A Fine Bright Day Today: 16 Jun - 9 Jul 2011
When you stop searching, you may find what you’re looking for
Margaret is a trawlerman’s widow. Against her wishes, her thirty-something daughter Rebecca is finally leaving home to move in with her boyfriend. Margaret, reluctantly, agrees to take in a lodger – Milton, an American painter visiting the area on the trail of Bowden Broome; a famous artist who stayed and worked in the town over a hundred years ago. Milton’s arrival turns Margaret’s life around, as with his help she comes to terms with the ghosts of her past and realises her future may be brighter than she thought.
A Fine Bright Day Today is a moving and evocative tale of autumnal love, set on the edge of an English coastal town, where lives are reshaped by a chance meeting with an exotic stranger. This world premiere is written by Philip Goulding, writer of the popular The Road to Nab End, the Coliseum’s hit production of Summer 2010.
Reviews:
“Kevin Shaw's beguiling production features excellent work from Christine Cox's Margaret”
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“It leaves you with an optimistic sense that everyone deserves a second chance at happiness”
- The Guardian
“It’s certainly, ultimately, a feelgood evening.”
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“Milton is the sort of guy you instantly like, and then get to like even more. There’s a lot going on in Bowerman’s friendly face, and it illuminates the play. Samantha Power, likewise, is charming as the daughter; outgoing, feisty and likeable from the start.”
- Oldham Chronicle
“..the centre of [the play] are two people, and Cox and Bowerman bring all their experience to make them live. Power gives a totally believable performance, too.”
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“Delph composer Alan Edward Williams has written an atmospheric score, featuring Jennifer Langridge’s cello, with a September Song kind of melancholy that fits the play beautifully.”
- Manchester Evening News
“Christine Cox and Robin Bowerman give great, compelling performances.”
- The Public Reviews
“It is certainly compelling under Kevin Shaw’s taut direction, which brings out all its quirky vitality and extraordinarily powerful evocations.”
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“Christine Cox gives a remarkably sensitive portrayal of the trawlerman’s widow, Margaret”
- The Stage
“...strong performances from an experienced cast”
- whatsonstage.com
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Production Team
| Written by | Philip Goulding |
| Director | Kevin Shaw |
| Designer | Alison Heffernan |
| Composer | Alan Edward Williams |
| Lighting Designer | Jane Barrek |
| Sound Designer | Lorna Munden |
| On the Book | Emma Cook |
Cast Members
| Milton | Robin Bowerman |
| Margaret | Christine Cox |
| Rebecca | Samantha Power |
