L'histoire de ce théâtre si particulier
2) La période de la direction de Sam Mendes (1992-2002)
«Mais que pouvez-vous faire seul un samedi soir?» est l’une des paroles de l’un des rares musicals de Stephen Sondheim (Saturday Night) qui n’a pas encore été produit au Donmar Warehouse. Dans le cas de Sam Mendes, la réponse a été très claire: gérer un théâtre.
28 octobre 1989
L'illumination
C’était le 28 octobre 1989, et Mendes, âgé de seulement 24 ans, se promenait à travers le West End, très inquiet quant aux commentaires dans les journaux du lendemain à propos de sa production de La Cerisaie de Tchekhov avec Judi Dench et Bernard Hill dans une nouvelle traduction de Michael Frayn. «Quand vous avez une très bonne pièce de théâtre et un casting exceptionnel» se souvient Mendes, «sur qui porte le blâme en cas d’échec?»
En pleine réflexion, il tourne à Neal Street et passe devant de grands échafaudages cachant une zone d’entrepôts de Covent Garden en plein réaménagement. Et là, apposée sur un bâtiment de l’Earlham Street qui avait été pendant quatre an (1977-1981) le studio-théâtre de la Royal Shakespeare Company, pendait une banderole: «Fermé jusqu'à nouvel ordre.» Cela semblait une déclaration plutôt définitive pour ce lieu qui avait été une brasserie, puis un entrepôt de bananes avant de s’imposer dans le milieu des arts comme une salle de répétition pour le théâtre et la danse.
Mendes a été intrigué quant au sort d’un bâtiment avec une telle histoire et a demandé à son producteur de La Cerisaie, Michael Codron, ce qui se passait à cette adresse. La réponse a été qu’il s’agissait d’un petit écrin au sein de ce bloc de bâtiments qui avait été récemment acquis par les développeurs locaux, Thomas Neal. Et dans le cadre des conditions fixées par le Conseil de Camden pour reconstruire l’ensemble du bloc, cet espace particulier devait être conservé comme un théâtre. Quel genre de théâtre? Personne ne savait.
Peu de temps après, Mendes était assis dans le bureau de George Biggs, alors assistant principal de Roger Wingate, dont les Chesterfield Properties avaient, en 1989, repris Maybox Theatres, dont l’un était le défunt Studio Donmar. Il lui a affirmé: «Je peux gérer ce théâtre.»
Les points clés de la direction de Sam Mendes (1992-2002)
Musicals
Au Donmar
ASSASSINS de Stephen Sondheim - 22/10/1992-9/1/1993
CABARET de Kander et Ebb - 2/12/1993-26/3/1994
L'OPERA DE QUAT'SOUS de Bertold Brecht et Jurt Weill - 8/12/1994-18/3/1995
COMPANY de Stephen Sondheim - 1/12/1995-2/3/1996
NINE de Maury Yeston - 6/12/1996-8/3/1997
INTO THE WOODS de Stephen Sondheim - 6/11/1998-13/2/1999
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG de Stephen Sondheim - 1/12/2000-3/3/2011
Théâtre
Au Donmar
Evénements
Au Donmar
Aperçu des spectacles présentés sous la direction de Sam Mendes (1992-2002)
(11/10/02) > 22/10/02 > 30/11/02
1 mois 1 semaine
Twelfth Night
(06/09/02) > 17/09/02 > 20/11/02
2 mois
Oncle Vania
26/08/02 > 31/08/02
Divas at the Donmar - Kristin Chenoweth
19/08/02 > 24/08/02
Divas at the Donmar - Philip Quast
12/08/02 > 17/08/02
Divas at the Donmar - Ruby Turner
05/08/02 > 10/08/02
Divas at the Donmar - Janie Dee
(21/06/02) > 27/06/02 > 03/08/02
1 mois 1 semaine
Take Me Out
(09/05/02) > 15/05/02 > 15/06/02
1 mois
Proof
(04/04/02) > 10/04/02 > 04/05/02
3 semaines
Lobby Hero
(11/03/02) > 14/03/02 > 30/03/02
2 semaines
Frame 312
(06/03/02) > 13/03/02 > 30/03/02
2 semaines
Jesus Hopped the A Train
(30/11/01) > 10/12/01 > 02/03/02
2 mois 3 semaines
Privates on Parade
(04/10/01) > 10/10/01 > 24/11/01
1 mois 2 semaines
Little Foxes
17/09/01 > 29/09/01
1 semaine
Divas at the Donmar - Michael Ball
10/09/01 > 15/09/01
Divas at the Donmar - Sian Phillips
(03/09/01) > 04/09/01 > 08/09/01
Divas at the Donmar - Clive Rowe
(28/06/01) > 04/07/01 > 01/09/01
1 mois 4 semaines
A Lie of the Mind
(19/04/01) > 01/05/01 > 23/06/01
1 mois 3 semaines
Tales from Hollywood
(08/03/01) > 16/03/01 > 14/04/01
4 semaines
Boston Marriage
(01/12/00) > 11/12/00 > 03/03/01
2 mois 3 semaines
Merrily We Roll Along
(14/09/00) > 25/09/00 > 25/11/00
2 mois
To the Green Fields Beyond
(04/09/00) > 05/09/00 > 09/09/00
Clive Rowe
(21/08/00) > 22/08/00 > 02/09/00
1 semaine
Divas at the Donmar - Betty Buckley
(15/06/00) > 27/06/00 > 19/08/00
1 mois 3 semaines
Orpheus Descending
(13/04/00) > 18/04/00 > 10/06/00
1 mois 3 semaines
Passion Play
(02/03/00) > 08/03/00 > 08/04/00
1 mois
Helpless
(28/01/00) > 03/02/00 > 26/02/00
3 semaines
American Buffalo
09/11/99 > 22/01/00
2 mois 2 semaines
Three Days of Rain
09/09/99 > 06/11/99
1 mois 4 semaines
Juno and the Paycock
31/08/99 > 04/09/99
Sam Brown with Mystic Oyster
23/08/99 > 28/08/99
Audra McDonald - Way Back to Paradise
09/08/99 > 21/08/99
1 semaine
Patti LuPone - Matters of the Heart
27/05/99 > 07/08/99
2 mois 1 semaine
Real Thing (The)
18/03/99 > 22/05/99
2 mois
Good
01/03/99 > 13/03/99
1 semaine
Three Days of Rain
17/02/99 > 27/02/99
1 semaine
Morphic Resonance
16/02/99 > 27/02/99
1 semaine
