Stephanie Beacham To Star In Noel Coward’s Hay Fever

The master of sparkling theatrical comedy has conjured up a memorable portrait of a colourfully eccentric family starring two popular TV stars.

Noel Coward’s classic play is set in the country home of the eccentric Bliss family - Judith (Stephanie Beacham) a recently retired stage actress, David (Christopher Timothy) a self-absorbed novelist and their two equally bohemian children - all of whom live in their own world where the boundaries between reality and fiction are extremely blurred.

Their unsuspecting weekend guests - an upright diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer and a fashionable sophisticate are repeatedly thrown into wildly melodramatic situations by their hosts. The resulting pandemonium is a joy to witness.

Stephanie Beacham has had a long and illustrious stage and screen career on both sides of the Atlantic. Most recently seen as Phyl Oswyn in ITV’s Bad Girls (currently airing its eighth hit series), she is also famed for playing roles such as Sable Colby (Joan Collins’ plotting cousin) in Dynasty and its subsequent spin-off The Colbys, as well as starring in the BBC hit drama Tenko.

Christopher Timothy became a household name playing vet James Herriot in All Creatures Great And Small. He has seldom been off our screens since, most recently creating the leading role of Dr ‘Mac’ MacGuire in the BBC hospital drama Doctors.

This critically acclaimed production follows a hugely successful sell out season at The Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End.

Playwright Noel Coward was renowned for his witty portraits of world weary and colourful characters, which he evoked through sharp one-liners. His other work includes Private Lives, Blithe Spirits and Design For Living.

Monday 12 – Saturday 17 March
Eves 7.45pm
Thursday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Tickets £15 - £25.
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