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I went to an Extremely Intimate living room concert by myself tonight! Lars is still sick and I couldn’t find any friends who could go last minute. I am so brave.
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What other fandoms are you familiar enough with to use as an AU prompt? Pokemon Trainer AU? Homestuck AU (they'd still probably die but at least there are lots of ways to come back to life)?
I’m not that familiar with Homestuck, definitely not enough to do an AU. I read the novelizations of the Pokemon show as a kid but never saw the show or played any of the video games. I did play the super-obscure Pokemon board game, but most of my trading cards were printed in Japanese (I had a strange childhood), so my experience there is, uh, probably not quite overlapping with everyone else’s.
Anyway, if you want list of all my fandoms… Boy howdy. I don’t think I can come up with them all. However, I can list everything that comes to mind between now and ~20 minutes from now when I have to end my procrastination break and go back to dissertating. So here it is, below the cut:
Okay, there is no way in hell I’ll be able to make an exhaustive list. But off the top of my head, the fandoms I’m most familiar/comfortable with are as follows:
Authors (as in, I’ve read all or most of their books)
Patricia Briggs
Megan Whalen Turner
Michael Crichton
Marge Piercy
Stephenie Meyer
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Neil Gaiman
K.A. Applegate
Ernest Hemingway
Tamora Pierce
Roald Dahl
Short Stories/Anthologies
A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O’Connor
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
Dubliners, James Joyce
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Who Goes There? John W. Campbell
The Man Who Bridged the Mist, Kij Johnson
Flatland, Edwin Abbott
I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison
To Build a Fire, Jack London
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bier
At the Mountains of Madness/Cthulu mythos, H.P. Lovecraft
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Close Range: Wyoming Stories, E. Annie Proulx
The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
Bartleby the Scrivener (and a bunch of others), Herman Melville
Books (Classics)
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
The Secret Annex, Anne Frank
Nine Stories, J.D. Salinger
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
The Stranger, Albert Camus
The Call of the Wild, Jack London
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Atonement, Ian McEwan
1984, George Orwell
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
The Iliad/The Odyssey, Homer
Metamorphoses, Ovid
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne
The Time-Machine, H.G. Wells
The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Hamlet, MacBeth, Othello, and The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Thomas Stoppard
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Books (YA SF)
Young Wizards series, Diane Duane
Redwall, Brian Jaques
The Dark is Rising sequence, Susan Cooper
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
Abhorsen trilogy, Garth Nix
The Giver series, Lois Lowry
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Uglies series, Scott Westerfeld
Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Song of the Lioness, Tamora Pierce
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle
Unwind, Neal Shusterman
The Maze Runner series, James Dashner
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Patricia C. Wrede
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Coraline, Neil Gaiman
Among the Hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
Poppy series, Avi
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Tithe, Holly Black
Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Blood and Chocolate, Annette Curtis Klause
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
Haunted, Gregory Maguire
Weetzie Bat, Francesca Lia Block
Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
East, Edith Pattou
Z for Zachariah, Robert C. O’Brien
The Looking-Glass Wars, Frank Beddor
The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
The Landry News, Andrew Clements
Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson
Bloody Jack, L.A. Meyer
The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner
A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb
Generation Dead, Daniel Waters
Pendragon series, D.J. MacHale
Silverwing, Kenneth Oppel
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Define Normal, Julie Anne Peters
Hawksong, Ameila Atwater Rhodes
Heir Apparent, Vivian Vande Velde
Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Keys to the Kingdom series, Garth Nix
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken
The Seer and the Sword, Victoria Hanley
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
Daughters of the Moon series, Lynne Ewing
The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman
Island of the Aunts, Eva Ibbotson
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray
A School for Sorcery, E. Rose Sabin
The House with a Clock in Its Walls, John Bellairs
The Edge Chronicles, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Hope was Here, Joan Bauer
Bunnicula, James Howe
Wise Child, Monica Furlong
Silent to the Bone, E.L. Konigsburg
The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois
Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters, Gail Giles
The Supernaturalist, Eoin Colfer
Blue is for Nightmares, Laurie Faria Stolarz
Mystery of the Blue Gowned Ghost, Linda Wirkner
Wait Till Helen Comes, Mary Downing Hahn
I was a Teenage Fairy, Francesca Lia Block
City of the Beasts series, Isabelle Allende
Summerland, Michael Chabon
The Geography Club, Brent Hartinger
The Last Safe Place on Earth, Richard Peck
Liar, Justine Larbalestier
The Doll People, Ann M. Martin
The Lost Years of Merlin, T.A. Barron
Matilda Bone, Karen Cushman
Nine Stories, J.D. Salinger
The Tiger Rising, Kate DiCamillo
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
In the Forests of the Night, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
My Teacher is an Alien, Bruce Coville
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, Julie Andrews Edwards
Storytime, Edward Bloor
Magic Shop series, Bruce Coville
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
Veritas Project series, Frank Peretti
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
Raven’s Strike, Patricia Briggs
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Gregory Maguire
The Wind Singer, William Nicholson
Sweetblood, Pete Hautman
The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
Half Magic, Edward Eager
A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L'Engle
The Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan
Maximum Ride series, James Patterson
The Edge on the Sword, Rebecca Tingle
World War Z, Max Brooks
Adaline Falling Star, Mary Pope Osborne
Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo
Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
Parable of the Sower series, Octavia Butler
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
Neuomancer, William Gibson
Dune, Frank Herbert
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Emily M. Danforth
The Martian, Andy Weir
Skeleton Man, Joseph Bruchac
Comics/Manga
Marvel 616 (most of the major titles)
Marvel 1610/Ultimates
Persepolis
This One Summer
Nimona
Death Note
Ouran High School Host Club
Vampire Knight
Emily Carroll comics
Watchmen
Fun Home
From Hell
American Born Chinese
Smile
The Eternal Smile
The Sandman
Calvin and Hobbes
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
TV Shows
Fullmetal Alchemist
Avatar the Last Airbender
Teen Titans (2003)
Luke Cage/Jessica Jones/Iron Fist/Defenders/Daredevil/The Punisher
Agents of SHIELD/Agent Carter
Supernatural
Sherlock
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
American Horror Story
Ouran High School Host Club
Orange is the New Black
Black Sails
Stranger Things
Westworld
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Movies
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jurassic Park/Lost World/Jurassic World/Lost Park?
The Breakfast Club
Cloverfield/10 Cloverfield Lane/The Cloverfield Paradox
Attack the Block
The Prestige
Moon
Ferris Bueler’s Day Off
Django Unchained/Kill Bill/Inglourious Basterds/Hateful 8/Pulp Fiction/etcetera
Primer
THX 1138/Akira/How I Live Now/Lost World/[anything I’ve named a fic after]
Star Wars
The Meg
A Quiet Place
Baby Driver
Mother!
Alien/Aliens/Prometheus
X-Men (et al.)
10 Things I Hate About You
The Lost Boys
Teen Wolf
Juno
Pirates of the Caribbean (et al.)
Die Hard
Most Disney classics: Toy Story, Mulan, Treasure Planet, Emperor’s New Groove, etc.