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down
(05/11/98) > 16/11/98 > 13/02/99
2 mois 4 semaines
Into the woods
10/09/98 > 31/10/98
1 mois 3 semaines
Blue Room (The)
01/09/98 > 05/09/98
Imelda Staunton
24/08/98 > 29/08/98
Barbara Cook
10/08/98 > 22/08/98
1 semaine
Sibling Revelry
18/06/98 > 08/08/98
1 mois 3 semaines
How I learned to Drive
07/05/98 > 13/06/98
1 mois 1 semaine
A Kind of Alaska
07/05/98 > 13/06/98
1 mois 1 semaine
Collection (The)
07/05/98 > 13/06/98
1 mois 1 semaine
Lover (The)
02/04/98 > 02/05/98
4 semaines
Bullet (The)
23/03/98 > 28/03/98
Sleeping around
17/03/98 > 21/03/98
Timeless
09/03/98 > 14/03/98
Tell Me
03/03/98 > 07/03/98
In a Little World of our Own
10/12/97 > 28/02/98
2 mois 2 semaines
Front Page (The)
21/10/97 > 06/12/97
1 mois 2 semaines
Electra
(11/09/97) > 17/09/97 > 18/10/97
1 mois
Enter the Guardsman
12/08/97 > 06/09/97
3 semaines
Seagull (The)
19/06/97 > 09/08/97
1 mois 3 semaines
Les Bonnes
(24/04/97) > 12/05/97 > 14/06/97
1 mois
Fix (The)
08/04/97 > 19/04/97
1 semaine
Halloween Night
25/03/97 > 05/04/97
1 semaine
Summer begins
11/03/97 > 22/03/97
1 semaine
Badfinger
(06/12/96) > 12/12/96 > 08/03/97
2 mois 3 semaines
Nine
03/10/96 > 30/11/96
1 mois 4 semaines
Fool for Love
03/09/96 > 28/09/96
3 semaines
Pentecost
30/07/96 > 31/08/96
1 mois
Hedda Gabler
30/05/96 > 27/07/96
1 mois 4 semaines
Habeas Corpus
11/04/96 > 25/05/96
1 mois 2 semaines
Fin de Partie
(01/12/95) > 13/12/95 > 02/03/96
2 mois 2 semaines
Company
07/11/95 > 25/11/95
2 semaines
Rupert Street Lonely Heurts Club
07/09/95 > 05/11/95
1 mois 4 semaines
Glass Menagerie (The)
01/06/95 > 06/08/95
2 mois
Insignifiance
15/05/95 > 27/05/95
1 semaine
Covent Garden Festival
11/04/95 > 13/05/95
1 mois
Our Boys
27/03/95 > 06/04/95
1 semaine
Bondagers
21/03/95 > 08/04/95
2 semaines
Highland Fling
18/03/95 > 23/03/95
Songs from a Forgotten City
12/03/95 > 16/03/95
Buddleia
04/03/95 > 09/03/95
King of Prussia (The)
(08/12/94) > 14/12/94 > 18/03/95
3 mois
Dreigroschenoper (Die) (L'Opéra de quat'sous)
09/11/94 > 03/12/94
3 semaines
True West
01/09/94 > 05/11/94
2 mois
Design for living
16/06/94 > 27/08/94
2 mois 1 semaine
Glengarry Glen Ross
09/05/94 > 21/05/94
1 semaine
Covent Garden Festival
25/04/94 > 30/04/94
Helen Lederer Still Crazy After …
29/03/94 > 23/04/94
3 semaines
Beautiful Thing
20/02/94 > 06/03/94
2 semaines
Maria Friedman by Special Arrangement
04/02/94 > 12/02/94
1 semaine
Half Time
09/12/93 > 26/03/94
3 mois 2 semaines
Cabaret
10/11/93 > 27/11/93
2 semaines
Hamlet
16/09/93 > 06/11/93
1 mois 3 semaines
Life of Stuff (The)
09/07/93 > 11/09/93
2 mois
Here
03/06/93 > 24/07/93
1 mois 3 semaines
Translations
18/05/93 > 31/05/93
1 semaine
Covent Garden Festival
22/04/93 > 15/05/93
3 semaines
Don't Fool for Love
25/02/93 > 17/04/93
1 mois 2 semaines
Playland
14/01/93 > 20/02/93
1 mois 1 semaine
Richard III
29/10/92 > 09/01/93
2 mois 1 semaine
Assassins
Chronologie détaillée des spectacles présentés sous la direction de Sam Mendes (1992-2002)
Twelfth Night ()
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Fri 11 October 2002
Première: Tue 22 October 2002
Dernière: Sat 30 November 2002
David Bradley, Selina Cadell, Luke Jardine, Paul Jesson, Helen McCrory, Cherry Morris, Anthony O'Donnell, Gary Powell, Simon Russell Beale, Gyuri Sârossy, Mark Strong, Emily Watson
Oncle Vania ()
Joué durant 2 mois
Première preview: Fri 06 September 2002
Première: Tue 17 September 2002
Dernière: Wed 20 November 2002
David Bradley, Selina Cadell, Luke Jardine, Helen McCrory, Cherry Morris, Anthony O'Donnell, Simon Russell Beale, Gyuri Sârossy, Mark Strong, Emily Watson
Divas at the Donmar - Kristin Chenoweth ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 26 August 2002
Dernière: Sat 31 August 2002
Kristin Chenoweth
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Philip Quast ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 19 August 2002
Dernière: Sat 24 August 2002
Philip Quast
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Ruby Turner ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 12 August 2002
Dernière: Sat 17 August 2002
Ruby Turner
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Janie Dee ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 05 August 2002
Dernière: Sat 10 August 2002
Janie Dee
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Take Me Out ()
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Fri 21 June 2002
Première: Thu 27 June 2002
Dernière: Sat 03 August 2002
Kevin Carroll, Dominic Fumusa, Gene Gabriel, Neal Huff, Robert Jiménez, Joe Lisi, Denis O'Hare, Kohl Sudduth, Daniel Sunjata, Frederick Weller, James Yaegashi
Transféré au The Public Theater (New York) Août 2002 (plus)
Proof ()
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Thu 09 May 2002
Première: Wed 15 May 2002
Dernière: Sat 15 June 2002
Richard Coyle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ronald Pickup, Sara Stewart
Dans le cadre de "American Imports", 4 spectacles sont présentés: Jesus Hopped the A Train, Frame 312, Lobby Hero, Proof (plus)
