[ Dr Faustus at the Royal Exchange, Manchester | Rose 2010 | Globe 2010 ]
Doctor Faustus at the Manchester Royal Exchange Studio Theatre
- Date: Wednesday 08 September to Saturday 09 October 2010.
- Evening Performances: Monday-Friday at 7.30pm; Saturdays at 8.00pm.
- Matinees: Wednesdays at 2.30pm; Saturdays at 4.00pm; plus Tuesday 21 September at 2.30pm.
- Venue: The Studio, The Royal Exchange Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH. [Map and Directions]
- Ticket Prices: £9.50; Concessions: £6.50; Under-26s: £4.75; Under-13s: £4. Seating unreserved.
- Booking: Buy online, call (0161 833 9833, 9.30am-6.15pm) or visit (9.30am-7.30pm) the Box Office.
- Summary: Directed by Toby Frow. "When Doctor Faustus' desire for power and knowledge leads him to conjure up the demon Mephistopheles, he finds himself offered the ultimate bargain: he will be granted everything he desires for 24 years, whereupon he will have to hand his soul over to the devil. So begins a hedonistic journey in time and space as Faustus turns the world into his playground. But wherever he goes, the clock ticks down to his final damnation in Marlowe's STUNNING and SAVAGE tragedy."
- Website Links: Royal Exchange Theatre - Doctor Faustus
Kings & Rogues: 2010 Theatre Season at The Globe
- Date: 23 April to 03 October 2010
- Venue: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
- Address: 21, New Globe Walk, Bankside, London, SE1 9DT.
- Tel No: 020-7401-9919 (Globe Box Office)
- Tickets: Tickets (priced £5 standing in the Yard up to £35) are on general sale from 15 February.
- Summary: The Globe Theatre's 2010 season provides a stage for some of Shakespeare's most regal rogues and some of his most roguish kings. Falstaff is celebrated in three of the plays: Henry IV Parts I and II, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, whilst Macbeth also makes a return. Pageantry blends with real-politik as Henry VIII makes his bow at the modern Globe, in a play written by Shakespeare at the end of his career in collaboration with John Fletcher, along side his most notorious wife Anne Boleyn in Howard Brenton's new play. And the season finishes in the great 18th century gin epidemic via Nell Leyshon's new play Bedlam. Plus The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night's Dream are on tour again.
- Website Link: Shakespeare's Globe
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