Curtains in June for Equus co-star Joanne.all change Joanne Christie and Daniel Radcliffe DANIEL Radcliffe's play Equus is closing in June - just three months after it opened to critical acclaim. The surprise move follows reports that directors were looking for a new actor to succeed Harry Potter star Radcliffe, 17, at the end of his run. He was paired in the play with unknown Huddersfield actress Joanna Christie, 24. She won plaudits for tackling a role which saw her go naked on stage with Radcliffe. Peter Shaffer's classic play will go on a 12-week national tour after it closes on June 9 at London's Gielgud Theatre The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 889 seats on three levels. . The tour, for which casting is yet to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. , will open at the Theatre Royal Bath on August 28. A Broadway production will open next year, with an Australian show expected to follow. Spokesman Peter Thompson said that Equus had recouped its investment in a record-breaking eight weeks of business since it opened just over three months ago on February 27. But he said director Thea Sharrock Thea Sharrock (born 1976) is an award-winning English theatre director. In 2001, when at age 24 she became artistic director of London's Southwark Playhouse, she was the youngest artistic director in British theatre. wanted "to go out on a high". The play has been a sell-out, thanks partly to Radcliffe's adoring fans. It was recently reported that Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell was set to strip off for the London stage to succeed Radcliffe, after film star Orlando Bloom was said to have turned down the role. Joanna Christie landed her part in Equus after nearly giving up acting. After growing up in Huddersfield she went on study English, music and theatre studies at Oundle, Northants, before moving to London to attend the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. It was founded in 1945 as The Mountview Theatre Club, an amateur repertory company staging a new production for a six-day run every second week - a unique achievement in . |
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