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This season is all about obsession. Expect something exciting – and extremely sexy. We’ve got a neglected classic in the line up – at least from an Australian point of view – and one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. Peter Evans, our talented Associate Artistic Director, will be taking on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. His fresh approach and great respect for the text will make this a show not to miss. And we are happy to welcome Lee Lewis back into the fold. After her terriἀfically successful Twelfth Night she comes back to direct Molière’s engaging romp, The School For Wives. Our twenty-second year looks like being one of our busiest and most rewarding ever. We hope to be seeing a lot of you. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JOHN BELL AO
macbeth Collaboration is at the heart of any great season and this year John and I have put some truly great people together. We’ve teamed up writer Justin Fleming with director Lee Lewis to bring Molière to our audiences across the country. Following the wonderful experience I had with Julius Caesar, we will be setting up Lee and her team of predominantly local artists to produce The School For Wives from Melbourne. Personally, I am thrilled to ἀfi nally get to work with Dan Spielman and to continue working with Kate Mulvany on a new production of Macbeth. Seeing all of these artists come together ἀfi lls me with great anticipation. It’s a big part of the joy of putting a season like this together and I am very excited to be a collaborator. ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PETER EVANS
BY William Shakespeare DIRECTED BY Peter Evans W/ Kate Mulvany, Dan Spielman
The Macbeths are the picture of privileged nobility – happy, successful, going places. Then Macbeth happens upon three witches who predict he will soon be King – a prophecy he distrusts but which his wife becomes utterly seduced by. Peter Evans fulfills a long awaited collaboration with Dan Spielman in the title role and Kate Mulvany who plays his highly erotic wife. This season’s Macbeth reveals what the lure of power can do to a man, and the devastation it can wreak on a marriage and a nation. CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE, THE PLAYHOUSE Subscription Season 19 May – 2 June Meet the Cast Tuesday 22 May, following the 6.30pm performance Audio Described & Captioned Performance Saturday 26 May 2.00pm
THE school for wives BY Molière TRANSLATED by Justin Fleming Directed by Lee Lewis
Falling in love is never easy. Take our hero for instance. Now here’s a guy who wants desperately to get married but is afraid that a smart woman will cheat on him. His ingenious solution? Enlist the help of a local convent to raise a girl so stupidly innocent that she won’t know the first thing about cheating – let alone the last. In his mind she will be ever-faithful. The perfect wife. Or is she? Following on from her success with Twelfth Night, director Lee Lewis directs this fresh new translation from Justin Fleming of Molière’s comedic train-wreck of a love story that tangles innocence with arrogance – and the other way around. CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE, THE PLAYHOUSE Subscription Season 27 September – 6 October Audio Described & Captioned Performance Saturday 6 October 2.00pm