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| Radcliffe and Law join Grandage's West End Company | Radcliffe and Law join Grandage's West End Company |
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| Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law and Daniel Radcliffe will join director Michael Grandage for the first season of his new West End theatre company. | Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law and Daniel Radcliffe will join director Michael Grandage for the first season of his new West End theatre company. |
| Based at the 950-seat Noel Coward Theatre, the 15-month season features five plays, including two Shakespeares and a new work from John Logan. | |
| More than 200 tickets will be available for every performance at £10 each. | More than 200 tickets will be available for every performance at £10 each. |
| The season kicks off with Simon Russell Beale in the Peter Nichols' classic Privates On Parade, in December. | The season kicks off with Simon Russell Beale in the Peter Nichols' classic Privates On Parade, in December. |
| The award-winning comedy is set against the backdrop of the Malaysian campaign at the end of World War II. | The award-winning comedy is set against the backdrop of the Malaysian campaign at the end of World War II. |
| It will be followed by Martin McDonagh's savage comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role. | It will be followed by Martin McDonagh's savage comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role. |
| Grandage stepped down as the artistic director at London's Donmar Warehouse in late 2011, after nine years. | Grandage stepped down as the artistic director at London's Donmar Warehouse in late 2011, after nine years. |
| His work for the Donmar included Frost/Nixon, King Lear, and Red - from award-winning playwright John Logan. | His work for the Donmar included Frost/Nixon, King Lear, and Red - from award-winning playwright John Logan. |
| Logan's latest play, Peter and Alice, stars Dame Judi and Ben Whishaw as the real-life inspirations for Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, and follows a chance meeting between the pair. | Logan's latest play, Peter and Alice, stars Dame Judi and Ben Whishaw as the real-life inspirations for Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, and follows a chance meeting between the pair. |
| Dame Judi previously worked wtih Grandage on Madame De Sade - but it will mark Wishaw's first collaboration with the director. | Dame Judi previously worked wtih Grandage on Madame De Sade - but it will mark Wishaw's first collaboration with the director. |
| No theatre season would be complete without Shakespeare, and Grandage has promised a "really, absolutely sexual production" of Midsummer Night's Dream, starring Sheridan Smith and David Walliams - as Bottom. | No theatre season would be complete without Shakespeare, and Grandage has promised a "really, absolutely sexual production" of Midsummer Night's Dream, starring Sheridan Smith and David Walliams - as Bottom. |
| The season will end - in February 2014 - with Jude Law playing Henry V. The pair came up with the idea following Law's critically acclaimed performance in Hamlet at the Donmar. | The season will end - in February 2014 - with Jude Law playing Henry V. The pair came up with the idea following Law's critically acclaimed performance in Hamlet at the Donmar. |
| Grandage set up The Michael Grandage Company along with former Donmar Warehouse collaborator James Bierman. | Grandage set up The Michael Grandage Company along with former Donmar Warehouse collaborator James Bierman. |
| In a bid to reach out to as wide an audience as possible, 200 tickets will be available for each performance at just £10 - setting a precedent for commercial theatre in the West End. | In a bid to reach out to as wide an audience as possible, 200 tickets will be available for each performance at just £10 - setting a precedent for commercial theatre in the West End. |
| The cheap tickets will be available for seats throughout the auditorium and will be bookable in advance, with 24 held for purchasing on the day. | The cheap tickets will be available for seats throughout the auditorium and will be bookable in advance, with 24 held for purchasing on the day. |
| Other tickets for the season will be priced at £27.50 and £57.50. | Other tickets for the season will be priced at £27.50 and £57.50. |
| Grandage and Bierman said they want to enable theatre-goers to have access to every production throughout the run. | Grandage and Bierman said they want to enable theatre-goers to have access to every production throughout the run. |
| "We aim to appeal to new theatre-goers and help build audiences for the future," they commented. | "We aim to appeal to new theatre-goers and help build audiences for the future," they commented. |