{"id":71043,"date":"2023-02-22T17:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/national-theatre-announces-new-play-by-james-graham-and-a-west-end-transfer-of-the-crucible-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:04:38","slug":"national-theatre-proclaims-new-play-by-james-graham-and-a-west-end-switch-of-the-crucible-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/national-theatre-proclaims-new-play-by-james-graham-and-a-west-end-switch-of-the-crucible-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"National Theatre proclaims new play by James Graham and a West End switch of The Crucible \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The National Theatre has introduced\u00a0<em><strong>Dear England<\/strong><\/em>, a brand new play by\u00a0<strong>James Graham<\/strong>\u00a0telling the story of the England males\u2019s soccer staff below Gareth Southgate. Directed by\u00a0<strong>Rupert Goold<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Dear England<\/em>\u00a0will play within the Olivier theatre from June with\u00a0<strong>Joseph Fiennes<\/strong>\u00a0solid as Gareth Southgate. Also introduced immediately is the West End switch of\u00a0<strong>Lyndsey Turner<\/strong>\u2019s critically acclaimed manufacturing of\u00a0<em><strong>The Crucible.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Tickets for each productions go on sale to the general public on 9 March 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Director of the National Theatre\u00a0<strong>Rufus Norris<\/strong>\u00a0stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am delighted to be welcoming James Graham back to the National Theatre this summer with his new play.\u00a0<em>Dear England<\/em>\u00a0is a captivating examination into the complex psychology of the much loved \u201cbeautiful game\u201d. I am also very pleased to announce the West End transfer of Lyndsey Turner\u2019s extremely arresting manufacturing of\u00a0<em>The Crucible<\/em>\u00a0to the Gielgud Theatre. Audiences had been transfixed when this basic was carried out within the Olivier theatre final autumn and I can\u2019t wait to share it with extra theatre-goers.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"49221\" src=\"https:\/\/oughttobeclowns.com\/2023\/02\/news-national-theatre-announces-new-play-by-james-graham-and-a-west-end-transfer-of-the-crucible.html\/dear-england_1024x512-press_image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?fit=880%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"880\" height=\"440\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=1218%2C609&amp;ssl=1 1218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=880%2C440&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=675%2C337&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C180&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dear-England_1024x512-Press_Image-scaled.jpg?w=1760 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><u>Dear England<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to alter the sport. The nation that gave the world soccer has since delivered a painful sample of loss. Why can\u2019t England\u2019s males win at their very own sport?<\/p>\n<p>With the worst monitor document for penalties on this planet, Gareth Southgate is aware of he must open his thoughts and withstand the years of harm to take staff and nation again to the promised land.<\/p>\n<p>Playwright\u00a0<strong>James Graham<\/strong>\u00a0stated: \u2018To tell this story of the national game on the stage of the National Theatre is just the greatest thrill, if an intimidating responsibility.\u00a0The experience of working on\u00a0<em>This House<\/em>\u00a0at the National Theatre 10 years ago changed my life as an emerging writer. Now, with\u00a0<em>Dear England<\/em>, to be given\u00a0the opportunity to shine a light on another public institution in the form of the England men\u2019s soccer staff is, I do know, an thrilling alternative.<\/p>\n<p>What Gareth Southgate has tried in his quiet cultural reform of England soccer I discover epic and deeply shifting. And I\u2019m so grateful to be surrounded by a few of British theatre\u2019s most fun artistic expertise to unite round this new present.