2010 Productions
Love, Love, Love
Written by
Mike Bartlett
Produced by
Theatre Royal Plymouth & Paines Plough
About
1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it.
Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, one couple’s forty-year journey from initial burst to full bloom. Paines Plough and the Theatre Royal Plymouth present the world première of Mike Bartlett’s new play, directed by Paines Plough’s co-Artistic Director James Grieve
Performances
Theatre Royal Plymouth
7th October – 23rd October 2010
Salisbury Playhouse
8 – 12 March 2011
Watford Palace Theatre
16 – 19 March 2011
Studio Theatre, Leicester Curve
22 - 26 March 2011
Live Theatre, Newcastle
29 - 30 March 2011
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
1st & 2nd April 2011
West Yorkshire Playhouse
5th - 9th April 2011
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
19th - 21st April 2011
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
27 - 30 April 2011
Liverpool Playhouse
05 - 07 May 2011
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
11 - 14 May 2011
Hull Truck Theatre
17 - 21 May 2011
Royal & Derngate, Northampton
24 - 28 May 2011
Cambridge Arts Theatre
01 - 04 June 2011
Oxford Playhouse
07 - 11 June 2011
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
12 - 16 July 2011
Royal Court Theatre, London
27 April - 09 June 2012
Reviews
“…The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth production and Paines Plough production does not disappoint with compelling performances”
WhatsOnStage
Cast
Jamie
James Barrett
Henry
Simon Darwen
Sandra
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Kenneth
John Heffernan
Rose
Rosie Wyatt
Creative Team
Director
James Grieve
Designer
Lucy Osborne
Lighting Designer
Hartley T A Kemp
Sound Designer
Tom Gibbons
Assistant Director
Jack Lowe
Costumer Supervisor
Lorna Price
Chekov in Hell
Written by
Dan Rebellato
Produced by
Theatre Royal Plymouth
About
“I don’t know who he is but he’s old, he’s got to know stuff…he’s got to be like wise and stuff yeah?”
Anton Chekhov, masterful playwright and mirror to Russian society, awakening from one hundred years of sleep is thrust rudely into twenty first century Britain. Reality shows, fashionistas, Z-list celebrities, illegal immigrants, chuggers and wags. Pole dancing,
YouTube, Twitter and Metrosexuals. Chekhov in Hell takes you on a whirlwind tour of modern day Britain.
Performances
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Thursday 4th - Saturday 20th November 2010
Soho Theatre, London
20 April - 14 May 2011
Reviews
★★★★
"Simon Stokes’ excellent production keeps the whole thing bubbling along, and if the show never quite finds an emotionally satisfying balance between the farcical and the heartfelt, it’s a neat 90 minutes performed with real skill and flair by a superb cast"
The Guardian
Cast
Anton Chekhov*
Simon Gregor
Olga Knipper, Nurse, Language Student, WPC Gregory, Claire Willis, Jemma, Lap Dancer, Cheryl, Valerie Kelly
Emily Raymond
Doktor Schwöhrer, Cardiac Specialist, Language Student, Aleksandr, Steve, Clergyman
Paul Rider
Gregor, Doctor, Language Student, Jade, Mike, Security Guard, Max, James Ward, Policeman
Jonathan Broadbent
Nicholas, Physiotherapist, Language Student, PC Aston, Neil, Martin, Nick, Bob, Craig
Geoffrey Lumb
Nicola, Language Student, Sarah, Lap Dancer, Sally, Cathy, Mimi, Lynn, Marica, Selina, Jessica, Irina
Ruth Everett
*Anton Chekhov played by Simon Scardifield at Soho Theatre
Creative Team
Director
Simon Stokes
Designer
Bob Bailey
Lighting Designer
Bruno Poet
Sound Designer
Adrienne Quartly
Casting
Lucy Jenkins and Sooki McShane
Russian Translator
Noah Birksted-Breen
Dialect Coach
William Connacher