William Shakespeare's The Tempest
To be performed at venues in London and Oxford June to September 2010.
Mick Gordon directs The Tempest to mark the 400th anniversary of the play and the founding of Wadham College, of which Mick is an alumnus and is the Oxford home of the OSC. This in-the-round production will celebrate this great last work with a musical score written by Nick Lloyd Webber.
Mick is a celebrated director whose many accolades include being Artistic Director of the famous Gate Theatre, London; Associate Director under Trevor Nunn at the National Theatre where he master minded the Transformations season and founder of On-Theatre whose productions over the last 10 years have wowed critics and audiences alike. On Religion, devised with A C Grayling was recently produced as a radio play for BBC Radio 4 and the forthcoming Pressure Drop joins forces with the formidable talent of Billy Bragg and will be performed at the Wellcome Trust in May.
Nick Lloyd Webber joins the OSC for a third season. His beautiful and rousing compositions for Twelfth Night in 2008 were a major contribution to the productions excellent critical and audience reception and a Time Out Critics’ Choice.
Noël Coward’s Private Lives
The acting ensemble can also be enjoyed in Noël Coward’s Private Lives directed by OSC co-founder Nicholas Green, performed in rep with The Tempest throughout July and August at Wadham.