Most Pixar classics: Up, Wall-E, The Incredibles
The Matrix
Dark Knight trilogy
Halloween
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Descent
Ghostbusters
Ocean’s Eight/11/12/13
King Kong
The Conjuring
Fantastic Four
Minority Report/Blade Runner/Adjustment Bureau/Total Recall
Fight Club
Spirited Away
O
Disturbing Behavior
The Faculty
Poets
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Marge Piercy
Thomas Hardy
Sigfried Sassoon
W. B. Yeats
Edgar Allan Poe
Ogden Nash
Margaret Atwood
Maya Angelou
Emily Dickinson
Matthew Dickman
Karen Skolfield
Kwame Alexander
Ellen Hopkins
Shel Silverstein
Musicals/Stage Plays
Les Miserables
Repo: The Genetic Opera
The Lion King
The Phantom of the Opera
Rent
The Prince of Egypt
Pippin
Into the Woods
A Chorus Line
Hairspray
Evita
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Fiddler on the Roof
Annie
Fun Home
Spring Awakening
Chicago
Cabaret
The Miser
The Importance of Being Earnest
South Pacific
Godspell
Wicked
The Wiz
The Wizard of Oz
Man of La Mancha
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
Matilda
Sweeney Todd
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Nunsense
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown/Snoopy
1776
Something Rotten
A Very Potter Musical
Babes in Toyland
Carrie: The Musical
Amadeus
Annie Get Your Gun
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Final Battle
Rock of Ages
Cinderella
Moulin Rouge
Honk
Labyrinth
The Secret Garden
Reefer Madness
Bang Bang You’re Dead
NSFW
War Horse
Peter Pan
Suessical
Sister Act
The Secret Annex
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Disclaimer 1: Like a lot of people who went to high school in the American South, my education in literature is pretty shamefully lacking in a lot of areas. (As in, during our African American History unit in ninth grade we read To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn… and that was it. As in, our twelfth-grade US History class, I shit you not, covered Gone With the Wind.) There were a lot of good teachers in with the *ahem* Less Woke ones (how I read Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Bluest Eye) and college definitely set me on the path to trying to find books written/published outside the WASP-ier parts of the U.S., but the overall list is still embarrassingly hegemonic.
Disclaimer 2: There are a crapton of errors — typos, misspelled names, misattributions, questionable genre classifications, etc. — in here. If you genuinely have no idea what a title is supposed to be, ask me. Otherwise, please don’t bother letting me know about my mistakes.
Disclaimer 3: I am not looking for recommendations. My Goodreads “To Read” list is already a good 700 items long, and people telling me “if you like X, then you’ll love Y!” genuinely stresses me the fuck out.
Disclaimer 4: There are no unproblematic faves on this list. I love Supernatural, and I know that Supernatural is hella misogynistic. On the flip side: I don’t love The Lord of the Rings at all, partially because LOTR is hella misogynistic, but I also don’t think that should stop anyone else from loving LOTR if they’re willing to love it and also acknowledge its flaws.
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Feb. 13, 2019: In other news
MerleFest adds to schedule
MerleFest, presented by Window World, is proud to announce new artist additions for MerleFest 2019: Amos Lee, The Milk Carton Kids, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Del McCoury Band, The Casey Kristofferson Band, and David Holt. The annual homecoming of musicians and music fans returns to the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, April 25-28. MerleFest is pleased to welcome these six distinguished acts to the 2019 lineup:
Amos Lee: Singer-songwriter Amos Lee’s creative take on folk and soul style continues to evolve. Over the course of more than a dozen years and six studio albums, Lee has continued to develop and challenge himself as a musician and now producer. Amos Lee will make his MerleFest debut on Friday evening.
The Milk Carton Kids: It seems cliché to compare two guys singing harmonies in suits to Simon & Garfunkel, but for the pair that make up The Milk Carton Kids, there aren’t many other acts who come close to the harmonizing in their songs. Since 2012, The Milk Carton Kids have been making award-winning folk music (American Music Association’s Duo/Group of the year 2014, GRAMMY nominations in 2013, 2015 and 2019) with just two guitars and two voices. Now the Kids are performing with a larger band and fleshing out their sound with drums, double bass, and keyboards-- the approach they take on their fifth album, All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do. The change in musical tack abets a set of songs wherein Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale may be at their most personally transparent.The Milk Carton Kids will make their MerleFest debut on Friday evening.
Steep Canyon Rangers:GRAMMY Award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers effortlessly walk the line between festival favorite and sophisticated string orchestra. They’re as danceable as the most progressive, party-oriented string band and equally comfortable translating their songs for accompaniment by a full symphony.
The Steep Canyon Rangers’ set at MerleFest is titled the North Carolina Songbookand is a tribute to this state’s vast musical heritage. The band says, “The influence of North Carolinians can be heard in almost every genre of popular music from Earl Scruggs to John Coltrane. Many of them worked in textile mills by day and played music with friends and family on the weekends. Some were virtuosos who packed up their influences and took the world by storm. All were, like us, a product of the music and people they grew up with in Carrboro, Jacksonville, Eden, Tryon… every corner East to West.”
Doc Watson soaked up and shared more of this state’s music and played fiddle tunes, blues, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, and everything in between. This has been Doc’s lasting legacy for the Steep Canyon Rangers, and the band is excited to share the North Carolina Songbook for the very first time on Sunday afternoon at MerleFest.
The Del McCoury Band: Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry to the present-day culture-buzz of viral videos and digital streams, Del is the living link. On primetime and late-night television talk shows, there is Del. From headlining sold-out concerts to music festivals of all genres, including one carrying his name, there is Del.
Almost unimaginable, McCoury’s fifth decade in a half-century of bluegrass bliss brings new triumphs, new collaborations, and new music. With but a single change in membership in twenty years, The Del McCoury Band shows unprecedented stability as well as garnering the respect and admiration of the industry for its unmistakable work: nine IBMA Entertainer of the Year trophies; in 2003, Del’s membership in the cast of the legendary Grand Ole Opry; and the band’s first Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY award in ’05, followed by a second win in 2014.
On their latest release, Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass-- a title that echoes his 1968 debut on Arhoolie Records, Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass-- Del and the boys bring home another stellar collection of traditional bluegrass music. With 14 songs brimming with hot licks, classic songcraft, even some boundary-stretching electric guitar, and once again, Del’s matchless vocal delivery, The Del McCoury Band moves up the gold bar standard of bluegrass yet another notch. Del and the boys will celebrate his 80th birthday at MerleFest with a special Hillside Stage set on Sunday afternoon.
The Casey Kristofferson Band: The Casey Kristofferson Band is a collection of musicians from North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee who blur the line between classic country and a more contemporary sound. The band showcases songs written by Casey Kristofferson, daughter of the legendary Kris Kristofferson, and Andy Buckner (NBC's "The Voice," Season 9) in collaboration with a variety of other talented songwriters.
From foot-stomping rockers to soul-wrenching ballads of love and loss, the songs are reminiscent of the original outlaws she has shared the stage with since childhood. Kristofferson and Buckner trade back and forth seamlessly between lead and harmony vocals while the band adds layered harmonies and blistering instrumental work.
With an all-star cast, CKB consists of Kristofferson on vocals, Buckner on acoustic guitar and vocals, Muddy Welles on banjo and lead guitar, Jim Aaron on harmonica, Zack Page on electric and upright bass, and Nashville’s own Herschel Van Dyke holding down the rhythm. Weaving a story from the nightmares of love and longing through the rise of personal redemption, this band brings a live show not to be missed. The Casey Kristofferson Band will make their MerleFest debut on Friday afternoon.
