Theatre in Islington, London
TheAlmeida Theatre is a 325-seatproducing house located on Almeida Street offUpper Street in theLondon Borough of Islington . The theatre opened in 1980, and produces a diverse range of drama. Successful plays are often transferred toWest End theatres .
The building that now houses the theatre was originally constructed in 1837 for the newly formed Islington Literary and Scientific Society. It included a library, reading room, museum, laboratory, and a lecture theatre seating 500.[ 1] The architects were the fashionable partnership ofRobert Lewis Roumieu andAlexander Dick Gough . The library was sold off in 1872 and the building was disposed of in 1874 to the Wellington Club (Almeida Street then being called Wellington Street) which occupied it until 1886. In 1885 the hall was used for concerts, balls, and public meetings. TheSalvation Army bought the building in 1890, renaming it the Wellington Castle Barracks (Wellington Castle Citadel from 1902). To suit the building's new purpose, the front-facing lecture hall's tiered benches were replaced so that the congregation was seated in the conventional position, facing away from the front, and abalcony was added. The Salvationists remained there until 1955. For a few years from 1956 the building was a factory and showroom forBeck's British Carnival Novelties , then remained empty until in 1972 a campaign began to turn it into a theatre.[ 1] [ 2]
The building wasGrade II listed byEnglish Heritage in 1972. The current modified building retains the listing.[ 2]
The campaign to open the building as a theatre was led by the Lebanese-born opera and theatre directorPierre Audi , after he had acquired the derelict building in 1979.[ 3] A public appeal was launched and in 1980, with the building renovated, the theatre opened with a festival of avant-garde music and performance, held both there and at other Islington venues, with Audi as the Artistic Director. Under Audi the theatre's reputation grew and its annual contemporary music festival became highly regarded.
The Almeida International Festival of Contemporary Music and Performance included concert presentations and productions of new and commissioned operas from Europe, Russia, North America, Japan, Argentina, and Morocco. Among the hundreds of composers, musicians and ensembles featured in frequent world and local premiere performances wereSteve Reich ,Philip Glass ,Lou Harrison ,Conlon Nancarrow ,Morton Feldman ,Elliott Carter ,Virgil Thomson ,Frederic Rzewski ,Arvo Pärt ,Alfred Schnittke ,Wolfgang Rihm ,Claude Vivier ,Toru Takemitsu ,Giacinto Scelsi ,Michael Finnissy ,Gerald Barry ,Somei Satoh , Akio Suzuki,Takehisa Kosugi ,Jo Kondo ,Sylvano Bussotti ,Luis de Pablo , Capricorn, Spectrum, Music Projects/London, Singcircle, theArditti Quartet , and theLondon Sinfonietta .
Peter Greenaway 's 1983 series of films for Channel 4Four American Composers featured Almeida presentations of works byJohn Cage ,Robert Ashley andPhilip Glass . In 1985Ástor Piazzolla , the renownedArgentine tango composer andbandoneón player, madea week-long appearance with his Quinteto Nuevo Tango. For several years, the American pianist and composerYvar Mikhashoff conceived and co-ordinated concert programming, includingAt the Tomb of Charles Ives: A Celebration of American Experimental Music 1905-1985 which featured world and UK premieres of works by Cage, Nancarrow, Glass, Feldman, Harrison, Rzewski,Charles Ives ,George Antheil ,Henry Brant ,Anthony Braxton ,Carla Bley ,Roger Reynolds ,Charles Wuorinen , andLukas Foss and two piano marathons he performed himself:The Great American Piano Marathon: 70 works from 70 years in 7 Hours and50 Tangos - 50 Composers - A Tango Marathon: Selections from the International Tango Collection .[ 4]
The Almeida housed a producing company which commissioned and staged several theatre works and operas and was a London "receiving house " for Fringe, avant-garde, regional and international theatre productions.[ 5] Touring companies from the UK were regularly hosted, includingComplicité ,Shared Experience ,Joint Stock ,Cheek by Jowl and theLeicester Haymarket , alongside international guest companies from the Philippines, Tibet, Israel, Ireland and Czechoslovakia. Stage directors of Almeida Theatre Company productions includedPierre Audi ,Ian McDiarmid ,Yuri Lyubimov ,Tim Albery ,Mike Bradwell ,David Hayman , and Jean Jourdheuil. Works by directorsRobert Wilson ,Robert Lepage ,Phelim McDermott , Julia Bardsley,Deborah Warner ,Simon McBurney ,Annabel Arden and several others were featured in Almeida presentations.
