The Rose Theatre have announced the first Rose Productions in the 2022/23 Season, beginning on 9 September.

The season opens with the London premiere of Anthony McCarten’s The Two Popes starring Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson, followed by Haydon’s own production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle in a new version by Steve Waters, with music by Michael Henry and with a cast featuring Carrie Hope Fletcher as Grusha Vashnadze.

The Importance of Being Earnest is being retold in a Rose Original, ETT and Leeds Playhouse co-production directed by the 2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner, Denzel Westley-Sanderson, and rounding off 2022 will be a new version of A Christmas Carol by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, with music by Eamonn O’Dwyer and directed by Rosie Jones.

Artistic Director Christopher Haydon said: “Nothing beats the shared collective experience that comes from one group of humans telling gripping tales to another group of humans – live and in real-time. I want the Rose to become a place that takes the familiar and makes it feel fierce and fresh. So, I am delighted that this season includes radical reinterpretations of some of the greatest stories from around the world. We have work that will fire the imaginations of young and old alike, and I hope audiences will discover that every show is as entertaining as it is enriching.  So, put a date with the Rose in your diary this season – we’re ready to transport you, we’re ready to surprise you and, most importantly, we’re ready to offer you a great night out.”

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