David Holt: David Holt is a four-time GRAMMY Award winning musician, storyteller, radio, and television host. For more than 45 years, the talented multi-instrumentalist has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He learned this treasure trove of music directly from musical greats, including Doc Watson, Roy Acuff and Etta Baker.
From 1998-2012 Holt toured and performed with the legendary Doc Watson. He says, “Doc was truly a great man. Performing and touring with him was a highlight of my career.” In 2002, the duo won two GRAMMY Awards for their classic Legacy, a three-CD set about the inspiring life and music of Doc Watson. Holt currently tours the country performing solo, with Josh Goforth, and with his band the Lightning Bolts. In 2016, Holt was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. David Holt will perform Saturday afternoon at MerleFest.
MerleFest is pleased to partner with Come Hear NC, a promotional campaign of the North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council, to celebrate 2019 as “The Year of Music,” a designation Gov. Roy Cooper announced in November of last year. MerleFest, honoring its locale, has programmed over 35 artists who currently call North Carolina home, each artist representing a different aspect of the state’s great musical history. Come Hear NC was designed to celebrate North Carolinians’ groundbreaking contributions to many of America’s most important musical genres — blues, bluegrass, jazz, gospel, funk, rock and everything in-between. It’s fitting then, with 2019 as “The Year of Music,” that the Steep Canyon Rangers, also proud North Carolinians, would debut theirNorth Carolina Songbook set at MerleFest.
The six artists announced today join the 80+ artists previously released.Headliners include The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Amos Lee, Wynonna & the Big Noise, Dailey & Vincent, Tyler Childers, Keb’ Mo’, Sam Bush, The Earls of Leicester, Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air Force. The Late Night Jam presented by The Bluegrass Situation will be hosted by Chatham County Line. In addition to the above-mentioned artists, the following will be performing at MerleFest ‘19:
American Aquarium, Andy May, Ana Egge & The Sentimentals, Ashley Heath and Her Heathens, AZTEC SUN, Banknotes, Bob Hill, Cane Mill Road, Carol Rifkin, Carolina Blue, Catfish Keith, Charles Welch, David LaMotte, Dirk Powell Band, Donna the Buffalo, Driftwood, Elephant Sessions, Elizabeth Cook, Ellis Dyson & The Shambles, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Happy Traum, Irish Mythen, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little Trio, Jess Morgan, Jim Avett, Jim Lauderdale, Joe Smothers, Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli, Josh Goforth, Junior Brown, Junior Sisk, Larry Stephenson Band, Laura Boosinger, Lindi Ortega, Mark Bumgarner, Mark & Maggie O’Connor, Maybe April, Michaela Anne, Mile Twelve, Mitch Greenhill and String Madness, Molly Tuttle, Nixon, Blevins, & Gage, Pete & Joan Wernick and FLEXIGRASS, Presley Barker, Professor Whizzpop!, Radney Foster, Roy Book Binder, Salt & Light, Scythian, Sean McConnell, Shane Hennessy, Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers, Steve Poltz, T. Michael Coleman, The Black Lillies, The Brother Brothers, The Gibson Brothers, The Harris Brothers, The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff, The Kruger Brothers, The Local Boys, The Trailblazers, The Waybacks, Todd Albright, Tom Feldmann, Tony Williamson, Uncle Joe and The Shady Rest, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Wayne Henderson, Webb Wilder, and Yarn. The lineup and performance schedule are accessible viaMerleFest.org/lineup.
Tickets for this year’s festival, as well as the Late Night Jam presented by The Bluegrass Situation, may be purchased at www.MerleFest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857. MerleFest offers a three-tiered pricing structure and encourages fans to take advantage of the extended early bird discount. Early Bird Tier 1 tickets may be purchased until February 17, 2019 and Early Bird Tier 2 tickets will be available February 18 to April 24. Remaining tickets will be sold at the gate during the festival.
About MerleFest
MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of the son of the late American music legend Doc Watson, renowned guitarist Eddy Merle Watson. MerleFest is a celebration of "traditional plus" music, a unique mix of traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including old-time, classic country, bluegrass, folk and gospel and blues, and expanded to include Americana, classic rock and many other styles. The festival hosts a diverse mix of artists on its 13 stages during the course of the four-day event. MerleFest has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC Foundation, funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational needs.
About Window World
Window World®, headquartered in North Wilkesboro, N.C., is America’s largest replacement window and exterior remodeling company, with more than 200 locally owned offices nationwide. Founded in 1995, the company sells and installs windows, siding, doors and other exterior products, with over 15 million windows sold to date. Window World is an ENERGY STAR® partner and its windows, vinyl siding and Therma-Tru doors have all earned the Good Housekeeping Seal. Through its charitable foundation, Window World Cares®, the Window World family provides funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, which honored the foundation with its Organizational Support Award in 2017. Since its inception in 2008, the foundation has raised over $8 million for St. Jude. Window World also supports the Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that facilitates free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families. Window World has flown over 100 missions and surpassed $1 million in flights and in-kind donations since it began its partnership with the VAC in 2008. For more information, visitwww.WindowWorld.com or call 1-800 NEXTWINDOW. For home improvement and energy efficiency tips, décor ideas and more, follow Window World on Facebookand Twitter.
About the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's natural and cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational and economic future of North Carolina. NCDNCR's mission is to improve the quality of life in our state by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in North Carolina by stimulating learning, inspiring creativity, preserving the state's history, conserving the state's natural heritage, encouraging recreation and cultural tourism, and promoting economic development.
NCDNCR includes 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39 state parks and recreation areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, State Preservation Office and the Office of State Archaeology, along with the Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
About the North Carolina Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council builds on our state’s long-standing love of the arts, leading the way to a more vibrant future. The Arts Council is an economic catalyst, fueling a thriving nonprofit creative sector that generates $2.12 billion in annual direct economic activity. The Arts Council also sustains diverse arts expression and traditions while investing in innovative approaches to art-making. The North Carolina Arts Council has proven to be a champion for youth by cultivating tomorrow’s creative citizens through arts education. http://www.NCArts.org
For more information, visit www.MerleFest.org.
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Sam Mendes directs the UK premiere of Stefano Massini’s The Lehman Trilogy adapted by Ben Power
A broad programme including three world premieres, and classics reimagined by Polly Stenham and Patrick Marber
Indhu Rubasingham directs the world premiere of Francis Turnly’s play The Great Wave, a co-production with the Tricycle Theatre
World premiere of David Hare’s new play I’m not Running, directed by Neil Armfield
Natasha Gordon’s debut play Nine Night premieres at the National Theatre, directed by Roy Alexander Weise
Laura Wade makes her National Theatre debut with Home, I’m Darling, a co-production with Theatr Clwyd
Sophie Okonedo joins Ralph Fiennes in Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Simon Godwin
Leading actors returning to the NT include Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Kirby, Cecilia Noble, Katherine Parkinson and Indira Varma, with Colin Morgan making his NT debut
NT will be on tour for 115 weeks and will visit 40 venues and 36 towns and cities by March 2019
A new schools tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will begin in autumn 2018 and be performed in schools across the UK
Public Acts – a new programme to create participatory theatre with local communities launches with a new production of Pericles in the Olivier theatre
The pilot of Open Access Smart Capture, new technology enabling access service users the ability to attend any National Theatre performance via always-on closed-captioning service
National Theatre and Spotlight launch ProFile – a resource for TV, film and theatre casting directors to address the underrepresentation of D/deaf and disabled actors
Olivier Theatre
Rufus Norris – Credit Richard H Smith
Ian Rickson directs Brian Friel‘s Translations, a powerful account of language and nationhood. Set in rural Donegal, the turbulent relationship between England and Ireland plays out in one quiet community. Cast includes Colin Morgan with designs by Rae Smith, lighting by Neil Austin and music by Stephen Warbeck. Translations is a Travelex show with hundreds of tickets available at £15 for every performance, opening in May 2018.
