The Rhythm Method is an extraordinary new contemporary British musical in the making – about the stuff that’s difficult to talk about – sex, relationships and contraception. A run of just seven performance showcases with audience discussions at The Landor from Monday 14 – Friday 18 May 2018.
The top West End cast includes the award winning actor Fra Fee (The Ferryman – Royal Court, West End and now Broadway bound, Candide – Menier Chocolate Factory, Les Miserables – West End and film).
The Rhythm Method tells the emotional and physical journey of the friends that meet at Lady Pearl Grey’s (Melanie Marshall) cosy little Tea House, where the brew is hot and the eggs are freshly laid – and all served with love and understanding. After all, the Tea House sports a weathered green plaque outside, for it was once the first Marie Stopes’ Mothers’ Clinic founded in 1921.
As the welfare state fades and austerity kicks in, the Tea House is a life line for the everchanging facts (and fictions) of life. Pearl and her dearest friend Mimi have shared a lifetime of experience in family-planning, and now they are needed more than ever. When grand-daughter Flick (Jennifer Caldwell) arrives and meets Fra Fee‘s young scientist Sol who is on the brink of medical greatness, can each find their true rhythm and the best method by which to live it?
With only 7 performances at The Landor, the audience will be given a unique musical theatre experience to see The Rhythm Method showcase, directed by Titania Krimpas. The audience will then play an important role themselves in helping to inform and evolve the musical to the next stage of the show’s life, by joining the creative team and the fertility experts contributing to the development of the project, for a lively discussion!
The Rhythm Method tickets are on sale here.
