International theatre company of Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. Founded in 1981, it produces and performs theatre in multiple languages around the world.
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We are excited to announce a brand-new production of Calderón de la Barca’s La Vida es Sueño – Life is a Dream – which will premiere in Seville this October and go on to perform at the Teatro Clásico in Madrid from December. #LifeIsADream
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'Acting' Edinburgh Review: Documentarian Sophie Fiennes teams with theatre company Cheek By Jowl for this illuminating exploration of the acting process. #EIFF24 review by Fionnuala Halligan. screendaily.com/reviews/5196…
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Only two weeks until... @CbyJ co-founder Declan Donnellan in conversation with @AdrianLester about theatre and performance, to celebrate the launch of Declan’s new book The Actor and the Space.
📅 19 March
📍 Barbican Centre
Get your ticket now👇
eventbrite.com/e/the-actor-a…
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Join @CbyJ co-founder Declan Donnellan in conversation with @AdrianLester as they discuss theatre and performance, to celebrate the launch of Declan’s new book The Actor and the Space.
📅 19 March
📍 Barbican Centre
Get your ticket now 👇
eventbrite.com/e/the-actor-a…
To celebrate the launch of Declan's new book 'The Actor and the Space,' we are hosting a book launch and talk on 19 March at the Barbican between Declan and Adrian Lester - for info and to grab your tickets, click the link below!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/835684965…
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We're excited to announce The Actor and the Space by Declan Donnellan.
A bold new way of thinking about acting, by a world-leading director, founder of Cheek by Jowl, and author of the bestselling The Actor and the Target.
Out 14 March – pre-order here: nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-acto…
ALT The Actor and the Space by Declan Donnellan. From the author of The Actor and the Target, out 14 March | Pre-order now.
"I know the plot, but it still always manages to surprise me. You discover what you already know."
Declan and Nick's production of Oedipus travels to @TeatrosCanal later this month - listen to Declan talk about the production here! open.spotify.com/episode/1L7…
📸Albert Dobrin
Happy New Year to everyone, from the Cheek by Jowl team!
📸Nelly Uvarova as Irina in our 2005-13 production of Three Sisters, taken by Igor Zakharkin
🥳 BILBAO, SEE YOU TONIGHT! 🥳
Mucha mierda to the cast of Life is a Dream, which opens tonight at the @teatro_arriaga in Bilbao. It's only playing there for two nights, so get your tickets while you still can!
@LAZONATeatro @TEATROCLASICO
📸Javier Naval
🥳 MUCHA MIERDA 🥳
To the company of Life is a Dream, who open tonight in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Regio! The show will only be in Argentina until 2 December, so get your tickets now while you still can!
📸 Manuel Moya
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Declan and Nick's Russian-language production of Twelfth Night opened at the Pushkin Drama Theatre 20 years ago today!
The NYT had this to say: "As close to undiluted pleasure as this ambiguous old world allows…Boundaries melt like ice cubes in August."
✈️ BON VOYAGE ✈
Tomorrow the company of La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream) flies to Buenos Aires for their week of performances at the @elsanmartinctba ! The show opens on the 25 November and runs until 2 December - for more info, check out the production page on our website.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
In 2010, Cheek by Jowl's Boris Godunov landed at Les Gémeaux in Sceaux. These final performances in Paris were the culmination of a decade-long international tour that saw us performing in Rio de Janeiro, Brussels, Hong Kong, New York, Berlin, and many more!
BUENOS AIRES 🇦🇷
We are over the moon to announce that Life is a Dream will be heading to Buenos Aires at the end of this month for its South American premiere!
The show opens at the @elSanMartinCTBA on November 25 and runs until December 2 – head to our website for more info.
🎃Happy Hallowe’en! 🎃
If you’re looking for great costume ideas, why not style yourself after Kelly Hotten, who played the Porter in our 2009-2011 production of Macbeth?
📸Johan Persson
Mucha mierda to the cast and crew of Life is a Dream, who open at Teatro Bretón de los Herreros in Logroño tonight!
@TEATROCLASICO @LAZONATeatro
Photo by Javier Naval
Happy European Historic Theatres Day!
Life is a Dream is one of the great Spanish Golden Age plays, and so it is fitting that we have performed in amazing historic theatres all over Europe: from Budapest’s National Theatre to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, and many more.
Interested in a workshop?
Cheek by Jowl has a diverse workshop programme that caters for students, artists, and teachers at all stages of their artistic career.
Find out more here: cheekbyjowl.com/learning/wor…
Wishing a very happy birthday today to Matthew Macfadyen! 🎂 🥳
Matthew performed in our productions of The Duchess of Malfi (1995-96) and Much Ado About Nothing (1998). Here he is as Benedick, both on-stage and in the rehearsal room!
Our Associate Lucinda Dawkins is running a two–day course on #Macbeth @guildhallschool from 28 October, for students taking #GCSEEnglish. The course will use performance to bring Macbeth to life and help you prepare for exams.
⬇️Find out more below!
gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildh…