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On a startlingly bright autumn night in 2006 Harper Regan walked away from her home and her husband and her daughter and she kept walking. She told nobody that she was going. She told nobody where she was going. She put everything she ever built at risk. For two lost days and nights, until it looked as though her entire life might unravel, she didn't turn back.
From Uxbridge to Stockport to Manchester and back again, Simon Stephens' new play navigates the UK, exploring family, love and delusion; and how to live in a godless universe.
Simon Stephens' plays include On the Shore of the Wide World (Olivier Award for Best New Play 2005) at the Royal Exchange and National Theatre; Port (Pearson Award for Best New Play 2002) and Bring Me Sunshine at the Royal Exchange; One Minute and Christmas (Bush); and Herons (Olivier nomination for Most Promising Playwright, 2001) and Country Music at the Royal Court.
Lesley Sharp's work in the theatre includes Mother Courage, Uncle Vanya and Murmuring Judges at the National; and Top Girls, The Recruiting Officer, Our Country's Good, and Road at the Royal Court. TV includes Dr Who, Afterlife (RTS Award - Best Actress), and Bob and Rose; film includes Vera Drake, The Full Monty and Rita, Sue and Bob Too.
Marianne Elliott is an Associate Director at the National, where she has directed Saint Joan, Pillars of the Community (for which she won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director), Thérèse Raquin and War Horse (co-directed with Tom Morris). -- www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Posted March 12th, 2008 by ruzik_tuzik
