Sheffield Theatres announce 50th Anniversary season
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Sheffield Theatres have announced their 50th Anniversary season, with events taking place in the Crucible, Studio and Lyceum Theatres.
Three new plays by Chris Bush, Rock/Paper/Scissors will be performed across all three venues from 14 June-2 July 2022, directed by Artistic Director Robert Hastie and Associate Artistic Director Anthony Lau, with a further director to be announced. The three interlinked but standalone plays will tell the story of Sheffield’s oldest scissor manufacturer and the three generations who go to war over what happens to the factory site. In a theatrical first, the same cast perform in the Crucible, Lyceum and Studio simultaneously, dashing between scenes, when a character exits one stage, they arrive on another.
The Crucible Theatre sees a bold new production of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, directed by Anthony Lau from 5-26 February 2022; followed by two new productions of the timely climate change double bill The Contingency Plan from 11 March-2 April 2022, updated to reflect the ongoing climate emergency. On The Beach is directed by Chelsea Walker and Resilience is directed by Caroline Steinbeis.
Sheffield Theatres Artistic Director Robert Hastie will adapt and direct Ramps on the Moon’s new production of William Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, from 9-24 September 2022. The Crucible Theatre’s 50th anniversary programming will round off in December 2022 with a celebratory return of the hit musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge revived by Artistic Director Robert Hastie, prior to a run at the National Theatre in 2023.
Rescheduled from 2020, the Studio Theatre presents Far Gone by John Rwothomack, a profoundly moving story of a young boy’s journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, directed by Mojisola Elufowoju and running from 17-26 February 2022.
Tickets for Anna Karenina are now on sale. All new 50th Anniversary shows will be going on sale to Centre Stage Members at 10am on Saturday 20 November 2021 and on general sale at 10am on Saturday 27 November 2021 here.
