The Grange Festival returns in 2021 between 11 June – 18 July. The Grange Festival will present spoken theatre for the first time with Sir John Tomlinson [pictured] and Sir Thomas Allen performing in a new production of Shakespeare’s King Lear directed by Keith Warner (14-17 July). They will also present Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Paul Curran (11-24 June), Rossini’s La Cenerentola directed by Stephen Barlow (12-30 June), and Francesco Cilluffo returns to conduct Puccini’s Manon Lescaut directed by Stephen Lawless (27 June-9 July).
Link: https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/
11, 18, 20, 24 June 2021
The Grange, Northington
Anthony Kraus conductor | Paul Curran director and set designer | Gabriella Ingram costume designer | Paul Pyant lighting designer | Samantha Clarke Tytania | Alexander Chance Oberon | Chris Darmanin Puck | Roberto Lorenzi Theseus | Angharad Lyddon Hippolyta | Peter Kirk Lysander | Dominic Sedgwick Demetrius | Angela Simkin Hermia | Eleanor Dennis Helena | Jonathan Lemalu Bottom | Graeme Danby Quince | Ben Johnson Flute | Sion Goronwy Snug | Gwinlym Bowen Snout | Johnny Herford Starveling | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream
12, 17, 19, 26, 30 June 2021
The Grange, Northington
David Parry conductor | Stephen Barlow director | Andrew D Edwards designer | Sinéad McKenna lighting designer | Heather Douglas choreographer | Josè Maria Lo Monaco Angelina | Nico Darmanin Don Ramiro | Christian Senn Dandini | Luciano di Pasquale Don Magnifico | Roberto Lorenzi Alidoro | Carolina Lippo Clorinda | Maria Ostroukhova Tisbe | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Rossini La Cenerentola
27 June, 1, 3, 7, 9 July 2021
The Grange, Northington
Francesco Cilluffo conductor | Stephen Lawless director | Adrian Linford designer | Paul Pyant lighting designer | Lynne Hockney movement director | Elin Pritchard Manon Lescaut | Nicholas Lester Lescaut | Samuel Sakker Des Grieux | Stephen Richardson Geronte | Kamil Bien Edmondo, Dancing Master, Lamplighter | Angharad Lyddon Musician | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Puccini Manon Lescaut
8, 16, 18 July 2021
The Grange, Northington
Alfonso Casado Trigo conductor | Guy Unsworth director | Ellie Laugharne Eliza Doolittle | Richard Suart Colonel Pickering | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Lerner & Loewe My Fair Lady
14, 15, 17 July 2021
The Grange, Northington
Keith Warner director | John Lloyd Davies dramaturge & associate director | Ashley Martin-Davies designer | Nigel Osborne composer | Ran Arthur Braun fight director | Michael Hunt producer | John Tomlinson Lear | Thomas Allen Gloucester | Peter Coleman Wright Kent | Kim Begley Fool | Oskar McCarthy Edmund | Susan Bullock Goneril | Emma Bell Regan | Louise Alder Cordelia | Richard Berkeley Steele Albany | Darren Clarke Cornwall | Christopher Gillett Oswald | Henry Waddington Burgandy | John Graham Hall Old Gentleman
Shakespeare King Lear