Watford Palace Theatre Kicks Off 'Ideal World Season' with PERFECT MATCH Tonight
Perfect Match is the first of three world premieres commissioned for Watford Palace Theatre's innovative Ideal World Season. Each of the plays offers a response to the impact of the digital world on our lives, exploring themes such as love, identity, body image and morality in relation to the rapid technological changes to our culture.
Watford Palace Theatre previously announced the casting of all three companies, with actors including: Tom Berish in Perfect Match (Paper Dolls, Tricycle and The School for Scandal, Park Theatre), Rosie Wyatt (Blink and Bunny, Soho Theatre), Laura Elphinstone (Love and Information, Royal Court and Utopia, Soho Theatre) and Simon Darwen (King Lear, Theatre Royal Bath and Mad About The Boy, Young Vic) in Virgin and Matti Houghton (Smallholding, Hightide and Hedda Gabler, Northampton) and Geoffrey Breton (Above & Beyond, Look Left Look Right and David Copperfield, Bolton Octagon) in Override.
Full casts are listed as follows:
Perfect Match by Gary Owens (TONIGHT, 19 September - 19 October)
Tom Berish, Hugo Bolton, Kelly Hotten , Ken Nwosu and Eva-Jane Willis
Tickets: Previews £10, Evenings £15, Matinees £10
Virgin by E.V.Crowe in association with Nabokov (26 September - 19 October)
Simon Darwen, Laura Elphinstone, Michael Shelford, Rosie Wyatt
Tickets: Previews £10, Evenings £15, Matinees £10
Override by Stacey Gregg (2 - 19 October)
Matti Houghton and Geoffrey BretonTickets: Previews £10, Evenings £15, Matinees £10
Press Night for all productions: Friday 4 October, 5.30pm.

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