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Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It comprises three theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse.^[1] These theatres make up the largest regional theatre complex outside the London region and show a variety of in-house and touring productions.

Artistic Directors

1981 – 1992 – Clare Venables
1992 – 1994 – Michael Rudman
1995 – 2000 – Deborah Paige
2000 – 2005 – Michael Grandage
2005 – 2007 – Samuel West
2009 – 2016 – Daniel Evans
2016 – 2024 – Robert Hastie
2024 – present – Elizabeth Newman

Production history

2017 productions

Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Tom MacRae with music and lyrics by Dan Gillespie Sells directed by Jonathan Butterell^[2]
Musical Differences by Robin French directed by George Richmond-Scott as part of National Theatre Connections
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie^[3]
Tribes by Nina Raine directed by Kate Hewitt^[4]
What We Wished For by Chris Bush with music by Claire McKenzie directed by Emily Hutchinson^[5]
Desire Under The Elms by Eugene O'Neill directed by Sam Yates^[6]
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov translated by Peter Gill directed by Tamara Harvey in a co-production with Theatre Clwyd^[7]
The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Haburg directed by Robert Hastie^[8]

2018 productions

Chicken Soup by Ray Castleton and Kieran Knowles directed by Bryony Shanahan^[9]
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan directed by Kate Hewitt^[10]
The Changing Room by Chris Bush directed by Emily Hutchinson as part of National Theatre Connections^[11]
The York Realist by Peter Gill directed by Robert Hastie in a co-production with The Donmar Warehouse^[12]
Love And Information by Caryl Churchill directed by Caroline Steinbeis^[13]
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman from the novel by Ken Kesey directed by Javaad Alipoor^[14]
Songs From The Seven Hills by John Hollingworth with music and lyrics by Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour directed by Emily Hutchinson^[15]
Steel by Chris Bush directed by Rebecca Frecknall^[16]
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with music by Dan Gillespie Sells directed by Robert Hastie^[17]
Close Quarters by Kate Bowen directed by Kate Wasserberg in a co-production with Out Of Joint^[18]
Kiss Me, Kate by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter directed by Paul Foster^[19]

2019 productions

Rutherford & Son by Githa Sowerby directed by Caroline Steinbeis^[20]
hang by debbie tucker green directed by Taio Lawson^[21]
Stuff by Tom Wells directed by Emily Hutchinson as part of National Theatre Connections
Standing At The Sky's Edge by Chris Bush with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley directed by Robert Hastie^[22]
Life Of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti from the novel by Yann Martel directed by Max Webster^[23]
The Last King Of Scotland by Steve Waters from the novel by Giles Foden directed by Gbolahan Obisesan^[24]
Reasons To Stay Alive by April De Angelis from the novel by Matt Haig directed by Jonathan Watkins
My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley directed by Jeni Draper, a co-production with fingersmiths
Guys And Dolls by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, and directed by Robert Hastie

2020 productions

A Series of Public Apologies by John Donnelly, directed by Emily Hutchinson as part of National Theatre Connections
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hastie
Run Sister Run by Chloe Moss, in a co-production with Paines Plough and Soho Theatre

2021 productions

Source:^[25]^[26]

The Band Plays On by Chris Bush, directed by Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau. Presented and distributed digitally
Talent by Victoria Wood, directed by Paul Foster
Typical Girls by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, directed by Róisín McBrinn
The Golden Fleece by Olivia Hirst, directed by Alex Mitchell; a 18–25 Young Company production created in partnership with Silent Uproar
She Loves Me by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; directed by Robert Hastie

2022 productions

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Anna Karenina, from Helen Edmundson's adaptation, directed by Anthony Lau^[28]
Human Nurture by Ryan Calais Cameron, directed by Rob Watt; created in partnership with Theatre Centre
Far Gone by John Rwothomack, directed by Mojisola Elufowoju; created in partnership with Roots Mbili
Rock / Paper / Scissors, a trio of interwoven original plays by Chris Bush, performed simultaneously by one cast with three creative/production team^[29]
How A City Can Save The World by Stockroom, directed by Tess Seddon
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hastie; created in partnership with Ramps On The Moon
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, in a new adaptation from Tom Basden, directed by Daniel Raggett
The Contingecy Plan, two plays by Steve Waers performed in rep, directed by Caroline Steinbeis and Chelsea Walker
Standing At The Sky's Edge by Chris Bush with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley directed by Robert Hastie

2023 productions

The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht, in a new adaptation from Nina Segal, directed by Anthony Lau; created in partnership with Lyric Hammersmith and English Touring Theatre
Birds & Bees by Charlie Josephine, directed by Rob Watt; created in partnership with Theatre Centre
Wildfire Road by Eve Leigh, directed by Laura Keefe
Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr.; directed by Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau in the first major non-replica staging of the musical
Anna Hibiscus' Song by Atinuke, in an adaptation by Mojisola Elufowoju; created in partnership with Utopia Theatre
We Could All Be Perfect by Hannah Morley, directed by Ruby Clarke
The Hypochondriac by Moliere, from an adaptation by Roger McGough; directed by Sarah Tipple
White Christmas by David Ives and Paul Blake, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; directed by Paul Foster

