Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal
	Other spaces: The Studio
Town	York
County	North Yorkshire
From	22nd April 2016
To	30th April 2016
When	19:30. Thu Mat 14:00. Sat Mat 14:30
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V954)

Brideshead Revisited

T01152114140
It's 1943 and finding himself in familiar territory within the English countryside, Charles Ryder confronts memories of his first youthful encounter with Brideshead Manor and with its assortment of eccentric inhabitants. In the acclaimed playwright Bryony Lavery's sparkling new reimagining of the classic novel, the past and the present blur as Charles recalls those heady days at Brideshead and Lord and Lady Marchmain along with their offspring, Julia, Cordelia and Sebastian Flyte re-emerge...

Book by	Evelyn Waugh
Adapted by	Bryony Lavery

Archive :: production:T01152114140, play:S626142095, venue:V954

Production details

In the newly reopened Theatre Royal, York

Special Performances

28 Apr 16 Sign Interpreted
30 Apr 16 Audio Described
30 Apr 16 Audio Described
25 Jun 16 Captioned

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

4 Jan 16: E:York Theatre Royal, E:English Touring Theatre, D:Bryony Lavery, I:Damian Cruden, S:Sara Perks, L:Richard G Jones, U:Yvonne Gilbert, M:Chris Madin, I:Polly Jerrold (casting director)

Reviews

User Review: 25Apr16: Characters walk across the black stage before 'curtain' up. Then a puff of the smoke floats in - presumably to denote 'the olden days'... The script was good, but the setting was plain black or a coloured cyclorama, so the glory of the astonishing house was left to our imaginations The staging meant chairs brought on, with a huge mike on a stand, a few lines spoken, then on to something else. It felt like watching a radio play being recorded. Good performances, but the poor actors were wasted with this review-style presentation.

User Reviews

Jamie (Jamila) (25Apr16): Characters walk across the black stage before 'curtain' up. Then a puff of the smoke floats in - presumably to denote 'the olden days'... The script was good, but the setting was plain black or a coloured cyclorama, so the glory of the astonishing house was left to our imaginations The staging meant chairs brought on, with a huge mike on a stand, a few lines spoken, then on to something else. It felt like watching a radio play being recorded. Good performances, but the poor actors were wasted with this review-style presentation.

Company

Producer	York Theatre Royal
Producer	English Touring Theatre
Adapted by	Bryony Lavery
Director	Damian Cruden
Design	Sara Perks
Lighting	Richard G Jones
Sound	Yvonne Gilbert
Music	Chris Madin
Director	Polly Jerrold (casting director)
Performer	Rosie Hilal (Julia)
Performer	Brian Ferguson (Charles Ryder)
Performer	Christopher Simpson (Sebastian)
Performer	Nick Blakeley
Performer	Caroline Harker
Performer	Samantha Lawson
Performer	Kiran Sonia Sawar
Performer	Paul Shelley
Performer	Shuna Snow

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.