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[International theatre company] [date=September 2018] [date=September 2018]
CHEEK BY JOWL is an international theatre company founded in the United
Kingdom by director Declan Donnellan and designer Nick Ormerod in 1981.[1]
Donnellan and Ormerod are Cheek by Jowl's artistic directors and together
direct and design all of Cheek by Jowl's productions. The company's recent
productions include an Italian-language version of Thomas Middleton's _The
Revenger's Tragedy_, Russian-language productions of William Shakespeare's
_Measure for Measure_ and Francis Beaumont's _The Knight of the Burning
Pestle_, an English-language production of _The Winter's Tale_[2] and a
French-language production of Shakespeare's _Pericles, Prince of Tyre_. Cheek
by Jowl is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation[3] and an
Associate Company of the Barbican Centre, London.[4]
The company has performed in the UK since 1981 and internationally since 1984,
when its productions of _Vanity Fair_ and _Pericles_ were invited to the
Almagro, Valladolid, and Jerusalem festivals. Between 1985 and 1993, Cheek by
Jowl performed 13 productions at the Donmar Warehouse.[5] This marked the
company's West End debut, which led Cheek by Jowl to receive 4 Laurence
Olivier awards (see https://www.cheekbyjowl.com/about/awards/) out of 10
nominations.[6] As of 2017, Cheek by Jowl has performed in over 400 cities in
over 40 countries,[7] including Peter Brook's Bouffes du Nord in Paris, the
Chekhov International Festival in Moscow and New York's Brooklyn Academy of
Music.
The core of Cheek by Jowl's work has always been Shakespeare; by the time of
their production of _The Winter's Tale_ in 2015, Cheek by Jowl had produced
thirteen of Shakespeare's plays. The company has also consistently produced
other classical works of European drama, both in translation and in their
original language. Cheek by Jowl have given the British premiere of 10 works
of European classics, including _Le Cid_, by Pierre Corneille and
_Andromaque_, by Jean Racine. In 1989, Cheek by Jowl also produced
Donnellan's own play _Lady Betty_, which was based on the true story of a
hangwoman in the West of Ireland around the time of the French Revolution.[8]
Cheek by Jowl is notable for producing work in English, French and Russian.
** Cheek by Jowl in Russia
In 1999, the Russian Chekhov International Theatre Festival commissioned
Donnellan and Ormerod to form their own company of Russian actors in Moscow.
This sister company performs in Russia and internationally. Cheek by Jowl's
latest Russian production _Measure for Measure_ is the company's first
co-production with Moscow's Pushkin Theatre.[9]
** Cheek by Jowl in France
In 2007, Paris based theatre director Peter Brook invited Donnellan and
Ormerod to form a company of French actors; together with Paris’ Bouffes du
Nord theatre, Cheek by Jowl co-produced _Andromaque_, which toured throughout
Europe in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, using this same company of French actors
Cheek by Jowl went on to produce Alfred Jarry’s _Ubu Roi_.[10] In 2018, with
this French ensemble, Cheek by Jowl produced its first Shakespeare play in the
French language: _Pericles, Prince of Tyre_.[11]
In 2014, Cheek by Jowl celebrated the 20th anniversary of their _As You Like
It_ revival with a screening of the production in the Noël Coward Theatre in
London, formerly the Albery Theatre, one of the venues where the revival
toured to in 1994 and 1995.[12] The production was filmed, and screened with
permission from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Theatre and Performance
Archive.[13] The screening was attended by director Declan Donnellan and
designer Nick Ormerod, as well as actor Adrian Lester, who played Rosalind in
the production. The play originally opened in 1991 with an all-male cast,
touring to, amongst others, New York, Tokyo, Belfast, Adelaide and Rio de
Janeiro.[14]
Cheek by Jowl's production of John Ford's _Tis Pity She's a Whore_ opened in
Sceaux, Paris, in 2011 and was revived three times between 2011 and 2014.[15]
The production, described as 'electrifying' by _The Independent_, toured
around the world, including the Barbican Centre in London, the Holland
Festival in Amsterdam and the International Shakespeare Festival in
Romania.[16] The company's three most recent productions, _Ubu Roi_ (2013–16),
_Measure for Measure_ (2013–17), and _The Winter's Tale_ (2016–2017), have all
been livestreamed for free to audiences across the world.[17]
** Productions
- 2019 – _The Revenger's Tragedy_ , by Thomas Middleton
- 2019 – _The Knight of the Burning Pestle_ , by Francis Beaumont
- 2018 – _Périclès, Prince de Tyr_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2016 – _The Winter's Tale_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2014 – _'Tis Pity She's a Whore_ , by John Ford
- 2013 – _Measure for Measure_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2013 – _Ubu Roi_ , by Alfred Jarry
- 2012 – _'Tis Pity She's a Whore_ , by John Ford
- 2011 – _The Tempest_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2009 – _Macbeth_ , by William Shakespeare – performed again in 2010 and 2011
- 2008 – _Troilus and Cressida_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2007 – _Cymbeline_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2006 – _The Changeling_ , by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
- 2005 – _Three Sisters_ , by Anton Chekhov – performed again in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- 2004 – _Othello_ , by William Shakespeare
- 2002 – _Homebody / Kabul_ , by Tony Kushner – British premiere
- 2000 – _Boris Godunov_ by Alexander Pushkin
- 1998 – _Much Ado About Nothing_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1997 – _Out Cry_ , by Tennessee Williams – British premiere
- 1995 – _The Duchess of Malfi_ , by John Webster
- 1994 – _Measure for Measure_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1993 – _Don't Fool With Love_ , by Alfred de Musset
- 1993 – _The Blind Men_ , by Michel de Ghelderode – British premiere
- 1991 – _As You Like It_ , by William Shakespeare – revival in 1994
- 1990 – _Hamlet_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1990 – _Sara_ , by Gotthold Lessing – British premiere
- 1989 – _Lady Betty_ , by Declan Donnellan – British premiere
- 1989 – _The Doctor of Honour_ , by Pedro Calderon – British premiere
- 1988 – _The Tempest_ , by William Shakespeare – performed again in 2011
- 1988 – _Philoctetes_ , by Sophocles
- 1988 – _A Family Affair_ , by Alexander Ostrovsky – British premiere
- 1987 – _Macbeth_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1986 – _Twelfth Night_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1986 – _Le Cid_ , by Pierre Corneille – British premiere
- 1985 – _The Man of Mode_ , by George Etherege
- 1985 – _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1985 – _Andromache_ , by Jean Racine – British premiere
- 1984 – _Pericles_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1983 – _Vanity Fair_ , by William Makepeace Thackeray – British premiere; performed again in 1984 and 1985
- 1982 – _Othello_ , by William Shakespeare
- 1981 – _The Country Wife_ , by William Wycherly
** References
[reflist]
** External links
- Cheek by Jowl website (see http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/)
- Cheek by Jowl online archive (see http://archive.cheekbyjowl.com/)
- The records of the Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company (see http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/24) are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.
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