Patrick Marber adapts and directs Ionesco‘s glorious dark comedy Exit the King. Surrounded by his court, an unpredictable, belligerent and magnetic king – once all powerful – rages against the inevitability of his own decline. Designed by Anthony Ward, lighting Hugh Vanstone and music and sound Adam Cork. Cast includes Rhys Ifans as the King and Indira Varma as his Queen. Exit the King is a Travelex show with hundreds of tickets available at £15 for every performance, opening in July 2018.
Simon Godwin directs Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as the iconic lovers in a new production of Antony and Cleopatra opening in September 2018. Set design by Hildegard Bechtler, costume design by Wojciech Dziedzic, lighting by Tim Lutkin, music by Michael Bruce and sound by Christopher Shutt. The production will be broadcast worldwide as part of the NT Live season. Production supported by Mary M. Miner, Shawn M. Donnelley & Christopher M. Kelly and Monica G-S & Ali E Wambold.
Shakespeare’s late romance Pericles is remixed in Chris Bush‘s vivid new adaptation. Directed by Emily Lim, choreographed by Imogen Knight with music composed by James Fortune, Periclesmarks the first Public Acts production featuring a large community ensemble and small cast of professional actors who will bring this epic story of love, loss, family and community to the Olivier theatre in August 2018.
Lyttelton Theatre
30 years after the rediscovery of Absolute Hell Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the NT to direct Rodney Ackland‘s plunge into post-war Soho, full of despair, longing and a need to escape. Set design is byLizzie Clachan with costumes designed by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Arditti. Opening in April 2018, cast to be announced.
In Julie Polly Stenham updates Strindberg’s tragedy Miss Julie to contemporary London. Upstairs, the party is dying but still Julie dances. Downstairs, Jean and Kristin listen and wait. Carrie Cracknelldirects Vanessa Kirby in this new version designed by Tom Scutt, opening in June 2018. Julie is a Travelex show with hundreds of tickets available for every performance at £15.
The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini a hit across Europe, is staged at the NT in a new English adaptation by Ben Power, directed by Sam Mendes, a co-production with Neal Street Productions. On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world, he is soon joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later the firm they establish, Lehman Brothers, spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history. This is the story of a family and a company that changed the world. Stefano Massini’s vast and poetic play unfolds over three parts in a single evening, opening in July 2018, cast to be announced.
David Hare’s new play I’m not Running, directed by Neil Armfield opening in autumn 2018. Pauline Gibson has unintentionally become a national treasure by staying out of party politics, while one of her close friends from university, Jack Gould, is making his way to the top of the Labour Party. The 20 year span of their adult lives and their contrasting fortunes raise sharp questions about how to do good in the new century. After the world wide success of his production of Cloudstreet which visited the National in 1999 and 2001, Neil Armfield directs his first NT production, cast to be announced.
Dorfman Theatre
Rufus Norris at NT Autumn 2017 Press Conference (c) Cameron Slater
Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre Indhu Rubasingham returns to the National Theatre to direct The Great Wave – in a co-production with the Tricycle, an epic play by Francis Turnly. Developed, while on a Channel 4 playwriting bursary at the Tricycle, the play is set in Japan and North Korea and tells the story of two sisters, Hanako and Reiko, who are struck by a gigantic wave. Reiko survives while Hanako is, seemingly, lost to the sea. Their mother, however, can’t shake the feeling her daughter is still alive. Designed by Tom Piper, video projection by Luke Halls, lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, movement direction by Polly Bennett, music by David Shrubsole, and sound design by Alex Caplen. Opening at the NT in March 2018, cast to be announced.
Natasha Gordon’s debut play Nine Night is a funny and touching exploration of the rituals of family. The nine nights extended wake is an important custom in West Indian families. But for Gloria’s children and grandchildren, marking her death with a party that lasts a week and a half is a test that forces them to confront themselves and each other. Roy Alexander Weise directs, designed byRajha Shakiry. Cast includes Cecilia Noble, opening in April 2018.
Ned Bennett’s highly praised production for the Orange Tree Theatre of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ provocative and hilarious satire An Octoroon transfers to the National Theatre in June 2018 in a co-production. Cast to be announced.
Laura Wade makes her NT and Theatr Clwyd debuts with Home, I’m Darling, a new comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be a perfect 50s housewife. Cast includes Katherine Parkinson with further cast to be announced. A National Theatre co-production with Theatr Clwyd, directed by Clwyd artistic director Tamara Harvey, also making her NT debut, and designed by Anna Fleischle. The production opens at Theatr Clwyd in June and in the Dorfman theatre the following month.
Justin Audibert directs a new production of The Winter’s Tale for primary schools, opening in the Dorfman theatre in February 2018. This exciting new version of the play, adapted by Justin and the company, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for younger audiences, designed by Lucy Sierra with music by Jonathan Girling. Shakespeare for younger audiences is supported by: The Ingram Trust, Archie Sherman Charitable Trust. The National Theatre’s Partner for Learning is Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
At the Young Vic
The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson of Good Chance Theatre tells stories of loss, fear, community and hope. Europe’s largest unofficial refugee camp, the Calais ‘Jungle’ became a temporary home for more than 10,000 people at its peak – many desperate to find a way to enter the UK. Commissioned by the NT in a co-production with the Young Vic The Jungle is directed byStephen Daldry and Justin Martin, set design Miriam Buether, costume design Catherine Kodicek, sound designer Paul Arditti and lighting Jon Clark. Opening at the Young Vic in December, cast to be announced. Generously supported by Glenn and Phyllida Earle and Clive and Sally Sherling.
Public Acts
Public Acts: a nationwide initiative to create extraordinary acts of theatre and community. The programme builds on our experience of creating the award-winning we’re here because we’re here with volunteer performers and theatres across the UK.
Public Acts is inspired by Public Works, The Public Theater’s ground-breaking programme of participatory theatre in New York.
Public Acts will be built on sustained partnerships with organisations that share our vision for theatre as a force for change. Over the next two years we will work with the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch and a number of community organisations across Greater London. Through these partnerships we will invite members of London’s diverse communities to take part in regular creative activity and join us in the creation of theatre productions.
The first of these will be a new production of Pericles on the Olivier stage in August 2018. It will feature a small cast of professional actors together with a large number of non-professional actors who will be cast through their connection with our community partner organisations. The NT has commissioned Chris Bush, a writer with extensive experience working with large community ensembles, to adapt Shakespeare’s Pericles which will be directed by NT resident director Emily Lim. The production will also feature cameo performances from a diverse range of local performance groups.
