The Birthday Party (Everyman Theatre Tour) (2020)

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The Birthday Party (1957)

Date from	2 April 2020
Date to	13 June 2020 NB - This production was scheduled to be up for these dates, but was suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown which closed theatres in the UK from 20 March 2020. The press night had been scheduled for 7 April. The theatre at that time planned to re-schedule the production for February 2021. A re-scheduling was made for January-February 2021 (see ‘venues’ below) but this too had to be postponed.
No of Performances	Unknown
Touring	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham [Studio or main auditorium] (Est. 1891)

02-Apr-2020 to 11-Apr-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Quays Theatre (Est. 2000)

14-Apr-2020 to 18-Apr-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Oxford Playhouse (Est. 1938)

21-Apr-2020 to 25-Apr-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Main Stage, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (Est. 1965)

28-Apr-2020 to 02-May-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

King's Theatre, Edinburgh (Est. 1906)

05-May-2020 to 09-May-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Norwich Theatre Royal

12-May-2020 to 16-May-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

New Theatre, Cardiff (Est. 1906)

26-May-2020 to 30-May-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Richmond Theatre (Est. 1899)

02-Jun-2020 to 06-Jun-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Milton Keynes Theatre (Est. 1999)

09-Jun-2020 to 13-Jun-2020

This production was scheduled but suspended due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham [Studio or main auditorium] (Est. 1891)

27-Jan-2021 to 06-Feb-2021

These rescheduled dates were also postponed. The Everyman scheduled Wednesday 27 January to Saturday 6 February 2021; Saturday 30 January to Saturday 20 February 2021; Thursday 4 February 2021; Saturday 6 February 2021.

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Paul Milton

Creative | Director

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Dawn Allsopp

Creative | Set Designer

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Michael Hall

Creative | Lighting Designer

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Steve Anderson

Creative | Sound Designer

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Linked Organisations

No Linked organisations have been added to this production record yet.

Characters

Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)

Performer: David Carr

Meg (Age: sixties, Female)

Performer: Michelle Collins (1961)

Petey (Age: sixties, Male)

Performer: Chris Garner

Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)

Performer: Tristan Gemmill (1967)

McCann (Age: 30, Male)

Performer: Paul Hickey

Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)

Performer: Stephanie Clift

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

No resources have been added to this production record yet.

Sources

Whats On Stage Website

https://www.whatsonstage.com/oxford-theatre/news/birthday-party-tour-michelle-collins_50655.html

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Information about cast and creatives and dates and venues for tour taken from Alex Wood's 'The Birthday Party to embark on a new tour starring Michelle Collins, Tristan Gemmill and more', 'Theatre News' [accessed 7 January 2010].

Everyman Theatre Website

https://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/shows/the-birthday-party/

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The theatre announced the intention to move the production to February 2021, following the Coronavirus lockdown.