
by David Hare
Dir. Stephen Daldry
Lyttelton, 10 February 2009

BURNT BY THE SUN
by Peter Flannery
from the screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov
Dir. Howard Davies
Lyttelton, 24 February 2009

DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
by Christopher Marlowe
Dir. James MacDonald
Cottesloe, 17 March 2009

DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN
By Wole Soyinka
Dir. Rufus Norris
Olivier, 1 April 2009

TIME AND THE CONWAYS
by J. B. Priestley
Dir. Rupert Goold
Lyttelton, 28 April 2009

THE OBSERVER
by Matt Charman
Dir. Richard Eyre
Cottesloe, 13 May 2009

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
by William Shakespeare
Dir. Marianne Elliott
Olivier, 19 May 2009

PHEDRE
by Jean Racine in a version by Ted Hughes
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Lyttelton, 11 June 2009

THE POWER OF YES
By David Hare
Dir. Angus Jackson
Lyttelton Theatre, 6 October 2009

THE BLACK ALBUM
by Hanif Kureishi
Dir. Jatinder Verma
Cottesloe, 21 July 2009

THREE MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
by Caryl Churchill
Dir. Gareth Machin
Lyttelton, 30 July 2009

THE PITMEN PAINTERS
By Lee Hall
Dir. Max Roberts
Lyttelton, 2 September 2009

LOLITA
by Vladimir Nabokov, edited by Richard Nelson
Dir. Richard Nelson
Lyttelton, 7 September 2009

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
by Bertolt Brecht, in a translation by Tony Kushner
Dir. Deborah Warner
Olivier, 16 September 2009

OUR CLASS
By Tadeusz Slobodzianek
Dir. Bijan Sheibani
Cottesloe Theatre, 23 September 2009

PAINS OF YOUTH
By Ferdinand Bruckner, in a new version by Martin Crimp
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe Theatre, 28 October 2009

THE HABIT OF ART
By Alan Bennett
Dir. Nicholas Hynter
Lyttelton Theatre, 17 November 2009

NATION
Adapted by Mark Ravenhill from a novel by Terry Pratchett
Dir. Melly Still
Olivier, 24 November 2009

THE CAT IN THE HAT
By Dr. Seuss, adapted for the stage by Katie Mitchell
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe Theatre, 16 December 2009 (matinee)

2010

REALLY OLD, LIKE FORTY FIVE
By Tamsin Oglesby
Dir. Anna Macmin
Cottesloe Theatre, 3 February 2010

THE 14TH TALE
By Inua Ellams
Dir. Thierry Lawson
Cottesloe, 9 February 2010

TWELFTH NIGHT
(Discover: Primary Classics production)
By William Shakespeare
In a version by Carl Heap
Cottesloe Theatre, 16 February 2010

LONDON ASSURANCE
By Dion Boucicault
Dir. Nicholas Hynter
Olivier Theatre, 10 March 2010

THE WHITE GUARD
By Mikhail Bulgakov
In a new version by Andrew Upton
Lyttelton Theatre, 23 March 2010