A SEASON OF PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS IN LANCASTER

JANUARY – MARCH 2014

www.dukes-lancaster.org/shakespeare

Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 FebruaryFilter Theatre in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company present

TWELFTH NIGHTDir: Sean Holmes

Filter Theatre return to The Dukes with their explosive take on Shakespeare’s lyrical Twelfth Night.

Olivia’s melancholic, puritanical household clashes head on with Sir Toby’s insatiable appetite for drunken debauchery. Orsino’s relentless pursuit of Olivia and Malvolio’s extraordinary transformation typify the madness of love in Illyria: land of make-believe and illusion.

This story of romance, satire and mistaken identity is crafted into one of the most exciting and accessible Shakespeare productions of recent years. Experience the madness of love in this heady world where riotous gig meets Shakespeare.

Thursday 30 January 7pm (live)Sunday 2 February 7pm (recorded)

NT LIVE: CORIOLANUSDirected by Josie RourkeDonmar Warehouse’s production with Tom Hiddleston which will be broadcast live by satellite at The Dukes Cinema. Hiddleston takes the title role in this searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge.

Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 January

ROMEO AND JULIETDirected by Toby FrewThe University of Cumbria final year degree students perform one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most enduring plays.

Jealousy, betrayal, two families at war… Can true love conquer all?

EVENTS AT THE DUKESTo book events at The Dukes visit www.dukes-lancaster.org or phone 01524 598500

Tickets: £6 - £11* *Includes £1 per ticket booking fee when purchasing online.

Tickets: £11 - £14**Includes £1 per ticket booking fee when purchasing online.

Tickets: £12.50 - £19.50* *Includes £1 per ticket booking fee when purchasing online

Saturday 25 January, 2pm

THE TAMING OF THE SHREWDirected by Toby FrowShakespeare’s most outrageous comedy introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double acts; a couple hell-bent on confusing and out-witting each other.

Wednesday 19 February, 2pm

HENRY VDirected by Dominic DromgooleA masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the art of peace, which tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture English possessions in France.

Saturday 22 February, 2pm

TWELFTH NIGHTDirected by Tim Carroll Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry star in this all male original practises production, using clothing music, dance possible in the Globe around 1601.Saturday 22 February, 12pmLunchtime Lecture:

INTERPRETING SHAKESPEARECoinciding with the publication of Twelfth Night: A Critical Reader (ed. Alison Findlay and Liz Oakley-Brown) this illustrated talk shows how Shakespeare’s play has worked like a kaleidoscope in the hands of critics, theatre directors and actors.

Wednesday 19 February, 12pmLunchtime Lecture:

SHAKESPEARE’S LANGUAGELancaster University Professors Jonathan Culpeper and Alison Findlay deliver fresh insights into Shakespeare’s choice of language, exploring how often certain words were used, and to what effects, in the period.

Saturday 25 January, 12pmLunchtime Lecture:

SHAKESPEARE & LOVELancaster University’s Professor Alison Findlay delves into the heart of Shakespeare’s plays and poems to show how courtship and love intersect to comic and tragic effect.

A season of recorded productions from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, preceded by Lunchtime Lectures in The Dukes Gallery

Globe Screening Tickets: £10 - £14*. Lunchtime Lectures are free but please book a place.*Includes £1 per ticket booking fee when purchasing online.

EVENTS AT THE DUKES

EVENTS AT LANCASTER CASTLE

Tuesday 27 February – Saturday 22 MarchDemi-Paradise Productions presenta promenade production of

OTHELLODir: Louie Ingham

Othello the Moor, a charismatic general employed by the Venetian state, has secretly married the much younger Desdemona, much to the fury of her father, Senator Brabantio. Iago, a junior officer nursing deep resentment against Othello, enlists the help of Roderigo, a disappointed suitor of Desdemona, to plot his superior’s downfall. When Othello is given command of a task force despatched to Cyprus to repel a threatened invasion, Desdemona sails with him along with her companion Emilia and the general’s aristocratic lieutenant Michael Cassio, newly promoted over Iago’s head. Iago plants the suspicion in Othello’s mind that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him with Cassio, driving Othello into a passionate and uncontrollable jealousy.

Arguably the most psychologically compelling and heartbreaking of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Othello remains the world’s most famous play of love turned bad through unfounded jealousy.

The awesome yet intimate backdrop of Lancaster Castle’s famous law courts and medieval Hadrian’s Tower are the perfect locations for the Venetian state and citadel of Cyprus.

Thursday 6 & Friday 7 March, 8pmBingo Dragon Theatre Company present

POCKET SIZED TAMING OF THE SHEWAn abridged, one-hour version followed by a ‘talkback’ from company. How do we love (or hate) Shakespeare’s dramatisation of rough wooing, bidding for, and betting on a bride in the 21st century?

Friday 14 & Saturday 15 March, 8pmRose Company present

I HAVE A SPEECH OF FIREA dramatisation of dialogues from across Shakespeare’s work, staged in Lancaster Castle. A lively performance that explores who has the power to speak, how does speech help to release, conjure or order emotions and can silence speak louder than words?

