22 May – 22 June Read our review 23 May
One Midsummer night in Edinburgh, two ill-matched thirty-somethings – a high-powered, hard-drinking lawyer called Helena, who’s stuck in a dead-end affair with a married man, and a small-time crook called Bob – collide with one another for one short night of wild abandon, with hilarious consequences. It’s an unlikely coupling as both are all too aware, but it’s Midsummer and anything can happen…
Penned by award-winning playwright, David Greig and composed by songwriter Gordon McIntyre, Midsummer is a rose-tinted musical rom-com that provides a fast-paced, funny look at love, life and the ache of aging.
The cast of Midsummer are Ross Carswell (Girl From The North Country – UK Tour) as ‘Bob’, Karen Young (Kidnapped – National Theatre of Scotland) as ‘Helena’, Will Arundell (Kinky Boots – New Wolsey Theatre & Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch) as ‘Narrator 1’ and Laura Andresen Guimarães (Unbelievable – Mercury Theatre & West End) as ‘Narrator 2’.
Creative Director Ryan McBryde (Baskerville, The Comedy of Errors) directs the riotously funny, touchingly romantic 90-minute tour d’amour in all its drunken, heartfelt glory. McBryde said of the show,
“David Greig is one of our most exciting writers and we’re delighted to be sharing his and Gordon McIntyre’s multi award winning romantic comedy with our audiences. Full of laughs and tinged with hope, this play with songs is an inventive, laugh out loud, love-song to everyone who has ever felt stuck in a rut: reminding us that no matter how repetitive, dull, or hopeless our lives might seem, change is always possible.”
Barn Theatre
22 May – 22 June
Address: Barn Theatre, 3 Beeches Road, Cirencester, GL7 1BN
Box Office (Phone): 01285 648 255 (M-F 10am-10pm, Sa 1pm-10pm)
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Photo credit: Pamela Raith
