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More Variety For Audiences
Autumn - Winter Season 2002/3

Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s Autumn & Winter 2002 season will have more productions than before offering an even greater variety for audiences across the Midlands. There’ll be 16 plays in total - double the amount of work that was on offer last year, including new works, popular plays and big West End hits. 

This busy season marks Artistic Director, Jonathan Church’s second year at the helm of The REP. His first year at the theatre  witnessed not only a change in the programming but also a significant increase in attendance:
Jonathan Church says of the new season:
“The last twelve months at The REP have been a busy and rewarding time for the company. The Autumn & Winter season 2002/3 reflects the variety and quality of work that audiences seem to have responded to over the last year. We are using the lessons of last Autumn to inform our planning and will once again be presenting plays in repertoire, premieres of new plays, work of appeal to schools and colleges and family Christmas productions. In addition to this I’m also pleased to be able to present to Birmingham work by a number of exceptional local and national theatre companies, many of whom are new to The REP.”
A highlight of the season is two wonderful award-winning contemporary comedies – My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot and Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber – these will be performed in repertoire by the same company of actors. Marber’s second play Closer was presented in rep with Noel Coward’s Private Lives last year to great success. As Jonathan Church explains:
“Private Lives and Closer demonstrated that audiences enjoy seeing the same company of actors tackle very different plays. Although Dealer’s Choice and My Night With Reg are both contemporary pieces, they are written in very different styles and have very different themes. I’m hoping that Birmingham audiences will welcome the chance to see these two plays and that if they come to one and enjoy the experience, they will be tempted to see the other.”

The REP is also opening two major West End plays that will start at the theatre before embarking on major UK tours. Marie Jones’ hilarious comedy, Stones In His Pockets kicks off the Autumn season which finishes with Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed National Theatre production of J.B Priestly’s An Inspector Calls.
In October, a dramatisation of The Diary Of Anne Frank will mark the 60th anniversary year of Anne first writing her diaries. This new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, originally produced on Broadway in 1997 to outstanding critical acclaim, will give an extraordinary account of the years Anne endured in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Following this The REP will warmly welcome Max Stafford-Clark’s award winning company, Out of Joint, with a unique opportunity to see the Oliver Goldsmith’s classic comedy, She Stoops To Conquer, and also the world premiere of April De Angelis’ A Laughing Matter – these two companion plays will be performed by the same company of actors in repertoire.
Building on the success of The REP’s Christmas productions last year, the theatre is presenting two productions for the family. In the Main House we will present J.M. Barrie’s magical play Peter Pan with Matthew Kelly returning to the theatre to play Captain Hook and, for younger theatre goers in The Door we will present The Ugly Eagle, a story based on the tale The Ugly Duckling and a South African folk story which is a collaboration with local company Moving Hands.

The Door, The REP’s smaller studio theatre has an equally busy programme of work continuing its commitment to present new writers and their work. The theatre will be welcoming the National Theatre production of Sanctuary by Tanika Gupta, the return of Tamasha Theatre Company with Ryman And The Sheik, as well as new work by Bryony Lavery, Howard Barker and the British premiere of August Wilson’s King Hedley II.

Alongside this programme of new work The REP will be continuing its support of new writers through a programme of work with the National Academy of Writing and the annual Transmissions Festival for young writers. For the first time ever the theatre has appointed a Poet-in-Residence, Birmingham based Roshan Doug who will be organising various events and readings throughout the Autumn.

The REP’s work continues outside of the theatre as well. Hobson’s Choice which opened at The REP in March of this year is currently enjoying a successful tour of the UK whilst the theatre’s previously acclaimed production of Bryony Lavery’s Frozen will open at the National Theatre in July.

Autumn - Winter Season 2002/3

The Main House
 Award-winning West End hit Stones In His Pockets
 Kevin Elyot’s award-winning comedy My Night With Reg
 Patrick Marber’s comic and corrosive Dealer’s Choice
 A powerful adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank
 A double bill of plays, She Stoops To Conquer and A Laughing Matter, from Out of Joint
 The classic tale of Peter Pan, with Matthew Kelly as Captain Hook
 Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed production of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly
 PLUS seasonal music concerts by the UK’s leading a capella groups, Black Voices and the popular bandleader, Chris Barber and his big band.

The Door
 The National Student Drama Festival Ensemble
 The National Theatre’s production of a new play by Tanika Gupta, Sanctuary
 Tamasha Theatre Company’s new play by Sudha Buchar, Ryman And The Sheik
 The premiere of Juilan Garner’s Silent Engine by the national new writing company, Pentabus 
 Yo Yo – My Life Is Like A Yo Yo - a new play by Bryony Lavery based on the stories of Brazilian Angela de Castro
 Howard Barker and The Wrestling School with Gertrude
 The British premiere of King Hedley II by leading playwright August Wilson
 A Christmas production for younger children, The Ugly Eagle.

For further details of these productions and how to book - please visit http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/

Stones In His Pockets by Marie Jones
Mon 19 – Sat 31 August                             Main House
What happens when a major Hollywood film studio descends upon rural Ireland? Two aspiring movie extras and a host of other extraordinary characters are brilliantly brought to life by just two wonderful actors.

Written by Marie Jones, whose many and varied credits include A Night In November and Women On The Verge Of HRT, Stones In His Pockets  is a hilarious comedy full of Irish charm and blarney. After a great success in Ireland, it took the West End by storm and won a host of awards, including The Evening Standard’s Best Comedy Award 2000.

Director: Ian McElhinney Designer: Jack Kirwan  Lighting: James McFetridge
Performance times: 7.30pm Mon – Sat and 2.30pm on 22/24/29/31 August Ticket Prices: £4.99 - £18.50