Cate e il marito Andrew Upton, drammaturgo, prenderanno a gennaio 2008 la direzione della Sydney Theatre Company. L'incarico dovrebbe durare per tre anni.
Il sito:
http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/Questo il programma (provvisorio) per il 2008 (
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111935.html):
David Hare's
The Vertical Hour (Feb. 9-March 22, 2008)
Julian Meyrick directs Victoria Longley and Pip Miller.
Joan Didion's
The Year of Magical Thinking (March 25-May 4, 2008)
Blanchett directs Robyn Nevin.
Tom Stoppard's
Rock 'n' Roll (April 11-May 10, 2008)
Simon Phillips directs Genevieve Picot and William Zappa.
Daniel Keene's
The Serpent's Teeth (April 19-May 24, 2008)
Pamela Rabe and Tim Maddock directs the STC Actors Company.
Tony McNamara's
The Great (May 31-July 13, 2008)
Peter Evans directs Ben Guerens, Robin McLeavy and Toby Schmitz.
Nigel Jamieson's
Gallipoli (July 25-Aug. 23, 2008)
Jamieson directs the STC Actors Company and third year acting students of NIDA.
Stephen Carleton's
The Narcissist (Aug. 28-Oct. 4, 2008)
Ian Lawson directs Jonathan Brand, Sandro Colarelli, Judy Hainsworth, Andrea Moor and James Stewart.
Barrie Kosky and Tom Wright's
The Women of Troy (Sept. 16-Oct. 19, 2008)
(adapted from the Euripides play)
Kosky directs Melita Jurisic and Robyn Nevin.
Stephen Jeffreys'
The Convict's Opera (Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2008)
(adapted from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera)
Max Stafford-Clark directs Noni Hazlehurst. Felix Cross composes.
John Doyle's
Pig Iron People (Oct. 27-Nov. 29, 2008)
Max Cullen appears.
Nina Raine's
Rabbit (Nov. 22, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009)
Brendan Cowell directs Toby Schmitz.
Available as an add-on for the season will be:
William Shakespeare's
The War of the Roses Part 1 (Jan 5-Feb. 14, 2009)
William Shakespeare's
The War of the Roses Part 2 (Jan. 6-Feb. 14, 2009)
(Adapted by Tom Wright and Benedict Andrews)
Andrews directs the STC Actors Company and
Cate Blanchett.
Cate sarà impegnata quindi come attrice in
The War of the Roses e come regista nell'adattamento di
The Year of Magical Thinking (il libro è uscito anche da noi col titolo
L'anno del pensiero magico). Il testo è già stato portato a teatro con l'interpretazione di Vanessa Redgrave (
qui. )
La notizia è riporata anche
qui:
CITAZIONE
Cate Blanchett is set to direct her first full-length production with "The Year of Magical Thinking" in her first season as co-artistic director of the Sydney Theater Co. The Oscar winning star will also be joining the cast of a new adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The War of the Roses" play cycle. Starring in ‘Magical Thinking’ will be artistic director Robyn Nevin, reports Variety.
La nomina di Cate è stata già criticata dall'attore Colin Moody (
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jROqI1...jhwOijoVDbhMUvg):
CITAZIONE
"An Oscar for acting is not a suitable recommendation to run the biggest theatre company in the country," said disgruntled actor Colin Moody.
Blanchett's "Elizabeth" co-star and fellow Australian Geoffrey Rush, who was at the news conference, also had a suggestion on how the long-reigning British monarch would have dealt with the controversy.
"Behead him!" he said.
Foto promozionale di Cate per
The War of the Roses:
