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PRODUCTION IMAGES RELEASED FOR A SONG AT TWILIGHT STARRING SIMON CALLOW AND JANE ASHER
NEW PRODUCTION AND TOUR OF NOËL COWARD’S A SONG AT TWILIGHT HAS ITS OPENING NIGHT AT THEATRE ROYAL BATH ON 20 FEBRUARY AND WILL THEN TOUR NATIONALLY UNTIL MID- APRIL
STARRING SIMON CALLOW, JANE ASHER, JESSICA TURNER AND ASH RIZI DIRECTED BY STEPHEN UNWIN
IMAGES AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
Theatre Royal Bath Productions has today released production images for the new national tour of Noël Coward’s A Song at Twilight starring Simon Callow, Jane Asher, Jessica Turner and Ash Rizi. The production, directed by Stephen Unwin, has its opening night for press tomorrow evening at Theatre Royal Bath where it will run until 23 February before touring through to mid-April.
A Song at Twilight will also visit Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Windsor Theatre Royal, Rose Theatre Kingston, Malvern Theatre, Eastbourne Devonshire Park and Norwich Theatre Royal.
Bittersweet, hugely entertaining and full of sharp wit and repartee, A Song at Twilight is about harbouring secrets and the regret of missed opportunities. Noël Coward himself made his farewell stage appearance playing the semi-autobiographical role of Sir Hugo in the West End production of the play in 1966.
World famous author Sir Hugo Latymer is growing old, rude and haughty. In the private suite of a lakeside hotel where he lives, he is attended to by his long-suffering wife and former secretary, Hilde, and Felix, a handsome young waiter. Here he nervously awaits the arrival of an old flame, actress Carlotta Gray, with whom he had a two-year love affair more than 40 years ago. What can she possibly want now? Revenge for his characterisation of her in his recent autobiography? Money to compensate for a second- rate acting career in the States? But Carlotta is writing her own memoir and wants something much more significant.
Simon Callow (Hugo Latymer) is an acclaimed actor, writer and director, best-known for films including Amadeus, Four Weddings and Funeral, A Room With A View and Shakespeare in Love. Recent stage work includes Equus, Waiting For Godot, Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford. He returns to Bath where he previously starred in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter.
Jane Asher (Carlotta Gray) is highly regarded as one of the UK’s most accomplished actresses. Her recent stage credits include Great Expectations, An American in Paris, Pride and Prejudice, Charley’s Aunt and Moon Tiger. TV and films credits include Alfie, The Mistress, Dancing on the Edge, Holby City and The Old Guys.
Jessica Turner (Hilde) most recently performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich. Other stage credits also include All My Sons (Rose Theatre, Watermill), The Second Mrs Tanqueray (Rose Theatre), Waste (Almeida) and King Lear (Old Vic). Jessica has also appeared on screen in Father Brown, Doctors, Midsomer Murders and Law & Order.
Ash Rizi’s (Felix) recent stage credits include East is East (Trafalgar Studios and UK Tour), Bifurcated (Southwark Playhouse) and Blood Wedding (Omnibus Theatre). He has been seen on screen in television series’ Luther, Drifters, Unforgotten, Silent Witness, Doctors, EastEnders and the feature film Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Stephen Unwin founded English Touring Theatre and was previously Artistic Director of Rose Theatre Kingston, Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio and Associate Director of the Traverse. Directing credits include The Real Thing, Moon Tiger and Present Laughter at Theatre Royal Bath, All Our Children, which he also wrote, at Jermyn Street Theatre, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Royal Opera House.
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LISTINGS
Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1ET Box Office: 01225 448844 Website: www.theatreroyal.org.uk Facebook: TheatreRoyalBath Twitter: @TheatreRBath
A Song at Twilight By Noel Coward Directed by Stephen Unwin
Theatre Royal Bath Dates: Wednesday 13 February – Saturday 23 February Press night: Wednesday 20 February, 7pm Performance Schedule (week one): Wed – Sat 7.30pm, Matinee Sat 2.30pm Performance Schedule (week two): Mon – Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Thu & Sat 2.30pm Tickets: £23.50 - £39.50 (Preview Perfs and Mondays, all seats £15)~
TOUR LISTINGS
Monday 25 February – Saturday 2 March Yvonne Arnaud Theatre www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk 01483 440077
Monday 4 – Saturday 9 March Cambridge Arts Theatre www.cambridgeartstheatre.co.uk 01223 578933
Monday 11 – Saturday 16 March Theatre Royal Windsor www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk 01753 853888
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 March Rose Theatre Kingston www.rosetheatrekingston.org 020 8546 6983
Monday 25 – Saturday 30 March Malvern Theatre www.malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 569256
Monday 1 – Saturday 6 April Eastbourne Devonshire Park www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk 01242 572573
Monday 8 – Saturday 13 April Theatre Royal Norwich www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk 01603 630000