Lobby Hero ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Thu 04 April 2002
Première: Wed 10 April 2002
Dernière: Sat 04 May 2002
Gary McDonald, Charlotte Randle, Dominic Rowan, David Tennant
Dans le cadre de "American Imports", 4 spectacles sont présentés: Jesus Hopped the A Train, Frame 312, Lobby Hero, Proof
Transféré au New Ambassador Theatre 26 juin au 10 août 2002 (plus)
Frame 312 ()
Joué durant 2 semaines
Première preview: Mon 11 March 2002
Première: Thu 14 March 2002
Dernière: Sat 30 March 2002
Matt Bardock, Nicky Henson, Margot leicester, Rachel Leskovac, Katherine Parkinson, Doraly Rosen
Dans le cadre de "American Imports", 4 spectacles sont présentés: Jesus Hopped the A Train, Frame 312, Lobby Hero, Proof (plus)
Jesus Hopped the A Train (Original London)
Joué durant 2 semaines
Première preview: Wed 06 March 2002
Première: Wed 13 March 2002
Dernière: Sat 30 March 2002
Elizabeth Canavan, Salvatore Inzerillo, Ron Cephas Jones, John Ortiz, David Zayas
Dans le cadre de "American Imports", 4 spectacles sont présentés: Jesus Hopped the A Train, Frame 312, Lobby Hero, Proof (plus)
Privates on Parade ()
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Fri 30 November 2001
Première: Mon 10 December 2001
Dernière: Sat 02 March 2002
Roger Allam, Nigel Harman, David Hounslow, Wai-Keat Lau, James McAvoy, Hugh Sachs, Justin Salinger, Malcolm Sinclair, Daniel Tuite, Indira Varma, Cari Wu
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actor (Roger Allam)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor in a Supporting Rôle (Malcolm Sinclair)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Theatre Choreographer (Scarlett Mackmin) (plus)
Little Foxes ()
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Première preview: Thu 04 October 2001
Première: Wed 10 October 2001
Dernière: Sat 24 November 2001
Brid Brennan, David Calder, Christian Dixon, Peter Guinness, Michael Hadley, Edward Hughes, Matthew Marsh, Anna Maxwell Martin, Alibe Parsons, Penelope Wilton
> 2001 Evening Standard Award nomination: Best Actress (Penelope Wilton)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Rôle (Brid Brennan)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Set Designer (Lez Brotherston) (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Michael Ball ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 17 September 2001
Dernière: Sat 29 September 2001
Michael Ball
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Sian Phillips ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Mon 10 September 2001
Première: Mon 10 September 2001
Dernière: Sat 15 September 2001
Sian Phillips
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Clive Rowe ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Mon 03 September 2001
Première: Tue 04 September 2001
Dernière: Sat 08 September 2001
Clive Rowe
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
A Lie of the Mind ()
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Thu 28 June 2001
Première: Wed 04 July 2001
Dernière: Sat 01 September 2001
Keith Bartlett, Anna Calder-Marshall, Sinéad Cusack, Catherine McCormack, Peter McDonald, Andy Serkis, Andrew Tiernan, Nicola Walker
Tales from Hollywood ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Thu 19 April 2001
Première: Tue 01 May 2001
Dernière: Sat 23 June 2001
lan Butcher, Andy Copie, Emma Cunniffe, Ben Daniels, Phil Davis, Gawn Grainger, David Hounslow, Richard Johnson, Nancy McLean, Lizzy Mdnnerny, Yvonne Riley, Ken Samuels, Sira Stampe, Glynne Steele
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Lighting Designer (Howard Harrison) (plus)
Boston Marriage ()
Joué durant 4 semaines
Première preview: Thu 08 March 2001
Première: Fri 16 March 2001
Dernière: Sat 14 April 2001
Anna Chancellor, Lyndsey Marshal, Zoë Wanamaker
> 2001 Critics' Cirde Award: Most Promising Newcomer (Lyndsey Marshal)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress (Zoë Wanamaker)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Rôle (Lyndsey Marshal)
> 2002 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best New Comedy (Boston Marriage)
> 2001 Evening Standard Award nomination: Outstanding Newcomer (Lyndsey Marshal)
Transféré au New Ambassadors Theatre Novembre 2001 - février 2002 (plus)
Merrily We Roll Along (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
(8 previews) (79 représentations)
Première preview: Fri 01 December 2000
Première: Mon 11 December 2000
Dernière: Sat 03 March 2001
Grant Russell (Franklin Shepard), Julian Ovenden (Young Franklin Shepard), Daniel Evans (Charles Kringas), Samantha Spiro (Mary Flynn), Emma Jay Thomas, Anna Francolini, Shona White, David Lucas, Neil Gordon-Taylor, Dean Hussain, Matt Blair, James Millard, Mary Stockley, Zehra Naqvi, Lucy Bradshaw.
This was the first full-scale production of the work in London and was greatly praised, receiving almost unanimous praise from the critics.