Peter Brook 'sBouffes du Nord company played there in 1982 (Brook's company had been one of Audi's original influences for the project). The 1985 Almeida Theatre Company production ofThe Possessed ,[ 6] a co-production with theThéâtre de l'Europe in Paris which also toured to thePiccolo Teatro in Milan and theTeatro Comunale di Bologna , was Russian directorYuri Lyubimov 's first to originate in the West after he defected in 1983[ 7] and featured music byAlfred Schnittke , design byStefanos Lazaridis , and actorsNigel Terry ,Clive Merrison ,Harriet Walter , andMichael Feast .Ronald Harwood 's documentary drama,The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest premiered at the Almeida in October 1985, an early example of a transcript of a trial of the political murderers of FatherJerzy Popiełuszko .[ 5] In 1987, the Almeida also became home toMotley Theatre Design Course , under the directorship ofMargaret Harris .
The Not the RSC Festival was presented at the Almeida in 1986 and 1987.
In 1990 the ScotIan McDiarmid and the South AfricanJonathan Kent took over as joint artistic directors. McDiarmid's first production as director wasHoward Barker 'sScenes from an Execution, withGlenda Jackson in the lead.
Work by major playwrights, old and new, British and foreign was staged and the theatre acquired an artistic reputation comparable to the leading theatres in central London. According to playwrightDavid Hare , "it reinvented the European repertoire for London audiences and made British theatre more cosmopolitan and outward going".[ 8] Organised as a non-profit producing theatre, its productions regularly played to packed houses and frequently (14 productions between 1990 and 2002) transferred to London'sWest End and to New York'sBroadway .[ 9]
In 1993 the theatre won theLaurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre .
One of the keys to the success and reputation of the Almeida during the 1990s were the stagings of various plays byHarold Pinter . These included revivals ofBetrayal in 1991 andNo Man's Land in 1992 and premières ofParty Time in 1991 andMoonlight in 1993.
During their time at the theatre, McDiarmid and Kent were described byThe Guardian as "[making] Islington a centre of enlightened internationalism";[ 10] and, as they were about to leave their positions in 2002,Michael Billington , in same newspaper, summed up their achievements as threefold:
Three things have made the Almeida the most exciting theatre in Britain. First, an eclectically international programme: everything fromMolière andMarivaux toBrecht andNeil LaBute . Second, top-level casting that has given usRalph Fiennes inHamlet andIvanov ,Kevin Spacey inThe Iceman Cometh andJuliette Binoche inNaked . Third, a territorial expansion that has seen the Almeida colonise theHackney Empire , the oldGainsborough film studios and even a converted bus depot in King's Cross".[ 11]
In November 1999, the Almeida was awarded £1.5 million by theArts Council of England to undertake essential repairs to the theatre. The work began early in 2001 when the theatre was closed, and the company moved temporarily to a converted bus station at King's Cross.[ 12] National Lottery backing of £5.8 million allowed for a complete restoration designed byBurrell Foley Fischer .[ 13]
The restoration included rebuilding and extending the foyer, installing more comfortable seating and access, plus better backstage facilities with the stage area re-built for flexibility and strength, the roof improved and insulated, the lighting grid strengthened, complete re-wiring, and technical equipment updated.[ 14] Michael Attenborough took over as artistic director in 2002 and, following the completion of its restoration, the theatre was re-opened in May 2003 with a production ofIbsen 'sThe Lady from the Sea , directed byTrevor Nunn . The theatre's artistic remit was the presentation of bold and adventurous play choices staged to the highest possible standards, in productions which revealed them in a new light. This included classics from the British, American and Irish repertoire, foreign classics in newly commissioned versions, and new plays.[ 5] In October 2012 Attenborough announced that he would step down early in 2013.[ 15]
Rupert Goold was appointed Artistic Director in February 2013, taking up the post full-time in September 2013. His association with the Almeida Theatre Company began in 2008 when he directedStephen Adly Guirgis 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot . In 2013 hisHeadlong theatre company co-produced the premiere ofLucy Kirkwood 'sChimerica , directed byLyndsey Turner , at the Almeida: the show subsequently transferred to theWest End , winning fiveOlivier Awards in 2014. Goold's first Almeida production as full-time artistic director was the world premiere production ofAmerican Psycho: A new musical thriller (initially programmed by Michael Attenborough), which ran from 3 December 2013 to 1 February 2014. In 2014 he directed the premiere ofMike Bartlett 's playKing Charles III , which, following its sold-out run at the Almeida, transferred toWyndham's Theatre andBroadway .
