Tickets go on sale at 9am today for members of the Menier Chocolate Factory for the London dates for their co-production with Theatr Clwyd of Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending. Public booking for the Menier Chocolate Factory dates opens on Monday 11 March at 9am.
Also announced today, joining Theatr Clwyd’s Artistic Director Tamara Harvey on the creative team are Jonathan Fensom (Designer), Tim Mascall (Lighting Designer), Gregory Clarke (Sound Designer) and Simon Slater (Composer). Casting for the production will be announced shortly.
Lady is trapped in a loveless marriage, surrounded by intolerant people, living a boring small-town life. But when a wild-eyed charismatic drifter appears a new life of love and passion suddenly seem possible. Everything will change as certainty, conformity and tradition are ripped apart.
Tennessee Williams Deep South American drama is directed by Theatr Clwyd’s Artistic Director Tamara Harvey. Orpheus Descending began its life as Battle of Angels in 1940, was first performed on Broadway in 1957. In 1959, Sidney Lumet directed the film adaptation, The Fugitive Kind, starring Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.
Orpheus Descending is at The Menier Chocolate Factory 9 May – 6 July 2019.