> 2000 Critics' Circle Award: Best Director (Michael Grandage)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Daniel Evans)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actress in a Musical (Samantha Spiro)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award: Best New Musical (Merrily We Roll Along)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Theatre Choreographer (Peter Darling)
> 2001 Evening Standard Award nomination: Best Musical (Merrily We Roll Along) (plus)
To the Green Fields Beyond ()
Joué durant 2 mois
Première preview: Thu 14 September 2000
Première: Mon 25 September 2000
Dernière: Sat 25 November 2000
Danny Babington, Hugh Dancy, Nitin Ganatra, Johanna Lonsky, Finbar Lynch, Gary Powell, Danny Sapani, Adrian Scarborough, Dougray Scott, Paul Venables, Ray Winstone
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Lighting Designer (Howard Harrison) (plus)
Clive Rowe ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Mon 04 September 2000
Première: Tue 05 September 2000
Dernière: Sat 09 September 2000
Clive Rowe
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar"
For the first time, the Divas at the Donmar season features a male singer. Clive Rowe, currently starring in The Villains' Opera at the National Theatre, has earned his spurs in Guys and Dolls (winning him a 1997 Olivier Award), Carousel, Candide, Companay and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Divas at the Donmar season. Further details to be confirmed. (plus)
Divas at the Donmar - Betty Buckley ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Mon 21 August 2000
Première: Tue 22 August 2000
Dernière: Sat 02 September 2000
Betty Buckley
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Orpheus Descending ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Thu 15 June 2000
Première: Tue 27 June 2000
Dernière: Sat 19 August 2000
Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Sandra Dickinson, Richard Durden, Janet Henfrey, William Hootkins, Tom Hunsinger, Kristin Marks, Helen Mirren, Martin Potter, Saskia Reeves, Anne Ridler, Jason Salkey, Lolly Susi, Julia Swift, Stuart Townsend
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress (Helen Mirren) (plus)
Passion Play ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Thu 13 April 2000
Première: Tue 18 April 2000
Dernière: Sat 10 June 2000
Gillian Barge, Ruth Brennan, Cheryl Campbell, Martin Jarvis, Toni Kanal, Arthur Kelly, James Laurenson, Cherie Lunghi, Francis Maguire, Nicola Walker, Peter Winnall
> 2000 Evening Standard Award: Best Director (Michael Grandage)
> 2001 Critics' Cirde Award: Best Director (Michael Grandage)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Director (Michael Grandage)
> 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Gillian Barge)
Transféré au Comedy Theatre (Londres) Juin - Août 2000 (plus)
Helpless ()
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Thu 02 March 2000
Première: Wed 08 March 2000
Dernière: Sat 08 April 2000
Ron Cook, Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Graham, Craig Kelly, Art Malik, Rachael Stirling
American Buffalo ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Fri 28 January 2000
Première: Thu 03 February 2000
Dernière: Sat 26 February 2000
Philip Baker Hall, William H Macy, Mark Webber
Transféré à l'Atlantic Theater (New York) Mars - Mai 2000 (plus)
Three Days of Rain ()
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 09 November 1999
Dernière: Sat 22 January 2000
Colin Firth, Elizabeth McGovern, David Morrissey
Avait été présenté au Donmar dans le cadre de "American Imports: Next writing".
Se joue du 9 novembre au 22 décembre 1999 puis du 5 au 22 janvier 2000
> 1999 Evening Standard Award nomination: Best Actor (Colin Firth)
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Play of the Year (Three Days Of Rain) (plus)
Juno and the Paycock ()
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 09 September 1999
Dernière: Sat 06 November 1999
Tom Ambrose, William Ash, Jonathan Bond, David Carey, Ron Cook, Stephen Kennedy, Colm Meaney, Dearbhla Molloy, Damian O'Hare Helen Ryan, Bernadette Shortt, Renee Weldon
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor (Ron Cook)
Transféré au Gramercy Théâtre (New York) Septembre - Décembre 2000 (plus)
Sam Brown with Mystic Oyster ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 31 August 1999
Dernière: Sat 04 September 1999
Sam Brown
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Audra McDonald - Way Back to Paradise ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 23 August 1999
Dernière: Sat 28 August 1999
Audra McDonald
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Patti LuPone - Matters of the Heart ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 09 August 1999
Dernière: Sat 21 August 1999
Patti LuPone
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Real Thing (The) ()
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 27 May 1999
Dernière: Sat 07 August 1999
Mark Bazeley, Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle, Caroline Hayes, Joshua Henderson, Nigel Lindsay, Sarah Woodward
Transféré à l'Albery Theatre (London) janvier - mars 2000 puis au Barrymore Theatre (New York) de march - août 2000
> 1999 Evening Standard Award: Best Actor (Stephen Dillane)
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Lighting Designer (Mark Henderson)
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress (Jennifer Ehle)
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor (Stephen Dillane)
> 2000 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Director (David Leveaux)
> 2000 Tony Award: Best Actor (Stephen Dillane)
> 2000 Tony Award: Best Actress (Jennifer Ehle)
> 2000 Tony Award: Best Play Revival (The Real Thing)
> 2000 Tony Award nomination: Best Actress - Featured Rôle (Sara Woodward)
> 2000 Tony Award nomination: Best Director (David Leveaux)
> 2 Drama Desk Awards
> Drama League Award (plus)
Good ()
Joué durant 2 mois
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 18 March 1999
Dernière: Sat 22 May 1999
Cymon Allen, Faith Brook, Eva Marie Bryer, Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, lan Gelder, Peter Moreton, John Ramm, Benedict Taylor, Jessica Turner
> 1999 Evening Standard Award nomination: Best Actor (Charles Dance) (plus)
Three Days of Rain ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 01 March 1999
Dernière: Sat 13 March 1999
Colin Firtfi, Elizabeth McGovern, David Morrissey
Dans le cadre de "American Imports: Nex writing": Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, Morphic Resonance, Three Days of Rain
> 1999 Evening Standard Award nomination: Best Actor (Colin Firth) (plus)
Morphic Resonance ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Wed 17 February 1999
Dernière: Sat 27 February 1999
Michael Culkin, Anastasia Hille, Nigel Lindsay, Lloyd Owen, Joanna Roth
Dans le cadre de "American Imports: Nex writing": Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, Morphic Resonance, Three Days of Rain (plus)
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 16 February 1999
Dernière: Sat 27 February 1999
Brian Bovell, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tameka Empson, Shauna Shim, Naomi Wirthner
Dans le cadre de "American Imports: Nex writing": Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, Morphic Resonance, Three Days of Rain (plus)
Into the woods (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Thu 05 November 1998
Première: Mon 16 November 1998
Dernière: Sat 13 February 1999
Frank Middlemass (Narrator), Clare Burt (Witch), Christopher Pizzey (Jack), Sheila Reid (Jack’s Mother), Nick Holder (Baker), Sophie Thompson (Baker ’s Wife), Jenna Russell (Cinderella), Samantha Lavender (Rapunzel), Sheridan Smith (Red Riding Hood), Damian Lewis (Cinderella ’s Prince), Matt Rawle (Rapunzel''s Prince), Caroline Sheen (Florinda), Ceri Ann Gregory (Lucinda), Dilys Laye
The Donmar Warehouse has again produced a Stephen Sondheim show. They have had success in the past with Sondheim's "Assassins" and "Company", and now they have revived his 1987 musical "Into The Woods", which has both music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by James Lapine.
