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Production shots for The Good Person of Szechwan Released

Posted on: April 18th, 2023 by ettEditor

New photos by Manuel Harman of The Good Person of Szechwan at the Sheffield Crucible have been released.

“What is the cost of being good?”

In the hustle and bustle of a modern-day metropolis, it’s a dog-eat-dog world and Shen Te is doing all she can to get by.

When three gods reward her hospitality with a life-changing sum of money, Shen Te opens a tobacco shop and claims the stability she’s always dreamed of. But the struggle is not over yet; she is forced to question the cost of her own survival as she resorts to scheming and deceit to flourish in this capitalist world.

In its 80th anniversary, Brecht’s play is brought up to date in a new version by Nina Segal (In The Night Time (Before The Sun Rises)), directed by Anthony Lau (Sheffield Theatres’ Anna Karenina).

Commissioned by ETT and co-produced by ETT, Sheffield Theatres and The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Tickets and more info HERE

Macbeth – Associate Director Openhire Call Out (North-East)

Posted on: April 18th, 2023 by ettEditor

English Touring Theatre, Northern Stage, Shakespeare North Playhouse and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg are looking for an early career director from the North-East to take on the role of Associate Director on an upcoming production of Macbeth, directed by Richard Twyman, opening in September 2023 at Shakespeare North Playhouse, followed by a run at Northern Stage and then a UK and International tour.

To apply send your CV, completed equal opportunities form, and three notes you would give to a director of a show you have recently seen to help to support the storytelling more clearly (max 100 words) to recruitment@ett.org.uk

Deadline: Friday 5 May 2023

Full Job description and how to apply HERE

Cast and Creative Team Announced for I, Daniel Blake

Posted on: April 18th, 2023 by ettEditor

The world premiere stage adaptation of I, Daniel Blake that exposes the stark reality behind the cost-of-living crisis headlines will open at Northern Stage (25 May – 10 June) before touring.

The first stage adaptation of Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or and BAFTA award-winning film will be written by actor and comedian Dave Johns who won the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards and Best Newcomer at the EMPIRE Awards for his role in the film. Ken Loach said, “This story is more relevant now than ever. And who better to put it on stage than Dave Johns, the original Daniel Blake?

David Nellist will play Daniel. Originally from Wallsend in Newcastle, he appeared as Mike Stamford in Sherlock on BBC ONE with Benedict Cumberbatch and was recently in Stonehouse opposite Matthew Macfadyen on ITV. His theatre credits include West End productions Billy Elliott, War Horse, The Pitmen Painters and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and closer to home A Midsummer Nights Dream (Not Too Tame, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Northern Stage), and Close the Coalhouse Door (Northern Stage).

Bryony Corrigan will play Katie. Inspired to become an actor after doing work experience at Northern Stage aged 15, Bryony is best known as series regular Vanessa in Mischief Theatre’s The Goes Wrong Show on BBC ONE. Her theatre credits include the recent stage adaptation of Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island (Watermill Theatre) and My Romantic History at Live Theatre, which she won Performing Artist of the Year for at the Journal Culture Awards.

Kema Sikazwe (also known as Kema Kay) will play China, a role he played in the film after being spotted by Ken Loach on a visit to Newcastle. The actor, rapper and singer wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Shine at Live Theatre – a show about his experience of moving to Newcastle aged three which is about to be adapted for a TV musical drama.

The rest of the cast are Janine Leigh who appeared alongside Joanne Froggatt in Channel 4 film In Our Name, Micky Cochrane (Billy Elliot the Musical, Curve), and former Northern Stage Young Company member Jodie Wild making her professional stage debut.