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by William Shakespeare 

Production Sponsor

As Principal Sponsor, Coutts is proud to be enjoying our seventh consecutive year 

in partnership with the Almeida Theatre. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you 

to this production of Measure for Measure. 

Our relationship is mutual and is much more 

than a sponsorship initiative. We provide financial 

support that enables the theatre to explore an 

ambitious programme with complete artistic 

freedom. In turn, the Almeida helps us to improve 

our communication skills through imaginative 

and thought-provoking workshops for our people 

– an area fundamental to excellent client service 

and working relationships. The range and 

quality of productions performed at the Almeida 

demonstrate just what an important role the 

theatre plays in promoting the performing arts to 

the public and just how much they do in the field 

of education, showing that theatre doesn’t just 

begin and end with the rise and fall of the curtain. 

I hope that our support will help ensure that this 

work continues and goes on to be enjoyed by 

future generations. 

Although our current support for the Almeida 

only dates back to its post-refurbishment 

re-opening in 2003, it forms part of a longer 

tradition of philanthropy and support for the 

performing arts. For example, during the late 

18th century, Thomas Coutts supported many 

of London’s theatres through charitable 

donations. He was encouraged in this by his 

second wife, Harriot (later the Duchess of St 

Albans), who was herself a former actress. The 

Coutts archive includes a letter from Thomas 

Hull, dated 1786, that thanks Thomas Coutts 

for his contribution to a fund “for the relief of 

performers who by age or infirmities shall be oblig’d 

to retire from the stage”*. 

Supporting the performing arts is a part of our 

heritage and it is wonderful being involved with 

an organisation which shares our passion and is 

full of innovative ideas. These vital qualities mirror 

our own values. 

The press has described the Almeida as “the most 

enterprising theatre we have” (The Telegraph) and 

“one of the world’s great theatres” (The New York 

Times). We are proud to be involved with a theatre 

whose reputation reaches across the world and 

feel it is an exciting venue in which to entertain 

our clients. We always look for the best for our 

clients and are pleased that we are able to rely 

on the Almeida Theatre to consistently meet our 

exacting standards. 

We are privileged to be able to work so closely 

with Michael Attenborough and have enjoyed 

the quality and daring of his artistic direction. 

On behalf of everyone at Coutts I would like to 

wish Michael every success on directing Measure 

for Measure, his first Shakespeare production 

at the Almeida Theatre 

Michael Morley, Chief Executive, Coutts & Co 

*Letter from Thomas Hull, on behalf of the fund’s organising committee, thanking Thomas Coutts for his liberal donation, 

1786 (in possession of the Coutts Archives, 440 Strand London) 

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y William Shakespeare 

Cast in order of appearance: 

Vincentio (The Duke) Ben Miles 

Escalus David Killick 

Justice Nick Richards 

Angelo Rory Kinnear 

Lucio Lloyd Hutchinson 

Gentleman/Abhorson Mark Monero 

Mistress Overdone Flaminia Cinque 

Pompey Trevor Cooper 

Claudio Emun Elliott 

Provost David Annen 

Friar Peter Andrew French 

Isabella Anna Maxwell Martin 

Francisca/Dancer Jessica Tomchak 

Mariana/Dancer Victoria Lloyd 

Elbow Tony Turner 

Froth/Barnadine Sean Kearns 

Juliet Daisy Boulton 

Direction Michael Attenborough 

Design Lez Brotherston 

Lighting David Hersey 

Music Stephen Warbeck 

Sound John Leonard 

Movement Imogen Knight 

Casting Julia Horan 

Assistant Director Robert Icke 

There will be an interval of 15 minutes 

Production Manager James Crout 

Company Manager Emma Basillico 

Stage Manager Laura Flowers 

Deputy Stage Manager Lorna Earl 

Assistant Stage Manager Laura Draper 

Costume Supervisor Sarah Bowern 

Wigs by Darren Ware 

assisted by Pav Stalmach 

Wardrobe Supervisor Catrina Richardson 

Wardrobe Deputy Eleanor Dolan 

Wig Mistress Fiona Matthews 

Dresser Charlie Damigos 

Chief Technician Jason Wescombe 

Lighting Technician Robin Fisher 

Sound Technician Howard Wood 

Stage Technician Adriano Agostino 

Production Carpenters Craig Emerson 

Gruff Carro 

Stage Crew Ben Lee 

Adam Smith 

Lighting Board Operator Pradeep Dash 

Set Built by Miraculous Engineering 

Set Painted by Chris & Liz Clark 

Costume Makers Jane Gonin 

Elsa Redgold 

Stage Management 

Work Placement Lucy Holland 

Wardrobe work placement Liz Essex 

Rehearsal photographer Bridget Jones 

Production photographer Keith Pattison 

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MEASURE FOR 

1564: William Shakespeare born in 

Stratford-upon-Avon. 

1582: Shakespeare, aged 18, marries 

Anne Hathaway, who is already three 

months pregnant with a daughter, 

Susanna. 

1585: James I passes an act into 

Scottish Parliament making it a 

treasonable offence to slander the King. 

1593: Two members of the Lord 

Chamberlain’s Men (Shakespeare’s 

company), Henslowe and Alleyn, own 

brothels. Alleyn’s wife is “carted” as a 

prostitute (though this is thought to be 

because she didn’t close down her 

brothel during the plague). 

1596: The Privy Council orders 

Middlesex justices to investigate and 

suppress all kinds of disorderly houses, 

including brothels, in the suburbs of 

London. 

1603: Elizabeth I dies. In the absence of 

a royal heir, James I ascends the 

throne. Shakespeare’s company, 

formerly known as the Lord 

Chamberlain’s Men, receives patronage 

from the King and accordingly becomes 

the King’s Men. 

1603: James I orders the emptying out 

and pulling down of suburban 

tenements (including brothels and 

theatres), which had become the haunt 

of ‘excessive numbers of idle, indigent, 

dissolute and dangerous persons’. 

1604: Measure for Measure has its first 

recorded performance at Whitehall, on 

26 December. 

1616: William Shakespeare dies. 

1623: The First Folio is published, 

containing the first extant version of 

Measure for Measure. 

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MEASURE 

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, 

there shall be no more cakes and ale? 

(Twelfth Night, 2.3) 

So may the outward shows be least themselves: 

The world is still deceived with ornament. 

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, 

But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, 

Obscures the show of evil? In religion, 

What damned error, but some sober brow 

Will bless it and approve it with a text, 

Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? 

There is no vice so simple but assumes 

Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. 

(The Merchant of Venice, 3.2) 

See how yond justice rails upon yond 

simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change 

places; and, handy-dandy, which is the 

justice, which is the thief? 

(King Lear, 4.6) 

CASSIO 

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost 

my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of 

myself, and what remains is bestial… 

IAGO 

…Reputation is an idle and most false 

imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without 

deserving. 

(Othello, 2.2) 

Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, 

And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my heart, 

And wet my cheeks with artificial tears. 

And frame my face to all occasions. 

(Henry VI, Part III, 3.2) 

Yes, by St. Anne, and ginger shall 

be hot i’th mouth too 


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And what’s in prayer but this two-fold force, 

To be forestalled ere we come to fall, 

Or pardon’d being down? Then I’ll look up; 

My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer 

Can serve my turn?... 

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: 

Words without thoughts never to heaven go. 

(Hamlet, 3.3) 

The quality of mercy is not strain’d, 

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven 

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; 

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 

‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes 

The throned monarch better than his crown; 

His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, 

The attribute to awe and majesty, 

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; 

But mercy is above this sceptred sway; 

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, 

It is an attribute to God himself; 

And earthly power doth then show likest God’s 

When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, 

Though justice be thy plea, consider this, 

That, in the course of justice, none of us 

Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; 

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render 

The deeds of mercy. 

(The Merchant of Venice, 4.1) 

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Measure for measure and lost 

blood for blood 

(A Warning for Fair Women, 1599) 

O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! 

My tables,—meet it is I set it down, 

That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. 

(Hamlet, 1.5)

And what have kings, that privates have not too, 

Save ceremony, save general ceremony? 

And what art thou, thou idle ceremony? 

What kind of god art thou, that suffer’st more 

Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? 

What are thy rents? What are thy comings in? 

O ceremony, show me but thy worth! 

What is thy soul of adoration? 

Art thou aught else but place, degree and form, 

Creating awe and fear in other men? 

Wherein thou art less happy being fear’d 

Than they in fearing. 

What drink’st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, 

But poison’d flattery? O, be sick, great greatness, 

And bid thy ceremony give thee cure! 

Think’st thou the fiery fever will go out 

With titles blown from adulation? 

Will it give place to flexure and low bending? 

Canst thou, when thou command’st the beggar’s knee, 

Command the health of it? No, thou proud dream, 

That play’st so subtly with a king’s repose; 

I am a king that find thee, and I know 

‘Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball, 

The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, 

The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, 

The farced title running ‘fore the king, 

The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp 

That beats upon the high shore of this world, 

No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, 

Not all these, laid in bed majestical, 

Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave, 

Who with a body fill’d and vacant mind 

Gets him to rest… 

(Henry V, 4.1) 

The expense of spirit in a waste of shame 

Is lust in action; and till action, lust 

Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, 

Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, 

Enjoy’d no sooner but despised straight, 

Past reason hunted, and no sooner had 

Past reason hated, as a swallow’d bait 

On purpose laid to make the taker mad; 

Mad in pursuit and in possession so; 

Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; 

A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe; 

Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. 

All this the world well knows; yet none knows well 

To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. 

(Sonnet 129) 

…with whatever measure you mete, it 

shall be meted to you again 

(Matthew 7:2) 

From off the gates of York fetch down the head, 

Your father’s head, which Clifford placed there; 

Instead whereof let this supply the room. 

Measure for measure must be answered. 

(Henry VI Part III, 2.6) 

MARIA 

Marry, sir, sometimes he is a kind of puritan. 

SIR ANDREW 

O, if I thought that I’d beat him like a dog! 


Forgive us our trespasses, as we 

Forgive those who trespass against us 

(The Lord’s Prayer) 

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CAST 

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE 

Ben Miles 

Vincentio (The Duke) 

For the Almeida: The Tower. 

Theatre includes: The Norman Conquests 

(Old Vic and Broadway); My Child (Royal 

Court); Richard II (Old Vic); The Cherry 

Orchard; Mary Stuart; The London Cuckolds; 

Macbeth (National Theatre); Two 

Gentleman of Verona; Hamlet; Romeo and 

Juliet; Have; Ispanka (RSC); The Tempest 

(Phoebus Cart). 

Freezing; Sea of Souls; Under the Greenwood 

Tree; A Thing Called Love; Prime Suspect; The 

Forsythe Saga; Cold Feet; Coupling. 

Film includes: Ninja Assassin; Speed Racer; V 

for Vendetta; Click; Affair of the Necklace; 

Keep the Asperdistra Flying; Wings of a Dove; 

Three Blind Mice. 

Television includes: Trial and Retribution; 

Lark Rise to Candleford; Sex, the City and Me; 

Rory Kinnear 

Angelo 

David Killick 

Escalus 

For the Almeida: The Hypochondriac. 

Theatre includes: Restoration (Salisbury 

Playhouse); Funny Girl; A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream (Chichester Festival 

Theatre); Heartbreak House (Watford Palace 

Theatre); Scenes from an Execution 

(Hackney Empire); Summer and Smoke; As 

You Like It (West End); His Dark Materials 

(National Theatre); The Madness of George 

III (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Coriolanus; 

The Merry Wives Of Windsor; Richard II; 

Henry IV , Parts 1 & 2 (RSC); Neverland 

(Royal Court); Measure for Measure; 

Coriolanus; Peer Gynt; A Woman of No 

Importance; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Edward II; 

The Comedy of Errors; Don Juan; 

Sarcophagus; Macbeth; Worlds Apart; Art of 

Success; Waste (RSC/Barbican); Going 

Concern (Hampstead Theatre); Translations 

(Donmar Warehouse). 