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actress in a Musical (Sophie Thompson)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Outstanding Musical Production (Info the Woods) (plus)
Blue Room (The) ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 10 September 1998
Dernière: Sat 31 October 1998
loin Glen, Nicole Kidman
> 1998 Evening Standard Award: Outstanding Contribution to London Theatre (Nicole Kidman)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Lighting (Hugh Vanstone)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress (Nicole Kidman)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor (loin Glen)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Director (Sam Mendes)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Set Design (Mark Thompson)
> 1999 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Play of the Year (David Hare)
Transféré au Cort Theatre (New York) Décembre 1998 - Février 1999 (plus)
Imelda Staunton ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 01 September 1998
Dernière: Sat 05 September 1998
Imelda Staunton
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
Sibling Revelry ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 10 August 1998
Dernière: Sat 22 August 1998
Ann Hampton Callaway et Liz Callaway
Présenté dans le cadre de "Divas at the Donmar" (plus)
How I learned to Drive ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 18 June 1998
Dernière: Sat 08 August 1998
Michael Colgan, Jenny Galloway, Helen McCrory, Phillippa Stanton, Kevin Whately
Collection (The) ()
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 07 May 1998
Dernière: Sat 13 June 1998
Douglas Hodge, Colin McFarlane, Harold Pinter, Lia Williams
The Lover and The Collection toured to the Theatre Royal, Bath and Richmond Theatre (plus)
Lover (The) ()
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 07 May 1998
Dernière: Sat 13 June 1998
Douglas Hodge, Colin McFarlane, Harold Pinter, Lia Williams
The Lover and The Collection toured to the Theatre Royal, Bath and Richmond Theatre (plus)
Bullet (The) (Original)
Joué durant 4 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 02 April 1998
Dernière: Sat 02 May 1998
Miles Anderson, Barbara Flynn, Neil Stuke, Andrew Tiernan, Emily Woof
Sleeping around ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 23 March 1998
Dernière: Sat 28 March 1998
John Lloyd Fillingham, Sophie Stanton
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: In a Little World of our Own, Tell Me, Timeless, Sleeping around (plus)
Timeless ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 17 March 1998
Dernière: Sat 21 March 1998
Kate Dickie, Paul Thomas Hickey, Molly Innés, Keith Macpherson
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: In a Little World of our Own, Tell Me, Timeless, Sleeping around (plus)
Tell Me ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 09 March 1998
Dernière: Sat 14 March 1998
Ben Crompton, Ben Joiner, David Whitaker, Gillian Wright
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: In a Little World of our Own, Tell Me, Timeless, Sleeping around (plus)
In a Little World of our Own ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 03 March 1998
Dernière: Sat 07 March 1998
Lorcan Cranitch, Colin Farrell, Stuart Graham, Paul Hickey, Helen McCrory
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: In a Little World of our Own, Tell Me, Timeless, Sleeping around (plus)
Front Page (The) ()
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Wed 10 December 1997
Dernière: Sat 28 February 1998
Alun Armstrong, lan Bartholomew, Keith Bartlett, Christopher Benjamin, Mark Benton, Neil Copie, lan Gelder, Nicholas Gleaves, Adam Godley, Simon Gregor, John Hodgkinson, Rebecca Johnson, Martin Marquez, Lizzy Mdnnerny, Tim McMullan, Hilton McRae, Sara Pelosi, Griff Rhys Jones, Tilly Tremayne
Electra ()
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 21 October 1997
Dernière: Sat 06 December 1997
Roger Braban, Orla Charlton, Jenny Galloway, Andrew Howard, Alison Johnston, Martin McKellan, Raad Rawi, Ninka Scott, Rudolph Walker, Zoë Wanamaker, Marjorie Yates
> 1998 Variety Club Award: Best Actress (Zoë Wanamaker)
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actress (Zoë Wanamaker)
Transféré au McCarter Théâtre (Princeton, New Jersey) septembre - octobre 1998 et au Barrymore Theatre (New York) novembre 1998 - mars 1999
> 1999 Tony Award nomination: Best Actress (Zoë Wanamaker)
> 1999 Tony Award nomination: Best Featured Role (
> 1999 Tony Award nomination: Best Actress - Featured Rôle (Clore Bloom)
> 1999 Tony Award nomination: Best Play Revival (Electra) (plus)
Enter the Guardsman (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Thu 11 September 1997
Première: Wed 17 September 1997
Dernière: Sat 18 October 1997
Janie Dee (Actress), Alexander Hanson (Actor), Nicky Henson (Playwright), Angela Richards (Dresser), Jeremy Finch {Stage Manager), Walter van Dyk (Wigs Master), Nicola Stone (Wardrobe Mistress).
Based on the 1911 Hungarian play by Ferenc Molnar, this was adapted with a bitter-sweet, tango- and waltz-filled, elegant score. (It has some remarkable parallels with Harold Pinter’s play “The Lover”). The show won a Best New Musical Award in the USA in 1995 and a major International Musical of the Year competition in Denmark in 1996, but the London critics thought that, charming as it was, it lacked bite.
