Traverse Theatre Co Presents MIDSUMMER, Opens 12/29

By: Nov. 29, 2010
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Traverse Theatre Company's Midsummer [a play with songs] by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre will run at the Tricycle Theatre from 29 November 2010 until 29 January 2011, with press night on 30 November 2010. Directed by David Greig with design by Georgia McGuinness and lighting by Claire Elliot, Midsummer [a play with songs] was first produced at the Traverse in 2008, before playing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2009 and Soho Theatre in January 2010. This production arrives at the Tricycle following a run at the Traverse Theatre and an international tour.

Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon will reprise their roles as Helena and Bob respectively.

It's Midsummer's weekend in Edinburgh. It's raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He's a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city's underworld and she's a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people's husbands. She's out of his league and he's not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Which is why they do.

Cora Bissett won The Stage award for Best Actress for her performance in Midsummer [a play with songs] at the Edinburgh Festival 2009. Her other stage credits include A Streetcar Named Desire for the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh and Sub Rosa for Fire Exit in association with the Citizens Theatre. Her screen credits include Red Road, High Times, River City and Rab C Nesbitt. As a theatre director, her credits include Amada and the multi award winning Roadkill which was the inaugural show by her theatre company Pachamama, a co-production with Glasgow based theatre company Ankur.

Matthew Pidgeon's theatre credits include The Nest and Born Guilty for the Traverse Theatre, The Cherry Orchard, Vanity Fair, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Hamlet, Montrose, The Glass Menagerie, Romeo and Juliet, The Wizard of Oz and Pinocchio for the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, The Big Lie for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Latitude Festival and The Lying Kind for The Royal Court Theatre. His screen credits include The Winslow Boy, A Shot at Glory, Taggart and Fiona's Story.

David Greig's previous work at the Tricycle includes Miniskirts of Kabul as part of the theatre's critically acclaimed season The Great Game: Afghanistan and the Traverse Theatre's sell out production of Damascus. His recent work includes a UK Tour of a new version of Peter Pan, which was produced by the National Theatre of Scotland in 2009 and Dunsinane which premiered earlier this year by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Hampstead Theatre. His other writing credits include Brewers Fayre, Outlying Islands and Europe for the Traverse Theatre, The American Pilot for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Soho Theatre, Ramallah for the Royal Court, Pyrenees for Paines Plough and Caligula and The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union for the Donmar Warehouse. His adaptations include The Bacchae for the Edinburgh International Festival and Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Tintin in Tibet for the Barbican in 2005 and The Playhouse in 2007, When The Bulbul Stopped Singing for the Traverse Theatre and Caligula for the Donmar Warehouse.

Gordon McIntyre is a songwriter, musician and a member of the band BallBoy with whom he has released five albums. He has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia and through his company Money Can't Buy Music, produced the album The Universe for Beginners and released the album Midsummer featuring songs from the show.

ADDRESS Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR

BOX OFFICE

Phone 020 7328 1000

In person 10am - 9pm Monday - Saturday, 2 - 9pm on Sundays

On-line www.tricycle.co.uk

Tickets Midsummer (A Play With Songs):
If booking before 25 December:
Mon 8pm + weekday mats - £10
Tuesday - Friday 8pm & Sat 4pm - £15
Sat 8pm - £20
If booking after 25 December
Mon 8pm + weekday mats - £12
Tuesday - Friday 8pm & Sat 4pm - £18
Sat 8pm - £22
21 Dec: Romantic Midwinter Day Offer - Book a single ticket and get £5 off the matinee or evening performance.

Website www.tricycle.co.uk

Performances: Monday - Saturday at 8pm, matinees at 2pm & 4pm
Midweek mats at 2pm: 8, 24 Dec, 5, 26 Jan
Midweek mats at 4pm: 15, 21, 23 Dec
Press Night - Tuesday 30 November at 7pm
No evening performance on 24 Dec. No performances 25 Dec - 2 Jan.
Café/Bar

The Tricycle Café serving food is open from 12noon to 8pm Mondays to Fridays and 10am - 8pm on Saturdays. The Tricycle Bar serving drinks and snacks is open from 12noon Mondays to Fridays & from 10.30am Saturdays & closes at 11pm Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays the Bar is open 3pm - 8pm.

TRANSPORT

Tube: Kilburn (Jubilee Line)
Bus: 16, 31, 32, 98, 189, 206, 316, 328
Train: Brondesbury (London overground)



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