Television includes: Without Motive; 

Midsomer Murders; Shelley; Rough Justice; 

The Bill; True Tilda; The Famous Five; Moving 

Story; A Touch of Frost. 

Film includes: The History Boys; Mojo; The 

Grotesque; Bye Bye Baby. 

For the Almeida: Festen (West End). 

Theatre includes: Mary Stuart (Donmar 

Warehouse); Hamlet (Old Vic); Cymbeline; 

Taming of the Shrew (RSC); Burnt by the 

Sun; The Revenger’s Tragedy; Philistines; the 

Man of Mode; Southwark Fair (National 

Theatre). 

Television includes: Lennon Naked; First 

Men in the Moon; Vexed; Cranford; The 

Thick of It; Beautiful People; Waking the 

Dead; Ashes to Ashes; The Long Walk to 

Finchley; Mansfield Park; Five Days. 

Film includes: Wild Target; Quantum of 

Solace. 

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Nick Richards 

Justice 

Mark Monero 

Abhorson 

Theatre includes: Pure Gold; The Christ of 

Cold Harbour Lane; Animal (Soho 

Theatre); Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads 

(Pilot Theatre/Tour); The Country Wife 

(Watford Palace Theatre); A Taste of Honey 

(Liverpool Playhouse); Abyssinia 

(Southwark Playhouse); Adrenaline Heart 

(Bush Theatre); Local Boy (Hampstead 


Television includes: Casualty; Doctor Who; 

The Bill; Skins; Trial and Retribution; 

Murphy’s Law; Waking the Dead; 

Eastenders; Judge John Deed. 

Film includes: Somers Town; Babylon; Sid 

and Nancy; Wilt. 

Theatre includes: Arcadia (West End); 

Confessions Off Broadway; The Merchant of 

Venice (Grand Theatre, Swansea); Oedipus 

(Blue Elephant Theatre); Bank (King’s 

Head); Motel Chronicles (Theatre 503); 

Macbeth; The Turn of the Screw (Bristol Old 

Vic). 

Television includes: EastEnders; Casualty; 

Beau Brummel. 

Film includes: Freebird. 

Lloyd Hutchinson 

Lucio 

For the Almeida: The Lightning Play. 

Theatre includes: Life is a Dream (Donmar 

Warehouse); The Observer; The Night Season; 

Once in a Lifetime; Romeo and Juliet; Peer Gynt; 

The Merry Wives of Windsor (National Theatre); 

Twelfth Night (Donmar West End); The Birthday 

Party (Lyric Hammersmith); Rhinoceros; Some 

Voices (Royal Court); A Respectable Wedding 

(Young Vic); Talking to Terrorists (Out of 

Joint/Royal Court); The Permanent Way 

(National/Out of Joint); Sherlock Holmes in 

Trouble; The Taming of the Shrew (Royal 

Exchange, Manchester); Stones in his Pockets; 

Travesties (West End); One for the Road (Gate 

Theatre/West End/New York); English Journeys 

(Hampstead Theatre); Shopping and Fucking 

(West End/International tour); The Break of Day; 

Troilus and Cressida; A Month in the Country; A 

Jovial Crew; The School of Night; Tamburlaine the 

Great, Parts I & II; Cowboys II; Edward II (RSC). 

Television includes: The Bill; Midsomer Murders; 

Pulling Moves; Murphy’s Law; London’s Burning; 

Inspector Morse; The Nightwatch. 

Film includes: Mrs Henderson Presents; 

Gladiatress; Boxed; Rebel Heart; With or Without 

You. 

Radio includes: The Conflict is Over; Your Only 

Man; Two Pipe Problems; The Trusty Valet; The 

Crusty Butler. 

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Flaminia Cinque 

Mistress Overdone 

For the Almeida: The Late Henry Moss. 

Theatre includes: Portrait of a Lady 

(Theatre Royal, Bath); Push Up (Royal 

Court); The Permanent Way (Out of 

Joint/National Theatre); A Streetcar 

Named Desire (Bristol Old Vic); It’s a Girl 

(Manchester Library Theatre Company); 

The Rose Tattoo; Lysistrata; Mind Millie for 

Me (West End);The Neighbour (National 

Theatre); A Respectable Wedding (Young 

Vic). 

Television includes: Ashes to Ashes; 

Criminal Justice II; Married, Single, Other…; 

Tinga Tinga Tales; Doctors; Silent Witness; 

Waking The Dead; Gophers; Freddie & Max; 

Hustle; Gerry Sadowitz; Beethoven’s Not 

Dead; Harry; My Good Friend; Agony Again; 

Drop the Dead Donkey; Sunnyside Farm; 

Game On; Mr White Goes to Westminster; 

Supply and Demand. 

Film includes: Leap Year; Mr Bean’s 

Holiday; A Statement Of Affairs; The Widow 

Maker; Bridget Jones’ Diary; Room to Rent; 

The Safe House; Ashes and Sand; What a 

Girl Wants; Casanova; Bridget Jones’ Diary: 

The Edge of Reason. 

Radio includes: Fireworks At The Villa Lucia; 

Mr. Luby’s Fear Of Heaven; Dombey & Son; 

David Copperfield. 

Trevor Cooper 

Pompey 

For the Almeida: Awake and Sing; The Late 

Henry Moss; The Iceman Cometh 

(Almeida/Old Vic) 

Theatre includes: Arcadia; By the Bog of 

Cats; Court in the Act (West End); The 

Tempest; Lone Star; Absurd Person Singular; 

Julius Caesar; Winding the Ball; Twelfth 

Night; Great Expectations; Cymbeline (Royal 

Exchange, Manchester); Playing with Fire; 

Accidental Death of an Anarchist (National 

Theatre); King John; The Prisoner’s Dilemma; 

The Lieutenant of Inishmore (RSC); A Night 

at the Dogs (Soho Theatre); Soldiers 

(Finborough Theatre); Snake in the Grass 

(Old Vic Theatre); American Buffalo 

(Duke’s Theatre, Lancashire); Shallow End; 

Live Like Pigs (Royal Court Theatre); 

Zenobia (RSC/Young Vic); Hamlet 

(Barbican). 

Television includes: Outnumbered; 

Inspector George Gently; Tess of the 

D’Urbervilles; The Ruby in the Smoke; Rose 

and Maloney; Midsomer Murders; The 

Singing Detective. 

Film includes: Somers Town; Until Death; 

Happy Go Lucky; Elizabeth: the Golden Age; 

Vanity Fair; Gangs of New York; 

Moonlighting; Wuthering Heights. 

Radio includes: Dr Zhivago; Old Peter’s 

Russian Tales; Dead Souls; The Rover; The 

Fosdyke Saga; Masterclass. 

Emun Elliott 

Claudio 

Theatre includes: Black Watch (National 

Theatre of Scotland); Captain Oates’ Left 

Sock (Royal Court); Ubu The King (Dundee 

Rep); San Diego (Tron Theatre Company). 

Television includes: Lip Service; Paradox; 

Afterlife; Feel the Force; Monarch of the 

Glen. 

Film includes: Black Death; The Clan; 

Merry Christmas. 

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David Annen 

Provost 

For the Almeida: Judgment Day. 

Theatre includes: A Disappearing Number 

(Complicite); Chains of Dew; Suppressed 

Desires (Orange Tree Theatre); Henry VIII 

(RSC); Ariadne Sells Out (Birmingham 

Opera); Guantanamo (Tricycle Theatre/West 

End); After Mrs. Rochester (Shared 

Experience/West End); Copenhagen; Tess of 

the d’Urbervilles (Watermill Theatre, 

Newbury); A Doll’s House (Lyric Theatre, 

Belfast); Into The West (New Victory Theater, 

New York); The Winter’s Tale; The Tempest 

(AandBC); Andorra; Demons and Dybbuks 

(Young Vic). 

Television includes: Lennon Naked; The Last 

Days of Lehman Brothers; Law & Order; 

EastEnders; Malinowski; Criminal Justice; The 

Commander; The Chatterley Affair; Gideon’s 

Daughter; Doctors; The Bill; Casualty; 

Madness – The Dangermen Story. 

Film includes: The West Wittering Affair 

David is an associate artist with Lightwork, 

performing for the company in Here’s What 

I Did With My Body One Day, London/My 

Lover and Utter. 

Anna Maxwell Martin 

Isabella 

Andrew French 

Friar Peter 

Rep); The Merchant of Venice; Troilus and 

Cressida; The Darker Face of the Earth 

(National Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew 

(English Touring Theatre); The Merchant of 

Venice; The Honest Whore (Shakespeare’s 

Globe); Epitaph for the Whales (Gate 

Theatre); Things Fall Apart (Royal 

Court/West Yorkshire Playhouse); The 

Tempest (Shared Experience); The Tempest 

(Theatr Clwyd/Nottingham 

Playhouse/International Tour); Ebb Tide 

(Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow). 

Television includes: Perfect Parents; 

Primeval; Soundproof; Holby City; The Bill; 

Doctors; A Touch of Frost; Family Affairs; 

Trust; In Deep; Casualty; Burnside; Tough 

Love; EastEnders 

Theatre includes: The Female of the 

Species; Cabaret (West End); Other Hands 

(Soho Theatre); The Entertainer; Dumb 

Show (Royal Court); His Dark Materials; 

Three Sisters; Honour; Coast of Utopia 

(National Theatre); Little Foxes (Donmar 

Warehouse). 

Theatre includes: Our Friends in the North 

(Northern Stage); Monster (Royal 

Exchange, Manchester); I Like Mine With a 

Kiss (Bush Theatre); Titus Andronicus (The 

Project, Dublin); As You Like It (West End); 

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot 

(Young Vic/Arcola Theatre); The Taming of 

the Shrew (Nottingham Playhouse); The 

Ramayana (National Theatre/Birmingham 

Film includes: Exorcist: The Beginning; 

Exorcist: Dominion; Beyond Borders; The 

Merchant of Venice; Doctor Sleep; The Tailor 

of Panama. 

Radio includes: Things Face Apart; The 

Mother Of…; The Last Supper. 

Television includes: Free Agents; Moonshot; 

Poppy Shakespeare; White Girl; The Wind in 

the Willows; Bleak House; North and South. 

Film includes: Freefall; I Really Hate My 

Job; Becoming Jane; The Other Man; 

Enduring Love; The Hours. 

Radio includes: The Sea; The Raj Quartet; 

Villette; The Portrait of a Lady. 

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Jessica Tomchak 

Francisca 

Theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet; 

Hamlet; Pontius Pilate (RSC); The Wolves in 

the Walls (National Theatre of Scotland); 

La Ville (Theatre du Jour, Agen); Therese 

Raquin (RADA); All the Dead Cowboys (The 

London Word Festival). 

Television includes: The Bill; Holby City. 

Film includes: Gas and Iron; The Flytrap. 

Daisy Boulton 

Juliet 

Tony Turner 

Elbow 

For the Almeida: Big White Fog; Enemies. 

Theatre includes: The House of Special 

Purpose (Chichester Festival Theatre); 

Burnt by the Sun; Her Naked Skin; Present 

Laughter; Playing With Fire (National 

Theatre); The Madness of George III (West 

Yorkshire Playhouse); The Rise and Fall of 

Little Voice (Salisbury Playhouse). 

