Gate Theatre

Through a simple sexual admission, a husband and wife are driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Their mutual confessions signal a surrendering to their most illicit fantasies, feeding an extraordinary and dangerous sexual awakening. Leave your inhibitions at the door and join us for a night to remember.

Witness the horror and intrigue of Sophocles' tragic masterpiece in this haunting new version by award-winning playwright Nick Payne. When a young Electra's father is murdered by her mother, her world changes irrevocably. 10 years on, bound by grief and unwilling to forgive, Electra surrenders to an all-consuming desire for revenge that propels her towards a bloody and terrifying conclusion. Director Carrie Cracknell blends live music and text in this bruising adaptation. Design | Holly Waddington Lighting | Guy Hoare Sound & Composition | Tom Mills Movement | Georgina Lamb Cast | Natasha Broomfield, Fern Deacon, Yasmin Garrad, Madeleine Potter, Alex Price, Martin Turner and Cath Whitefield Book now on 020 7229 0706 | www.gatetheatre.co.uk

From award-winning Australian playwright Tom Holloway comes the gripping story of a father who loved too deeply. Mark and Angela are a father and daughter grappling with a painful past and delicate future. Tonight, an innocent evening of ice cream and DVDs derails quickly into dangerous territory in this beautifully chilling new love story. "Together we have something and share something that other people will never understand..." FATHERLAND is directed by Caroline Steinbeis, who was the 2009 recipient of the James Menzies-Kitchin Award, the UK's most coveted accolade for young directors. A Gate Theatre and ATC production. Director | Caroline Steinbeis Designer | Max Jones Lighting | Johanna Town Sound | Simon Slater With Jonathan McGuinness and Angela Terence SEASON INFORMATION Season | 10 February - 12 March 2011 Show Times | Monday - Saturday 7:30pm, Saturday Matinees 3pm Tickets | £16 Full, £11 Discounts (for students, unwaged, disabled, over 60s, and Equity/BECTU, MU members, subject to availability) WWW.GATETHEATRE.CO.UK / BOX OFFICE 020 7229 0706

World Premiere HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN By Lorrie Moore Adpated & Directed by natalie Abrahami 25 August - 2 October 2010 1980s New York. Anything is possible. Meet a man in an expensive beige raincoat. Attend four movies, three concerts and two-and-a-half museums. Find a picture of his wife on his bedside table. When you were six you thought mistress meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. "The best American writer of her generation" Nick Hornby on Lorrie Moore Following the sell-out success of THE KREUTZER SONATA, Natalie Abrahami directs a new stage adaptation of Lorrie Moore's remarkable 'How To' short story; a new piece about love, ambition and putting yourself in someone else's shoes. "Natalie Abrahami's pitch-perfect production" The Independent on THE KREUTZER SONATA Director Natalie Abrahami Design Samal Blak Choreography Aline David Lighting David Holmes Sound Rich Walsh Cast Faye Castelow, Samantha Pearl, Ony Uhiara, Cath Whitefield www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706 TICKETS £16 | £11 MONDAY - SATURDAY 7.30pm | SATURDAY MATINEE 3.00pm TALKBACKS 7 & 16 September Audio Described Performance 25 September at 3.00pm (Touch Tour at 2.00pm) Captioned Performance 16 September at 7.30pm

WORLD PREMIERE NEW DIRECTIONS 2010 The Gate Theatre and Headlong Theatre present LULU FRANK WEDEKIND ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY ANNA LEDWICH 10 June - 10 July 2010 Who are you? How far are you prepared to go? What are you prepared to become? Initially banned for its perceived immorality, LULU follows the fortunes and ultimate tragedy of a young woman, a femme-fatale, who skips from one husband to the next leaving a trail of broken hearts and broken bodies in her wake. "This ongoing collaboration between the Gate and Headlong confirms both as invaluable agents of experiment and intelligent innovation" TIME OUT on New Directions 2009 Wedekind drew inspiration from circus and variety to create a play that would entertain, thrill and shock. This provocative new production revels in the danger of fatal, decadent desires, harnessing the raw power and precariousness of sexuality to unmask the LULU enigma. Director Anna Ledwich | Design Helen Goddard | Music Alex Silverman | Lighting Emma Chapman | Sound Carolyn Downing | Movement Georgina Lamb Cast Sean Campion, Michael Colgan, Paul Copley, Caroline Faber, Jack Gordon, Sinead Matthews www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706 Tickets £16 | £11 £8 GATECRASHER TICKETS 10/11/12 June only Monday - Saturday 7.30pm | Saturday Matinee 3.00pm