Almeida Projects is the Almeida Theatre's education and community programme.[ 16] It was founded in its current form in 2003 by Rebecca Manson Jones, after Michael Attenborough's appointment as artistic director. Almeida Projects activity includes durational residencies with partner schools, a subsidised ticket scheme for school groups visiting the theatre, productions of new plays for young people inspired by the main programme, the Young Friends of the Almeida scheme, social networking Teachers' Evenings for local performing arts teachers and a training programme for workshop leaders.
Almeida Projects works closely with nine partner schools in Islington:Central Foundation Boys' School ,Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School ,Highbury Fields School ,Highbury Grove School ,Islington Arts and Media School ,Mount Carmel Catholic College for Girls , The Bridge School andCity and Islington College . TheYoung Friends of the Almeida Theatre scheme was established in May 2008 to enable local young people to take part in activities outside of school. It currently has over 700 members and includes the Young Friends of the Almeida Creative Board, composed of young people who take an active role in planning and promoting all Young Friends activities.
The Almeida was one of the launch theatres forDigital Theatre , a project which makes theatre productions available in video download form. The first performance that was filmed was "Parlour Song".[ 17]
Notable productions [ edit ] Interrogations by Yoshi Oida (1981)[ 20] A Dybbuk for Two People , adapted byBruce Myers (1982)L'Os (The Bone) by Birago Diop, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, directed byPeter Brook (1982)[ 21] Cage at 70 : a concert series featuring works by John Cage includingRoaratorio based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, Almeida Festival (1982)[ 22] Perfect Lives/Private Parts , television opera byRobert Ashley , Almeida Festival (1983)[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] Four Saints in Three Acts , opera byGertrude Stein andVirgil Thomson , Almeida Festival (1983)[ 26] [ 27] Hedda Gabler , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byTim Albery (1984)[ 28] Mrs Gauguin by Helen Cooper, Almeida Theatre Company, directed byMike Bradwell (1984)[ 29] Melancholy Jacques written and directed byJean Jourdheuil , Almeida Productions at the Edinburgh Festival/Traverse Theatre and the Bush Theatre featuringSimon Callow (1984)[ 30] The Possessed , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byYuri Lyubimov , music byAlfred Schnittke , designed byStefanos Lazaridis (1985)[ 6] At the Tomb ofCharles Ives : A Celebration of American Experimental Music 1905-1985 , Almeida Festival (1985)[ 31] Kopernikus , opera byClaude Vivier , Almeida Festival, directed byPierre Audi (1985)[ 32] Man Equals Man byBertolt Brecht , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byDavid Hayman (1985)[ 33] Cupboard Man , a dereck, dereck Production, adapted for the stage by Julia Bardsley andPhelim McDermott from the short story byIan McEwan (1985)[ 34] King Lear , Kick Theatre Company, directed byDeborah Warner (1985)[ 35] The Saxon Shore byDavid Rudkin , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byPierre Audi (1986)Creditors byAugust Strindberg , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byIan McDiarmid (1986)Coriolanus , Kick Theatre Company, directed byDeborah Warner (1986)[ 36] The Story of the Eye and the Tooth , El-Hakawati Theatre Company, directed by François Abu Salem (1986)[ 37] Milva Sings Brecht , song recital byMilva (1986)[ 38] Gaudete , a dereck, dereck Production, adapted for the stage by Julia Bardsley andPhelim McDermott from the prose poem byTed Hughes (1986)[ 39] The Great Hunger by Tom MacIntyre fromPatrick Kavanagh ,Abbey Theatre , directed by Patrick Mason (1986)[ 40] Not the RSC Festival (1986–87)Jakob Lenz , opera byWolfgang Rihm , Almeida Opera, directed by Pierre Audi (1987)[ 41] Hamletmachine byHeiner Mueller , directed byRobert Wilson (1987)[ 42] The Tourist Guide byBotho Strauss , Almeida Theatre Company, directed byPierre Audi featuringTilda Swinton andPaul Freeman (1987)[ 43] Théâtre de Complicité retrospective (1988–89)The Undivine Comedy , opera by Michael Finnissy, Almeida Opera (1988)[ 44] [ 45] Golem , opera byJohn Casken , Almeida Opera, directed byPierre Audi (1989)[ 46] The Vinegar Works , a dereck, dereck Production, adapted for the stage by Julia Bardsley andPhelim McDermott from the illustrated books by Edward Gorey (1989)[ 47] Polygraph byRobert Lepage andMarie Brassard (1989)[ 48] Indigo, performed March 1989. Cast includedCaroline Lee-Johnson ,Hakeem Kae-Kazim ,Dougray Scott andBrian Protheroe . Directed byKeith Boak .