Television includes: New Tricks; Party 

Animals; Gavin & Stacey; Holby City; Trial 

and Retribution XIII; Foyle’s War; Derailed; 

Eyes Down; Red Cap; Holby City; Heartbeat; 

Always & Everyone; Coronation Street; The 

Lakes. 

Radio includes: Robin Hood’s Revenge; 

Hillcrest; Dream of Spring; A Little Like 

Drowning. 

Sean Kearns 

Barnadine 

Theatre includes: Jack and the Beanstalk (Lyric 

Hammersmith); As You Like It; A New World 

(Shakespeare’s Globe); The Taming of the 

Shrew; The Merchant of Venice; God in Ruins; 

Macbeth (RSC); A Whistle in the Dark (Royal 

Exchange, Manchester); The Whisperers 

(Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh/National Tour); 

The Importance of Being Earnest; In a Little World 

of Our Own; Toupées and Snare Drums; The 

Trojan Women (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Pride 

and Prejudice; Jane Eyre (Gate Theatre, Dublin). 

Television includes: As the Beast Sleeps; 

Ballykissangel; Safe and Sound; The Governor; 

Johnny Loves Susie; Extra, Extra!; The Last of a 

Dying Race; God’s Frontiersmen. 

Film includes: Veronica Guerin; Puckoon; Best; 

Angela’s Ashes; Durango; The Boxer; A Further 

Gesture; The Informant. 

Radio includes: Their Sister in Both Senses; 

Mumbo Jumbo; An Ghiall; The Cow, The Ship and 

The Indian. 

Theatre includes: Uncle Vanya; Much Ado 

About Nothing; Pale Horse; The Last Days of 

Judas Iscariot (LAMDA); The Dreaming 

(National Youth Music Theatre). 

Victoria Lloyd 

Mariana 

Theatre includes: Gabriel; Penthesilea; Little; 

Women; Ursula; The Importance of Being 

Earnest; The Dutchman; Women Beware; 

Women; The Strangeness of Others; The 

Merchant of Venice (RADA) 

Film includes: Crews; Godard and Others. 

Radio includes: The School for Scandal; Last 

Words. 

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CREATIVE TEAM 

Michael Attenborough 

Director 

Michael Attenborough is Artistic Director 

of the Almeida Theatre. Previously, he was 

Associate Director, Mercury Theatre, 

Colchester (1972-74), Associate Director, 

Leeds Playhouse (now West Yorkshire 

Playhouse) (1974-79), Associate Director, 

Young Vic (1979-80), Artistic Director, 

Palace Theatre, Watford (1980-84), Artistic 

Director, Hampstead Theatre (1984-89), 

Principal Associate Director, Royal 

Shakespeare Company (1990-2002). On 

leaving the Royal Shakespeare Company 

he was invited to become an Honorary 

Associate Artist. 

For the Almeida: When the Rain Stops 

Falling; In a Dark Dark House; The 

Homecoming; Awake and Sing!; Big White 

Fog; There Came A Gypsy Riding; Enemies; 

The Late Henry Moss; Brighton Rock; The 

Mercy Seat; Five Gold Rings. 

For the Royal Shakespeare Company: 

Amphibians; The Changeling; Les Liaisons 

Dangereuses (UK & European Tour); After 

Easter; Pentecost; The Herbal Bed (also in 

the West End & on Broadway); Romeo and 

Juliet; A Month in the Country; Othello; 

Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2; The Prisoner’s 

Dilemma; Antony and Cleopatra. 

For the Hampstead Theatre: The War at 

Home (also on Broadway); Particular 

Friendships; That Summer; Observe the Sons 

of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; 

Separation (also in the West End). 

For the Palace Theatre Watford: The Girl in 

Melanie Klein; The Big Knife; Romantic 

Comedy (also in the West End); Terra Nova. 

Freelance: Over a Barrel; Single Spies 

(Turnstyle Group); 1984 (Citadel Theatre, 

Edmonton);Yerma (Abbey Theatre, 

Dublin); Anna Weiss (West End); My 

Mother Said I Never Should (Royal Court); 

Fashion (Tricycle Theatre); Apollo and 

Daphne (North Wall); Playing with Fire 

(National Theatre). 

Lez Brotherston 

Design 

For the Almeida: Duet for One; In a Dark, 

Dark House; Dying For It; Brighton Rock; 

The Lightning Play. 

Other theatre includes: The Rise And Fall Of 

Little Voice; Sister Act; Dickens Unplugged; 

In Celebration; Under The Blue Sky; Far 

Pavillions; Acorn Antiques; Spend, Spend, 

Spend, Tonight’s The Night (West End); 

Dorian Gray (Sadler’s Wells/UKTour); 

Edward Scissorhands (New Adventures/L.A, 

Australia/European Tour); Play Without 

Words (National Theatre/New 

Adventures); Dancing At Lughnasa (Old 

Vic); Seven Deadly Sins; Into The Woods; A 

Soldier’s Tale (Royal Opera House); Hedda 

Gabler (Gate, Dublin); French and Saunders 

(UK Tour); Much Ado About Nothing (RSC); 

Swan Lake; The Car Man; Cinderella; 

Highland Fling (Adventures in Motion 

Pictures); The Vortex (Royal Exchange, 

Manchester); Sugar Mummies (Royal Court 

Theatre); The Dark; Little Foxes (Donmar 

Warehouse); The Crucible (Sheffield 

Crucible); L’Elisir D’Amore (Glyndebourne, 

Grange Park Opera); Hansel and Gretel 

(Opera Zuid/Opera Northern Ireland); 

Romeo & Juliet; Carmen; Giselle; Swan Lake 

(Northern Ballet). 

Film includes: Letter to Brezhnev; Swan 

Lake; The Car Man. 

Tony Award for Swan Lake (AMP); Oliver 

Award for Outstanding Achievement in 

Dance for Set and Costume for Cinderella 

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David Hersey 

Lighting 

Since his arrival in London from New York 

many years ago, David Hersey has 

designed the lighting for hundreds of 

plays, musicals, operas and ballets. He 

was Lighting Consultant to the National 

Theatre for ten years and is a past 

Chairman and current Fellow of the 

Association of Lighting Designers. In 2002 

he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate 

from Middlesex University. 

Awards include: Tony Awards for Best 

Lighting Design for Evita, Cats and Les 

Miserables plus the Oliver Award for Best 

Lighting Design for Burning Blue, The Glass 

Menagerie and Twelfth Night. He received 

Tony nominations for The Life and Times of 

Nicholas Nickleby, Starlight Express, Miss 

Saigon and Oklahoma and Olivier Award 

nominations for Oliver, Glengarry Glen 

Ross, Martin Guerre, Oklahoma!, South 

Pacific, My Fair Lady and The Coast of 

Utopia. The production of My Fair Lady 

also received the Olivier Award for 

Outstanding Musical Production. 

Recent theatre includes: South Pacific; 

Coast of Utopia; Loves Labours Lost; 

Anything Goes; Porgy and Bess; Six Dance 

Lessons in Six Weeks; Equus. 

David founded DHA Lighting, industry 

leaders in the design and manufacture of 

specialist lighting equipment and effects. 

He has designed lighting extravaganzas at 

The Mirage, Treasure Island and Belaggio 

hotels in Las Vegas, and his work can be 

seen in theme parks in Florida and Italy. 

Stephen Warbeck 

Music 

For the Almeida: Parlour Song; When the 

Rain Stops Falling; Cloud Nine; Dying For It; 

The Triumph of Love 

Other Theatre includes: Mrs Affleck 

(National Theatre); Swimming with Sharks; 

In Celebration (West End); The Seagull 

(Royal Court & Broadway); Proof (Donmar 

Warehouse); Hothouse; An Inspector Calls; 

Machinal; Roots; Magic Olympical Games; 

At Our Table (National Theatre); Alice in 

Wonderland; The Tempest; Romeo and Juliet; 

The White Devil; The Taming of the Shrew; 

The Cherry Orchard; Cymbeline (RSC); The 

Night Heron; Boy Gets Girl; Dublin Carol; 

The Glory of Living; The Lights; Harry and 

Me; Pale Horse; Rat in the Skull; Mojo; 

Simpatico; The Editing Process; The Kitchen; 

Blood; Greenland; Bloody Poetry; A Lie of the 

Mind; Built on Sand (Royal Court); Mouth 

to Mouth (Royal Court & West End); 

Othello; Pericles; Prince of Tyre (Globe 

Theatre); Jean La Chance (Theatre des 

Treize Vents). 

Ballet includes: Peter Pan (Northern 

Ballet). 

Film includes: The Other Man; Princess 

Ka’iulani; Freakdog; Machan; French Film; 

The Hessen Affair; The Box Collector; Goal 2; 

Flawless; Miguel & William; Cargo; Feast of 

the Goat; Alpha Male; Travaux; On a Clear 

Day; Mickybo and Me; Pour le Plaisir; Two 

Brothers; Oyster Farmer; Proof; The 

Alzheimer Case; Love’s Brother; Blackball; 

Mystics; Secret Passage; Desire; Captain 

Corelli’s Mandolin; Birthday Girl; Gabriel 

and Me; Billy Elliot; Quills; Very Annie Mary; 

Mystery Men; Fanny and Elvis; Shakespeare 

in Love; Heart; Mrs Brown; My Son the 

Fanatic; Different for Girls; Brothers in 

Trouble; O Mary This London; Sister My 

Sister. 

Television includes: over forty television 

plays and films, most recently Skellig, 

Fallout, and the early Prime Suspect dramas 

(for which he was nominated for a BAFTA 

award). 

Stephen also writes music for his band The 

hKippers. 

John Leonard 

Sound 

For the Almeida: Rope; Duet for One; Waste; 

The Homecoming; Big White Fog; Dying For 

It; Hedda Gabler; Macbeth; Brighton Rock; 

Whistling Psyche; Five Gold Rings; The Mercy 

Seat; I.D. 

Most recent theatre includes: The Power of 

Yes; England People Very Nice; Much Ado 

About Nothing; The Enchantment (National 

Theatre); Calendar Girls; Carrie’s War; In 

Celebration; Kean; Donkey’s Years; Summer 

& Smoke; Glengarry Glen Ross (West End); 

The Cripple Of Inishmaan (Druid Theatre, 

Tour and New York); Small Craft Warning; 

Crazy Paola (Arcola Theatre); A Month In 

The Country (Salisbury Playhouse); 

Calendar Girls (Chichester & national tour); 

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Druid 

Theatre, Galway & Dublin); Pure Gold 

(Soho Theatre); Translations (Princeton/ 

Broadway); Leaves; Empress of India; The 

Druid Synge (Druid Theatre, 

Galway/Dublin/ Edinburgh/ Minneapolis/ 

New York). 

Other theatre includes: 2000 Years; Paul; 

The UN Inspector; Jumpers (National 

Theatre); Antony and Cleopatra; Much Ado 

About Nothing; The Prisoner’s Dilemma; 

Romeo and Juliet (RSC); The Old Masters; 

The Birthday Party (Birmingham Rep /West 

End); The Odd Couple; The Entertainer; Still 

Life; The Astonished Heart; Ma Rainey’s 

Black Bottom; The Anniversary and The Flint 

Street Nativity (Liverpool Playhouse); 

Cinderella; The Dumb Waiter (Oxford 

Playhouse); The Merry Wives of Windsor; 

The Merchant Of Venice; Cymbeline; Twelfth 

Night (Ludlow Festival); Becket; Les 

Liaisons Dangereuses; Sweet Panic; 

Absolutely! Perhaps; The Anniversary; Losing 

Louis; The Master Builder (also tour); Private 

Lives (also Broadway); Embers; Smaller 

(West End); How to Act Around Cops; Flush; 

Mercy; Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre); 

Sunday Father; Born Bad; In Arabia We’d All 

Be Kings; The Best Of Friends (Hampstead 


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Imogen Knight 

Movement 

For the Almeida: When The Rain Stops 

Falling and Marianne Dreams. 

