Sam Mendes to direct a transatlantic company of actors for a 2nd season of The Bridge Project

Sam Mendes to direct a transatlantic company of actors for a 2nd season of The Bridge Project

Sam Mendes will again direct a transatlantic company of actors for the second season of The Bridge Project, a three-year series of co-productions by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences.

As You Like It and The Tempest, are performed in repertoire at the Old Vic Theatre from June to Aug 2010, following runs at the BAM Harvey Theater, New York in January 2010 and an international tour visiting Asia and Europe.

The full company will again be drawn from leading American and British actors, including Stephen Dillane as Prospero in The Tempest and Jaques in As You Like It, joined by Anne-Marie Duff as Ariel and Rosalind, with Christian Camargo as Stephano and Orlando, and Juliet Rylance as Miranda and Celia. Further casting to be announced shortly

Public booking opens Autumn 2009.

It is designed by Tom Piper, lighting by Paul Pyant, costumes by Catherine Zuber, sound by Simon Baker, choreography by Josh Prince.

Commenting on the 2010 double-bill, Sam Mendes says: "Stephen Dillane and I began a conversation about his playing Prospero in The Tempest when I first conceived The Bridge Project back in 2007 and I'm delighted to be finally bringing those plans to fruition. I'm equally thrilled to be welcoming Anne-Marie Duff, one of the finest actors of her generation, playing Rosalind in As You Like It. Complemented by Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance ­ two actors I have also followed, admired and hoped to collaborate with­it all adds to my excitement about forming The Bridge Project's second company, and building on the wonderful experience of our first year."


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