Design for Living

There are current performances of this work running, see Design for Living

Archive Listings for Design for Living

T1978655631 (OLDVIC10) Corporate Sponsor American Airlines. Corporate Sponsor Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Producer Old Vic. Producer Nica Burns. Producer Max Weitzenhoffer. Producer Jay Harris. Director Anthony Page. Design Lez Brotherston. Lighting David Hersey. Sound Paul Groothuis. Performer Lisa Dillon. Performer Tom Burke (Otto). Performer Andrew Scott. Performer Nancy Crane. Performer Matthew Gammie. Performer John Hollingworth. Performer Maggie McCarthy. Performer Maya Wasowicz. Performer Angus Wright.
3 Sep 10 to 27 Nov 10	Old Vic Theatre, West End :: V402 listing details L0956735547
T027263358 (BRIDEWELL06) Company Tower Theatre Company. Director Barrie Addenbrooks.
25 Apr 06 to 29 Apr 06	Bridewell Theatre, Inner London :: V171 listing details L2144854565
T1334214531 (PRESTON06) Company UCLAN Student Union Drama Society.
17 Mar 06 to 18 Mar 06	Charter Theatre, Preston :: V524 listing details L402677962
Charles Vance Repertory Circus 2004 - T1949197742 Producer CV Productions Ltd.
10 Aug 04 to 14 Aug 04	Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V161 listing details L57060737
T0340059695 (TOUR03) Company Peter Hall Company (Theatre Royal Bath). Director Peter Hall. Design John Gunter. Lighting Peter Mumford. Performer Janie Dee. Performer Hugo Speer.
22 Sep 03 to 27 Sep 03	New Victoria Theatre, Woking :: V709 listing details L0564978279
11 Aug 03 to 23 Aug 03	The Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L0986352
T1215540235 (TRBATH03) Producer Thea Sharrock. Director Peter Hall. Design John Gunter. Lighting Peter Mumford. Performer Janie Dee. Performer Hugo Speer. Performer Aden Gillett. Performer William Chubb. Performer Ann Penfold. Performer Colin Farrell. Performer Jason Hughes. Performer Pandora Colin. Performer Benjamin Joiner.
15 Sep 03 to 20 Sep 03	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L0736145436
25 Jun 03 to 9 Aug 03	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L01337369486
T956305682 (ANOMIE03) Company Anomie Productions.
27 May 03 to 31 May 03	OFS Studio (previously known as Old Fire Station Theatre), Oxford :: V800 listing details L576186613
T02143152365 (QUEST03) Company Questor.
8 Feb 03 to 15 Feb 03	Questor's Theatre, Outer London :: V326 listing details L1635393690
T1953618683 (ROYALEX02) Artistic Director Marianne Elliott has decided to set the play in a contemporary setting. The production replaces Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll. Tickets held for Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll will be valid for the same seats for the same dates for Design for Living. Alternatively tickets can be exchanged for a future production or a refund at the Theatre Box Office.Producer Royal Exchange. Director Marianne Elliott. Design Lez Brotherston. Lighting Paule Constable. Sound Peter Rice. Music John O'Hara. Performer Victoria Scarborough (Gilda). Performer Oliver Milburn (Otto). Performer Clarence Smith (Leo). Performer Ken Bones. Performer Judith Barker. Performer John Lawson. Performer Tara Moran. Performer Andonis Anthony.
26 Jun 02 to 3 Aug 02	Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491 listing details L0208728798
T0844150090 (ETC97) Company English Touring Theatre. Director Tim Luscombe.
8 Apr 97 to 12 Apr 97	Everyman Theatre, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L1456737915
25 Mar 97 to 29 Mar 97	The Orchard, Dartford :: V677 listing details L0948336133
18 Mar 97 to 22 Mar 97	The Opera House, Buxton :: V424 listing details L0445649032
25 Feb 97 to 1 Mar 97	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L496387645
18 Feb 97 to 22 Feb 97	South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L01983498262
Other listings
8 Nov 05 to 12 Nov 05	OFS Studio (previously known as Old Fire Station Theatre), Oxford :: V800 listing details L01262047803
23 May 98 to 31 May 98	Crescent Theatre, Birmingham :: V144 listing details L1542002526
21 Aug 97 to 30 Aug 97	The Maddermarket, Norwich :: V71 listing details L02094081175
1 Apr 97 to 5 Apr 97	Connaught Theatre, Worthing :: V725 listing details L0940503446
4 Mar 97 to 8 Mar 97	The Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L01463799160
5 Feb 97 to 8 Feb 97	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe :: V470 listing details L01268336106

Details

Play :: Design for Living follows the fortunes of Gilda, Otto and Leo, a trio of decadent 30-something artists who travel from Paris to London to New York as their fame increases. The complex and revolving relationships between the three conclude themselves in a highly provocative manner, flying in the face of convention and their public profile. The notion of a ménage a trois, shocking in 1932 when the play was written is still provocative today and Coward's play has much to tell us about celebrity status, sexual mores and the nature of fidelity.

Author

Noel Coward