Other theatre includes: Snow Queen 

(Chichester Festival Theatre); The Boiler 

Room (Clean Break); A Dolls House (Exeter 

Northcott Theatre); Dido, Queen of 

Carthage (National Theatre); Wuthering 

Heights (Birmingham Rep); Hooked 

(Hampstead Theatre); When Five Years 

Pass (Arcola Theatre); Success (National 

Theatre/ Islington Youth Theatre). She is 

an Associate Artist for Frantic Assembly. 

Television includes: Round 10 

(4Dance/Channel 4/ABC Australia) 

Film includes: My Name is Ruthie Segal, 

Hear Me Roar’ (Jewish Film Festival 2009) 

and is choreographer for filmmakers, 

Jasmin Jordy, and MJW Productions. 

She is a Visiting Lecturer at Central School 

of Speech and Drama. 

imogenknight.co.uk 

Julia Horan 

Casting 

For the Almeida: When the Rain Stops Falling; 

In a Dark Dark House; The Homecoming; 

Nocturne; Chain Play II; Awake and Sing; 

Dying for It; Out of the Fog. 

Other theatre includes: The House of 

Special Purpose (Chichester Festival 

Theatre); Arcadia; Swimming with Sharks; 

As You Like It; Antarctica; The Weir (West 

End); Six Characters in Search of an Author 

(Chichester Festival Theatre/West End); In 

The Red and Brown Water; The Good Soul of 

Szechuan; The Soldiers’ Fortune; Tintin; The 

Skin of our Teeth; Hobson’s Choice; The 

Daughter-in-law; Homebody Kabul; A Raisin 

in the Sun; Six Characters Looking for an 

Author (Young Vic); Three Sisters on Hope 

Street (Hampstead Theatre/Liverpool 

Everyman & Playhouse); Tintin (West End 

& national tour); Absolute Beginners (Lyric 

Hammersmith); Kafka’s Dick; We That Are 

Left; Heartbreak House (Watford Palace 

Theatre); pool (no water) (Frantic 

Assembly); Rabbit (Old Red Lion); Gaddafi 

- A Living Myth (English National Opera); 

Bad Jazz; A Brief History of Helen of Troy 

(Actors Touring Company); The Prayer 

Room (Birmingham Rep/Edinburgh 

International Festival); One Under (Tricycle 

Theatre); Anna in the Tropics; Yellowman 

(Hampstead Theatre); Othello (Cheek by 

Jowl); The Morris, Port Authority; Urban 

Legend; The Kindness of Strangers; 

Yellowman (Liverpool Everyman & 

Playhouse); The Girl on the Sofa 

(Edinburgh International 

Festival/Schaubuhne Theatre, Berlin); 

Original Sin (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); 

The Force of Change; Made of Stone; Local; 

Trade; About a Boy; Yardgal; Holy Mothers; 

Last Dance at Dum-Dum (Royal Court). 

Television includes: Adha Cup; Parliamo 

Glasgow; Harvest; The Verdict; The Bill; The 

Badness of George IV. 

Julia is a member of the Casting Director’s 

Guild. 

Robert Icke 

Assistant Director 

As director: Catalysta (Oval House 

Theatre); Romeo and Juliet; The Alchemist; 

Much Ado About Nothing; Motortown 

(Swan Theatre Company); Richard III; 

Journey’s End; Twelfth Night; An Inspector 

Calls; Hughie; The Zoo Story; The Taming of 

the Shrew; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 

Julius Caesar (Arden Theatre Company); 

Coat (Edinburgh Fringe); The Comedy of 

Errors (Open Air); Oklahoma! (Cambridge 

Arts Theatre); The Pirates of Penzance. 

As assistant director: Cymbeline (Arts 

Theatre); As You Like It (Shakespeare's 

Globe); The Misanthrope (Comedy 


He was recently awarded the Susie 

Gautier-Smith prize for Outstanding 

Contribution to Theatre by the University 

of Cambridge. 

PRODUCTION 

THANK YOUS 

Chloe Stephens at 

Shakespeare's Globe 

Euphorium Bakery 

Geoff Holland 

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PAST ALMEIDA PRODUCTIONS 

2003 

THE LADY FROM THE SEA 

“The Islington powerhouse opens 

with this tremendous production by 

Trevor Nunn… electrifying… leaves 

you reeling.” 

Daily Telegraph 

Sponsored by Hydro 

I.D. 

“A riveting production… full of 

wonderful theatrical invention… a 

rich and shameful period of history 

and how memorably it is evoked.” 

Daily Mail 

Sponsored by Cadwalader, 

Wickersham & Taft LLP 

THE MERCY SEAT 

“Michael Attenborough’s production 

has a high voltage charge that never 

dips for a moment. This play plumbs 

the depths and deserves to be 

seen.”Daily Telegraph 

FIVE GOLD RINGS 

“Bold, elegant, lyrical, finely wraught… 

gorgeously staged and beautifully 

performed.” Time Out 

2004 

THE GOAT, OR WHO IS 

SYLVIA? 

“Superbly written … brilliant… flawless 

production; you won’t find more 

blazing acting anywhere… see it if you 

see nothing else.” 

Mail on Sunday 

Sponsored by Aspen Re 

FESTEN 

“Electrifying, shocking and profoundly 

moving… such talent, such skill, such 

humanity. Something to celebrate.” 

Sunday Times 

WHISTLING PSYCHE 

“An intense, haunting and 

beautiful play… two remarkable 

performances... marvelously 

rewarding.” Mail on Sunday 

BRIGHTON ROCK 

“An intelligent, edgy, adult musical 

which gives you something to think 

about... Hooray for that... 

a production of brilliant clarity... 

crackles with energy and evil.” Daily 

Express 

THE EARTHLY PARADISE 

“Gorgeous writing… very compelling, 

lovely and tragic. 

My play of the year.” 

New Statesman 



2005 

MACBETH 

“The most powerful, chilling, 

evil-feeling Macbeth since McKellen 

and Dench.” The Times 


HEDDA GABLER 

“An electrifying hit… a wonderful 

production by Richard Eyre” 



BLOOD WEDDING 

“Brilliantly directed by Rufus Norris. 

Another indication of how well 

Michael Attenborough’s 

management is doing at the Islington 

playhouse.” Daily Express 

ROMANCE 

“You laugh uproariously... it’s a 

silly person who doesn’t.” Financial 

Times 

THE HYPOCHONDRIAC 

“Lindsay Posner’s exuberant, superbly 

acted production is riotously 

entertaining... has you laughing 

like a drain.” 


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Bertie Carvel (Rupert Cadell) in Rope, photo by John Haynes; Natasha Richardson (Ellida) in The Lady From the Sea, photo by Catherine Ashmore; Jonny Lee Miller (Christian) 

and Tom Hardy (Michael) in Festen, photo by John Haynes; Simon Russell Beale (Macbeth) in Macbeth, photo by Hugo Glendinning.

2006 

THE LATE HENRY MOSS 

“A thrilling new play... acted up to the hilt 

by a remarkable company... an 

astonishingly wrought, high drama” 

Evening Standard 

Sponsored by Pinsent Masons 

BIG WHITE FOG 

“For strong gripping drama and 

splendid, heartfelt acting, the show 

is hard to beat... outstanding” 


“A long-lost gem…an excellent 

company… a riveting production” 

Daily Mail 

ROSMERSHOLM 

“A great production of one 

of Ibsen’s greatest plays… 

a masterclass in acting… book 

while you can” Sunday Times 

“An unadulterated delight” 

Sunday Telegraph 


WASTE 

“ An overwhelming experience” 


“Another forgotten gem unearthed by 

the Almeida…a superlative 

production” Independent on Sunday 

“A spellbinding production of a 

superbly rich and subtle play” Daily 

Telegraph 

WHEN THE RAIN STOPS 

FALLING 

“Michael Attenborough’s perfect 

production… some of the best acting 

in London” Sunday Times 

“Something very special” 


“A beautiful, subtle play that weaves a 

slow irresistible spell…beautifully 

delivered” Financial Times 

PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT 

“You must see this play: it’s like a 

diamond cut with its own stardust.” 

Sunday Times 


ENEMIES 

“A superb theatrical achievement... 

an excellent cast...Michael 

Attenborough’s admirable staging...this 

is a major event in our theatre” 

Financial Times 



TOM AND VIV 

“A magnificent and superbly acted piece 

of theatre...the play so powerfully 

succeeds...a sublime tragedy” Sunday 

Times 

THE LIGHTNING PLAY 

“Funny, touching and consistently 

entertaining” Daily Telegraph 


2007 

THERE CAME A GYPSY 

RIDING 

“A magnificent and harrowing play” 

The Spectator 

“Unmissable” The Observer 


Season Sponsor Cadwalader, Wickersham 

& Taft LLP 

AWAKE AND SING! 

“Stirring and fabulously well 

performed” Mail On Sunday 

“Richly rewarding” Independent 

CLOUD NINE 

“An absolute treat…wholly heavenly” 


“Scorching stuff, and more 

entertaining than anything on in the 

West End” Sunday Telegraph 

MARIANNE DREAMS 

“A great Christmas show… 

beautiful and funny” Independent 

“Inspired, potent theatre” 



2008 

THE HOMECOMING 

“A masterly production” 

Sunday Times 

“Exemplary…pitch perfect” 

The Observer 

“Michael Attenborough’s production 

sparkles like a 100-carat 

diamond…great theatre” 



IN A DARK DARK HOUSE 

“LaBute’s most disquieting yet…and 

his most subtle” 

The Observer 

“Michael Attenborough gives the play 

a scorching reality…pulsates with 

feeling. If this is “directors’ theatre”, 

I’m all for it” 

Sunday Times 

2009 

DUET FOR ONE 

“Overwhelming… the performance of 

a lifetime… a triumph” Evening 

Standard 

“Bowled me over… a noble and deeply 

moving piece of theatre… 

a masterclass in acting” 



JUDGMENT DAY 

“A cracker… a terrific cast” 


“Thoroughly hypnotic… a wonderful 

restoration of a great play” 

What’s On Stage 

MRS KLEIN 

“A terrifically poised revival” 

Times 

“A treat for admirers of fine acting” 


“Clare Higgins plays Melanie Klein 

to perfection” 

Observer 

DYING FOR IT 

“The rediscovery of a subversive Soviet 

classic: deserves a permanent place 

in the British repertory” The Guardian 

“Desperately funny... beautifully written” 

The Observer 

Season Sponsor Cadwalader, Wickersham 

& Taft LLP 

THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS 

ISCARIOT 

“A sensational hit…a truly epic 

production” Daily Telegraph 

“A great piece of theatre…go see it, do 

yourself a favour” BBC 2 Newsnight 

Review 

A co-production with 

Headlong Theatre 

PARLOUR SONG 

“It’s a beauty, wickedly funny” 


“It will be a vintage year if we see 

a better-acted play than this” 

Independent 

“One of the most truthful, honest and 

thought-provoking shows 

I have seen in a very long time” 



ROPE 

“Highly recommended... coils round 

the audience like a boa constrictor... 