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Nicky Henson)
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical (Enter The Guardsman) (plus)
Seagull (The) ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 12 August 1997
Dernière: Sat 06 September 1997
Mark Bazeley, Duncan Bell, Cheryl Campbell, Abigail Duddleston, Sandra Duncan, Christopher Good, Colin Haigh, Denys Hawthorne, Sarah-Jane Holm, Alan Leith, Joanna Roth, Paul Slack
Les Bonnes ()
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 19 June 1997
Dernière: Sat 09 August 1997
Niamh Cusack, Kerry Fox, Josette Simon
The Maids toured to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Théâtre Royal, Bath; Liverpool Everyman and Richmond Théâtre. Presented by Thelma Holt Ltd (plus)
Fix (The) (Original London)
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Thu 24 April 1997
Première: Mon 12 May 1997
Dernière: Sat 14 June 1997
John Barrowman (Cal Chandler), Kathryn Evans (Violet Chandler), Philip Quast (Grahame Chandler), Krysten Cummings (Tina), David Firth, David Bardsley, Bogdan Kominowski, Mark Frendo, Gael Johnson, Christina Fry.
Cameron Mackintosh was happy to subsidise this new and very different piece of political satire with its rock music/vaudeville/country and western score, but was allegedly furious at the dismissive critical reaction, claiming London critics were too blinkered to accept anything new and progressive. The critics considered it comic-strip melodrama, with its Kennedy-esque satire grossly overdone and so full of cynicism that not one single character could involve the audience’s sympathy or interest. However, there was praise for the music and lyrics, and some suggestions that Dempsey and Rowe could be future talents to watch.
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Philip Quast)
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Lighting Designer (Howard Harrison)
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor in a Musical (John Barrowman)
> 1998 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical (The Fix) (plus)
Halloween Night ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 08 April 1997
Dernière: Sat 19 April 1997
Pom Boyd, Anne Byrne, Miche Doherty, Paul Hickey, Jenni Ledwell, Eanna MacLiam, Michael McElhatton, Sean Rocks, Simon O'Gorman, Arthur Riordan
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 3 spectacles: Badfingers, Summer begins, Halloween Night (plus)
Summer begins ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 25 March 1997
Dernière: Sat 05 April 1997
Elizabeth Chadwick, Beatie Edney, Darren Tighe, Heather Tobias, Gary Webster
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 3 spectacles: Badfingers, Summer begins, Halloween Night (plus)
Badfinger ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 11 March 1997
Dernière: Sat 22 March 1997
Robert Blythe, Rhodri Hugh, Jason Hughes, Rhys Ifans, Richard Mylanary Woodvine
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 3 spectacles: Badfingers, Summer begins, Halloween Night (plus)
Nine (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Fri 06 December 1996
Première: Thu 12 December 1996
Dernière: Sat 08 March 1997
Larry Lamb {Guido Contini), Susannah Fellows (Luisa), Clare Burt (Carla), Eleanor David (Claudia), Sara Kestelman (Liliane le Fleur), Dilys Laye (Mother), Ria Jones, Kiran Hocking, Jenny Galloway
Adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti and based on the Fellini Film “8 1/2”. The original Broadway production had a cast of 21 women and just one man. It ran for 732 performances and won four Tony Awards. It had been given a London concert performance at the Festival Hall in 1992 with Jonathan Pryce and Liliane Montevecchi, and the resultant CD introduced the work to many enthusiasts in the UK. This was its first staged performance. It was praised for its sophistication and emotional depth, though many felt the music was too subtle and haunting, the mood too brittle and bitter-sweet to find a mass audience. Like Sondheim, this was specialist fare. (plus)
Fool for Love ()
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 03 October 1996
Dernière: Sat 30 November 1996
Lorraine Ashbourne, Gawn Grainger, Barry Lynch, Martin Marquez
Pentecost ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 03 September 1996
Dernière: Sat 28 September 1996
Brian Doherfy, Michèle Forbes, Paul Hickey, Eleanor Methven, Morna Regan
Hedda Gabler ()
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 30 July 1996
Dernière: Sat 31 August 1996
Mary Chester, Ann Firbank, Alexander Gilbreath, David Killick, Crispin Letts, Jonathan Phillips, Carol Starks
English Touring Theatre (plus)
Habeas Corpus ()
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 30 May 1996
Dernière: Sat 27 July 1996
Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, John Padden, Stewart Permutt, lmelda Staunton, Natalie Walter, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Woodeson, Sarah Woodward
Fin de Partie ()
Joué durant 1 mois 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 11 April 1996
Dernière: Sat 25 May 1996
Alun Armstrong, Stephen Dillane, Harry Jones, Eileen Nicholas
> 1996 Time Out Award: Best Director Off-West End (Katie Mitchell) (plus)
Company (Revival)
Joué durant 2 mois 2 semaines
(93 représentations)
Première preview: Fri 01 December 1995
Première: Wed 13 December 1995
Dernière: Sat 02 March 1996
Adrian Lester (Robert), Rebecca Front (Sarah), Clive Rowe (Harry), Clare Burt (Susan), Gareth Snook (Peter), Liza Sadovy (Jenny), Teddy Kempner (David), Sophie Thompson (Amy), Michael Simkins (Paul), Sheila Gish (Joanne), Paul Bentley (Larry), Anna Francolini (Marta), Kiran Hocking (Kathy), Hannah James (April)
This revival was hugely praised, especially for Adrian Lester’s central
performance.
