The National Theatre will not be
coming out with Sunday performances due to tightening financial situation.
The announcement was made at the
time when new program were unveiled by London venue which include plays
starring Tamsin Greig, Andrew Garfield, and Ralph Fiennes.
Rufus Norris, boss of The
National Theatre has given the reason that Sunday performances had always been
the last performances to sell for stopping the show.
Wonderland in April, a musical show
from Damon Albarn will be the last one from Sunday Performances. These performances
started in 2008 in the Olivier and Lyttelton theatres and in a year it took
place for around 35 weeks.
According to Norris, this
decision has been taken after evaluating carefully the accumulation of the past
few years.
Executive director Lisa Burger
has given out more details stating that not many audiences are coming to watch
the Sunday performances.
Taking into account the
deteriorating financial situation, it was decided that it is something that
they have to give up finally. The good news among this is that over the summer the
NT building towards the South Bank will remain open.
Gender Confusion
‘Twelfth Night’ is among the
plays that will come up at the Olivier National theatre on February 2017, with
the traditional male role Malvolio being turned into Malvolia by Tamsin Greig.
Norris has described that this
play has good amount of gender confusion. In the early 2018, people will get to
see more of Shakespeare when Ralph Fiennes will be seen in Antony and Cleopatra.
It has not been decided yet as to who will play the role of Cleopatra.
Highlights:
- · A new version of Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull – by Sir David Hare can be seen in July at the Olivier Theatre.
- · In October, Amadeus can be seen in the Olivier, with Lucian Msamati playing the role of Salieri.
- · A new play from Sir David Hare, titled The Red Barn will come up. It is based on novel La Main from Georges Simenon.
Source: BBC
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