I doubt it has ever been done better" 


“Roger Michell's revival is the best 

I've seen" 

What's On Stage 

“Beautifully acted" 



Brendan Coyle (Earl) and Trevor Cooper (Henry) in The Late Henry Moss, photo by John Haynes; Imelda Staunton (Margaret) and Eileen Atkins (Bridget) in There Came a Gypsy 

Riding, photo by Mark Ellidge; Danny Sapani (Victor Mason), Ayesha Antoine (Caroline Mason) and Kedar Williams-Stirling (Phillip Mason) in Big White Fog, photo by Catherine 

Ashmore; Kenneth Cranham (Max) in The Homecoming, photo by Hugo Glendinning; Will Keen (Henry Trebell) and Phoebe Nicholls (Frances Trebell) in Waste, photo by Johan 

Persson; Juliet Stevenson (Stephanie Abrahams) and Henry Goodman (Dr Feldmann) in Duet for One, photo by John Haynes; Lisa Dillon (Younger Elizabeth Law) in When the 

Rain Stops Falling, photo by John Haynes; Joseph Millson (Thomas Hudetz) in Judgment Day, photo by Keith Pattison; Clare Higgins (Melanie Klein) in Mrs Klein, photo by John 

Haynes. 

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15 April – 5 June 2010 

European premiere 

Jenny Jules photo by Hugo Glendinning 

by Lynn Nottage 

Director Indhu Rubasingham 

Design Robert Jones 

Lighting Oliver Fenwick 

Composer Dominic Kanza 

Sound Christopher Shutt 

Music Director Akintayo Akinbode 

Cast: Damola Adelaja, David Ajala, 

Michelle Asante, Silas Carson, 

Kehinde Fadipe, Jenny Jules, Joel Kangudi, 

Okezie Morro, Wunmi Mosaku, 

Lucian Msamati, Steve Toussaint 

Box 

020 7359 4404

Photo Piotr Zgodzinski 

10 June – 31 July 2010 

World premiere 

by Ingmar Bergman 

Cast includes: Ruth Wilson 

Director Michael Attenborough 

Design Tom Scutt 

Lighting Colin Grenfell 

Music & Sound Dan Jones 

Office 

almeida.co.uk

Behind the Scenes at the Almeida 

Access 

Access Officer Miranda Yates tells us 

about her work at the Almeida. 

“Access is about striving to make the Almeida’s work 

available to the broadest audience possible. This includes 

removing the barriers that may exist to deaf or disabled 

people, enabling them to access and enjoy our work 

alongside non-disabled and deaf audiences. Access works 

best as a shared responsibility within the company. As a 

process it’s about a series of amendments and additions 

to the way things work so we are able to welcome deaf and 

disabled people. 

The most obvious access issue is the ‘physical 

environment’, such as ramps and signage. In terms of 

general access to the building, we’ve made a number of 

Actor Michael Elwyn speaks to audience members at the Rope touch tour 

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Andrew Holland audio-describes Rope

adjustments – as many as our Grade 2 building listing will 

allow – giving good access to all patrons. In addition, we 

have ‘assisted performances’. These are designated dates 

when we provide access for people with a specific sensory 

loss – captioned performances for deaf, deafened or hard 

of hearing and audio described performances for blind 

and partially sighted people. There are currently two 

captioned performances and one audio descried 

performance for each of our productions. We also provide 

alternate format resources such as audio season 

brochures, large print brochures and programmes. 

Theatre is a very powerful medium. At its best it can be 

life-changing and everyone, regardless of disability, should 

be able to experience it. 

For us and a lot of theatres I see Access becoming much 

more integrated into our work. I’d hope that theatres that 

don’t have this provision can look at the work of others, be 

encouraged by it and recognise the many benefits of these 

services. I would also hope, as Access settles into the 

fabric of theatre and with confidence growing amongst 

service users, we shall see new creative initiatives 

developing. 

Access Week Events 

Measure for Measure 

Captioned performances 

Wednesday 17 March 2010, 2.30pm 

Monday 22 March 2010, 7.30pm followed by a 

'Talkback' with live speech-to-text transcription 

Theatre tour 11am 

Audio described performance 

Saturday 27 March 2010, 2.30pm (touch tour 1pm) 

For more information, please contact us: 

020 7288 4999 

email access@almeida.co.uk 

or visit www.almeidatheatre.co.uk 

We are very grateful to the Ormonde and Mildred 

Duveen Trust for their ongoing support of the Almeida 

Theatre’s Access programme. 

A captioned performance of The Homecoming 

Other future plans include more creative use of BSL 

interpreters especially with access to the huge body of 

work that is accomplished through Almeida Projects (the 

Almeida’s education and community programme). We are 

looking at increasing additional services, such as Speechto-Text 

(live transcription for people who are deaf and hard 

of hearing) for our ‘Talkback’ sessions. 

Many theatres are just beginning to use these services, but 

sadly some not at all, so there is still a long way to go 

before Access is fully integrated into the arts. Access 

works at the Almeida thanks to a whole team of people 

working together. We have worked hard to get to this point 

but there’s always more to do. I’ve seen first hand, read 

and listened to people’s feedback and know what a 

difference it makes. For me, that’s what makes it all 

worthwhile. 

Access Week 

22–27 March will be the Almeida’s first Access Week, 

highlighting and celebrating our Access opportunities. We 

have two assisted performances; a Captioned performance 

with a Speech-to-Text – Talkback and an Audio Described 

performance with a touch tour, where our blind and 

partially sighted patrons come on stage to explore the set 

and meet the cast. There will also be a theatre tour open 

to deaf and visually impaired patrons. Whilst we are 

always focusing on our audiences it is also important to 

look at ways of maintaining and developing standards by 

working alongside industry practitioners. During the week 

we are hosting two Continuing Professional Development 

training sessions for theatre captioners and audio 

describers in association with See-a-Voice. 

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THE ALMEIDA THEATRE 

COMPANY 

The Almeida Board 

Christopher Rodrigues CBE 

Chair 

Mary Francis CBE 

(Treasurer) 

Jill Barton 

David Carter 

Michael Gwinnell 

Giles Havergal CBE 

Linden Ife 

Tamara Ingram 

Jagdip Jagpal 

Rosemary Leith 

Ray O’Connell 

Rufus Olins 

Jane Thompson 

Roy Williams OBE 

Artistic Directors 

1980 – 1990 Pierre Audi (Founder) 

1990 – 2002 Jonathan Kent 

Ian McDiarmid 

2002 – Michael Attenborough 

Development Board 

A. Michael Hoffman 

Chair 

Rosemary Leith 

Vice Chair 

Jamie Arkell 

Iain Barbour 

Jonathan Blake 

Georgiana Boothby 

Rick Gildea 

Christophe Gollut 

Lord Hart of Chilton 

Matthew Hurlock 

John Kinder 

Judith Loose 

Nicky Manby 

Lise Mayer 

Lady Rayne 

Andrea Sullivan 

Martha Tack 

Andrew Wilkinson 

Hilary Williams 

Andrea Wilson 

Artistic Director 


Executive Director 

Neil Constable 

Artistic Associate 

Jenny Worton 

Associate Director 

Howard Davies 

Lighting Advisor 

Mark Henderson 

Sound Advisor 

John Leonard 

Associate Artist 

Femi Elufowoju, jr 

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ADMINISTRATION 

General Manager 

Natasha Bucknor 

Assistant to the 

Directorate 

Rachel Barker 

Administrative & IT 

Officer 

David Swain 

ALMEIDA PROJECTS 

Director of Projects 

Samantha Lane 

Projects Coordinator 

Natalie Mitchell 

Projects Administrator 

Charlie Payne 

Projects Workshop Team 

Dani Baker 

Russell Bender 

Amma Boateng 

Andrew Dawson 

Martyn Dempsey 

Abigail Graham 

Ellen Groves 

Kirsty Hoiles 

Lootie Johansen-Bibby 

Louie Keen 

Jason Lawson 

Freddie Machin 

Joanna Mackie 

Clare McKenna 

Ragnhild Myntevik 

Dan Pearce 

Matthew Pierce 

Simon Pollard 

Rhiannon Sawyer 

Abdul Shayek 

Alex Thorpe 

Anna Tolputt 

Rebecca Tortora 

BAR 

Bar Manager 

Hannah Woolhouse 

Deputy Bar Manager 

Lanre Bankole 

Bar Staff 

Naomi Ackie 

Kimberley Brewin 

Irene Cioni 

Dominique Edwards 

Emmeline Ham 

Sammy Hebert 

Neil Jones 

Margherita Malanchini 

Daniela Mangiapane 

Emma Perris 

Lara Rossi* 

Harriet Shillito* 

Melissa Smith* 

Max Sobol 

James Turner 

Luis Valentine 

*also Duty Bar Managers 

BOX OFFICE 

Box Office Manager 

Tina Farguson 

Box Office Supervisors 

Annette Butler 

Lynette Greenwood 

(Maternity Cover) 

Wendy Taylor 

Suzanne Walker** 

Box Office Assistants 

Maria Ferran 

Ruth Varley 

Miranda Yates** 

** also Access Officers 

DEVELOPMENT 

Head of Development 

Kirsten Hughes 

Senior Development 

Manager 

Nadia Boujo 

Sponsorship Manager 

Katya Evans 

Individual Giving 

Manager 

Lizzie Stallybrass 

Events Officer 

Rebecca Lyle 

FINANCE 

Head of Finance 

Tania Clark 

Finance Manager 

Jenny Patterson 

Finance Officer 

Donika Yordanova 

FRONT OF HOUSE 

Theatre Manager 

Helen Noble 

Duty Managers 

Philippa Davidson 

Simon Kenny 

Dervla Toal 

Head Ushers 

Jessica Carroll 

Geraldine Caulfield 

Chris Corby 

Nick Durant 

Eric Geynes 

Camilla Mars 

Mary Okeke 

Jeany Spark 

Geoff White 

Ushers 

Zoe Apostolides 

Sarah Attoe 

Charlotte Bennett 

Annette Butler 

Imogen Cooper 

Ono Dafedjaiye 

Laura Evelyn 

Anisa Farabi 

Sylvie Gallant 

Otto Hills-Fletcher 

Andrew Howard 

Janice Howard 

Louie Keen 

Morwenna Mara 

Ian Marshall 

Anne Sheasby 

Shanice Stennett 

Phil Symonds 

Fleur Ward 

Becky Wright 

Theatre Tour Guide 

Jenny Hargreaves 

Cleaning Staff 

Principle Cleaning 

Services 

MARKETING 

Head of Marketing 

& Sales (Maternity Cover) 

Doug Buist 

Head of Marketing 

& Sales 

Jane Macpherson 

Marketing Campaigns 

Manager 

Lis Jennings 

Marketing Assistant 

Stephanie Bell 

Assistant to the Head of 

Marketing & Sales 

Alison Fraser 

PRESS 

Press Representative 

Janine Shalom at 

Premier PR 

020 7292 8330 

PRODUCTION 

Head of Production 

James Crout 

Company Manager 

Emma Basilico 

Stage Manager 

Laura Flowers 

Chief Technician 

Jason Wescombe 

Lighting Technician 

Robin Fisher 

Sound Technician 

Howard Wood 

Theatre Technician 

Adriano Agostino 

Wardrobe Supervisor 

Catrina Richardson 

Wardrobe Deputy 

Eleanor Dolan 

CONSULTANTS 

Scripts Advisors 

Simon Burt 

Barry McCarthy 

Architects 

Burrell Foley Fischer 

Structural Engineering 

Consultants 

Alan Conisbee 

Associates 

Surveyor to the Almeida 

Hedley Merriman 

Auditors 

Haysmacintyre 

Solicitors 

Mishcon de Reya 

Sheridans 

Wedlake Saint 

Production Insurance 

Giles Insurance Brokers 

Security 

Umair Jamil for 

McKenzie Arnold 

Security Ltd 

Access Consultant Group 

Mandy Colleran 

Wendy Haslam 

Ian Jentle 

Lois Keith 

Deborah Neve 

Caroline Parker 

Graphic Design 

With Relish 

Dave Roberts for Cantate 

Programme Print 

Cantate

ASSISTED PERFORMANCES 

The Almeida Theatre schedules assisted performances in order to make 

theatre more accessible and enjoyable for people who may find it difficult to 

see or hear everything that takes place on stage. 

