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First Look: Persuasion at Rose Theatre in Rehearsal

by Staff Writer
February 9, 2022
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Caroline Moroney Fred Fergus Matilda Bailes Helen Cripps in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard

Caroline Moroney Fred Fergus Matilda Bailes Helen Cripps in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard

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First look rehearsal images are released of Sasha Frost as Anne Elliot and Fred Fergus as Captain Wentworth in Jeff James and James Yeatman’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, opening at Rose Theatre on 3 March 2022, with previews from 26 February and running until 19 March 2022.

This production will then run at Alexandra Palace from 7 to 30 April 2022, followed by Oxford Playhouse from 4 to 14 May 2022.  This is a Rose Original and Alexandra Palace production in association with Oxford Playhouse.

Sasha Frost and Fred Fergus are joined by Matilda Bailes as Elizabeth/Louisa, Grace Cookey-Gam as Lady Russell/Mrs Croft, Helen Cripps as Mary, Adam Deary as Edmund Hayter/ Captain Benwick/Mr Elliot, Emilio Doorgasingh as Sir Walter/Admiral Croft, Caroline Moroney as Mrs Clay/Henrietta and Dorian Simpson as Charles.

       

Featuring a soundtrack of Frank Ocean, Dua Lipa, Cardi B and more, Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy is riotously reimagined for the twenty-first century. In this captivating adaptation, Jeff James and James Yeatman retain the quick wit and scandal of Austen’s novel but switch Regency ballrooms for neon lights to present this 19th-century romance as you’ve never seen it before.

Sasha Frost in Persuasion rehearsals photo by The Other Richard .jpg
Sasha Frost in Persuasion rehearsals photo by The Other Richard .jpg
Emilio Doorgasingh Grace Cookey Gam in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
Emilio Doorgasingh Grace Cookey Gam in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
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Fred Fergus Adam Deary in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard.jpg.jpg.jpg
Jeff James director in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard..jpg
Jeff James director in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard..jpg
Matilda Bailes and Caroline Moroney in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
Matilda Bailes and Caroline Moroney in rehearsal for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
Matilda Bailes Sasha Frost Caroline Moroney Helen Cripps in rehearsals for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
Matilda Bailes Sasha Frost Caroline Moroney Helen Cripps in rehearsals for Persuasion photo by The Other Richard
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