Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For MOOD MUSIC at the Old Vic

Mood Music previews at The Old Vic from 21 April 2018, with a press night on 2 May 2018.

Ben Chaplin will play the role of Bernard alongside Seána Kerslake in the role of Cat. They are joined by Pip Carter as Ramsay, Kurt Egyiawan as Miles, Jemma Redgrave as Vanessa and Neil Stuke as Seymour.

'Music is medication. The elixir of life. It's for injecting into the blood stream to take away the pain...to promote euphoria...to adrenalise us and give us courage and empathy.'

In a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song. Amidst a gathering storm of bitter complaints and brutal recriminations Cat and Bernard inflict a devastating toll on each other in a war that only one of them can win.

'The music industry isn't about healing heartbreak and vulnerability. It's about selling it.'

Mood Music is a sparklingly acerbic new play about power, passion and the price of creativity, written by Joe Penhall (Sunny Afternoon, Blue/Orange) and directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Enduring Love).

Mood Music plays over The Old Vic's 200th birthday on 11 May 2018 and is the fourth production in The Old Vic's bicentenary season.

Check out photos from the production below!

Photo Credit: Sarah Lee