Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Co Presents PRIVATE LIVES Oct 7-22

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company Presents Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES. Husband and wife team Janie Dee and Rupert Wickham star as Coward's most famous sparring partners from 7 -22 October 2011 at Nottingham Playhouse

This October, husband and wife team Janie Dee and Rupert Wickham star as one of theatre's most volatile and passionate couples in Nottingham Playhouse's production of Noël Coward's Private Lives. They appear together as the ever warring but hopelessly in love pair Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne in the 1930 comedy of manners.

In a smart hotel in a fashionable French resort, two honeymooning couples share adjacent rooms. The only problem is that two of the newlyweds were married before ... to each other. When they meet again, they throw themselves into a love affair without a care for the scandalous consequences. Running off together to a Parisian apartment, Elyot and Amanda's stormy relationship reaches its climax as their respective spouses walk in.

Coward's passionate and witty love story, glinting with razor-sharp dialogue, and acerbic wit, remains one of the most successful and popular comedies ever written. Now a modern classic, Coward's play exposes the perilous fragility of human emotions.

Janie Dee is acknowledged as one of Britain's most talented and versatile actresses. Her achievements range from modern comedy to Shakespeare, contemporary drama to musical and opera. Her theatre credits include, most recently for the Globe, All's Well That Ends Well, with Sir Peter Hall, Betrayal (West End); Much Ado About Nothing, Design for Living, Old Times and The Apple Cart. For Alan Ayckbourn she created the role of Jacie Triplethree in his Comic Potential (West End, NYC, Stephen Joseph Theatre) and received the Best Actress Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards here and the Obie and Best Newcomer Awards in NYC. She also created the role of Joanna in his House and Garden and recreated his Woman in Mind for the West End.

Rupert Wickham is a hugely respected actor with some twenty-three Shakespeare productions under his belt, as well as a string of other theatre television and film credits. Rupert was "a wonderfully fresh and involving Hamlet" (The Independent) at Greenwich Theatre. He played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet for Dame Judi Dench at Regent's Park, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest at Manchester Royal Exchange, Quartermaine in Quartermaine's Terms at Salisbury and Northampton, and Captain Gower in Henry V for Nick Hytner at The National Theatre. Film and television credits include: Terry George's Whole Lotta Soul (forthcoming), Band of Brothers, The Bourne Identity, The Brylcreem Boys, A Dance to the Music of Time and Waking The Dead.

Noël Coward's Private Lives is directed by Nottingham Playhouse Artistic director, Giles Croft and also stars Victoria Yeates, Marcus Hutton and Debra Stewart. It is designed by Dawn Allsopp and the lighting designer is Alexandra Stafford.

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PRESS NIGHT
Tuesday October 11 - 7.45pm

LISTINGS
Friday 7 October - Saturday 22 October

Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham NG1 5AF

Evening Performances: Mon - Sat 7:45pm
Matinees: Thu 13 Oct 1.30pm, Sat 15 Oct at 2.30pm and Thu 20 Oct at 1.30pm
Previews: Fri 7, Sat 8 and Mon 10 Oct at 7.45pm

Tickets: £7.50 - £26.50

Evening performances: £9 - £26.50
Previews: £7.50 - £10
Matinees: £7.50 - £12

Box office 0115 941 9419
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk