A new play by Alan Bennett, called People opens at the National Theatre in October 2012, directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Shows that may becoming to the West End in 2012...
Bridget Jones The Musical
by Helen Fielding
The Bodyguard, a stage version directed by Thea Sharrock , produced by David Ian and Michael Harrison, set for the West End late 2012. Playwright Alex Dinelarius has written a new book for the show.
Camelot, a revival of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical may open to London. The idea is for the show to star Robert Lindsay and for it to be directed by David Leveaux.
A new production of Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, which was developed by Chicago’s Steppenwolf theatre company in 2010, will be at the National Theatre in 2012. Directed again by Austin Pendleton.
Exposure a new musical created by Mike Dyer, is expected to make its world première in spring 2012 at a major West End venue to be confirmed. This new musical which will look at the modern obsession with fame and celebrity, which is currently in development, will be partnering with Getty Images as visual content provider to the musical. Exposure will be granted access to Getty Images’ extraordinary visual content and collections, which span over 150 years and encompasses celebrity and archival content, including rare images of stars including Marilyn Monroe.
From Here To Eternity a new musical theatre version of James Jones’ classic 1951 novel is to be produced in 2012. Inspired by the music and lyrics of young writer/composer Stuart Brayson, to which the talents of Bill Oakes (book) and Tim Rice (additional lyrics) have been added. Directed by Tamara Harvey and produced by Tim Rice, Lee Menzies for Eternity Productions. It tells an extraordinary story of passion and honour, which takes place on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, in 1941, shortly before and during the Pearl Harbour attack.
King Lear with Jonathan Pryce at the Almeida theatre, an off west End venue in north London, in 2012, directed by Michael Attenborough.
King Lear, with Simon Russell Beale, directed by Sam Mendes, at the National Theatre in late 2012. Lucinda Morrison, a National Theatre spokeswoman said: "We've been talking to Simon Russell Beale and Sam Mendes about a Lear for some time now, and while details and dates aren't confirmed yet, it's looking good for 2012".
The King's Speech by David Seidler, directed by Adrian Noble. David Seidler wrote The King's Speech as a play before it became a film. It will start a UK tour from Feb 2012, and then expected to have a West End transfer. Produced by Playful Productions and Michael Alden Productions.
The Last Of The Haussmans
a new play by Stephen Beresford.
at the Lyttelton, NT directed by Howard Davies.
Starring Julie Walters
Plenty. Rachel Weisz may lead a revival of David Hare's postwar drama, directed by David Leveaux, produced by Robert Fox.
Rebecca. The musical version of Daphne Du Maurier’s mystery thriller. Book and lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. The English translation, is adapted from its original German by Christopher Hampton, will be directed by Michael Blakemore.
David Hare-Terence Rattigan double bill of Hare’s South Downs, written in response to Rattigan’s The Browning Version. Starring Anna Chancellor and Nicholas Farrell
The Spice Girls The Musical - titled Viva Forever is still in the pipeline. A press statement says it is expected to open in the West End towards the end of 2012, book by Jennifer Saunders. It is produced by Judy Craymer in association with Universal Music, Simon Fuller and the Spice Girls.
The Sunshine Boys., a new version of Neil Simon’s comedy, starring Richard Griffiths and Danny De Vito
Uncle Vanya, with Ken Stott, directed by Lindsay Posner, in a West End theatre controlled by the Nimax group in the autumn of 2012.
The Way of the World
by William Congreve
X Factor musical.
Shows that may becoming to the West End in 2013...
The Captain Of Kopenick, by Carl Zuckmayer, in January 2013 at the National Theatre, with Antony Sher as Wilhelm Voigt
Everybody out! The story of the women workers who went on strike for equal pay at Ford’s Dagenham plant is being turned into a West End musical, expected to open in 2013.The show will be based on the movie Made In Dagenham, which starred Sally Hawkins as a machinist who becomes an unlikely workers’ heroine. Stage Entertainment is producing the show with Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen. Richard Bean is writing the book. David Arnold is writing the score, with Richard Thomas providing the lyrics. It is directed by Rupert Goold.
Finding Neverland a stage musical version of the film, directed & Choreographed by
Rob Ashford. Music by Scott Frankel, lyrics are by Michael Korie and the book is by Allan Knee, whose novel was adapted into the film.
Othello, with Rory Kinnear as Iago, at he National Theatre.
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