Jermyn Street Theatre has announced casting for Tomorrow at Noon, a programme of three new plays by Jenny Ayres, Emma Harding, and Morna Young, each of which reacts to one of Coward’s Tonight at 8.30 plays, and responds to it in a contemporary voice.
Glimpse, The Thing Itself and Smite, all directed by Jermyn Street Theatre’s Deputy Director Stella Powell-Jones, will run from Tuesday 24th April – Tuesday 15th May in tandem with Tonight at 8.30.
The cast is Elaine Claxton, Laura Morgan and Laila Pyne.
The playwrights of these three funny, moving and provocative plays were chosen from 390 entrants to write a contemporary female response.
Jenny Ayres’ Glimpse is inspired by Coward’s Still Life. It is the story of a woman whose history holds too much for her to leave behind. In a world that never stops, are we brave enough to wait? What might we glimpse if we miss the train?
Emma Harding’s The Thing Itself reacts to Coward’s Shadow Play. When the sun fails to come up one morning, Vic and Simone must face the dark. But what emerges from the shadows? Truth or illusion?
Morna Young’s Smite is inspired by Coward’s The Astonished Heart. It is a story of buried answers, blind hearts, and life after loss.
