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MANCHESTER EXHIBITION
Cezanne at the Whitworth
The Whitworth
Until March 1
This exhibition focuses on the drawings and prints of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), described by Matisse and Picasso as “the father of us all.”
Widely considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 19th century, he was a draughtsman of great range and complexity, with an accomplished approach to building form with colour.
The exhibition provides a new insight into his artistic practice and his dedication to overcoming his artistic limitations through careful study of the Old Masters.
CARDIFF/TOURING OPERA
Carmen
Wales Millennium Centre
September 21-May 7
Jo Davies’s new production of one of opera’s most accessible works, originally set in Seville, relocates the action to 1970s Central America.
First performed in 1875, Carmen’s realism was groundbreaking for its time and the drama of working-class life it portrayed created a scandal.
Bizet’s alluring music exposes the emotion of the characters to stoke up the tension as passions run out of control, aided by some of the most famous numbers in the operatic repertoire, from the Toreador Song to Carmen’s provocative Habanera.
EDINBURGH THEATRE
Solaris
Royal Lyceum Theatre
September 12-October 5
David Greig’s new play is adapted from the Stanislaw Lem novel, later turned into one of the greatest-ever sci-fi films by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Within hours of arriving on a space station in orbit around the mercurial planet Solaris, psychologist Kris (Polly Frame, pictured) is troubled by the evasive habits of her fellow scientists who each seem haunted by ghosts.
Are these apparitions real or is the planet conjuring them to communicate with the spaceship’s crew? Soon the team’s research mission becomes derailed into psychological odysseys of their own in a story which explores the nature of love, loss and consciousness.
LONDON THEATRE
Danelaw
Old Red Lion Theatre
September 17-October 5
Described as “a grisly tale of British neonazis,” this timely revival of Peter Hamilton’s 2005 play tells the story of racist football thug Cliff, serving five years in prison for assaulting an Asian man at a Millwall game.
He’s visited by the mysterious Mr Warboys, who offers him the chance to re-establish the Danelaw — the Golden Age of Viking rule — and a darkly comic tragedy of violence and death ensues.
The play was inspired by reports of an attempt by neonazi group Combat 18 to establish a white-supremacist homeland in East Anglia with Chelmsford as the capital, which failed when the group’s leaders were convicted of the murder of another party member.