ALMEIDA ACCESS WEEK 

22-27 March 2010 

A week celebrating the Almeida's access opportunities 

Captioning 

Captioning converts the spoken word into text which 

is displayed on a caption unit, viewed by the whole 

audience. The captions are delivered live by a 

qualified captioner. The audience can follow what is 

said and who is speaking as well as information such 

as sound effects, music and off-stage noises exactly 

as it happens. The caption unit position changes 

from show to show depending on the set design but 

is always placed in a prominent position to allow the 

best access for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing 

audiences. 

People without a recognised hearing loss can also 

find captioning useful, especially when English is not 

their first language; or when the performance 

involves dialect or strong accents. 

Upcoming captioned performances: 

MEASURE FOR MEASURE 

Wednesday 17 March 2010, 2.30pm 

Monday 22 March 2010, 7.30pm 

(followed by Speech-To-Text Talkback) 

RUINED 

Saturday 15 May 2010, 3pm 

Tuesday 25 May 2010, 7.30pm 

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY 

Saturday 10 July 2010, 3pm 

Tuesday 20 July 2010, 7.30pm 

Captioning supported by See-a-Voice 

Audio description 

Audio Description gives access to blind, visually 

impaired and partially sighted people. It is a live 

verbal commentary providing information on the 

visual elements of a production such as the style and 

design. The description is delivered in-between the 

dialogue of a performance and is picked up via a 

lightweight headset. 

An audio CD of pre-show notes is sent out to bookers 

in advance, giving details of the set, characters and 

costumes as well as practical information on the 

theatre and how to get here. There is a Touch Tour 

prior to the performance, where the audience 

explores the set and costumes and meets the cast. 

GET IN TOUCH 

If you would like any more information 

about assisted performances or access, 

or to book for an assisted performance, 

please contact us: 

020 7288 4999 

email access@almeida.co.uk 

or visit www.almeida.co.uk 

Upcoming audio described performances: 


Saturday 27 March 2010, 2.30pm 

(touch tour 1pm) 

RUINED 

Saturday 22 May 2010, 3pm 

(touch tour 1.30pm) 

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY 

Saturday 24 July 2010, 3pm 

(touch tour 1.30pm) 

Audio description by VocalEyes 

We are very grateful to the Ormonde and 

Mildred Duveen Trust for their ongoing 

support of the Almeida Theatre's access 

programme. 

If you would like a large print 

copy of this programme please 

contact us using the details 

listed. 

With thanks to VocalEyes and See-a-Voice. 

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ALMEIDA PROJECTS 

MEASURE FOR 

MEASURE SCHOOL 

RESIDENCIES 

Between January and 

March, Almeida Projects is 

working with 15 year old 

students from six Islington 

schools on a residency 

exploring the themes of 

power and authority in 

Measure for Measure. 

“Almeida Projects provides an active, creative link between 

our theatre and its audience, more specifically an audience 

that may not have considered that the theatre might be for 

them. This is not simply to ensure an audience for the 

future; it is to establish the right of every individual to selfexpression, 

to the belief that they possess creative 

potential and that theatre is a populist, collaborative art 

form as available to them as to everybody else. 

Whether any young person working with us goes on to 

become a professional writer, actor, director, designer, 

administrator or technician is of secondary interest. Our 

aim is to act as a catalyst to their energies, to their hunger 

to participate – celebrating the creativity of young people in 

the best way we know how: by offering them our 

experience, our expertise and our unique theatre.” 

Continuing our aim to 

develop creative links 

between our Partner 

Schools, the Measure for 

Measure Residencies 

project is our most 

ambitious cross-school 

collaboration yet. Nearly 

200 students in ten groups 

from six schools will share 

their work on the Almeida Theatre stage in March, building a 

sense of community and respect that transcends school 

boundaries. 

The Measure for Measure Residencies project offers Year 10 

drama students opportunity to look at gender relations and the 

responsibility of power: contrasting personal morality with the 

standards set by authority. Students will work with the Almeida 

Projects team of theatre professionals to devise short 

performances based on their exploration of these challenging 

themes. 

At its heart the residency aims to engage students creatively with 

choices we make: when no one’s telling you what to do, how do 

you make decisions and do what’s right? 

Michael Attenborough, Artistic Director. 

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Photos by Bridget Jones 

Almeida Projects is the Almeida Theatre’s community and 

learning programme. 

• Our work is inspired by the theatre’s productions and we 

deliver a range of high quality, innovative activities including: 

• Residencies and bespoke projects in partnership with local 

schools and community groups 

• A subsidised ticket scheme supported by regular teacher’s 

evenings, free resource packs, free introductory and 

curriculum workshops 

• The Young Friend of the Almeida scheme 

• A Trainee Workshop Leader Programme 

To book subsidised tickets, a workshop or to find out more about 

Almeida Projects contact Charlie, Projects Administrator, on 020 

7288 4916 or email projects@almeida.co.uk 

For more information about our previous 

production-related school residencies, please 

visit www.almeida.co.uk/education and see Our 

Projects.

Young Friend 

of the Almeida 

February Half-Term Masterclasses 

15-18 February, 12-6pm 

Our February Half-Term Masterclasses give you the 

opportunity to try out new skills and discover new talents! 

Each Masterclass is one day long; you can attend just the 

one, or try them all! 

Monday 15 February: 

Monday 15 February: 

Tuesday 16 February: 

Wednesday 17 February: 

Thursday 18 February: 

Physical Theatre Masterclass 

Measure for Measure 

workshop and show for £3 

Musical Theatre Masterclass 

Auditions Masterclass 

Shakespeare Masterclass with 


To book your place or to become a Young 

Friend of the Almeida, contact Natalie on 

nmitchell@almeida.co.uk or 020 7288 4937. 

YFA Creative Board 

The Young Friend of the Almeida scheme has been gathering pace 

over the last few months, under the guidance of a dedicated team of 

young people, who make up the Young Friend Creative Board. The 

Creative Board meets once a fortnight, and takes a central role in 

programming and marketing Young Friend activities, organising 

events and even advising and supporting the recruitment of Almeida 

Projects staff. 

The Creative Board secured two wonderful patrons for the scheme: 

Jenny Jules and Andrew Lincoln. Their work ensured fully booked 

masterclasses in acting for stage and screen, directing and design; 

and a sold out site-specific production, created in collaboration with 

Punchdrunk Enrichment. 

YFA in Spring: ScriptLab 

During the spring term, a group of Young Friends are working with a 

playwright and dramaturg to develop their own One Act Plays. Over 

ten weeks, our budding writers will be tutored through the 

scriptwriting process, using practical exercises and writing tasks to 

explore specific elements in writing for stage including: structure, 

dialogue, creating characters and dramatic action. The group are 

also looking at a number of past and current Almeida playtexts for 

inspiration, including Parlour Song, Measure for Measure and Ruined. 

Up to four of the scripts produced will be cast with Young Friends and 

rehearsed over the Easter break, before being performed as part of our 

inaugural Young Friend One Act Play Festival on Friday 16 April. 

For information on forthcoming Young Friend of the Almeida activities, 

visit the Young Friends section of the website 

www.almeida.co.uk/education. 

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HISTORY OF THE ALMEIDA 

THE ALMEIDA THEATRE is a 321 seat venue 

in the heart of Islington. Built in 1837, 

originally as the Scientific and Literary 

Institute of Islington, the building has 

undergone many reincarnations including a 

Victorian music hall, a Salvation Army citadel, 

when the balcony was most likely added, and a 

factory for carnival novelties. 

It was converted and founded as a theatre in 1980 by 

Pierre Audi, rapidly building up a reputation for high 

quality drama, particularly during the 1990s under the 

Artistic Directorship of Jonathan Kent and Ian 

McDiarmid. 

In 2001 the company relocated to Kings Cross, whilst 

major refurbishment took place, providing an entirely 

new front-of-house and, through massive excavation, 

extra back-stage space. The company returned to 

Islington in 2003 under the direction of present Artistic 

Director Michael Attenborough. 

The Almeida is known worldwide for producing an 

adventurous and diverse range of British and 

international drama with some of the world’s finest 

artists. In its unique space, uniting the epic and the 

intimate, the Almeida presents classics (when foreign, 

in newly commissioned versions) aiming to reveal 

them in a fresh light, alongside brand new plays from 

across the English-speaking world. 

EXPLORE THE ALMEIDA 

The Almeida buiding in 1840 

You can find out more about the history of this 

fascinating building on our theatre tours. 

Led by an experienced guide they offer the opportunity 

to explore the depths of the theatre including backstage, 

wardrobe, and technical departments. 

The tours also look at the history of the building through 

its many incarnations up to the present day. We finish 

the tours with a complimentary tea or coffee in the bar. 

Upcoming tours Saturday 27 March, 

Saturday 29 May, 11am. Tickets £5 

For more information see www.almeida.co.uk 

or to book a place on a tour contact box office on 

020 7359 4404. 

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Photo: Ewald van der Straeten

YOUR VISIT 

Welcome to the Almeida Theatre 

IN THE FOYER 

The box office, bar, kiosk and toilets 

are all at foyer level. 

Access to the Circle is outside and 

upstairs through the doors on 

Almeida Street. Access to the Stalls 

is through the doors in the foyer. 

The following are available to buy 

from the kiosk in the foyer: 

• Playscripts, past & present 

• Programmes 

• Posters past and present 

• Loseley Ice Creams 

• Almeida T-shirts 

Infrared headsets are also available 

at the kiosk for a small deposit. 

Photo: Ewald van der Straeten 

EATING AND DRINKING 

The Almeida Theatre Bar offers simple, quality dishes prepared in our kitchen, a 

great wine list, fine coffees and a relaxed atmosphere, and in the evening 

becomes a lively bar for audiences and actors alike. 

Light and airy in the daytime, it is an ideal place to meet friends for lunch, 

make use of our free Wifi connection, or just relax and read the papers. 

The Theatre Bar is open to all. You can visit us from 11.30am – 11pm, 

Monday – Saturday, and eat with us between 12 – 7pm. 

To beat the rush we recommend that you pre-order your interval drinks 

at the bar before the performance. 

For further information, or enquiries about hiring the bar please call 

020 7288 4900 or visit www.almeida.co.uk 

DURING THE 

PERFORMANCE 

Please take your seats in good time. 

There will be a three minute bell 

before the start of the performance. 

To avoid distracting the performers 

and spoiling the performance for 

other audience members we ask that 

you keep noise to a minimum in the 

auditorium and please switch off 

mobile phones. We kindly request no 

photography or recording equipment 

be used in the auditorium. 

Plastic cups are available at the bar 

and from ushers to enable you to 

take drinks into the auditorium. We 

request that you do not take food in 

with you. 

Strobe lighting, smoke, and sudden 

loud noises may be used in some of 

our productions. If you would like 

more information on stage effects 

please ask to speak to the Duty 

Manager. 

Tell us your 

thoughts... 

Photo: Bridget Jones 

We'd love to hear your thoughts on your 

experience at the Almeida Theatre and in 

particular what you thought of today’s 

performance. Please fill in a card in the 

foyer, or email us on 

marketing@almeida.co.uk 

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JOIN THE 

ALMEIDA’S 

CIRCLE OF 

SUPPORTERS 

As a registered charity, the Almeida Theatre 

needs to raise £1.2m each year to enable a 

programme of work that is bold, risk-taking 

and of the highest quality. 