> 1995 Critics' Cirde Award: Best Musical (Company)
> 1995 Critics' Cirde AwardBest Diredor (Sam Mendes)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier AwardBest Director (Sam Mendes)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Adrian Lester)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sheila Gish)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sophie Thomson)
> 1996 Music Industry Award for cast recording
Transféré à l'Albery Théâtre (Mars - Juin 1996)
Diffusé à la télévision BBC2 (Performance Séries) en mars 1997 (plus)
Rupert Street Lonely Heurts Club ()
Joué durant 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 07 November 1995
Dernière: Sat 25 November 1995
Elizabeth Berrington, James Bowers, Lorraine Brunning, Tom Higgins( Scot Williams
Glass Menagerie (The) ()
Joué durant 1 mois 4 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 07 September 1995
Dernière: Sun 05 November 1995
Ben Chaplin, Mark Dexter, Claire Skinner, Zoë Wanamaker
> 1995 Critics' Cirde Award: Best Director (Sam Mendes)
> 1995 Critics' Circle Award: Best Actress (Claire Skinner)
> 1995 Time Out AwardBest Performance Off-West End (Claire Skinner)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier AwardBest Director (Sam Mendes)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Lighting (David Hersey)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Adress (Zoë Wanamaker)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Set Designer (Rob Howell)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Performance (Claire Skinner)
> 1996 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Performance (Ben Chaplin)
Transféré au Comedy Theatre (Décemnre 1995 - Mars 1996) (plus)
Our Boys ()
Joué durant 1 mois
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 11 April 1995
Dernière: Sat 13 May 1995
Marston Bloom, lan Dunn, Perry Fenwick (jusqu'au 22 avril), Sean Gilder, Lloyd Owen, Steve Sweeney (àpd 24 avril), Jake Wood
A Derby Playhouse co-production with Rupert Gavin for Incidental Theatre (plus)
Bondagers ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 27 March 1995
Dernière: Thu 06 April 1995
Carol Ann Crawford, Julie Duncanson, Kathryn Howden, Hilary MacLean, Rosaleen Pelan, Ann-Louise Ross
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: The King of Prussia, Buddleia, Songs from a Forgotten City, Bondagers (plus)
Highland Fling ()
Joué durant 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 21 March 1995
Dernière: Sat 08 April 1995
Rosemary Allen, Scott Ambler, Maxine Fone, Andrew George, Phil Hill, Isabel Mortimer, Emily Pierce
Adventures in Motion Pictures (plus)
Songs from a Forgotten City ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Sat 18 March 1995
Dernière: Thu 23 March 1995
Patrick Brennan, Russell Gomer, Jack James
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: The King of Prussia, Buddleia, Songs from a Forgotten City, Bondagers (plus)
Buddleia ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Sun 12 March 1995
Dernière: Thu 16 March 1995
Alan Archbold, Charlotte Bradley, Des Braiden, Liam Carney, Denis Conway, Donagh Deeney, Stephen Dunne, Robert English, Berts Folan, David Gorry, Michelle Houlden, Eamonn Hunt, Alan King, Brendan Laird, Jack Lynch, Eanna MacLiam, Brid McCarthy, Pat McGrath, Bernadette McKenna, Johnny Murphy, Ruth Murphy, Mick Nolan, Enda Oates, Frank O'Sullivan, Caroline Rothwell, Karen Scully, Birdy Sweeney, Tony Tormey, Catherine Walsh, Barry Ward
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: The King of Prussia, Buddleia, Songs from a Forgotten City, Bondagers (plus)
King of Prussia (The) ()
Joué durant
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Sat 04 March 1995
Dernière: Thu 09 March 1995
Bec Applebee, Charlie Barnecut, Cari Grose, Giles King, Tristan Sturrock, Mary Woodvine
Fait partie de l'événement: "4 CORNERS SEASON OF NEW WRITING" reprenant 4 spectacles: The King of Prussia, Buddleia, Songs from a Forgotten City, Bondagers (plus)
Dreigroschenoper (Die) (L'Opéra de quat'sous) (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois
(109 représentations)
Première preview: Thu 08 December 1994
Première: Wed 14 December 1994
Dernière: Sat 18 March 1995
Tom Hollander (Macheath), Tom Mannion (Peachum), Beverley Klein (Mrs Peachum),Sharon Small (Polly), Natasha Bain (Lucy Brown), Tara Hugo (Jenny), Ben Albu, Simon Walter, Jeremy Harrison
This production was much praised for Jeremy Sams’ new lyrics which were felt to reflect the contemporary spirit intended by Brecht’s original. It was set in the future - 2001 - with the coronation of Britain’s next king, William V.
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Tara Hugo)
> 1995 Laurence Olivier award nomination: Best Musical Revival (The Threepenny Opéra) (plus)
True West ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Wed 09 November 1994
Dernière: Sat 03 December 1994
David Henry, Michael Rudko, Mark Rylance, Marcia Warren
Sera transféré au Circle in the Square Théâtre (New York) de mars à juillet 2000 où il recevra de niombreux prix:
> 2000 Tony Award nominatio Best Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
> 2000 Tony Award nomination: Best Actor (John C Reilly)
> 2000 Tony Award nomination: Best Play (True West)
> 2000 Tony Award nomination: Best Director (Matthew Warchus)
> 2000 Spécial Achievement Award: Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly (plus)
Design for living ()
Joué durant 2 mois
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 01 September 1994
Dernière: Sat 05 November 1994
Stuart Bennett, Jason Cheater, Nicholas Clay, Jan de Villeneuve, Lou Gish, Johanna Kirby, Clive Owen, Paul Rhys, Chad Shepherd, Rachel Weisz
> 1994 Evening Standard Award: Best Director (Sean Mathias)
> 1994 Evening Standard Award: Best Lighting Designer (Mark Henderson)
> 1994 Critics' Circle Award: Best Director (Sean Mathias)
> 1994 Critics' Circle Award: Most Promising Newcomer (Rachel Weisz)
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Set Designer (Stephen Brimson Lewis)
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Costume Designer (Stephen Brimson Lewis) (plus)
Glengarry Glen Ross ()
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 16 June 1994
Dernière: Sat 27 August 1994
William Armstrong, Keith Bartlett, John Benfield, James Bolam, Ron Cook, Tony O'Donnell, Cari Proctor
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor (James Bolam)
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Lighting Designer (David Hersey) (plus)
Covent Garden Festival ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Mon 09 May 1994
Dernière: Sat 21 May 1994
Dont La Traviata, The Wasteland et The Impro Musical
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Outstanding Achievement in Opera (La Traviata) (plus)
Beautiful Thing ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 29 March 1994
Dernière: Sat 23 April 1994
Richard Bonneville, Amelda Brown, Shaun Digwall, Mark Letheren, Sophie Stanton
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Comedy (Beautiful Thing) (plus)
