Old Vic bits

Further to my Norman Conquests post a few days ago, the Old Vic have now announced the 2008/9 season line-up. Already known were the Sam Mendes directed 'Bridge Project', comprising The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard, which will see Ethan Hawke treading the boards under the Old Vic's proscineum arch, but before that there are two more plays taking advantage of the current in-the-round configuration.

Firstly, Kevin Spacey will direct Joe Sutton's Complicit in its world premiere. It's about a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who finds himself up before a Supreme Court grand jury and is, by all accounts, rather good. also It's likely to attract one or two big-name cast members.

After that comes a London revival for Brian Friel's Dancing At Lughnasa. The cast for this includes Niamh Cusack (whose sister Sinead is in the Bridge Project) and, randomly the dreamy Andrea Corr.

I have my tickets booked already! :D

A few links of interest:

Mark Shenton at The Stage looks at the Old Vic's in-the-round conversion.

Ianist has a better review of The Norman Conquests than I could ever write. Not sure about the last paragraph comemnt that Kevin knocked Alan Ayckbourn over though! I have no idea where that comes from.

Another good review at the International Herald Tribune.

BTW, it was the birthday of The Norman Conquests and Speed-The-Plow director Matthew Warchus yesterday :D