With memberships starting from just £50, 

you can join our Circle of Supporters scheme 

and ensure the continuation of this 

programme, providing the means for us to 

plan ambitiously for the future. 

IN ADDITION YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM:* 

· Priority booking 

· Advanced mailing 

· Exclusive events 

· Quarterly newsletter 

· Special offers 

· Programme accreditation 

· Personalised booking 

· Access to sold out shows 

* Benefits depend on level of support; please 

ask for further information about levels 

of support and the associated benefits 

If you would like to help us and become 

more involved with the theatre and its work, 

please join our Circle of Supporters today: 

CALL Lizzie Stallybrass on 020 7288 4935 

EMAIL lstallybrass@almeida.co.uk 

VISIT the Almeida Theatre Box Office (Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm) 

ONLINE almeida.co.uk/supportus 

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The Almeida Theatre is a registered charity no. 282167. 

Joseph Mawle in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. 

Photo Hugo Glendinning

ALMEIDA SUPPORTERS 

The Almeida is an extraordinary theatre. The world’s finest acting, writing, designing and directing talents produce 

some of their best work in our unique and much loved space, ensuring that the theatre is alive each night with 

performances that inspire and excite our audiences. 

However, the freedom and the means whereby we can be bold, risk-taking and distinctive and able to produce work 

of the highest quality, costs money. £3.3m per annum to be precise. Every year we raise £1.2m of that ourselves – 

more than box office income or subsidy from the Arts Council England. 

We are, therefore, hugely reliant upon the financial commitment of a group of very special individuals, trusts and 

companies who choose to become involved at the heart of our theatre. Their support ensures that we can plan 

ambitiously for the future with security and confidence, whilst keeping ticket prices affordable (with over 40 seats 

sold each night for just £8). It also means we can continue to deliver Almeida Projects - our inspirational 

programme of work with young people and the local community. 

Accordingly, we owe immense thanks to a collection of committed and enthusiastic supporters - many of whom 

are listed below and without whose kindness we simply could not exist. I do hope that you too might consider 

becoming involved with our wonderful theatre, at whatever level - helping us to continue turning our dreams into 

realities. 