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph Fiennes<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Mother<\/em>) performs Gareth Southgate on this new play by James Graham (<em>Best of Enemies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sherwood<\/em>). Following their acclaimed productions,\u00a0<em>Tammy Faye<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Ink<\/em>, he reunites with director\u00a0<strong>Rupert Goold<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Spring Awakening<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Judy<\/em>) for this gripping examination of each nation and sport. With set design by\u00a0<strong>Es Devlin<\/strong>, costume design by\u00a0<strong>Evie Gurney,\u00a0<\/strong>lighting design by\u00a0<strong>Jon Clark\u00a0<\/strong>and video design by\u00a0<strong>Ash J Woodward<\/strong>. Further casting to be introduced.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"49222\" src=\"https:\/\/oughttobeclowns.com\/2023\/02\/news-national-theatre-announces-new-play-by-james-graham-and-a-west-end-transfer-of-the-crucible.html\/the-crucible-at-the-national-theatre-2022-image-3-image-national-theatre-live\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?fit=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=1218%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=675%2C380&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C203&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oughttobeclowns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Crucible-at-the-National-Theatre-2022-Image-3-Image-\u00a9-National-Theatre-Live-scaled.jpg?w=1760 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><u>The Crucible<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivier Award-winner\u00a0<strong>Lyndsey Turner<\/strong>\u2019s (<em>Under Milk Wood<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Top Girls<\/em>) acclaimed manufacturing of\u00a0<em>The Crucible<\/em>\u00a0will switch to the West End for a strictly restricted run. Set designed by Tony Award\u00ae-winner,\u00a0<strong>Es Devlin<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Lehman Trilogy<\/em>), this new manufacturing of Arthur Miller\u2019s gripping parable of energy and its abuse will play at Delfont Mackintosh Theatres\u2019 Gielgud Theatre from\u00a07 June\u00a0till 2 September. Casting to be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>A witch hunt is starting in Salem. Raised to be seen however not heard, a gaggle of younger ladies instantly discover their phrases have a horrible energy. As a local weather of concern spreads by means of the neighborhood, non-public vendettas gas public accusations and shortly the reality itself is on trial.<\/p>\n<p>The artistic staff contains, director,\u00a0<strong>Lyndsey Turner<\/strong>; set designer,\u00a0<strong>Es Devlin<\/strong>; costume designer,\u00a0<strong>Catherine Fay<\/strong>; lighting designer,\u00a0<strong>Tim Lutkin<\/strong>; sound designer,\u00a0<strong>Tingying Dong\u00a0<\/strong>(content material design); sound designer,\u00a0<strong>Christopher Shutt\u00a0<\/strong>(system design); composer and arranger,\u00a0<strong>Caroline Shaw<\/strong>; music director and arranger,\u00a0<strong>Osnat Schmool\u00a0<\/strong>with casting by\u00a0<strong>Alastair Coomer<\/strong>\u00a0CDG and\u00a0<strong>Naomi Downham<\/strong>. They are joined by affiliate director,\u00a0<strong>Blythe Stewart<\/strong>; affiliate set designer,\u00a0<strong>Ellie Wintour<\/strong>; affiliate lighting designer,\u00a0<strong>Max Narula<\/strong>; struggle director,<strong>\u00a0Bret Yount<\/strong>; intimacy administrators,\u00a0<strong>Ita O\u2019Brien\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Louise Kempton<\/strong>; dialect coaches,\u00a0<strong>Dani\u00e8le Lydon\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Hazel Holder\u00a0<\/strong>and assistant music director,\u00a0<strong>Alice Grant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for\u00a0<em>Dear England\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Crucible\u00a0<\/em>go on sale to the general public on 9 March 2023.\u00a0 Tickets can be found from \u00a320. For additional info, together with particulars about assisted performances, please go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nationaltheatre.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The National Theatre has introduced\u00a0Dear England, a brand new play by\u00a0James Graham\u00a0telling the story of the England males\u2019s soccer staff below Gareth Southgate. Directed by\u00a0Rupert Goold,\u00a0Dear England\u00a0will play within the Olivier theatre from June with\u00a0Joseph Fiennes\u00a0solid as Gareth Southgate. Also introduced immediately is the West End switch of\u00a0Lyndsey Turner\u2019s critically acclaimed manufacturing of\u00a0The Crucible.\u00a0Tickets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}