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch will be the first theatre partner for Public Acts. The Queen’s Theatre is a vibrant regional theatre working in Outer East London, Essex and beyond. Over 200,000 people enjoy the programme each year, including the best in home grown theatre, visiting live entertainment and inspiring Learning and Participation projects including a wide range of life enhancing workshops and classes for people of all ages. Queen’s Theatre staff will work alongside NT staff on Pericles.
Our community partners for Public Acts over the next two years will include: Body & Soul, a charity dedicated to transforming the impact of childhood adversity; Open Age, a charity that works with older Londoners to create opportunities for them to connect, learn new skills and combat isolation; Thames Reach a London-based charity helping homeless and vulnerable people to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives; The Havering Asian Social Welfare Association (HASWA) works with all sections of the local Havering community, particularly of Asian origin with specific emphasis on isolated and disadvantaged individuals; Bromley by Bow Centre supports vulnerable young people, adults and families to help create a cohesive, healthy, successful and vibrant east London community, Coram, the UK children’s charity that helps children and young people develop their skills and emotional health, finds adoptive parents and upholds children’s rights, creating a change that lasts a lifetime and Three Faiths Forum (3FF) who work to build good relations between people of all different faiths, beliefs and identities.
Future Public Acts productions will be developed in partnership with theatres and community groups outside London.
Generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Sackler Trust, founding supporters of Public Acts. The first 3 years of Public Acts is also supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund.
ProFile
D/deaf and disabled actors are currently under-represented on stage and screen in the UK. The National Theatre and Spotlight have created a new resource to champion this talent pool by offering industry professionals the opportunity to watch these actors in action on an online video database. It is a free service, both for performers and industry users, and is available for the use of film, theatre and television professionals across the UK. Its aim is to widen the pool from which casting directors and other industry professionals draw their talent, with a view to creating a more inclusive industry in the long term, and one that better represents the diversity of the nation.
ProFile was created as part of the National Theatre’s Creative Diversity Project, a pilot project focusing on diversity and inclusion at the NT, one strand of which aims to address the under-representation of D/deaf and disabled actors on our stages.
The NT is committed to establishing a target to increase the representation of D/deaf and disabled actors on our stages. To do this, we are working with a range of artists from the D/deaf and disabled community, casting directors and some of the UK’s leading drama schools to ensure the target is meaningful and realistic.
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Open Access Smart Capture
The National Theatre today announces the pilot launch of a brand new technological innovation, Open Access Smart Capture.
The NT and its partner for innovation, Accenture, have developed new technology, which will mean for the first-time access service users will be able to attend any performance thanks to a transformative, always-on closed captioning and audio-description service.
The smart glasses support the NT’s vision to ensure theatre access for all and have been designed and manufactured by Epson, with ease-of-use, durability and accessibility in mind. The glasses enable the user to discreetly see the captions for theatre performances on a screen directly in front of their eyes from any seat in the auditorium. At the heart of this advanced system is new technology which aims to achieve 97% accuracy of the timing of the captions and descriptions.
Captioned performances are currently restricted to selected performances at the National Theatre with the NT programming up to four captioned performances and up to three audio-described performances per production with captions and audio-description delivered live. Since its inception in 2014, the vision for Open Access Smart Capture has been to have always-on smart captioning systems in all three of the NT’s theatres by October 2018 with always-on audio description by April 2019, ensuring all performances will be fully accessible via this new technology. Action on Hearing Loss estimated that by 2035, 1 in 5 people will be affected by hearing loss. This equates to 11 million potential customers who could benefit from an always-on service, with the freedom to attend any performance, seated anywhere in the auditorium, and have their access needs met.
Over the next year the pilot phase will rigorously test this unique access system and during this time the NT will evaluate the Open Access Smart Capture technology, initially in the Dorfman theatre, with the system being further developed on large scale shows in the Lyttelton and Olivier theatres to understand the scale and scope of the technology and ensure the system is adaptable for all service users. The National Theatre has had a close working relationship with StageText and VocalEyes throughout and will continue to work alongside them on this transformative project.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time schools tour
Today the NT announces a schools tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, in a specially staged production which will visit selected secondary schools from autumn 2018 targeting areas of the country with lower engagement with theatre. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time schools tour marks the NT’s desire to take more work into schools over the coming years. The novel is the winner of more than 17 literary awards and features on the national curriculum.
Winner of seven Olivier Awards and five Tony Awards® including ‘Best Play’, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time brings Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel to life on stage, adapted by two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens and directed by Olivier and Tony Award®‑winning director Marianne Elliott.
Simon Stephens’ said: ‘It means the world to me that Curious Incident will be touring schools around the country. I worked as a schoolteacher teaching kids in Dagenham in Essex 20 years ago. I loved it. I still think of myself as a teacher. I have seen firsthand how inspiring drama is to young people in schools. I believe the arts to be fundamental to our society. We can’t afford to lose them from our education system. I am delighted that our play will play its part in introducing young people to the theatre. I always hoped that Curious Incident was a play that could be performed anywhere, by anyone. The play is designed to provoke and inspire imagination and interpretation in its staging and inspiration in its audience. The tour will, I hope, provide the same kind of imagination and inspiration throughout the country.’
Funded by the Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund
Schools touring is supported by The Mohn Westlake Foundation.
The National Theatre on tour
The NT will tour to 40 venues in 36 towns and cities across the UK, for a total of 115 playing weeks, until March 2019
The UK tour of War Horse and a UK and Ireland tour of Hedda Gabler both open this week. The War Horse 10th Anniversary tour opens tonight (3 October) at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, andHedda Gabler opens on Friday (6 October) at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Due to demand War Horse will return to the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 27 February – 16 March 2019, following its 17 venue UK tour, which coincides with the Centenary commemorations of the end of the First World War. The tour will also visit the Sunderland Empire from 6 – 23 February 2019. Duncan Macmillan’s People, Places and Things (a Headlong Production) and James Graham’sThis House (co-produced by Jonathan Church Productions and Headlong), which both originated at the NT, will also visit numerous theatres across the country.
A 10th Anniversary tour of War Horse begins tonight at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. Nick Stafford’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s remarkable story of courage, loyalty and friendship features ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings breathing, galloping horses to live on stage. War Horse is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, designed by Rae Smith, with puppet direction, design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, and movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick, with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for 59 Productions, songmaker John Tams, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Christopher Shutt. Katie Henry is the revival director and Craig Leo is the associate puppetry director. The resident puppetry director is Matthew Forbes and resident director, Charlotte Peters. For tour venues and dates, visitwarhorseonstage.co.uk.
Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre earlier this year, Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, in a new version by Patrick Marber, directed by Ivo van Hove, begins a UK and Irelona tour this week at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, continuing its journey across the UK to Edinburgh, Leicester, Salford, Norwich, Hull, Aberdeen, Northampton, Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Woking, Nottingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York, Milton Keynes and Dublin. Set and lighting design for Hedda Gabler is by Jan Versweyveld, with costume design by An D’Huys and sound by Tom Gibbons. The Associate Directors are Jeff James and Rachel Lincoln. For tour venues and dates, visit heddagableronstage.com.
