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Playful Productions, Neal Street Productions and Robert Fox present The Chichester Festival Production of

SOUTH DOWNS and

THE BROWNING VERSION

Double Bill is a 5 star hit!

Reviews

Londonist • British Theatre Guide • The Independent
The Telegraph • Time Out • WOS

"With Hare’s smartness and edginess and Rattigan’s cool, insistent humanity, you'd be hard pushed to concoct a more ideal, or more rewarding, West End double act of literate drama (to add to the other current “quality” offerings of Michael Frayn, Richard Bean and David Edgar)."
The Independent

"Jeremy Herrin’s production perfectly captures the awkwardness of adolescence, the feeling that everyone else has charm and confidence and an understanding of a mysterious book called “The Rules Of Life”, and somehow we’ve missed out. Alex Lawther plays the boy-hero with great skill. He’s ably supported by Nicholas Farrell as a comic Rev attempting to coach the boys through confirmation, and Anna Chancellor, the sexy actress mother of another boy whose kindness finally unlocks enough self-awareness in Blakemore to set him off on a better path." Londonist on South Downs

Rattigan at The Riverside Studios

Tues 1 May - Sun 20 May
The Art of Concealment

Terence Rattigan, once regarded as the golden boy of the West End stage, and who suffered a sudden and catastrophic fall from favour, is sixty-six years old, in failing health and waiting for the curtain to rise on his last play.

As perceptive an account of Rattigan’s life as has ever been penned. - Tim Walker, Sunday Telegraph *****

Absorbing, humane and fascinating. - Libby Purves, The Times ****

Richly insightful and deeply entertaining. - Paul Taylor, The Independent ****

Giles Cole’s little gem of a play. - The Spectator

Flarepath at the
Olivier Awards

Best Performance in a Supporting Role went to Sheridan Smith recognised for her heartbreaking performance in Terence Rattigan’s World War II drama Flarepath.

Staged as part of the Terence Rattigan centenary year celebrations, Trevor Nunn’s production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket saw Smith star in the Second World War drama as a besotted new bride awaiting her husband’s return from an emergency bombing mission.

It was a far cry from the actress’s last Olivier Award-winning role as the feisty but girly Elle Woods in 2011’s big winner Legally Blonde The Musical.

The Terence Rattigan Society

Centenary Service for Terence Rattigan

A Centenary Service of Celebration for the life and work of Sir Terence Rattigan, CBE and Tree Planting by David Suchet, CBE

St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden (The Actors’ Church)
Tuesday 22nd May, 2012, at 11.a.m.

The Sir Terence Rattigan Trust and The Terence Rattigan Society have arranged a special service in The Actors’ Church to mark the centenary year, which ends on Terence Rattigan’s birthday, 10th June. Read more . . .