Zoë Wanamaker will be joined by Lynda Baron and Chris Larkin in Hugh Whitemore's award winning play, last seen at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Stevie Smith commutes to the West End to her work as a secretary at a publishing company. Her evenings are spent at home with her beloved aunt - a world of battenberg cake, gossip, ginger nuts and sherry in tiny glasses. But at the same time as leading this seemingly mundane suburban existence, she is writing the piercing poetry and prose that will one day make her famous. Stevie is a biographical snapshot of both the poet and the private woman. Shot through with wit, this is the story of an endearing heroine, her unconventional life, powerful and popular poetry and her greatest struggle: to keep waving and not drowning. She wrote nine volumes of poetry. The first was titled A Good Time Was Had By All, which became a catchphrase referenced everywhere in popular culture. Her most famous poem is Not Waving but Drowning. She also wrote three novels, Novel on Yellow Paper, Over the Frontier and The Holiday.Lynda Baron's stage appearances include The Daughter In Law (Sheffield Crucible), When We Were Married (West End) and Rookery Nook (Menier Chocolate Factory). TV includes Chasing Shadows, Still Open All Hours, Doctor Who and Eastenders.
Chris Larkin was also in the Chichester Festival Theatre's acclaimed production of Stevie. His other stage roles include Noises Off (Old Vic), Yes Prime Minister(National Tour/West End), and The Whisky Taster (Bush). TV includes Coalition, Yes Prime Minister, and Miss Marple, and in film The Facilty, Valkyrie, Master and Commander and Tea with Mussolini.Videos