We were so ridiculously over in love.
Funny wasn’t it?
Horribly funny.
Elyot and Amanda; glamorous, rich, reckless… and divorced.
A surprise encounter on adjoining hotel balconies rekindles their passion and they fling themselves violently into love once more, and their newly married lives into chaos.
Noel Coward’s timeless comedy of manners, Private Lives is heading on a tour of the UK, starring Dionysus favourites Lauren Whedbee & Robert Tremayne (in parts originally played by Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in the play’s 1930 premiere). They are joined by company treasure; David Upcraft & newcomer; Kelly Verstappen who are stepping into this glittering new production to face the ordeals of married life.
Founding member Vicky Newman is back in the directors seat after the huge success of her production of 'The Woman in White' last year .
Book your tickets for Private Lives today, you do not want to miss this one!
2025 TOUR DATES
13th & 14th JUNE- TRINITY THEATRE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
20th & 21st JUNE- APOLLO THEATRE, ISLE OF WIGHT
10th AUGUST- MALTHOUSE THEATRE,CANTERBURY
19th & 20th SEPTEMBER- BARN THEATRE, SOUTHWICK
17th & 18th OCTOBER- BLACKFRIARS ARTS CENTRE, BOSTON
31st OCT & 1st NOVEMBER- THORNDEN HALL, CHANDLERS FORD
8th NOVEMBER- SARAH THORNE THEATRE, BROADSTAIRS
Whilst both on their honeymoon in the South of France with their new partners, ex-spouses, Amanda and Eloyt, find that they have booked adjacent hotel rooms...
As they navigate this shocking reunion, and old flames begin to rekindle, Amanda and Elyot are forced to face a difficult choice; do they confront their true feelings for each other? or do they forget that there is a real possibility that they may have made a pair of mistaken marriages?
Driven by passion and determination, the divorcees attempt to escape their partners and flee to Amanda's apartment in Paris, to pick up where they left off with the vicious slanging match…but maybe, just maybe this time it’ll be a fairytale romance...
Also in 2025...
In collaboration with 'The Vagrant Muse' we are very happy to announce our latest venture 'The Muses of Dionysus' (see what we did there?). Our first production in this new partnership will be the gripping play 'Lungs' by Duncan Macmillan which will have its premiere as part of Chichester Fringe. More details and tickets will be on sale soon, stay tuned!
"I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower".
In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they overthink it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster. They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except, what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct – the planet or the relationship?
Performed by Sarah Palette & Robert Tremayne
