Old and new faces at the Rose Theatre Kingston for 2014 spring programme

All-male theatre company Propeller, actress Jane Asher and former artistic director Stephen Unwin will all be making returns to the High Street venue next year.

The season starts with Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels, starring Jenny Seagrove and Sarah Crowe, and continues with Michael Frayn’s Donkeys’ Years, directed by Lisa Spirling.

Jane Asher, who appeared on the Rose stage in The Importance of Being Earnest, will return for the stage adaptation of Penelope Lively’s Booker Prize-winning Moon Tiger. Former Rose Theatre artistic director Stephen Unwin will direct.

Jane Asher is back at the Rose for Moon Tiger

All male Shakespearean company Propeller will make a welcome return to Kingston in March, presenting two of the bard’s best-loved comedies - A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy of Errors.

The Royal Shakespeare Company will then present Mark Ravenhill’s translation of Bertolt Brecht’s The Life of Galileo, before Brian Friel’s Translations takes to the stage in late April.

The theatre's former artistic director Stephen Unwin makes a speedy return to the High street venue

Children’s shows include Tom’s Midnight Garden, Jacqueline Wilson’s Hetty Feather and Tall Stories’ hugely popular adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo.

One-night only shows include productions of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, Aladdin and a staged reading of Iris Murdoch’s the Sea the sea.

Propeller return with new adaptations of two Shakespeare comedies

Rose theatre chief executive Robert O’Dowd, said: “In 2014 we will continue to produce our own work and develop exciting new partnerships with other theatres and production companies.

“We also look forward to welcoming an exciting mix of theatre companies to the Rose stage for the first time, as well as seeing the return of ever popular companies, Propeller and Tall Stories.”

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