Following a critically-acclaimed, sold-out season at the National Theatre and in London’s West End, People, Places & Things embarks on a major UK tour this autumn for Headlong in a co-production with the National Theatre, HOME and Exeter Northcott Theatre. People, Places & Things is written by Duncan Macmillan, and directed by Jeremy Herrin with Holly Race Roughan. The play features set designs by Bunny Christie, costumes by Christina Cunningham, lighting by James Farncombe, music by Matthew Herbert, sound by Tom Gibbons and video design by Andrzej Goulding. For tour venues and dates, visit the website.
Jonathan Church Productions and Headlong present The National Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre production of This House, produced in the West End by Nica Burns, Neal Street Productions and Headlong. James Graham’s smash-hit political drama examining the 1974 hung parliament tours the UK for the first time. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the production is designed by Rae Smith with lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Stephen Warbeck, choreography by Scott Ambler and sound by Ian Dickinson. For tour venues and dates, visit the website.
NT international touring
The NT’s Olivier and Tony Award®-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time tours the world, visiting the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong, with further international dates to be announced. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time recently completed a North American tour which took in 30 cities across the USA.
The play is adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling book, and directed by Marianne Elliott. The production is designed by Bunny Christie, with lighting design by Paule Constable and video design by Finn Ross. Movement is by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, music by Adrian Sutton (who also composed music for Angels in America andWar Horse) and sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph. For more information visit http://ift.tt/ZG0fOCglobal/
NT transfers
Internationally, People, Places & Things will transfer to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York later this month and Angels in America transfers to the Neil Simon Theater on Broadway in February 2018.
Following a sold-out season at the National Theatre and in London’s West End, Denise Gough reprises her Olivier award-winning role in the American Premiere of People, Places & Things at St. Ann’s Warehouse — a raw, heartbreaking and truthful performance about life spinning recklessly out of control. This American Premiere marks the first collaboration between St. Ann’s Warehouse and the National Theatre. People, Places & Things is produced in New York by the National Theatre, St Ann’s Warehouse, Bryan Singer Productions and Headlong. For more information visit the website.
The great work returns to Broadway from February 2018. Angels in America will open at the Neil Simon Theater on 21 March. The NT Production of Tony Kushner’s epic masterwork, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, returns to Broadway for the first time since its now-legendary original production opened in 1993. Starring two-time Tony Award® winner Nathan Laneand Academy Award® and Tony Award nominee Andrew Garfield, the cast of Angels in America will feature fellow original National Theatre cast members Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. Angels in America is directed by Marianne Elliott. Ian MacNeil is the Scenic Designer, Nicky Gillibrand is the Costume Designer, Paule Constable is the Lighting Designer, Adrian Sutton is the composer , Ian Dickinson is the Sound Designer. The Puppetry design is by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (also Puppetry Director and Movement), Robby Graham is the Movement Director, and Illusions are by Chris Fisher. Angels in America is NT America, Jujamcyn Theaters and Elliott & Harper Productions. For more information visit angelsbroadway.com/
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National Theatre Live
NT Live currently screens to 60 countries across the globe.
Hamlet returns to cinemas on Thursday 5th October. Lyndsey Turner’s production starring Benedict Cumberbatch was originally staged at the Barbican Theatre in August 2015 and broadcast live to cinemas later the same year.
Stephen Sondheim’s Follies directed by Dominic Cooke features a cast of 37 including Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee and Tracie Bennett. Broadcast live on 16 November.
Rory Kinnear plays Marx and Oliver Chris plays Engels in Young Marx directed by Nicholas Hytner and broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre on 7 December.
Benedict Andrews directs Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell in The Young Vic production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Captured during its West End run and broadcast on 22 February 2018.
Nicholas Hytner directs Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, David Calder and David Morrissey in Julius Caesar. Broadcast from the Bridge Theatre on 22 March 2018.
Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff appear in a new production of Macbeth, directed by Rufus Norris. Broadcast live on 10 May.
Simon Godwin’s production of Antony and Cleopatra with Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo will be broadcast live. Date tbc.
Sky Arts is the sponsor of NT Live in the UK
The National Theatre
At the National Theatre, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring, and we make it for everyone. In 2016-2017, the NT staged 26 productions and gave 2,585 performances at our home on the South Bank. The NT’s award-winning programme had a UK paying audience of 1.8 million, 400,000 of which were NT Live audiences.
The work the National Theatre produces appeals to the widest possible audiences with new plays, musicals, re-imagined classics and new work for young audiences. The NT’s work is seen in the West End, on tour throughout the UK and internationally, and in collaborations and co-productions with partners across the country. Through NT Live, we broadcast some of the best of British theatre to over 2,500 venues in 60 countries around the world.
Our extensive Learning programme offers talks, events and workshops for people of all ages, and reaches nationwide through programmes such as Connections, our annual festival of new plays for schools and youth theatres. In 2016-2017 there were 196,826 participations through the NT Learning events programme. Over 3,000 schools have signed up to the free streaming service, On Demand. In Schools, since its launch in September 2015.
The National Theatre is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
The Public Theater – Public Works
Launched in 2013, PUBLIC WORKS is a major initiative of New York’s Public Theater that seeks to engage the people of New York by making them creators and not just spectators. Working with community partner organizations in all five boroughs, Public Works invites members of diverse communities to participate in theatre workshops, to attend classes, to attend productions, and to become involved in the daily life of The Public. Founded by Resident Director Lear deBessonet, Public Works deliberately blurs the line between professional artists and community members, creating theatre that is not only for the people, but by and of the people as well.
Public Works exemplifies The Public Theater’s long-standing commitment to community engagement that is at the core of the award-winning theater’s mission. It is animated by the idea that theater is a place of possibility, where the boundaries that separate us from each other in the rest of life can fall away. It seeks to create a space where we can not only reflect on the world as is, but where we can actually propose new possibilities for what our society might be.
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Noticias de series de la semana: Sheldon es el primero en recibir el back-nine
Veintidós para Sheldon
Young Sheldon ha sido la primera serie nueva en conseguir el back-nine, nueve episodios añadidos al encargo original de trece, llegando a un total de veintidós episodios en su primera temporada. La renovación está ahora un poco más cerca. Junto a The Big Bang Theory y Mom, ya son tres las series a temporada completa de Chuck Lorre en CBS.
Renovaciones de series
NBC ha renovado Marlon por una segunda temporada
Cancelaciones de series
Spike ha cancelado The Mist tras su primera temporada
Dicen que NBC ha cancelado The Brave tras un episodio emitido
Incorporaciones y fichajes de series
Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf, Jane the Virgin) se une como regular a la tercera temporada de Scream. Será Shane, un camello fiestero.
Natascha McElhone (Californication, The Truman Show) será la visionaria CEO británica de la compañía que está detrás de la misión a Marte en The First. Su agenda le permitirá compaginarlo con Designated Survivor.
Sanaa Lathan (Boss, Shots Fired) será recurrente en la cuarta temporada de The Affair como la nueva jefa de la escuela donde enseña Noah (Dominic West).
Matthew del Negro (Scandal, Teen Wolf) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Goliath como Danny Loomis, consejero de los más poderosos.
Rumer Willis (Tory Ash) ha sido ascendida a regular en Empire de cara a la cuarta temporada. Teyonah Parris (Mad Men, Survivor's Remorse) será recurrente como la detective Pamela Rose.
