⭐ NOËL COWARD’S BRIEF ENCOUNTER – ADAPTED BY EMMA RICE – NEW PRODUCTION ANNOUNCED FOR STEPHEN JOSEPH THEATRE ⭐
Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre is delighted to announce its first in-house production for 2022. Brief Encounter is a co-production with Octagon Theatre, Bolton, and Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.
Emma Rice’s adaptation of Noël Coward’s classic movie is coming to the North Yorkshire theatre this summer.
Laura and Alec are married – but not to each other. A chance meeting at a railway station hurls them headlong into a whirlwind romance that threatens to blow both their worlds apart. Will they give in to love’s first rush and risk everything? Has this relationship changed the course of their lives forever?
This playful production turns Noël Coward’s film inside out, adding joyous musical numbers and physical comedy, while retaining the classic romance of the original.
The show will be directed by the SJT’s Artistic Director, Paul Robinson, who says: “Emma Rice has done an outstanding job of turning Coward’s film into a story for today. It’s funny and colourful, brimming with warmth and wit, and whilst still paying heed to the steely moral core of the 1945 screenplay, it asks a question which is just as relevant today: do we risk everything for love?”
The SJT has already announced a busy programme of visiting shows, and will be announcing more in-house productions early next month.
Brief Encounter can be seen in the Round at the SJT from 22nd July – 27th August 2022. It will then transfer to the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick in September and then to the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in October.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.sjt.uk.com/event/1302/brief_encounter
