London's historical theatre celebrates its rebirth

3gzylon 2015-09-17

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(People's Daily Online) 13:48, September 17, 2015

London's historical theatre celebrates its rebirth

LONDON Sep. 16 (People's Daily Online)—— The Coronet at Notting Hill Gate, London will celebrate its rebirth in October 2015 with Ubu and the Truth Commission, William Kentridge’s landmark collaboration with South African novelist and playwright, Jane Taylor, and Handspring Puppet Company, opening on 15th October 2015 for a three- week season.

Handspring Puppet Company, the extraordinary South Africa puppeteers behind the world-wide smash hit War Horse, worked with William Kentridge and Jane Taylor on the original production of Ubu and the Truth Commission, premiered in 1997 at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.

Ubu and the Truth Commission draws on both the historical archive of the hearings of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the notorious buffoon character of Ubu Roi created by Alfred Jarry. This will be its first London season in over a decade, reviving a key work in William Kentridge’s prolific career as an artist in theatre.

Designed by the celebrated theatre architect, W.G.R. Sprague, The Coronet opened in 1898 as an opera house. It continued to function as a theatre well into the 20th century, before being turned into a full time cinema in 1923. After an uncertain period in the last decade, the building finally closed to the public in 2014. The Coronet is now undergoing a transformation for the 21st century.

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