[ 49] Hedda Gabler byHenrik Ibsen , adapted and directed byRichard Eyre , starringEve Best andBenedict Cumberbatch (2005)Stephen Dillane 'sMacbeth byWilliam Shakespeare , directed by Travis Preston (2005-2010)Dying for It byMoira Buffini after Erdman, directed byAnna Mackmin (2007)Cloud Nine byCaryl Churchill , directed byThea Sharrock , starringTobias Menzies andNicola Walker (2007)The Last Days of Judas Iscariot byStephen Adly Guirgis , directed byRupert Goold , co-production withHeadlong (2008)Rosmersholm byHenrik Ibsen , adapted byMike Poulton , directed byAnthony Page , starringHelen McCrory (2008)Waste byHarley Granville Barker , directed bySamuel West (2008)Parlour Song byJez Butterworth , directed byIan Rickson , starringToby Jones (2009)When the Rain Stops Falling byAndrew Bovell , directed byMichael Attenborough (2009)Rope by Patrick Hamilton (produced in association withSonia Friedman Production), directed byRoger Michell , starringBertie Carvel andPhoebe Waller-Bridge (2009)Through a Glass Darkly byIngmar Bergman , adapted by Jenny Worton, directed byMichael Attenborough (2010)The Master Builder byHenrik Ibsen in translation byKenneth McLeish , directed by Travis Preston, starringGemma Arterton ,Stephen Dillane andJohn Light (2011)The Knot of the Heart byDavid Eldridge , directed byMichael Attenborough , starringSophie Stanton (2011)My City written and directed byStephen Poliakoff (2011)The House of Bernarda Alba byFederico García Lorca , adapted byEmily Mann , directed byBijan Sheibani (2012)[ 51] Children's Children byMatthew Dunster , directed byJeremy Herrin (2012)Filumena byEduardo De Filippo , adapted by Tanya Ronder, directed byMichael Attenborough (2012)King Lear byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byMichael Attenborough , starringJonathan Pryce (2012)Chimerica byLucy Kirkwood , directed by Lyndsey Turner, starringStephen Campbell Moore (2013)Little on the Inside byAlice Birch , directed by Lucy Morrison (2013)Ghosts byHenrik Ibsen , adapted and directed byRichard Eyre (2013)American Psycho : a new musical thriller, directed byRupert Goold , starringMatt Smith (2013)1984 byGeorge Orwell , adapted byDuncan MacMillan andRobert Icke , directed byRobert Icke (2014)King Charles III byMike Bartlett , directed byRupert Goold , starringTim Pigott-Smith (2014)Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play byAnne Washburn , directed byRobert Icke (2014)Little Revolution byAlecky Blythe , directed byJoe Hill-Gibbins (2014)The Merchant of Venice byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byRupert Goold (2014)Game byMike Bartlett , directed by Sacha Wares (2015)Carmen Disruption bySimon Stephens , directed by Michael Longhurst, starringNoma Dumezweni (2015)Oresteia byAeschylus , adapted and directed byRobert Icke , starringLia Williams andJessica Brown Findlay (2015)Bakkhai byEuripides , directed byJames MacDonald , starringBen Whishaw (2015)Medea byEuripides , directed byRupert Goold , starringKate Fleetwood (2015)Uncle Vanya byAnton Chekhov , adapted and directed byRobert Icke , starringJessica Brown Findlay andTobias Menzies (2016)Richard III byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byRupert Goold , starringRalph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave (2016)Oil byElla Hickson , directed byCarrie Cracknell (2016)Mary Stuart byFriedrich Schiller , adapted and directed byRobert Icke , starringJuliet Stevenson andLia Williams , music byLaura Marling (2016)Hamlet byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byRobert Icke , starringAndrew Scott ,Jessica Brown Findlay andJuliet Stevenson (2017) (successful production that transferred to West End'sHarold Pinter Theatre )[ 52] The Treatment byMartin Crimp , directed by Lyndsey Turner, starringIndira Varma ,Julian Ovenden ,Gary Beadle ,Matthew Needham (2017)Ink byJames Graham , directed byRupert Goold , starringBertie