compagnie dernière minute and the Gate Theatre present MICRO A Physical Concert by PIERRE RIGAL 7 April - 8 May 2010 Cymbals storm the stage, a pair of drums fall in love, two musicians tussle to play the same guitar. MICRO combines the raw power of live music with the delicate beauty of theatre and dance to create an electrifying physical concert that defies classification. Following the sell-out success of PRESS, Pierre Rigal returns to Notting Hill to transform the Gate into a renegade rock venue. Direction & Choreography Pierre Rigal Design & Lighting Frédéric Stoll Cast Mélanie Chartreux, Malik Djoudi, Gwenaël Drapeau, Julien Lepreux MONDAY - SATURDAY 7.30pm TALKBACKS 20 & 29 April RUNNING TIME 85 minutes www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706

Direction CARRIE CRACKNELL | Choreography JANE MASON 28 January - 27 February 2010 A five-year-old boy finds his mother slumped by the back door. A woman gives birth to a child at home alone. A family desperately work to resuscitate their father. BREATHING IRREGULAR mixes dance and spoken word in a haunting celebration of our instinct to survive. "THE GATE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A GROWING TREND THAT BRINGS THEATRE AND DANCE EVER CLOSER TOGETHER." The Guardian Director Carrie Cracknell (I AM FALLING, nominated for a South Bank Show Award) draws together a team of exceptional artists from the worlds of theatre and dnace to create this world premiere. Dramaturgy Jenny Worton Design Holly Waddington Lighting Lucy Carter Music Tom Mills Sound Edward Lewis Cast Temitope Ajose-Cutting, Bryony Hannah, Brendan Hughes, Éva Magyar with Mary Erskine www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706

Direction CARRIE CRACKNELL | Choreography JANE MASON 28 January - 27 February 2010 A five-year-old boy finds his mother slumped by the back door. A woman gives birth to a child at home alone. A family desperately work to resuscitate their father. BREATHING IRREGULAR mixes dance and spoken word in a haunting celebration of our instinct to survive. "THE GATE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A GROWING TREND THAT BRINGS THEATRE AND DANCE EVER CLOSER TOGETHER." The Guardian Director Carrie Cracknell (I AM FALLING, nominated for a South Bank Show Award) draws together a team of exceptional artists from the worlds of theatre and dnace to create this world premiere. Dramaturgy Jenny Worton Design Holly Waddington Lighting Lucy Carter Music Tom Mills Sound Edward Lewis Cast Temitope Ajose-Cutting, Bryony Hannah, Brendan Hughes, Éva Magyar with Mary Erskine www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706

By LEO TOLSTOY | Adapated by NANCY HARRIS 5 November - 12 December 2009 A man boards a train and in the confined space of the carriage potent memories are triggered. Soon his is confessing to a terrible crime, one for whihc he holds Beethoven's KREUTZER SONATA repsonsible. In 1889, Leo Tolstoy wrote a novella which became instantly notorious. He hoped one day to see it performed to the accompaniment of live music - but it was not to be. Over a century later musicians and actors come together to bring the story to life for the stage. A new play about death, desire and Beethoven. Direction Natalie Abrahami Design Chloe Lamford Musical Direction Tom Mills Movement Kate Flatt Lighting Mark Howland Sound Carolyn Downing Film Dan Stafford-Clark Projection Ian Galloway Cast Tobias Beer, Hilton McRae, Sophie Scott

VANYA By Sam Holcroft | Inspired by Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA 26 August - 26 September 2009 www.gatetheatre.co.uk | 020 7229 0706 Gate Theatre, 11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill, London, W11 3HQ