Barbican 2016/17 Theatre Season

Excellent! I was sad to have missed out on the Roman Tragedies, how kind of them to bring it back.

If you're going to book for all three you could make back a big chunk of your membership with the 20% discount if you rejoin!

Just booked obsession as shallow too.
Front row and sides 45 before discount and 60 others. £2 less for previews.
Had a funny 5 mins on the site after selecting seats it said they weren't available then stuck me in another queue which was paused, opened another tab and was straight back in and booked.

I was at the Barbican for a work thing so went to the box office and asked for the best seats I could get in late April 2017 for under £30 each - thought I might as well save the booking fee. Very charming and helpful box office person guided me towards a central first row upper circle seat, so hope that is okay. Now all I have to do is remember to go see this play in 11 months time!

As part of the Yukio Ninagawa obituary in the Guardian, it was noted that Macbeth would be returning to the Barbican in September 2017, www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/16/yukio-ninagawa-obituary

There isn't anything listed on the Barbican yet. However, if you google 'Ninagawa Macbeth Barbican 2017', there is a link. It seems to be a placeholder, www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=21166 but the google notes are "Macbeth. by William Shakespeare Ninagawa Company. 5 - 8 October 2017 / 19: 15, 14:00. Theatre ... Barbican Members Plus: Thu 30 Mar, 10am. Barbican ..." which seems legitimate, see a screen grab from google here: imgur.com/q27ZMqV

Does anyone know anything more about this? It seems strange that tickets would go on sale in a few days, without prior advertisement...

Just spoke with them, and the dates are apparently correct. Barbican plus tickets are on 30th march, then 3rd April for Barbican members. Don't remember general sale, but around 5th April I think.

The Ninagawa Macbeth will also be on at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 13th and 14th October - www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2017/ninagawa-macbeth/

Booking is already open. Top price tickets half the price of the Barbican.

No idea if it's playing anywhere else.

Really excited about this. For people who have seen this (or other foreign language Shakespeare), how do the surtitles work? Do they simply show the original text, or is it an English translation of the translation?

Jan, from the guardian article it looks like a revival.

An announcement had now been made:

Welcoming back artists and companies to the Barbican Theatre and The Pit, this new ambitious dance programme features two Olivier-nominees: Artistic Associate Michael Clark Company who returns with new material and choreography set to a soundtrack by Patti Smith and David Bowie, as well as Rocío Molina, whose newest piece explores womanhood as part of Dance Umbrella.

Paying tribute to the late Japanese theatre director Yukio Ninagawa, we bring his epoch-making Macbeth to the Theatre this October, a production that introduced the UK to the Ninagawa Company 30 years ago. The Barbican’s co-commission of Landmark Productions and the Galway International Arts Festival Woyzeck in Winter, makes its UK premiere in the Theatre, interweaving songs from Schubert’s Winterreise with Büchner’s dramatic masterpiece Woyzeck.

Taking inspiration from the Barbican Art Gallery’s exhibition around the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat this September, nitroBEAT returns to The Pit with Suckerpunch Boom Suite, a new performance responding to some of the themes of Basquiat’s wide-ranging work.

The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein, returns to The Pit in November with her newest work Notorious, blurring the lines between live art, theatre and fine art. To coincide with Notorious, The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein leads a practical weekend for young adults, exploring pop feminism in response to the production. Following Notorious in The Pit, we present the second run of CN Lester’s Transpose: Barbican, a theatrical journey with artists from the queer and trans communities who share stories in a multi-disciplinary form.

Winners of this year’s Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award, Mars.tarrab perform the world premiere of ROLLER in The Pit, a co-production investigating female competition, ageing and power in roller derby.

This winter the Royal Shakespeare Company returns to the Barbican with a thrilling London season, Rome MMXVII, comprising four of Shakespeare’s most gripping plays. Exploring the decadence, politics and corruption of Ancient Rome, Coriolanus and Julius Caesar are followed by Antony & Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus in the Theatre. To coincide with the season, RSC director Iqbal Khan runs an intensive practical weekend in response to his production of Antony & Cleopatra at the Barbican.

And at Christmas-time, we bring the egg theatre and Travelling Light Theatre Company’s festive production of Snow Mouse for babies and the very young, a tale of an endearing puppet and performer who embark on an adventure in a magical forest.

blog.barbican.org.uk/2017/03/theatre-and-dance-season-launch-2017/

From the sounds of it, I won't be bothering to go to the Barbican this winter.

Seriously, after a triumph like the Roman Tragedies emanating from Europe, then the same space has to play host to a backward looking, bog standard version from a supposed UK flagship company? I can only think that it was some deliberate attempt to look out of touch and insular in an ironic comment on today's events (and the ensuing couple of years).

Imagine the papering they will be doing

For the RSC plays

Given they are already offering all tickets for some performances of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra for £10 for some performances in Stratford (including weekends) I suspect you are both correct.

Hopefully they will also price the front row at £10 as usual.