Zoe Wanamaker returns to the West End in PASSION PLAY by Peter Nichols - opens at the Duke of York's Theatre in May 2013
PASSION PLAY
By
PETER NICHOLS
Directed
by DAVID LEVEAUX
STARRING
ZOË WANAMAKER
Opens
at the Duke of York’s Theatre on Tuesday 7 May 2013
Previews
from Wednesday 1 May 2013
Spring
2013 sees multi Olivier Award-winner Zoë Wanamaker make her return to the West
End in Passion Play, Peter Nichols’ celebrated black comedy about love
and infidelity. Directed by David Leveaux, Passion Play opens on 7 May at the
Duke of York’s Theatre with previews from 1 May.
Comfortably
married for 25 years, James and Eleanor’s world is upended when James agrees to
a secret rendezvous with their recently widowed friend, Kate. As the lies mount up, the affair strips
the marriage bare and reveals the illicit desires and hidden passions that lie
beneath the everyday facade.
A
glorious meeting of humour, eroticism and duplicity, this modern classic and
winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Play makes a much-anticipated
return to the West End.
Writer
Peter Nichols’ other plays include A Day
In The Death Of Joe Egg, The National Health and Privates On Parade. His plays have won four Evening Standard
Awards, a Society of West End Theatres Award for Best Comedy and two Ivor
Novello Best Musical Awards. Privates on
Parade will be revived by The Michael Grandage Company at the Noël Coward
Theatre from December 2012.
David
Leveaux reunites with Zoë Wanamaker for Passion
Play, whom he directed in her Olivier Award-winning performance in Electra (Donmar Warehouse and Broadway).
He has been nominated for five Tony Awards as a director of both plays and
musicals. His recent play credits include Arcadia
(Duke of York’s and Broadway); Through a
Glass Darkly starring Carey Mulligan (Atlantic Theatre, NY); Jumpers (National Theatre and Broadway);
and Cyrano de Bergerac starring Kevin
Kline (Broadway). Other recent play
credits include Simon Gray’s The Late
Middle Classes (Donmar Warehouse) starring Helen McCrory and Robert
Glenister as well as Harold Pinter’s Betrayal
starring Juliette Binoche (Broadway).
Zoë
Wanamaker has appeared extensively in film and on television including the
Harry Potter films and the award-winning BBC series My Family. Her work on stage includes Much Ado About Nothing, All My Sons with David Suchet and The National
Theatre’s The Cherry Orchard. She has
won two Olivier Awards for Best Actress; for her performance in Electra at the Donmar Warehouse and her
performance in Once in a Lifetime at
the National Theatre. Zoë has received four Tony Award nominations for Piaf!, Loot, Electra and, most
recently, the Lincoln Centre production of Awake
And Sing!
Passion
Play marks the inaugural
production in Tali Pelman Productions and the Ambassador Theatre Group’s producing
partnership. Tali’s previous productions as in-house Producer at ATG include
Olivier Award-winning new play The
Mountaintop by Katori Hall (West End and Broadway); The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley (West
End); Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig (West
End) and Pinter’s The Lover/The Collection
(West End).
“Passion Play is a brilliantly
funny and sexy play about how well we really know the people we love. It could
be in no better hands than David’s, and we are thrilled to reunite him with Zoë
for the first time since he directed her landmark performance in Electra”, said Producer Tali Pelman. “It’s a delight to inaugurate my partnership with ATG with this
production.”
Passion Play is produced by Tali Pelman Productions for
the Ambassador Theatre Group and Old Vic Productions.
Creative team:
Writer Peter
Nichols
Director David
Leveaux
Further
casting to be announced.
LONDON LISTINGS INFORMATION
Dates: Duke of York’s
Theatre: Wednesday 1 May - Saturday 3 August 2013
Press Night: Tuesday 7 May 2013 7pm
Monday – Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees: Thursdays and Saturdays
2.30pm except for Thursday 2 May
Ticket prices: £10 - £57.50 (previews £10 -
£47.50)
£10 Mondays: every
Monday performance fifty £10 tickets will be available to book in advance or on
the day
Day Seats: Limited number of £10 Day Seats available in person at
10am on the day of
the performance, Monday-Thursday
Premium seats available. Group discounts available.
Box Office: 0844
871 7623
Website: www.passionplaylondon.com
REGIONAL LISTINGS INFORMATION
Richmond Theatre
Dates: Friday 12
April - Saturday 20 April 2013
Monday – Saturday 7.30pm.
Matinees 2.30pm, Wednesdays and Saturdays
except for Saturday 13 April.
Ticket prices: Tickets
£15 - £35 (no per ticket booking fee)
Premium Seats available
0844 871 7651
Brighton Theatre Royal
Dates: Tuesday
23 April – Saturday 27 April 2013
Tuesday – Saturday 7.45pm.
Matinees 2.30pm Thursday 25 and
Saturday 27 April
Ticket prices: Tickets
£15 - £35 (no per ticket booking fee)
Premium Seats available
0844 871 7650
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