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- Alien actress Weaver, 74, will play the storm-creating magician Prospero in the new staging of the Shakespeare classic The Tempest, in a role typically played by a man. The production will open on December 19, with previews from December 7, and run until February 1 2025.
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Sep 23, 2024 · The star of Alien, Working Girl, and The Ice Storm is set to join director Jamie Lloyd's new production of Shakespeare's drama starting 7 December 2024 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Lloyd, with his Jamie Lloyd Company, kicks off a full season of Shakespeare at the West End venue with The Tempest.
BAFTA Award-winning actress, Sigourney Weaver, makes her West End debut as Prospero in Jamie Lloyd’s Shakespeare season at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Tempest play will no doubt reflect Lloyd’s stripped-back style of directing and is set to be one of the biggest plays of the season.
Sigourney Weaver is best known for her roles in Alien, Gorillas in the Mist, and Avatar, earning multiple Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe win. Jude Akuwudike (Alonso) Jude Akuwudike has graced stages at the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, and the Young Vic, and is known for films like The Little Mermaid and Beasts of No Nation .
Sep 23, 2024 · Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar) will make her West End debut as Prospero in a new production of The Tempest, opening on 7 December 2024 and running through to 1 February 2025.
Jul 30, 2024 · EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver will make her West End stage debut as storm-creating sorcerer Prospero in The Tempest and Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will play sparring lovers Benedick...
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Jul 31, 2024 · Hollywood A-lister Sigourney Weaver will make her West End debut in a new production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest this autumn, it has been announced. Weaver, 72, will play Prospero in the play, a role more traditionally performed by a male actor.
Jul 30, 2024 · Sigourney Weaver stars in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. International film star Sigourney Weaver makes her West End theatre debut playing Prospero in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of The Tempest in London.
