La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler
in a new translation by Neil Sheppeck

Banned for over 20 years, Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde is a sophisticated, coolly savage and ironically humorous fairground ride through human sexuality. Repositioning the play in a contemporary European city, and employing cross-gender casting, Sheppeck's exciting new adaptation charts the love lives of a series of inter-related characters whose complex and frequently very brief relationships eventually join them all together. La Ronde's original production in 1903 caused one of the greatest scandals in the history of German theatre, complete with obscenity trials, physical battles and right-wing canvassing to have the play withdrawn. Contains scenes of an adult nature and moments of nudity.

Neil Sheppeck is the founder and Artistic Director of Love&Madness. His first play Sweetness Follows ('Sheppeck has written a truly shocking drama about love' - British Theatre Guide) was presented by Love&Madness at The Edinburgh Festival in 2002. Other plays include Two Noblemen of Norfolk, and an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Gambler.
His directing credits include: The Taming of the Shrew, The Butterfly's Evil Spell, Macbeth, Sweetness Follows, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Playboy of the Western World, and Frankenstein.

You tube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_uGGiWHXU&NR=1

La Ronde Ensemble
Preston Clare - Carl
Cary Crankson - Leo/Sam/Charles
Lucia McAnespie - Frankie/Emma/Leonata
Ellie Turner - Marie/Margarita
Simon Yadoo - Alfred/Biebitz

Director - Neil Sheppeck
Set Design - Nicky Bunch
Costume Design - Nell Knudsen
Lighting Design - Mark Howland
Movement Director - Jane Stanton
Technical Manager - Matt Lee Newby
Re-lights on Tour - Matt Lee Newby
Assistant Director - Eyal Israel
Voice Dialect - Mary Howland
Production Assistant - Amy Jewel
Design Assistant - Lucy Stack
Design Assistant - Helen Quinn Gregson
Costume Assistant - Giulia Scrimieri
Costume Maker - Linda Tiebel
Costume Maker - Eve Collins
Costume Maker - Katie Rutter
Costume Maker - Claire Leadley
Scenic Artist - Yu Kim Tan
Scenic Artist - Pippa Breslin
Scenic Artist - Alison Drane
Set Contruction - Laura Monks

Greenwich Theatre, London - September 12th - 20th
Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay -September 23rd
Alnwick Playhouse -September 24th
Town Hall Theatre, Hartlepool -October 1st
Byre Theatre, St Andrews - October 3rd
Mumford Theatre, Cambridge - October 7th
Rose Theatre, Ormskirk - October 21st
Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans - October 24th
Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton - November 7th
Stamford Arts Centre - November 13th
Kings Lynn Arts Centre - November 14th
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire - January 31st
St John's Arts Centre, Listowel - February 2nd
Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - February 5th
Alley Arts Centre, Strabane - February 7th
Riverside Theatre, Coleraine - February 12th
Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick - February 14th
The Hawth, Crawley - February 18th
Central Theatre, Chatham - February 24th
Arts Depot, Barnet - February 27th
Riverside Studios, London - March 5th - 21st