TWO fantastic new co-productions will feature alongside six visiting productions by nationally and internationally renowned companies in Nuffield’s spring summer 2016 season.

A season highlight is The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!, a collaboration between Nuffield, Peepolykus, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic and Royal & Derngate, Northampton.

Gustave Flaubert’s seminal 19th century novel has been lovingly derailed by John Nicholson and Javier Marzan of Peepolykus and will be directed by Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse’s artistic director Gemma Bodinetz.

A bijoux cast of just five – with a fair amount of doubling – will create an absurd take on the traditional tale.

Nuffield, alongside Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stage, will mount our production of Noises Off, the multi-award-winning comedy by Michael Frayn.

This riotous comedy serves up an irresistible glimpse into the onstage and backstage antics of a touring company as they hurtle towards a disastrous first night. It will be directed by Nuffield’s associate director Blanche McIntyre.

Nuffield’s Youth Theatre will also present two productions – Evan Placey’s Girls Like That in January, and in late March, a new modern adaptation of The Odyssey.

The season also features a host of visiting companies who will present a collection of classics and popular titles retold. Curve Leicester and Rose Theatre Kingston will bring their production of the wicked Roald Dahl story The Witches.

It will be followed by an Eclipse Theatre Company, Sheffield Theatres, and Belgrade Theatre Coventry co-production of the American classic A Raisin in the Sun, a ferocious portrayal of working class life on the cusp of the American civil rights era.

Nuffield will also welcome Filter’s explosive take on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night followed by Get Carter, Northern Stage’s dark and stylish new adaptation of the classic Newcastle-noir thriller.

In May, audiences can enjoy the farewell tour of the award winning West End hit The 39 Steps. Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller is brilliantly and hilariously recreated for the stage, with four actors playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk will bring the spring/summer season to a close.

This Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic co-production, written by Daniel Jamieson, traces a young couple as they navigate Pogroms, the Russian revolution, and each other.

This production marks Emma Rice’s final direction for Kneehigh.

Nuffield director Sam Hodges said: “We are especially thrilled to present two new Nuffield productions this season: an exhilarating new adaptation of Madame Bovary and the legendary comedy Noises Off. We are really looking forward to our 2016 season, it promises a full programme of bold, funny, classic and stylish theatre, and welcomes some of the most exciting theatre companies from across the UK to join us.”

Tickets for the new season go on sale on Thursday.