Booking for events at Lancaster CastleBox office and enquiries: 01524 64998

Venue information: www.lancastercastle.com

Tickets: £12 - £26

Tickets: £5 Tickets: £5

Monday 20 January, 5pm

MEASURE FOR MEASUREDir: Bob Komar2006 UK 80minsWith: Daniel Roberts

Monday 27 January, 5pm

OTHELLODir: Trevor Nunn1990 UK 204minsWith: Ian McKellan, Imogen Stubbs

Monday 3 February, 5pm

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELLDir: Elijah Moshinsky1981 UK 141minsWith: Celia Johnson

Lancaster University Department of English & Creative Writing are offering free interactive workshops for local schools that will present students with fun and fresh interpretations of Shakespeare. Available workshops include:

Shakespearean Genres, Shakespeare on/in/and Love, Close reading discussion/practical drama workshops, Authorship & Adaptation and Shakespeare’s Language. Site Specific Workshops at Lancaster Castle are also available.

HOW TO BOOKFor more information on how to book for events and workshops at Lancaster University visit www.dukes-lancaster.org/shakespeare

LEARNING PROGRAMME

Lancaster University hosts a series of film screenings to provide a forum for academics, Shakespeare enthusiasts and everyone inbetween. All screenings are free but please book in advance. Screenings will be held at Fylde Lecture Theatre, Lancaster University from 5pm.

EVENTS AT LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

SPECIAL SCREENINGMonday 10 March, 5pm

HAMLETDir: Svend Gade & Heinz Schall1921 Germany 131minsWith: Asta NielsenA remarkable silent film version of Hamlet in which Claudius and Gertrude have a daughter, disguise her and bring her up as a prince. This action-packed version includes scenes of Hamlet at Wittenberg University with fellow students Horatio, Rosencrantz, Guildernsten and Fortinbras.Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this unique film, in which new elements are combined with features familiar from Shakespeare’s play.

Monday 24 February, 5pm

MACBETHDir: Philip Casson1979 UK 145minsWith Ian McKellan and Judi Dench

Monday 3 March, 5pm

CORIOLANUSDir: Ralph Fiennes2011 UK 123minsWith: Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave

Monday 17 March, 5pm

THE TEMPESTDir: Julie Taymor2010 USA UK 110minsWith Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

For more information on how to book for events and the venues they take place in visitwww.dukes-lancaster.org/shakespeare

Box Office Enquires for Lancaster Castle 01524 64998Box Office Enquires for The Dukes Theatre 01524 598500

HOW TO BOOK

Lancaster’s Season of Shakespeare is a partnership project between Lancaster University, The Dukes Theatre & Demi Paradise Productions

PRODUCT I ONS

Date Event Time Event Type VenueJANUARYWed 22 Romeo & Juliet 7.30pm Theatre The DukesThu 23 Romeo & Juliet 7.30pm Theatre The DukesFri 24 Romeo & Juliet 7.30pm Theatre The DukesSat 25 Shakespeare & Love 12.00pm Talk The DukesSat 25 Globe: Taming of the Shrew 2.00pm Screening The DukesSat 25 Romeo & Juliet 7.30pm Theatre The DukesThu 30 NT Live: Coriolanus 7.00pm Screening The DukesMon 20 Measure For Measure 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityMon 27 Othello 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityFEBUARYSun 2 NT Encore: Coriolanus 7.00pm Screening The DukesMon 3 All’s Well That Ends Well 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityTue 11 Twelfth Night 7.30pm Theatre The DukesWed 12 Twelfth Night 2.00pm Theatre The DukesWed 12 Twelfth Night 7.30pm Theatre The DukesThu 13 Twelfth Night 7.30pm Theatre The DukesFri 14 Twelfth Night 7.30pm Theatre The DukesSat 15 Twelfth Night 2.00pm Theatre The DukesSat 15 Twelfth Night 7.30pm Theatre The DukesWed 19 Shakespeare’s Language 12.00pm Talk The DukesWed 19 Globe: Henry V 2.00pm Screening The DukesSat 22 Interpreting Shakespeare 12.00pm Talk The DukesSat 22 Globe: Twelfth Night 2.00pm Screening The DukesMon 24 Macbeth 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityThu 27 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 28 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleMARCHSat 1 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleMon 3 Coriolanus 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityTue 4 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleThu 6 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleThu 6 Pocket Sized Taming of the Shrew 8.00pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 7 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 7 Pocket Sized Taming of the Shrew 8.00pm Theatre Lancaster CastleSat 8 Othello 2.00pm Theatre Lancaster CastleSat 8 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleMon 10 Hamlet 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityMon 10 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleTue 11 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleWed 12 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleThu 13 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 14 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 14 I Have a Speech of Fire 8.00pm Theatre Lancaster CastleSat 15 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleSat 15 I Have a Speech of Fire 8.00pm Theatre Lancaster CastleMon 17 The Tempest 5.00pm Screening Lancaster UniversityMon 17 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleTue 18 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleWed 19 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleThu 20 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster CastleFri 21 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster Castle Sat 22 Othello 7.30pm Theatre Lancaster Castle