Artistic Director 

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Major Donors 

Ormonde & Mildred Duveen Trust 


The Ingram Trust 

Harvey & Allison McGrath 

Georgia Oetker 

Legacy Gifts 

Arthur Donald Fleming 

Clare Hope 

Almeida Projects Supporters 

National Lottery through Arts 

Council England 

Sue Baring & Andre Newburg 

James & Erica Dickson 

The Foundation for Sport and the 

Arts 

Grocer’s Company Charitable Trust 

The Peter Harrison Foundation 

J.P. Morgan 

Mr & Mrs David Lakhdhir 

The Noël Coward Foundation 

Jan & Michael Topham 

Andrew Wilkinson, Goldman Sachs 

Lady Alexander of Weedon 

Summer Festival Supporters 

American Airlines 

Eranda Foundation 

Gala Supporters 

Anonymous 

OMEGA 

Cosima Pavoncelli 

Shin Kong Life Foundation 

Sarka Tourres 

Artistic Director’s Inner Circle 

Eric Abraham & Sigrid Rausing 

Mercedes & Michael Hoffman 

Jack & Linda Keenan 

John Kinder & Geraldine Downey 

Bruce & Suzie Kovner 

Jon & NoraLee Sedmak 

The Williams Charitable Trust 

Production Circle 

K.L. Breuss & G.P. Burgess 

Stamos J. Fafalios 

Joachim Fleury 

The Marina Kleinwort Trust 

Midge & Simon Palley 

Paul & Elizabeth O’Hanlon 

Rachel & Anthony Williams 

Benefactors 

Arimathea Charitable Trust 

Steve Barnett & Alexandra Marks 

Anthony & Andrea Coombs 

Ian & Caroline Cormack 

Sarah & Louis Elson 

Tim Fosberry 

Mr & Mrs A Geczy 

Lydia & Manfred Gorvy 

Barbara & Michael Gwinnell 

Susan Hahn & Duncan Moore 

Matthew & Severa Hurlock 

Carlo Kapp 

Charles & Nicky Manby 

The David & Elaine Potter 

Foundation 

Wayne Rapozo 

Sarah & Alastair Ross Goobey 

Dr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler 

Foundation 

Mrs Carol Sellars 

Lord & Lady Simon 

Nicola Stanhope 

Jan & Michael Topham 

Roderick & Melanie Vere Nicoll 

Andrew & Juliet Wilkinson 

Patrons 

Jeffrey Archer 

Jane Attias 

Keith & Barbara Bain 

Iain Barbour 

Sue Baring & Andre Newburg 

Sir Tim Berners-Lee 

Lord & Lady Bernstein 

Kate & Colin Birss 

Jonathan & Isabel Blake 

Tony & Gisela Bloom 

Miriam Borchard 

Katie Bradford 

Perdita Cargill-Thompson & 

Jonathan Martin 

Richard & Robin Chapman 

Mr William Claxton-Smith 

Mrs Denise Cohen 

Felicia Crystal 

Mr & Mrs Dannenbaum 

Sarah Deaves 

Angus Deayton 

Mr Robert H.F. Devereux 

James & Erica Dickson 

Robyn Durie 

Joel van Dusen 

Richard & Linda Ely 

Mr Peter Englander 

John & Tawna Farmer 

Daniel Friel 

Jackie & Michael Gee 

Jacqueline & Jonathan Gestetner 

Richard Gildea 

Michael Goddard 

David Graham 

Nick Gray 

Byron Grote & Susan Miller 

Andrew Haigh

Pamela, Lady Harlech 

Maureen & Derek Harte 

Alisdair & Sophie Haythornthwaite 

Michael & Morven Heller 

Dorothy Henderson 

Michael Holland 

Michael Holter 

Christopher Hyder 

Linden Ife 

Nicholas & Maria Jones 

Nicholas Josefowitz 

Mary Kallaher & Matteo Perale 

Ralph & Patricia Kanter 

Dr & Dr C Kaplanis 

Mr Neil King 

Mr & Mrs Philip Kingsley 

Mr & Mrs David Lakhdhir 

Anthony Mackintosh 

Mr Raul Margara 

Stephanie & Carter McClelland 

Mr Julian Mills 

Barbara Minto 

Diana & Alan Morgenthau 

Emily Thornberry MP & Christopher 

Nugee QC 

The Oyster Foundation 

J Francis Palamara 

Barrie & Catherine Pearson 

Andrea & Hilary Ponti 

The Posgate Charitable Trust 

Michele Ragazzi 

Timothy & Judith Ritchie 

Jill & Paul Ruddock 

William & Julie Ryan 

Susie Sainsbury 

Mr & Mrs Richard J Schwartz 

Jennifer Sevaux 

The Simon Family 

Anthony Simpson & Susan Boster 

Norma & David Smith 

Rosalyn & Nicholas Springer 

David & Tanya Steyn 

Adam & Sheri Sticpewich 

Mr R D Szpiro 

Ms Eileen Taylor 

Christian & Sarah Thun-Hohenstein 

Lord & Lady Tugendhat 

Judith Unwin 

Mr P Voyce 

Bob & India Wardrop 

Lady Alexander of Weedon 

Jack & Lina Wood 

Mr Neil Woodgate 

Michael & Kate Yates 

Directors’ Circle 

Lorraine Baldry 

J & A Benard 

Neil & Ann Benson 

Nicholas Berwin 

Sally A. Bourne 

Ms Diana Brant 

Gerald Brawn & Karen Marks 

Anthony Bunker 

Barry Burland & Tim den Dekker 

Mr Simon Clark 

Carole & Neville Conrad 

John Crisp 

George T Dragonas 

Jim & Maureen Elton 

Mort & Frannie Fleishhacker 

Margaret Ford & John Stewart 

Mr Stephen Foss 

Anupam Ganguli 

David Gestetner & 

Angela Howard 

Annie Gosney & Tim McInnerny 

Nick & Fiona Green 

The Mimi & Peter Haas Fund 

Neville & Veronika Harris 

Mr Charles Henderson 

Gordon Holmes 

Sir Robin & Lady Jacob 

Peter & Maria Kellner 

London Arts Discovery Tours 

Lou & Tony Mallin 

Brenda Meldrum 

Maggie Mills 

David Mitchell 

Asha & Trevor Phillips 

John & Laurel Rafter 

Anthony Regan 

Mr Charles Russell 

Mr Brian D Smith 

Mr W J Smith-Bowers 

Tim & Sophia Steel 

Dr Miriam Stoppard 

Sally Walden 

Marilyn & Geoffrey Wilson 

Mr & Mrs Roger Wyand 

Jonathan Yudkin 

Actors’ Circle 

J Aldred 

Nicola Allpress 

Alexander Balcombe 

Mr & Mrs Andrew Barnett 

Jill Barton 

Susan Barty 

David & Primrose Bell 

Michael & Lesley Bennett 

Mr & Mrs Anthony Blee 

Lord & Lady Brown of Eaton-Under- 

Heywood 

Felicity Callinan 

Peter & Diana Cawdron 

Claire & Ivor Connick 

Juan Corbella 

Rosamund Shelley, Lady Cox 

Robert & Lynette Craig 

Paul Cullington 

Timothy & Patrcia Daunt 

Gill Cutbill & Ged Davies 

David Day 

José & David Dent 

Yvonne Destribats 

Mr R J Dormer 

Mr Kendall Duesbury 

Mrs Denise Esfandi 

Mr Alan Fenton 

Robert & Clare Gray 

Brian & Rosita Green 

Ms Judy Green 

Graeme & Fiona Griffiths 

Sheila & John Harvey 

Douglas Hawkins 

Ms Clodagh Hayes 

Ms Sioban Healy 

Martin & Alicia Herbert 

Rob & Sally Hull 

Joyce Hytner 

Tamara Ingram 

Latifa Kosta 

Byron Lang 

Mr Roger Lascelles 

Mr & Mrs B Lesslie 

Janet Martin 

Stephen & Nan-Yeong Matthews 

The Morris-Jones Family 

Ms Jane Norbury 

Mr Richard Polo 

Sophia Rauf 

Jan Ravens 

Mary Robey 

Julian & Catherine Roskill 

Dr & Mrs Saggar 

Barry Serjent 

Dasha Shenkman 

Sue & Stuart Stradling 

Christoph & Marion Trestler 

Mr William Underhill 

Ms Donna Vinter 

Nicholas Watkinson 

Frank & Denie Weil 

Mr C C Wright 

Designers’ Circle 

Raymond A Adams 

Mr Aherne 

Mr Simon Aldridge 

D J Almeida 

Mr & Mrs Arkwrighht 

Mrs Carole J Armstrong 

Zac & Lucy Barratt 

Christopher Benson 

Rita & Ian Binder 

Mr & Mrs Boesch 

Mr M R Bowley 

Stuart Brand 

Mandy Bridger 

Sir Rodney Brooke 

Ossi & Paul Burger 

Dr Nigel Burton 

Mrs R J A Carawan 

Tiana Everett del Castillo 

Geraldine Caulfield 

Lady Cazalet 

Mr & Mrs P Chappatte 

Mr S J Clayman 

Mr T Coldrey 

John & Rosemary Coldwell 

Jonathan Crow 

Mr & Mrs Andrew Cunningham 

Mrs Pamela Curwen 

Professor Philip David 

Dr Sheilagh Davies 

Graham & Christine Dawson 

Justin & Emma Dowley 

Mr Kendall Duesbury 

Miss Sally England 

Mrs Joy Eve 

Mark Everett 

Lindy Fletcher 

Tony & Jane Fogg 

Mr P L Folmer 

Judith Foy 

Amanda Gestetner 

Bobbie Ginswick 

Jonathan Glasson & Jamie Lake 

Janine Goedert 

Andrew & Karen Goldstone 

Ms S J Goodman 

Mr Ian Grant 

Reade & Elizabeth Griffith 

Grouse Investment 

Nerissa Guest 

Debby Guthrie 

Miss Celia Hall 

Mr Martin John Hall 

Maurice & Valerie Halperin 

Sophie Hanscombe 

Rosemary Hanson 

Dr & Mrs Michael Harding 

Andrew & Anita Harper 

Crawford & Mary Harris 

Jonathan & Hélène Haw 

Polly Hester 

Professor Dame Joan Higgins 

Andy & Janelle Hill 

Jane Hill 

Caroline & Charles Hebbert 

Mr Lew Hodges 

Madeleine Hodgkin 

Mrs Rosemary Hood 

Sam Howard 

Rachel Ingalls 

Dan Ison 

Christine Jay 

Professor Norman Joels 

Mrs M Johnston 

Mr Simon Jones 

Brian & Janet King 

Dr Andrew J Kisiel 

Sarah & Christopher Knight 

Ruth & Peter Kraus 

Kudos Film and Television 

Mrs A Lampert 

Mr David Lanch 

David John Langrish 

Jacqui Lavy 

Alan Leibowitz & Barbara Weiss 

Colette & Peter Levy 

Mr Dennis M Levy 

Susan & Steven Licht 

Mr & Mrs LE Linaker 

Paul & Brigitta Lock 

Mr Juan Manuel Lopez Eiris 

C & I Maggs 

Donald & Sally Main 

John McGinley 

Lynette & Willie McKechnie 

Mr Marcelo Paes De Melto 

Ms A Millar 

Ms Tessa Moloney 

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Alex & Susan de Mont 

Paula Morris 

Steve Morrison 

Sean Murphy 

Mrs VG Murray 

Mr & Mrs Myddleton 

Dr Venetia Newall 

Ray & Sarah O’Connell 

Ellie Packer & Bob Freidus 

Nigel Pantling 

Ms Sara Parkin 

Mrs Joyce Parsons 

Mr Duncan Perry 

Nick Perry 

Professor Brice Pitt 

Mr John Nevil Plant 

Preben & Annie Prebenson 

Oliver Prenn 

Mrs Caroline Price 

Sue Prickett 

Chris Priestley 

Dennis Pyser 

Darren Quigg & Irina Hemmers 

Mrs E E Randall 

Dr Susan Rankine 

Ms Ruth Rattenbury 

Ms Ali Rea 

Liz & Nick Reeve 

Mrs Kathleen Reeve 

Christopher Marek Rencki 

Mrs Mary Rendall 

Anthony Rhodes 

Clare Rich 

Robin Roads 

RobynCeleste 

Mr G C Rodopoulos 

Anthony Rudd 

Mrs Susan Rudeloff 

Christopher & Alison Samuel 

Simon & Abigail Sargent 

Schon Family Charitable Trust 

Gilly Schuster 

Dr Sennett 

Mr Naveed Shah 

Mrs Susan Shammas 

Mr T W Sharp 

Justin Shinebourne & Laurence 

Chaussinand 

Elaine & English Showalter 

Jonathan Silver 

Mark Silverstein 

Peter & Moira Smith 

Mrs L Spitz 

Nick & Louise Steidl 

Mr AP & Mrs M T Stirling 

Julian & Maria Sturdy-Morton 

Anne & Paul Swain 

Peter Taylor 

Andrew & Deirdra Threadgold 

Monica Tross 

The Lady Marina Vaizey 

Anne & Robert Van Gieson 

Mr Andrew Wales 

Lady Ward 

Sue & Alan Warner 

Mr Tim Watson 

Mr John Welz 

Paul Wheeler 

Susan & Charles Whiddington 

Miss Lisa Whiffen 

Mr Widdis 

Ms Rachael A Williams 

Dr Peter Willis 

Ms Ann E F Wingate 

Mr & Mrs D Woolf 

We would also like to thank the many 

generous Friends of the Almeida 

Theatre, whom we are unable to list 

individually 

We would like to thank the following individuals for their dedication and support. 

Ambassadors 

Sue Baring 

Sarah Elson 

Stamos J. Fafalios 

Rick Haythornthwaite 

Jack Keenan 

Georgia Oetker 

Nigel Pantling 

Jessica de Rothschild 

American Friends of the Almeida 

Theatre Trustees 

Kenneth David Burrows 

A. Michael Hoffman 

William Palmer 

Corporate Council 

Rick Gildea 

Chair 

Joachim Fleury 

Frederick Goetzen 

Tamara Ingram 

Dan Ison 

Elizabeth Nolan 

Andrew Wilkinson 

Gala Committee Chairs 


Shakespeare’s Women Gala 

Jamie Arkell & Lise Mayer 

Cabaret Gala 

Juliet Wilkinson 

Chain Play II 

Martha Tack 

A Chain Play 

Saffron Burrows & Sydney Finch 

The Hypochondriac 

Thelma Holt & Damian Lewis 

Macbeth 


Judgment Day 

Awake and Sing! 

Blood Wedding 

Love Counts 


The Lady From The Sea 

Individual Giving Committee 

Martha Tack 

Chair 

Jamie Arkell 


Andrew Haigh 

Dorothy Henderson 

Sam Howard 

Linda Lakhdhir 

Sheri Sticpewich 

Judith Unwin 

Local Liaison Committee 

Nicky Manby 

Chair 

Jenny Black 

Annie Edge 

Rob Edge 

Susan Hahn 

Caroline Hoare 

Linden Ife 

Lynn Lomas 

Clare Parsons 

Joan Rodgers 

Demelza Short 

Sarah Whitehead 

Development Photographer 

Alex Brenner 

Have you ever thought about supporting the Almeida Theatre with a legacy? 

Leaving a legacy is a very special way of ensuring that your tradition of 

support for the Almeida Theatre continues for years to come, allowing 

us to provide enriching theatrical experiences which will engage future 

generations. 

You can include the Almeida Theatre in your Will by directing your gift 

to the Almeida Theatre Company Limited, registered charity number 

282167. 

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For any information concerning legacies please contact Lizzie Stallybrass at lstallybrass@almeida.co.uk or 020 7288 4935.

ALMEIDA CORPORATE 

SUPPORTERS 

“A small stage where giants play” The Times 

Principal Sponsor 

Corporate Partners 

Local 

Corporate Partners 

Performance Sponsors 

Major Sponsors 

WHY SPONSOR THE ALMEIDA THEATRE? 

The Almeida Theatre is exceptional. Our name is associated with critically acclaimed, award-winning productions, around 

which we create tailored packages for our sponsors. Corporate Supporters benefit from affordable and valuable 

sponsorship and entertaining packages for small to large scale organisations that include: 

• Unique entertaining opportunities with the Almeida’s first-class casts and creative teams 

• Branding, marketing and profile raising opportunities 

• CSR fulfilment via Almeida Projects: the theatre’s creative exchange with young people 

To learn more about how the Almeida can meet your business needs, please contact Katya Evans on 020 7288 4932 or 

kevans@almeida.co.uk 

www.almeida.co.uk/supportus/corporatesupport 

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The Almeida Theatre is delighted to be 

working in partnership with Amnesty 

International around the production of Ruined. 

Photo by Hugo Glendinning 

To celebrate this partnership we will be holding 

an event around the performance of 

Ruined on Thursday 20 May which includes a 

post-show talk. 

Further information to follow. 

Visit www.almeida.co.uk 

Working in partnership with 

Amnesty International 

ISLINGTON FIRST & UNDER 30s 

Be among the first to see the Almeida Theatre’s new productions 

If you live or work in the Islington area or are under 30 

you can take advantage of special ticket prices for our 

opening performances. 

Islington First: best available seats for £20 

Under 30s: best available seats for £15 

The offers are valid for the following performances: 

MEASURE FOR MEASURE 12 – 17 February 2010 

RUINED 15 – 21 April 2010 

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY 10 – 15 June 2010 

These offers are based on seats usually priced £29.50 or £22. 

Eligible postcodes for Islington First are N1, N4, N5, N6, N7, N19, EC1. 

Proof of address (for Islington First) or age (Under 30s) will be required 

when collecting tickets. 

Tickets are limited and subject to availability. 

A NIGHT LESS ORDINARY 

Free theatre tickets for Under 26s 

Through Arts Council England’s A Night Less Ordinary 

initiative we are able to offer a limited number of free 

tickets to people under 26 for most performances 

Monday – Thursday. Tickets can be booked by phone or 

in person; for full instructions, availability, terms and 

conditions see almeida.co.uk/under26 

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Clifford Chance are proud to support 

the Almeida Theatre 

At Clifford Chance we are committed to engaging with our local communities and 

using our talents and resources to help others. 

To discover more about our pro bono, community and environmental initiatives, 

visit www.cliffordchance.com/community 

Clifford Chance LLP 

Clifford Chance shares a global commitment to dignity, diversity and inclusiveness. 

www.cliffordchance.com 

COMING NEXT TO THE DONMAR 

11 FEBRUARY – 27 MARCH 2010 

1 APRIL – 22 MAY 2010 

Serenading Louie 

by Lanford Wilson 

ALSO ON TOUR IN THE UK 

The Lowry, Salford Quays: 

30 March - 3 April 2010 

Curve, Leicester: 

6 April - 10 April 2010 

Hall for Cornwall, Truro: 

13 April - 17 April 2010 

POLAR 

BEARS 

by mark haddon 

PRODUCTION SUPPORTER 

Joanna & Daniel Friel 

BOX OFFICE 0844 871 7624 | donmarwarehouse.com 

41 EARLHAM STREET, SEVEN DIALS, LONDON WC2 

All phone and online bookings are taken by ATG with a £2.50 transaction fee. 

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR 

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Bermuda • France • Ireland • Singapore • Switzerland • UK • USA 

Aspen 

sponsors of great performances for 

seven years at the Almeida Theatre 

Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global 

markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Bermuda, France, Ireland, Singapore, 

Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 

Aspen is delighted to continue its relationship with the Almeida Theatre as a Production Sponsor. 

www.aspen.bm 

Nourishing the spirit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

©2010 Bank of America Corporation. For disclaimer, visit www.bankofamerica.com/disclaimer. 

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European Private Equity Investors 

are proud to be supporters of the 

Almeida Theatre and extend their best wishes to 

Michael Attenborough and the entire Almeida Company 

on the occasion of their new production 

www.palamon.com 

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LEGAL ADVICE 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT 

PROUD SPONSORS OF THE ALMEIDA THEATRE 

& 


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© Pinsent Masons LLP 2010

WHY CO-AXIAL? 

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We’ve always been happy to 

be less famous than our clients 

Throughout our long history, Coutts has always been happy 

to be less famous than our clients. Our links to the World 

of Shakespeare date back to the days when clients such 

as Sir Henry Irving, Charles Kean, John Philip Kemble and 

Eliza O'Neill performed in notable London Theatres. 

Today, Coutts continues this long and rich association with 

the performing arts, and we are still privileged to have many 

individuals from this arena amongst our clients. As a leading 

sponsor of the performing arts, Coutts is pleased and proud 

to support this production of Measure for Measure. 

For more information about Coutts, call Pauline Brown on 

020 7753 1963 or visit our website www.coutts.com 

Sir Henry Irving was considered to be one 

of the greatest actors of his day. He played 

a wide range of Shakespearean roles and was 

a good friend of Thomas Coutts’ granddaugher 

Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Eton, 

Exeter, Guildford, Hampshire, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, 

Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading, Sheffield, Tunbridge Wells. 

CALLS MAY BE RECORDED

by William Shakespeare - Almeida Theatre

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