Carvel (2017)Against byChristopher Shinn , directed byIan Rickson , starringBen Whishaw (2017)Albion byMike Bartlett , directed byRupert Goold , starringVictoria Hamilton (2017)The Twilight Zone based on stories byRod Serling ,Charles Beaumont andRichard Matheson , adapted byAnne Washburn , directed byRichard Jones (2017)Summer and Smoke byTennessee Williams , directed byRebecca Frecknall , starringPatsy Ferran andMatthew Needham (2018)The Writer byElla Hickson , directed byBlanche McIntyre , starringRomola Garai andSamuel West (2018)Machinal bySophie Treadwell , directed byNatalie Abrahami , starringEmily Berrington andDenise Black (2018)Dance Nation byClare Barron , directed byBijan Sheibani , starringBrendan Cowell andSarah Hadland (2018)The Wild Duck byHenrik Ibsen , directed byRobert Icke , starringNicholas Farrell andLyndsey Marshal (2018)The Tragedy of King Richard the Second byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byJoe Hill-Gibbins , starringSimon Russell Beale andLeo Bill (2018)The Duchess of Malfi byJohn Webster , directed byRebecca Frecknall (2019)Shipwreck byAnne Washburn , directed byRupert Goold (2019)[ 53] The Tragedy of Macbeth byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byYael Farber , starringJames McArdle andSaoirse Ronan (2022)[ 54] The Chairs byEugène Ionesco , translated and directed byOmar Elerian (2022)[ 55] Patriots byPeter Morgan , directed byRupert Goold , starringTom Hollander andWill Keen (2022) (Transferred to Noel Coward Theatre, West End and Ethel Barrymore Theater, Broadway)[ 56] Tammy Faye byElton John ,Jake Shears , andJames Graham , directed byRupert Goold , starringAndrew Rannells andKatie Brayben (2022)[ 57] (Transferred to Palace Theater, Broadway)A Streetcar Named Desire byTennessee Williams , directed byRebecca Frecknall , starringPatsy Ferran ,Paul Mescal , andAnjana Vasan (2022) (Transferred to Phoenix Theatre, West End)[ 58] The Secret Life of Bees byLynn Nottage ,Duncan Sheik , andSusan Birkenhead , based on thenovel of the same name bySue Monk Kidd , directed by Whitney White (2023)[ 59] Romeo and Juliet byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byRebecca Frecknall , starringToheeb Jimoh andIsis Hainsworth (2023)[ 60] A Mirror bySam Holcroft , directed byJeremy Herrin , starringJonny Lee Miller (2023)[ 61] (Transferred to Trafalgar Theatre, West End)Portia Coughlan byMarina Carr , directed byCarrie Cracknell , starringAlison Oliver (2023)[ 62] Cold War byElvis Costello ,Conor McPherson , based on thefilm of the same name byPaweł Pawlikowski , directed byRupert Goold (2023)[ 63] King Lear byWilliam Shakespeare , directed byYaël Farber , starringDanny Sapani (2024)[ 64] The Years byEline Arbo , adapted with Stephanie Bain, based on thenovel of the same name byAnnie Ernaux , directed by Eline Arbo (2024) (Transferred to Harold Pinter Theatre, West End)Angry and Young season, includingRoots byArnold Wesker , directed by Diyan Zora, andLook Back in Anger byJohn Osborne , directed by Atri Banerjee (2024) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof byTennessee Williams , directed byRebecca Frecknall , starringDaisy Edgar-Jones andKingsley Ben-Adir (2024)Otherland byChris Bush , directed by Ann Yee (2025)Rhinoceros byEugène Ionesco , translated and directed by Omar Elerian (2025)1536 byAva Pickett , directed by Lyndsey Turner (2025)A Moon for the Misbegotten byEugene O'Neill , directed byRebecca Frecknall , starringRuth Wilson andMichael Shannon (2025)Romans: A Novel byAlice Birch , directed by Sam Pritchard, starringKyle Soller (2025)The Line of Beauty byJack Holden , based on thenovel of the same name byAlan Hollinghurst , directed by Michael Grandage (2025)Christmas Day by Sam Grabiner, directed byJames Macdonald (2025)American Psycho byRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa , directed byRupert Goold (2026, revival of 2013 production)A Doll's House byHenrik Ibsen , adapted byAnya Reiss , directed byJoe Hill-Gibbins , starringRomola Garai (2026)Under the Shadow by Carmen Nasr, based on thefilm of the same name byBabak Anvari , directed byNadia Latif , starringLeila Farzad (2026)Cleansed bySarah Kane , directed byRebecca Frecknall (2026)Golden Boy byClifford Odets , directed bySam Yates , starringJosh O'Connor 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