Watch first look trailer of Brief Encounter at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre

A first look at Brief Encounter at Newbury’s Watermill theatre has been revealed.

Emma Rice’s stage adaptation of Noël Coward’s epic love story, based on the critically acclaimed 1945 film, is playing at The Watermill through to Saturday 13 November.

Laura Lake Adebisi stars as ‘Laura Jesson’ alongside Oliver Aston as ‘Stanley / Johnnie’, Charles Angiama as ‘Albert Godby / Fred’, Max Gallagher as ‘Bobbie/Bill/Stephen Lynn’, Hanna Khogali as ‘Beryl / Dolly’, Callum McIntyre as ‘Alec Harvey’, and Kate Milner-Evans as ‘Myrtle Bagot’.

You can watch a first look trailer below…

The new production is directed by Robert Kirby, with design by Harry Pizzey, movement by Anjali Mehra, musical direction, compositions and arrangements by Eamonn O’Dwyer, lighting by Ali Hunter, sound design by Yvonne Gilbert. Ruth Sullivan is the Foley Sound Consultant and the Show Musical Director is Max Gallagher. The stage management team are Rose Burston (DSM), Anna Reid (ASM) and Caitlin Ravenscroft (ASM).

For audience members who would feel more comfortable to attend a performance with more space between themselves and other audience members there will be socially distanced performances each week during the run.

To book tickets and for more information visit watermill.org.uk.

Picture: Brief Encounter: Callum McIntyre, Laura Lake Adebisi and cast. Pamela Raith Photography

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.

 

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