Cheek By Jowl London, Great Britain Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Nick Ormerod Director Founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981 to re-examine the classic repertoire in a fresh and unsentimentl way, focussing on the actors performance.The rise of the company was meteoric. "Cheek by Jowl" has represented Britain at most of the world's festivals with performances from Rio-de-Janeiro to Moscow. Last year "Time Magazine" pronounced "Cheek by Jowl" one of the ten great theatre companies in the world. Staged by Declan Donnellan Sets Ánd costumes by Nick Ormerod Cast: Richard Durden (Leonato), Saskia Reeves (Beatrice), Sarita Choudhury (Hero), Stephen Mangan (Don Pedro), Bohdan Poraj (Claudio), Matthew Macfadyen (Benedickt)... Nick Ormerod studied law at the Cambridge University and graduated from the Wimbledon Arts School, department of theatre desingn. Together with Donnellan he was the founder of the "Cheek by Jowl". ¥ 26, 27 May Maly Theatre Teatralnaya Sq., 1/6