Amy Jackson será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Supergirl como Saturn Girl.
Mckenna Grace (Fuller House, Designated Survivor) y Violet McGraw (Love) se unen a The Haunting of Hill House.
D.W. Moffett (Switched at Birth, Chicago Med) será el padre de Connor (Jack Falahee) en la cuarta temporada de How to Get Away with Murder.
Kyanna Simone Simpson (Show Me a Hero) se une como recurrente a Black Lightning. Será Kiesha, hija del inspector Henderson (Damon Gupton) y mejor amiga de Jennifer Pierce (China Anne McClain).
Babou Ceesay (Guerrilla, National Treasure), Sherman Augustus (Low Winter Sun, American Odyssey) y Ella-Rae Smith (Clique) se unen como regulares a la tercera temporada de Into the Badlands. Lewis Tan y Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones, The White Queen) serán recurrentes.
Nicole Kang se une como recurrente a You. Se desconocen detalles.
Abraham D. Juste se une como recurrente a Grownish.
Elijah Kelley (The New Edition Story, The Wiz Live!) será recurrente en Star como Andy, graduado de Harvard que quiere triunfar en el mundo de la música.
Leslie Jordan (American Horror Story, The Help) volverá a ser Beverley Leslie en la novena temporada de Will & Grace. Max Greenfield (New Girl) participará como invitado en el mismo episodio.
Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Once Upon A Time) sustituye a Moran Atias en el papel de Claire Thorpe, CEO del Chastain Park Memorial, personaje regular en The Resident. Atias, a su vez, pasará a interpretar a la jefa de marketing del hospital.
Louis Gossett Jr., Corbin Bernsen (Psych), Andrew Dice Clay (Dice, Entourage), Laura Allen (Awake, The 4400), Sydney Wease y Curtis Harding se unen como recurrentes a la tercera temporada de Hap & Leonard. Serán un cocinero, el jefe de la policía, un disc jockey de la radio, una agente de Texas, una niña abandonada y una leyenda del blues.
Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones), Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), James D'Arcy (Agent Carter) y Thierry Frémont (Juste un regard) acompañarán a Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), August Wittgenstein (The Crown), Rainer Bock (Inglourious Basterds), Rick Okon, Vicky Krieps, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda y Stefan Konarske en Das Boot, event series inspirada en la película de 1981 y la novela de Lothar-Gunther Buchheim (1973) sobre un submarino en una misión durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Betty Buckley (Oz, Eight is Enough) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Supergirl como Patricia Arias, madre de la nueva villana (Odette Annable).
Lindsey Gort (The Carrie Diaries) será recurrente en Titans como la detective Amy Rohrbach, nueva compañera de Dick "Robin" Grayson (Brenton Thwaites).
Yadira Guevara-Prip (Mad Dogs) se une como recurrente a la decimotercera temporada de Supernatural. Si el spin-off Wayward Sisters recibe luz verde, será coprotagonista.
Courtney Grosbeck (Parenthood) será recurrente en la séptima temporada de Homeland como Josie, la sobrina pequeña de Carrie (Claire Danes). Dylan Baker (The Americans, The Good Wife) también será recurrente como el senador Sam Paley, disidente del suroeste que lidera una agresiva investigación contra la Presidenta Keane.
Necar Zadegan (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce) se une como recurrente a la nueva serie de Allan Ball para HBO.
Pósters de series
Nuevas series
BBC One encarga ocho episodios de The Dublin Murders, adaptación de 'In the Woods' y 'The Likeness', las dos primeras novelas de la saga de Tana French sobre la investigación de asesinatos por parte de The Dublin Murder Squad. Adapta Sarah Phelps, encargada de trasladar a la pequeña pantalla The Casual Vacancy o And Then There Were None.
Sky 1 ha encargado Sick of It, creada y protagonizada por Karl Pilkington (An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life), que nos cuenta cómo le iría la vida si no hubiera conocido a Stephen Merchant y Ricky Gervais. Recién abandonado por su novia de toda la vida y viviendo con su tía, cuenta con una voz en su cabeza como principal compañía.
Sky 1 ha encargado The Reluctant Landlord, creada y protagonizada por Romesh Ranganathan basada en su propia experiencia, comedia sobre un hombre que hereda un bar en el testamento de su padre y debe mantenerlo porque su madre le chantajea emocionalmente. Sian Gibson y Seann Walsh interpretan a su mujer y a su mejor amigo.
Freeform ha encargado el piloto de The Perfectionists, un spin-off de Pretty Little Liars con Alison (Sasha Pieterse) y Mona (Janel Parrish) como protagonistas.
Len Wiseman, guionista y director de la saga Underworld, prepara una serie con un tono más maduro.
Los creadores de Party of Five desarrollan un reboot protagonizado por una familia latina.
Fechas de series
Knightfall llega a History el 6 de diciembre
La cuarta temporada de The Librarians se estrena en TNT el 20 de diciembre
Tráilers de series
Shameless - Temporada 8
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Summer may be almost over but the August YA releases go on for days! We’ve got all the books to watch for in August and we’re having a One To Watch Books GIVEAWAY!
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August 1st
Sparks of Light (Into the Dim #2) by Janet B. Taylor, August 1, 2017, Houghton Mifflin, 448 pages
We return to the world of Hope Walton and time travel. This time it’s the New York in the Gilded Age. But it’s not on glitz and glitter. Hope is on a mission she can’t afford to fail.
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The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby, August 1, 2017, HarperTeen, 288 pages
“Gorgeously written and emotionally charged, The Secret History of Us explores the difficult journey of a teenage girl who must piece her life together after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident.”- Goodreads
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Kissing Max Holden by Katy Upperman, August 1, 2017, Swoon Reads, 304 pages
Kissing Max Holden is a gateway drug. It seemed harmless at first but like any drug, kissing Max Holden can become a habit. A bad one. Will Jill’s life get de-railed by her feelings for the best friend (who is already taken) or is this the start of something real?
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Venturess (Mechanica #2) by Betsy Cornwell, August 1, 2017, Clarion Books, 320 pages
Betsy Cornwell brings us back to the world of steampunk fairy tales with Venturess, the follow-up to Mechanica.
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When I Am Through With You by Stephanie Kuehn, August 1, 2017, Dutton Books for Young Readers, 304 pages
“Ben Gibson is many things, but he’s not sorry and he’s not a liar. He will tell you exactly about what happened on what started as a simple school camping trip in the mountains. About who lived and who died. About who killed and who had the best of intentions. But he’s going to tell you in his own time. Because after what happened on that mountain, time is the one thing he has plenty of.” – Goodreads
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These Things I’ve Done by Rebecca Phillips, August 1, 2017, HarperTeen 352 pages
“A contemporary YA perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Jessi Kirby, THESE THINGS I’VE DONE is the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who accidentally caused her best friend’s death and, a year later, is still grappling with the consequences.”- Goodreads
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Blight by Alexandra Duncan, August 1, 2017, Greenwillow Books, 528 pages
“A fast-paced action-adventure story that is Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake meets Nancy Farmer’s House of the Scorpion. “- Goodreads
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August 8th
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert, August 8, 2017, Little, Brown, 336 pages
Suzette returns from boarding school to her old life, her old friends and a brother who has recently been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Suddenly her old life is not as familiar as she though it was.
