⭐ PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) – WEST END PRODUCTION SET TO CLOSE & TOUR PLANS ANNOUNCED ⭐
The West End production of the critically acclaimed Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen is set to close, it has been announced.
The show will play its final performance at the West End’s Criterion Theatre on 6th February 2022.
The show will return later this year, playing Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre in September, before embarking on a 60-week tour.
Olivier and Tony Award-winning producer David Pugh also revealed he hopes to bring it back to the West End in the future.
Isobel McArthur’s unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s classic love story was critically acclaimed when it played at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre. Men, money and microphones are fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation, which includes pop classics such as Every Day I Write the Book, Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, I Got You Babe and You’re So Vain.
Five actresses portray the young female servants who retell one of literature’s most famous stories, and these same five actresses play every other character, as well as singing and playing instruments.
Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) is directed by Isobel McArthur and Simon Harvey, with comedy staging by Jos Houben, design by Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, lighting by Colin Grenfell, musical supervision by Michael John McCarthy, sound design by Michael John McCarthy and Luke Swaffield for Autograph and choreography by Emily Jane Boyle.
David Pugh presents Tron Theatre Company, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Blood of the Young’s production of Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) with co-producers Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Leeds Playhouse, Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse.
Gutting news but I’m glad the show will have a further life, it’s such a wonderfully funny piece of theatre. Go see it while you can! ! !
Thoughts? X x x
Tickets & more info – https://prideandprejudicesortof.com/
