New Productions at The National

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London’s National Theatre has announced 4 new productions to open between January and March 2010.

London Assurance

Included are the return of Simon Russell Beale, Richard Briers and Fiona Shaw to the venue in a new production of Dion Boucicault’s classic play London Assurance.

Boucicault was the Irish genius of London theatre in the age of Dickens, and in London Assurance, written in 1841, he created two of the great comic roles for the English stage in Lord Harcourt and Lady Spanker, played here by Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw.

The cast will also include Richard Briers (in his first London stage appearance since 2002), Paul Ready, and Michelle Terry. The production will be designed by Mark Thompson, with lighting by Neil Austin, music by Rachel Portman and sound by John Leonard.

Really Old, Like Forty-Five

Tamsin Oglesby’s “Really Old, Like Forty-Five” will begin performances in the Cottesloe Theatre Jan. 27, prior to an official opening Feb. 3. A furious comedy that confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age, it will be directed by Anna Mackmin (designed by Lez Brotherston, with lighting by Mark Henderson, video design by Mark Grimmer with Lysander Ashton, choreography by Scarlett Mackmin and sound by Christopher Shutt).

The cast: Lucy May Barker, Paul Bazely, Amelia Bullmore, Tanya Franks, Gawn Grainger, Thomas Jordan, Michela Meazza, Judy Parfitt, Paul Ritter and Marcia Warren.

The White Guard

Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The White Guard”, a play set in Kiev during the Russian civil war, will be revived in a new version by Andrew Upton, beginning performances in the Lyttelton Theatre March 15, prior to an official opening March 23.

Howard Davies will direct a cast that will include Pip Carter, Paul Higgins, Conleth Hill, and Justine Mitchell. The production will be designed by Bunny Christie, with lighting by Neil Austin and sound by Christopher Shutt.

The 14th Tale

The 14th Tale, described as a free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to rooftops in Dublin, and finally to London, is written and performed by Nigerian-born Inua Ellams.

It will visit the Cottesloe Theatre for ten performances only, beginning Feb. 9 and running in rep to March 13. It is directed by Thierry Lawson, with lighting by Michael Nabarro.

Public phone/online booking for these new productions opens from Dec. 2. To book tickets, contact the box office on 020 7452 3000, or visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

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