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Shimmer and Burn by Mary Taranta, August 8, 2017, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 352 pages
“To save her sister’s life, Faris must smuggle magic into a plague-ridden neighboring kingdom in this exciting and dangerous start to a brand-new fantasy duology.” – Goodreads
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Reunited (Reawakened #3) by Colleen Houck, August 8, 2017, Delacorte Press, 464 pages
The conclusion to Colleen Houck Reawakened Series is finally here!
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The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones, August 8, 2017, Little Brown, Books For Young Readers, 400 pages
“When Dee Moreno makes a deal with a demon—her heart in exchange for an escape from a disastrous home life—she finds the trade may have been more than she bargained for. And becoming “heartless” is only the beginning. What lies ahead is a nightmare far bigger, far more monstrous than anything she could have ever imagined.”- Goodreads
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This Is Not The End by Chandler Baker, August 8, 2017, Disney-Hyperion, 384 page
If you have the chance to resurrect someone you loved, who would you choose?
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In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody, August 8, 2017, Farra, Straus and Giroux, 464 pages
“Kennedy Rhodes turns down an acceptance to an elite private school, instead choosing to stay at her high school and jump at the opportunity to date the boy of her dreams. Three years later, Kennedy walks in on that same boyfriend cheating with her best friend—and wishes she had made a different choice. But when Kennedy hits her head and wakes up in the version of her life where she chose to attend the private school, she finds that maybe it’s not as perfect of a world as she once thought.”- Goodreads
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League of American Traitors by Matthew Landis, August 8, 2017, Sky Pony Press, 256 pages
“National Treasure meets Hamilton in a breathless history-based thriller from an outstanding new voice.
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it. . . .”- Goodreads
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The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian, August 8, 2017, Balzer + Bray, 288 pages
“The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the ones we create.”- Goodreads
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August 15th
A Map For Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor, August 15, 2017, Dial Books, 368 pages
Emma has always been moored by her older sister Henri. Until something happens that wrecks them both. Now Emma and Henri are shipwrecked along with a troubled boy and there’s no map to follow to find their way back home and to each other.
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Wicked Like a Wildfire bu Lana Popovic, August 15, 2017, Katherine Tegen Books, 416 pages
“All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris and Malina are not allowed to share their magic with anyone, and above all, they are forbidden from falling in love.
But when their mother is mysteriously attacked, the sisters will have to unearth the truth behind the quiet lives their mother has built for them. They will discover a wicked curse that haunts their family line—but will they find that the very magic that bonds them together is destined to tear them apart forever?”- Goodreads
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Crystal Blade (Burning Glass #2) by Kathryn Purdie, August 15, 2017, Katherine Tegen Books, 384 pages
If you haven’t read Burning Glass Book 1, check out our First Reads Friday review.
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The Art of Feeling by Laura Tims, August 15, 2017, HarperTeen, 336 pages
“Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven’s New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places, this contemporary YA novel explores the friendship between a girl in constant pain and a boy who feels nothing at all.” – Goodreads
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Ferocious (Vicarious #2) by Paula Stokes, August 15, 2017, Tor Teen, 352 pages
“Paula Stokes returns to the world of Vicarious in this sequel, a high-action psychological thriller with a protagonist out for vengeance.”- Goodreads
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How To Disappear by Sharon Huss Roat, August 15, 2017, HarperTeen, 384 pages
Vicky has always been invisible. But it was bearable because she had her best friend with her. When her best and only friends moves away, Vicky is truly alone. So she starts photoshopping herself into random people’s pictures under the name Vicurious. And suddenly Vicky is anything but invisible, well at least Vicurious is. But being seen comes with it’s own problems.
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August 22nd
The Dire King (Jackaby #4) by William Ritter, August 22, 2017, Algonquin Young Readers, 352 pages
“The thrilling conclusion to the New York Times best-selling series the Chicago Tribune called “Sherlock Holmes crossed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer” sends the eccentric detective and his indispensible assistant into the heart of a war between magical worlds.”- Goodreads
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The Rattled Bones by S.M. Parker, August 22, 2017, Simon Pulse, 304 pages
“Unearthing years of buried secrets, Rilla Brae is haunted by ghostly visions tied to the tainted history of a mysterious island in this haunting novel from the author of The Girl Who Fell.”- Goodreads
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Dress Code for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens, August 22, 2017, HarperTeen 352 pages
Tomboy Billie has always defied stereotypes and falling in love is no exception. When Billie finds herself falling from one of her closest guy friends and one of her female friends at the same time, Billie must figure out what she wants and if she has the nerve to go after it.
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Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember, August 22, 2017, Harmony Ink Press, 180 pages
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The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes, August 22, 2017, Dial Books, 400 pages
Molly and Pepper are two unlikely teenagers who find themselves unraveling a nearly 30 year old murder.
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August 24, 2017
The Glow of Fallen Stars (Ventura Saga #2) by Kate Ling, August 24, 2017, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 368 pages
“The follow-up to The Loneliness of Distant Beings, Kate Ling’s second book takes us on an incredible journey through love, loss and the strength of the human spirit. ” – Goodread
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August 29th
Wonder Woman Warbringer (DC Icons #1) by Leigh Bardugo, August 29, 2017, Random House Books for Young Reader, 304 pages
Leigh Bardugo + Wonder Woman = AMAZING! Bring on WARBRINGER!
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The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katherine McGee, August 29, 2017, HarperCollins, 432 pages
The ending to The Thousandth Floor left us hanging on the ledge (literally). We can’t wait so the conclusion to this high rise cliffhanger!
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Thirteen Rising (Zodiac #4) by Romina Russell, August 29, 2017, Razorbill, 350 pages
“Romina Russell’s epic sci-fi fantasy series reaches its breathtaking conclusion with this fourth and final novel.”- Goodreads
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The Keep of the Ages (The Vault of Dreamers #3) by Caragh M. O’Brien, Roaring Press Books, 288 pages
“In the fast-paced, high-stakes conclusion to Caragh M. O’Brien’s Vault of Dreamers trilogy, Rosie travels to a derelict theme park to shut down dream mining once and for all.”- Goodreads
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All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis, August 29, 2017, HarlequinTeen, 384 pages
“In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society.” – Goodreads
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You Don’t Know Me But I Know You by Rebecca Barrow, August 29, 2017, HarperTeen, 336 pages
Audrey has a letter 17 years old written by a mother will never know. Audrey was adopted. Now Audrey is pregnant and she must face the same decision the stranger who gave her up had to.
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The Big F by Maggie Ann Martin, August 29, 2017, Swoon Reads, 304 pages
Danielle thought college was a sure thing, especially when her mother is the “college psychic” . But an F in senior English and a reject letter from the only college she applies to means Danielle better come up with a plan b, and fast!
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Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller, August 29, 2017, SourceFire Books, 384 pages
Sallot Leon is a gender-fluid thief who plans to infiltrate the inner circle of the Queen by auditioning for her elite guard. But in this audition winners get into the guard and losers end up dead. Sal will need to use every trick in the book to survive.
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The Broken World (Marked Girl #2) by Lindsey Klingle, August 29, 2017, HarperTeen, 432 pages
“The adventures of three teen royals and foster girl Liv, which began in The Marked Girl, conclude in this exciting sequel.”- Goodreads
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