August Osage Countyby Tracy Letts
Bute Theatre, RWCMD, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Friday 23rd - Saturday 31st October:
This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tracy Letts has been electrifying Broadway audiences with its thrilling story, captivating performances and scathingly intelligent humour. Now with special permission from the writer this exceptional play comes to Cardiff to be performed for the first time since its award winning run with Steppenwolf production.
As the Weston family reunites the family home explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets, exposing the darker side of the classic Midwestern American family. A vanished father, a pill popping mother and sisters with secrets all lead to uproar in the family home.
This is the kind of theatre event you'll talk about for months… and remember forever.
Directed by Dave Bond
Designed by Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer: Jon Hole
Stage Manager: Manda Graham
Asm: Bethan Dawson
Cast
Sheriff Deon Gilbeau - Scott Arthur, Barbara Fordham - Remy Beasley, Steve Heidebrecht - Matthew Crawford, Johanna Monevata - Bethan James, Bill Forham - Samuel Jones, Violet Weston - Katherine Mangold, Ivy Weston - Harriet Reardon, Karen Weston - Katie Salt, Charlie Aiken - Mark Sumner, Little Charles - Jolyon Westhorpe, Mattie Fae Aiken - Bethan Witcomb, Jean Fordham - Rosie Wyatt
Bute Theatre, RWCMD, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Friday 23rd - Saturday 31st October:
This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tracy Letts has been electrifying Broadway audiences with its thrilling story, captivating performances and scathingly intelligent humour. Now with special permission from the writer this exceptional play comes to Cardiff to be performed for the first time since its award winning run with Steppenwolf production.
As the Weston family reunites the family home explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets, exposing the darker side of the classic Midwestern American family. A vanished father, a pill popping mother and sisters with secrets all lead to uproar in the family home.
This is the kind of theatre event you'll talk about for months… and remember forever.
Directed by Dave Bond
Designed by Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer: Jon Hole
Stage Manager: Manda Graham
Asm: Bethan Dawson
Cast
Sheriff Deon Gilbeau - Scott Arthur, Barbara Fordham - Remy Beasley, Steve Heidebrecht - Matthew Crawford, Johanna Monevata - Bethan James, Bill Forham - Samuel Jones, Violet Weston - Katherine Mangold, Ivy Weston - Harriet Reardon, Karen Weston - Katie Salt, Charlie Aiken - Mark Sumner, Little Charles - Jolyon Westhorpe, Mattie Fae Aiken - Bethan Witcomb, Jean Fordham - Rosie Wyatt