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Previous Productions

Salome

Salome

By Oscar Wilde
5th May - 17th July 2010

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing verse tragedy.

Lulu

Lulu

By Frank Wedekind
10th June - 10th July 2010

This provocative new production follows the fortunes and ultimate tragedy of a young femme-fatale.

Elektra

Elektra

By Sophocles
23rd June - 3rd July 2010

Director Carrie Cracknell blends movement, music and text in a haunting exploration of Sophocles' masterpiece.

ENRON (Broadway)

ENRON (Broadway)

By Lucy Prebble
Opens April 2010

Lucy Prebble's new play ENRON will play The Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th St. between 8th and Broadway).

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Australia)

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Australia)

By Luigi Pirandello
19th January - 11th February 2010

This stunning play is a parable for a media obsessed age and an exhilarating exploration of how we define ourselves in the 21st Century.

ENRON

ENRON

By Lucy Prebble
11 July - 7th November 2009

Based on real life and using music, movement and video, ENRON explores one of the most infamous scandals in financial history...

The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare
10th September - 28th November 2009

Shakespeare's late, great romance weaves high drama and low comedy to tell a story of heartbreak, reunion and newfound hope.

Six Characters in Search of an Author (UK tour)

Six Characters in Search of an Author (UK tour)

By Luigi Pirandello
26th September - 14th November 2009

Following its critically acclaimed West End run in 2008, Headlong's radical re-imagining of this classic embarked on a UK tour in autumn 2009.

Medea Medea

Medea Medea

By Euripides
18 June - 18 July 2009

MEDEA exists as one of the primal myths of Western civilisation - the wronged everywoman.

Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness

Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness

By Anthony Neilson
26th February - 11th April 2009

In 2002, an incredible manuscript was unearthed. Dated 1881, it was a record of the most spectacular, bizarre and eventful performance imaginable.

King Lear

King Lear

By William Shakespeare
30th October 2008 - 28th March 2009

Pete Postlethwaite returned to his theatrical roots to tackle Shakespeare's greatest role.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello
27th June - 8th November 08

...Sisters

...Sisters

By Anton Chekhov
5 June - 5 July 2008

A masterpiece of loss and longing, inertia and the impossibility of escape, Chekhov's play is deconstructed and re-imagined in this seductive theatrical experiment.

The English Game

The English Game

By Richard Bean
7th May - 28th June 2008

The Nightwatchmen: an amateur London cricket team, making up for in enthusiasm what they lack in ability.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By Stephen Adly Guirgis
28th March - 10th May 2009

Between Heaven and Hell - there is another place. This place. Hope. Hope is located right over here in downtown purgatory.

Faustus (UK tour)

Faustus (UK tour)

By Christopher Marlowe
15th October - 24th November 2007

Set in medieval Germany and modern East London, John Faustus makes a promise which jeopardises his immortal soul.

Rough Crossings

Rough Crossings

By Simon Schama
14th September - 24th November 2007

Rough Crossings tells the heroic story of the resettlement of a group of former slaves in West Africa.

Angels in America

Angels in America

By Tony Kushner
20th April - 29h July 2007

Divine intervention in a New York turned upside down by the chaotic energy of the 1980s and the destructive terror of AIDS.

Faustus

Faustus

By Christoper Marlowe
20th October - 18th November 2006

Heidelberg, Germany, 1509. John Faustus, doctor and scholar, pledges himself to the dark art of necromancy and vows to conjure the devil.

Restoration

Restoration

By Edward Bond
7 September - 14 October 2006

18th century England and Lord Are is in need of a rich wife.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

By John Milton
17th April - 30th June 2006

The greatest epic poem in the English language, comes vividly to life in this electrifying and highly acclaimed production

Rough Crossings
1 2 3 4 5 6
September - November 2007

Truly epic theatre

The Guardian ****

Ravishingly perceptive... impeccable

Time out ****
Angels in America
1 2 3 4 5 6
April - July 2007

Technically dazzling & beautifully designed... a genuinely thrilling theatrical experience

The Times ****

Excellent... profoundly affecting

Guardian ****
The English Game
1 2 3 4 5 6
May - June 2008

A bittersweet and humanely perceptive comedy

The Independent ****

Wildly entertaining and strangely moving

The Guardian ****
Faustus
1 2 3 4 5 6
October - November 06 / October - November 07

Beautifully audacious and dazzlingly clever

Financial Times *****

A triumph... a smorgasboard of theatrical delights that takes the breath away

The Evening Standard *****
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
1 2 3 4 5 6
March - May 2008

Startling

Time out ****

Rivetingly Imaginative

The Evening Standard ****
...Sisters
1 2 3 4 5 6
June - July 2008

Disarmingly Beautiful

Time out ****

Playful and desperately moving... it shakes up your expectations

The Evening Standard ****