2024 productions

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Wish You Weren't Here: a new play by Katie Redford directed by Theatre Centre Artistic Director Rob Watt; created in partnership with Theatre Centre
Lines: created by Junaid Sarieddeen, John Rwothomack, Fidaa Zidan and Alexandra Aron with additional writing by Asiimwe Deborah Kawe; created in partnership with Roots Mbili and The Remote Theater Project
The Crucible: by Arthur Miller and produced by Sheffield Theatres and staged in the iconic Crucible Theatre by Associate Artistic Director Anthony Lau

Pinter: A Celebration

Sheffield Theatres' programme Pinter: A Celebration took place from 11 October to 11 November 2006. The programme featured selected productions of Harold Pinter's plays, in order of presentation: The Caretaker, No Man's Land, Family Voices, Tea Party, The Room, One for the Road and The Dumb Waiter. These films (mostly his screenplays; some in which Pinter appears as an actor) were shown: The Go-Between, Accident, The Birthday Party, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reunion, Mojo, The Servant and The Pumpkin Eater.

Pinter: A Celebration also included other related programme events: "Pause for Thought" (Penelope Wilton and Douglas Hodge in conversation with Michael Billington), "Ashes to Ashes – A Cricketing Celebration", a "Pinter Quiz Night", "The New World Order", the BBC Two documentary film Arena: Harold Pinter (introduced by Anthony Wall, producer of Arena), and "The New World Order – A Pause for Peace" (a consideration of "Pinter's pacifist writing" [both poems and prose] supported by the Sheffield Quakers), and a screening of "Pinter's passionate and antagonistic 45-minute Nobel Prize Lecture."^[31]

References

^ "Sheffield Theatres Arts Council Funding Confirmed Until 2022". Broadway World. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Everybody's Talking About Jamie – Cast Announced". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Julius Caesar". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Tribes". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: What We Wished For". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Desire Under The Elms". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Uncle Vanya". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: The Wizard of Oz". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Chicken Soup". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Frost/Nixon". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: The Changing Room". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: The York Realist". Archived from the original on 1 January 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Love and Information". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Songs from the Seven Hills". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Steel". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: A Midsummer Night's Dream". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Close Quarters". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Kiss Me, Kate". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Rutherford and Son". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: hang". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Standing at the Sky's Edge". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "Sheffield Theatres: Life of Pi". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
^ "The Last King of Scotland | Sheffield Theatres". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
^ "new shows in the Crucible and Lyceum are now on general sale". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "SHEFFIELD THEATRES AND CLEAN BREAK ANNOUNCE CASTING FOR TYPICAL GIRLS". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Sheffield Theatres Announce 50th Anniversary Season". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Anna Karenina review – Tolstoy meets Baz Luhrmann in a magnificent spectacle". The Guardian. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Rock/Paper/Scissors review – sharp-edged trilogy celebrates a city in flux". The Guardian. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "NEW SHOWS ANNOUNCED FOR 2024". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 18 August 2006, accessed 28 September 2006.

External links

Sheffield Theatres

[1] "Sheffield Theatres Arts Council Funding Confirmed Until 2022". Broadway World. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[2] "Sheffield Theatres: Everybody's Talking About Jamie – Cast Announced". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018.

[3] "Sheffield Theatres: Julius Caesar". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[4] "Sheffield Theatres: Tribes". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[5] "Sheffield Theatres: What We Wished For". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[6] "Sheffield Theatres: Desire Under The Elms". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[7] "Sheffield Theatres: Uncle Vanya". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.

[8] "Sheffield Theatres: The Wizard of Oz". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.

[9] "Sheffield Theatres: Chicken Soup". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[10] "Sheffield Theatres: Frost/Nixon". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[11] "Sheffield Theatres: The Changing Room". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[12] "Sheffield Theatres: The York Realist". Archived from the original on 1 January 2018.

[13] "Sheffield Theatres: Love and Information". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[14] "Sheffield Theatres: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[15] "Sheffield Theatres: Songs from the Seven Hills". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[16] "Sheffield Theatres: Steel". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018.

[17] "Sheffield Theatres: A Midsummer Night's Dream". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[18] "Sheffield Theatres: Close Quarters". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[19] "Sheffield Theatres: Kiss Me, Kate". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[20] "Sheffield Theatres: Rutherford and Son". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[21] "Sheffield Theatres: hang". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[22] "Sheffield Theatres: Standing at the Sky's Edge". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[23] "Sheffield Theatres: Life of Pi". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.

[24] "The Last King of Scotland | Sheffield Theatres". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.

[25] "new shows in the Crucible and Lyceum are now on general sale". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[26] "SHEFFIELD THEATRES AND CLEAN BREAK ANNOUNCE CASTING FOR TYPICAL GIRLS". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[27] "Sheffield Theatres Announce 50th Anniversary Season". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[28] "Anna Karenina review – Tolstoy meets Baz Luhrmann in a magnificent spectacle". The Guardian. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[29] "Rock/Paper/Scissors review – sharp-edged trilogy celebrates a city in flux". The Guardian. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[30] "NEW SHOWS ANNOUNCED FOR 2024". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[31] See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 18 August 2006, accessed 28 September 2006.

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