[NEohioPAL] The Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare's CORIOLANUS at the Cedar Lee Theatre

[Dave Huffman]

The Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare’s CORIOLANUS, with a cast
including Tom Hiddleston and Mark Gatiss will be presented by National
Theatre Live at the Cedar Lee Theatre (2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts.) for two
shows only.

Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 PM

Sunday, February 23rd at 11:00 AM

Tickets are $20 and are on sale at the Cedar Lee Theatre Box office and
online at clevelandcinemas.com.

Directed by Josie Rourke, the cast of this searing tragedy of political
manipulation and revenge includes Jacqueline Boatswain, Peter De Jersey,
Alfred Enoch, Deborah Findlay, Hadley Fraser, Mark Gatiss, Tom Hiddleston,
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Elliot Levey, Rochenda Sandall, Helen Schlesinger,
Mark Stanley and Dwane Walcott. The production is designed by Lucy Osborne,
lighting design by Mark Henderson, sound design by Emma Laxton, composer
Michael Bruce and fight direction by Richard Ryan.

 

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero
and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens
the city, the citizens' hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on
returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik
and the voice of an angry people.

 

Tom Hiddleston (playing Coriolanus) has previously performed for the Donmar
in Othello and Ivanov (Donmar at Wyndham’s). In recent years he has gained
international acclaim for his roles in feature films such as The Avengers,
Thor: The Dark World, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, War Horse and Midnight in
Paris. In 2012 he played the title role in Shakespeare’s Henry V in the
BBC’s series The Hollow Crown. 

 

Mark Gatiss (playing Menenius) performed at the Donmar in Josie Rourke’s
2012 production of The Recruiting Officer. Other theatre credits include 55
Days (Hampstead Theatre), Season’s Greetings (National Theatre) and All
About My Mother (Old Vic). Recently he has played Mycroft Holmes in the BBC
television series Sherlock and was co-creator and star of The League of
Gentlemen.  

 

Deborah Findlay (playing Volumnia) has previously appeared at the Donmar in
Madame de Sade (Donmar at Wyndham’s), John Gabriel Borkman, The Cut and The
Vortex. Other theatre credits include Timon of Athens (National Theatre),
The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic), Separate Tables (Chichester Festival
Theatre), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Mandate (National Theatre).  

 

Josie Rourke (Director) is Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. Since
her appointment in 2012 she has directed The Weir, Berenice, The Physicists
and The Recruiting Officer. Her 2010 production of Men Should Weep by Ena
Lamont Stewart ran in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre. In 2011 her
production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine
Tate, ran in the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre and received an Olivier Award
nomination for Best Revival.

 

The Donmar Theatre production of Coriolanus is generously supported by
Radisson Blu Edwardian London and Clive and Sally Sherling.

 

Launched in 2009, National Theatre Live broadcasts have been seen by an
audience of over 2 million people on 700 cinema screens in 25 countries. The
Donmar previously collaborated with National Theatre Live in 2010 on King
Lear, with Derek Jacobi.

 

Praise for this production:

**** Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, Mail on
Sunday, Metro, Sunday Times, Time Out, The Times.

‘Tom Hiddleston has blazing stellar power 
 magnificent.‘ Independent

‘A fast, witty, intelligent production.’ Guardian

‘Unfailingly vivid – intelligent, brisk and brutal’ Metro

 

 

 

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