The
Mercury
Theatre
Company
announces
its
Autumn
Season
Tickets
go
on
general
sale
from
10am
on
Monday
2
July
Exciting
times
lie
ahead
for
the
Mercury
Theatre
with
a
new
leadership
team
of
Daniel
Buckroyd
(Artistic
Director)
and
Theresa
Veith
(Executive
Director)
set
to
start
over
the
coming
weeks
and
an
outstanding
autumn
season
announced,
programmed
by
Mercury
Theatre
Associate
Director,
Tony
Casement:
With
a
mix
of
classic
comedy
(Arsenic
and
Old
Lace)
and
hard-hitting
drama
(Top
Girls)
in
the
main
house,
and
two
remarkable
plays
with
a
truly
international
element
in
the
studio
theatre;
Hard
Places
by
Mumbai-based
Farhad
Sorabjee
and
White
Rabbit
Red
Rabbit
by
Iranian
playwright
Nassim
Soleimanpour,
the
Mercury
Theatre
Company
are
set
for
an
outstanding
season.
No
autumn
season
would
be
complete
without
the
Mercury’s
annual
yuletide
treat;
this
year
Jack
and
the
Beanstalk.
The
first
Company
production
in
the
Main
House
is
Arsenic
and
Old
Lace
by
Joseph
Kesselring
from
Thursday
4
to
Saturday
20
October.
Tony
Casement
directs
this
madcap
comedy
about
two
sweet
elderly
sisters
with
a
unique
way
of
‘helping’
lonely
gentlemen.
Full
of
dark
comedy
and
sinister
twists,
Arsenic
and
Old
Lace
transcends
the
traditional
farce
to
provide
hilarious
entertainment,
and
the
perfect
vehicle
for
the
hugely
talented
Company
of
actors.
Top
Girls
by
Caryl
Churchill
will
be
performed
from
Thursday
1
to
Saturday
17
November.
Famous
for
its
incredible
fantasy
dinner
party
scene,
this
provocative
play
about
ambition,
success
and
what
happens
to
those
who
get
left
behind,
is
still
strikingly
relevant
today.
Gari
Jones
directs
Mercury
Theatre
Company
actors
including
Amanda
Haberland,
Clare
Humphrey,
Nadia
Morgan
and
Shuna
Snow
in
this
powerful
and
sometimes
absurdist
drama
set
in
Thatcher’s
Britain.
No
Christmas
would
be
complete
without
the
Mercury’s
traditional,
annual
yuletide
treat
for
the
whole
family!
This
year’s
panto
will
be
Jack
and
the
Beanstalk
performed
from
Friday
7
December
to
Saturday
12
January.
Brimming
with
laughter,
song,
dance
and
adventure,
this
fantastic
tale
of
giants,
princesses,
magic
beans
and
ice
cream
will
leave
audiences
feeling
on
top
of
the
world!
What
separates
the
Mercury
Theatre
pantomimes
from
the
rest
is
that
many
of
the
same
fine
actors
you
see
performing
on
stage
all
year
round
come
back
to
act
their
socks
off
in
panto!
With
fantastic
story-telling,
written
and
directed
by
Janice
Dunn,
and
an
incredible
production
team
the
Mercury
panto
sells-out
year
on
year.
Early
booking
is
advised.
The
Mercury
Studio
Theatre
will
host
two
incredible
international
co-productions
this
autumn.
The
Mercury
Theatre
Company
have
teamed
up
with
Tinderbox
and
Rage
Productions,
Mumbai
to
present
Hard
Places
by
Farhad
Sorabjee
from
Wednesday
5
to
Saturday
15
September.
Originally
developed
as
part
of
the
Royal
Court
International
Programme
this
will
be
its
UK
premiere.
The
play
asks
how
families,
lives
and
minds
can
be
divided
by
the
imposition
of
a
border.
Drawing
on
past
and
present
conflicts,
it
explores
how
people
behave
when
bonds
are
tested,
secrets
uncovered,
and
communities
turned
into
contested
territories
that
suddenly
define
who
they
are
and
what
they
live
for.
Hard
Places
also
offers
an
opportunity
to
see
new
work
by
young
writers
from
India
and
the
UK
which
draws
on
the
same
themes.
Alongside
every
performance
will
be
a
short
piece
inspired
by
the
impact
of
physical,
political
and
psychological
borders
upon
the
lives
of
individuals,
families
and
communities.
The
Mercury
Theatre
Company
in
association
with
Volcano,
Necessary
Angel
and
Wolfgang
Hoffmann
present
Nassim
Soleimanpour’s
controversial
play
White
Rabbit
Red
Rabbit
from
Tuesday
23
to
Saturday
27
October.
Forbidden
to
travel
from
his
native
Iran,
Nassim
Soleimanpour
has
created
a
play
that
requires
no
director,
no
set
and
a
different
actor
for
each
performance,
who
knows
nothing
of
the
production
prior
to
their
arrival
at
the
theatre
to
perform!
This
is
theatre
at
its
most
live,
exciting
and
urgent.
White
Rabbit
Red
Rabbit
will
be
performed
by
Tomos
James
(Tue
23
Oct),
Tony
Casement
(Wed
24
Oct),
Tim
Treslove
(Thu
25
Oct),
Emily
Woodward
(Fri
26
Oct)
and
Kelly
Williams
(Sat
27
Oct).
Farm
Boy
by
Michael
Morpurgo,
the
compelling
sequel
to
the
award-winning
War
Horse,
takes
us
forward
fifty
years
to
offer
a
moving
account
of
the
changing
face
of
the
English
countryside
and
a
beautifully
crafted
reminder
that
stories
really
can
reach
out
across
the
generations.
Directed
by
new
Mercury
Theatre
Artistic
Director
Daniel
Buckroyd,
this
magical
tale
of
the
bonds
linking
grandfather
to
grandson,
suitable
for
ages
7
and
over,
will
be
performed
on
Sunday
18
November
4.30pm.
Tickets
go
on
general
sale
from
10am
on
Monday
2
July
from
the
Box
Office
on
01206
573948
and
online
at
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Tickets
are
on
sale
from
Monday
18
June
to
Mercury
Members
-
Priority
Plus,
Friends,
Champions,
Patrons
and
Corporates.
To
find
out
more
about
joining
(from
as
little
as
£26
per
year
/
50p
per
week)
please
call
01206
573948
or
visit
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
If
you
book
for
both
Arsenic
and
Old
Lace
and
Top
Girls
at
the
same
time
you
can
save
20%
with
the
Mercury
Theatre
Company
Season
Ticket.
This
offer
is
subject
to
availability
and
cannot
be
used
in
conjunction
with
any
other
offer
or
discount.
Farm Boy production image by Robert Day
