Sheffield Theatres

Coordinates: 53°22′52″N 1°28′01″W / 53.381°N 1.467°W / 53.381; -1.467

Sheffield Theatres logo prior to 2016

Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It comprises three theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Crucible Studio.^[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 –
2000 – 2005 – Michael Grandage
2005 – 2007 – Samuel West
2009 – 2016 – Daniel Evans
2016 – present – Robert Hastie

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 ^[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]
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
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[]

Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hastie
by Chloe Moss, in a co-production with Paines Plough and Soho Theatre
by Oladipo Agboluaje and directed Moji Elufowoju, in a co-production with Utopia Theatre Company
by Bryony Lavery from the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
in a co-production with Dante Or Die
Oliver Twist from the novel by Charles Dickens^[25]

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; films (most his screenplays; some in which Pinter appears as an actor): The Go-Between, Accident, The Birthday Party, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reunion, Mojo, The Servant, The Pumpkin Eater; and 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 (introd. 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."^[26]

References[]

^ "Sheffield Theatres Arts Council Funding Confirmed Until 2022" Broadway World. Retrieved 6 July 2017
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-cast-announced^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/julius%20caesar^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/tribes^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/what%20we%20wished%20for^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/desire%20under%20the%20elms^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/uncle-vanya^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-wizard-of-oz^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/chicken-soup^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/frostnixon^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-changing-room^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-york-realist^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/love-and-information^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/songs-from-the-seven-hills^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/steel^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/a-midsummer-nights-dream^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/close-quarters^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/kiss-me-kate^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/rutherford-and-son^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/hang^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/standing-at-the-skys-edge^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/life-of-pi^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/the-last-king-of-scotland^{[bare URL]}
^ "Season Announcement Spring 2020".
^ See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", Archived 3 July 2011 at WebCite 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. Retrieved 6 July 2017

[2] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-cast-announced^{[bare URL]}

[3] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/julius%20caesar^{[bare URL]}

[4] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/tribes^{[bare URL]}

[5] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/what%20we%20wished%20for^{[bare URL]}

[6] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/desire%20under%20the%20elms^{[bare URL]}

[7] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/uncle-vanya^{[bare URL]}

[8] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-wizard-of-oz^{[bare URL]}

[9] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/chicken-soup^{[bare URL]}

[10] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/frostnixon^{[bare URL]}

[11] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-changing-room^{[bare URL]}

[12] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/the-york-realist^{[bare URL]}

[13] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/love-and-information^{[bare URL]}

[14] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest^{[bare URL]}

[15] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/songs-from-the-seven-hills^{[bare URL]}

[16] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/steel^{[bare URL]}

[17] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/a-midsummer-nights-dream^{[bare URL]}

[18] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/close-quarters^{[bare URL]}

[19] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/kiss-me-kate^{[bare URL]}

[20] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/rutherford-and-son^{[bare URL]}

[21] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/hang^{[bare URL]}

[22] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/standing-at-the-skys-edge^{[bare URL]}

[23] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/life-of-pi^{[bare URL]}

[24] ttps://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/the-last-king-of-scotland^{[bare URL]}

[25] "Season Announcement Spring 2020".

[26] See "Latest News: August 2006: Sheffield Theatres Presents Pinter: A Celebration", Archived 3 July 2011 at WebCite sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 18 August 2006, accessed 28 September 2006.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]