Belvoir open to suggestion on stage Belvoir St Theatre's new resident directors Anne-Louise Sarks, left, and Adena Jacobs, right, with artistic director Ralph Myers. RALPH Myers, the artistic director of Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre, has a novel approach to season programming. He contacts theatre makers he'd like to work with and asks what they want to do, rather than the traditional system of identifying plays he'd like to stage and inviting directors and actors to work on them. As a result, Belvoir's 2014 season, revealed on Friday night, looks a little bonkers. There's a play called Oedipus Schmoedipus and another called Oedipus Rex. "I'm sure people will think they are seeing one of them and find themselves in the other," Myers said. There is a production of Cinderella created by Matthew Whittet and Anthea Williams to which children are specifically not invited. There are two Ibsen plays with a twist: Hedda Gabler with a bloke, Ash Flanders playing the heroin, and Nora which promises to riff on the lead character from A Doll's House. Myers considered pairing both plays in a double bill but opted instead to stage one after the other. He's banking that director Adena Jacobs can make a success of Hedda in July because if it falls flat audiences might not be inspired to back up and see Anne-Louise Sarks' Nora from August. Sarks and Jacobs are Belvoir's new resident directors, appointed to replace Simon Stone and will officially commence in season 2014. Neither is new to the company however. Jacobs directed Persona this year and Sarks directed last years's award-winning Medea. Next year Sarks will also direct Oedipus Schmoedipus, a co-production with the Sydney Festival which promises to feature a carnage of death scenes from many of the great tragedies. Jacobs is behind the new version of Oedipus Rex. Confusing as it initially may appear, the Myers method is delivering strong outcomes for the company. Belvoir's general manager Brenna Hobson said subscription sales have increased for each of Myers's seasons. The company also achieves consistently strong critical responses. The highlights of the current season have included Myers's production of Peter Pan, a new production of the epic Angels in America and Forget Me Not, about children brought to Australia from Liverpool. Next year Belvoir will be even busier, with Wesley Enoch due to host an interview series with prominent Aboriginal artists on Monday nights when the theatre has historically been dark.