Maria Friedman by Special Arrangement ()
Joué durant 2 semaines
(3 représentations)
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Sun 20 February 1994
Dernière: Sun 06 March 1994
Maria Friedman
3 représentations: 20 et 27 février et le 6 mars 1994
> 1995 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Entertainment (Maria Friedman)
Transferred to the Whitehall Theatre as "Maria Friedman by Extra Special Arrangement" May - June 1995 (plus)
Half Time ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
(4 représentations)
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Fri 04 February 1994
Dernière: Sat 12 February 1994
Christopher Luscombe
4 représentations: 4, 5, 11 et 12 février 1994 (plus)
Cabaret (Revival)
Joué durant 3 mois 2 semaines
(124 représentations)
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 09 December 1993
Dernière: Sat 26 March 1994
Jane Horrocks (Sally Bowles), Alan Cumming (MC), Adam Godley (Clifford), Sara Kestelman (Fraulein Schneider), George Raistrick (Herr Schultz), Michael Gardiner (Ernst Ludwig)
Mendes' conception was a very different show than either the original production or the rather conventional first revival. The most significant change was the character of the Emcee. The role, as played by Joel Grey, in both prior incarnations, was an asexual, malevolent character in a tuxedo with rouged cheeks. Alan Cumming's portrayal was highly sexualized, wearing suspenders (i.e. braces) around his crotch and red paint on his nipples. The cabaret number "Two Ladies" was staged with the Emcee, a cabaret girl, and a cabaret boy in drag and included a shadow play simulating various sexual positions. The score was entirely re-orchestrated, utilizing synthesizer effects and expanding the stage band, with all the instruments now being played by the cabaret girls and boys. The brutally satiric "Sitting Pretty", with its mocking references to deprivation, despair and hunger, was eliminated entirely, as it had been in the film version, and replaced with "Money". "I Don't Care Much", which was cut from the original production, was reinstated, and "Mein Herr" and "Maybe This Time", written for the film adaptation, were added to the score. Staging details differed as well; instead of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" being performed by a male choir, the Emcee plays a recording of a boy soprano singing it. Most dramatic of all was in the final scene in which the Emcee removes his outer clothes to reveal a striped suit of the type worn by the internees in concentration camps on which were pinned a yellow badge (identifying a Jewish prisoner) and a pink triangle (denoting a homosexual prisoner). Other changes included added references to Cliff's bisexuality, including a brief scene where he kisses one of the Cabaret boys.
Awards:
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award: Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sara Kestelman)
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Director of a Musical (Sam Mendes)
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actor in a Musical (Alan Cumming)
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Musical Revival (Cabaret) (plus)
Hamlet ()
Joué durant 2 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Wed 10 November 1993
Dernière: Sat 27 November 1993
Mark Anstee, Andrew Ballington, James Barriscale, Trevor Baxter, Eleanor Bron, Alan Cumming, Pip Donaghy, Roger Hyams, David Joyce, William Key, Hilary Lyon, Rie Morgan, Alexander Nash
English Touring Theatre (plus)
Life of Stuff (The) (Original London)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 16 September 1993
Dernière: Sat 06 November 1993
Mabel Aitken, Elizabeth Chadwick, Douglas Henshall, Sandy McDade, Stuart McQuarrie, Forbes Masson, Patrick O'Kane, Sean Scanlan
Awards:
> 1993 Evening Standard Award: Most Promising Playwright (Simon Donald)
> 1993 Critics' Circle Award: Most Promising Playwright (Simon Donald)
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Comedy (The Life of Stuff)
> 1994 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Sandy McDade) (plus)
Translations (Original)
Joué durant 1 mois 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 03 June 1993
Dernière: Sat 24 July 1993
Clare Cathcart, Daniel Flynn, Cara Kelly, David Killick, James Larkin, Barry Lynch, Robert Patterson, Norman Rodway, Tony Rohr, Zara Turner
Covent Garden Festival ()
Joué durant 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Tue 18 May 1993
Dernière: Mon 31 May 1993
ENO Soundbites, Kit and the Widow, Music Box, lan Stuart, Jill Gomez and John Constable, National Theatre Company, Brigit Nilsson, EOS, Chamber Made Opéra, La Grande Scena, Opéra Circus
Don't Fool for Love ()
Joué durant 3 semaines
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 22 April 1993
Dernière: Sat 15 May 1993
Patrick Bridgman, David Foxxe, Colin McFarlane, Maria Miles, Brian Pettifer, Pooky Quesnel, Michael Sheen, Anne White
Richard III (Revival)
Joué durant 1 mois 1 semaine
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 14 January 1993
Dernière: Sat 20 February 1993
Annabelle Apsion, Simon Russell Beale, Mark Benton, Stephen Boxer, Simon Dormandy, Mike Dowling, Kate Duchene, Sam Graham, Ellie Haddington, Mark Lewis Jones, Cherry Morris, Michael Packer, Daniel Ryan, John Warnaby
Une production de la RSC (plus)
Assassins (Original Europe)
Joué durant 2 mois 1 semaine
(76 représentations)
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: Thu 29 October 1992
Dernière: Sat 09 January 1993
Paul Bentley (Proprietor), Jack Ellis (Leon Czolgosz), Michael Cantwell (John Hinckley), Henry Goodman (Charles Guiteau), Paul Harrhy (Giuseppe Zangara), Ciaran Hinds (Samuel Byck), Cathryn Bradshaw (Squeaky Fromme), Louise Gold (Sara Jane Moore), David Firth (John Wilkes Booth), Sue Kelvin (Emma Goldman), Anthony Barclay (Balladeer), Gareth Snook (Lee Harvey Oswald)
C'est avec ce spectacle que Sam Mendes a commencé son rôle, exceptionnel, de directeur artistique au Donmar Warehouse. Il a fait ressortir le côté humour noir et brillant de l'œuvre et l'a ainsi sauvée de l'opprobe critique qui l'avait accablée lors de la créatiojn américaine. La chanson "Something Just Broke" a été ajoutée dans cette production.
The original workshop production took place off-Broadway in January 1991 to a limited sold-out run, greeted variously as “a lethally brilliant musical” and “an aimless project”, but generally regarded as a bit of a flop. The London version was only slightly re-written and included an extra song - “Something Just Broke”.
It, too, was a total sell out, but this time received almost nothing but praise, and won the Critics Circle London Drama Award as the Best Musical.
Awards:
>1992 Critics' Circle Award: Best New Musical
> 1993 Laurence Oliver Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Henry Goodman)
> 1993 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best Director of a Musical (Sam Mendes)
> 1993 Laurence Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical (Assassins) (plus)