A Passionate Woman: 18 May - 4 Jun 2011
When the past becomes the present
Betty is a seemingly typical housewife and doting mother. Today her beloved son is getting married – a day of joy for many proud parents, but Betty is far from happy. Locking herself in the attic Betty takes a look back on her life, lamenting her lost youth and reminiscing about past loves and the passionate affair she had with her Polish neighbour Craze.
Wondering where all the years have gone, what the man she married has become, why her son is about to marry a woman she dislikes and how to say ‘How did I get here?’ in Polish, Betty refuses to come down for the wedding.
Hot on the heels of the 2010 BBC adaptation, A Passionate Woman is a poignant yet funny play which will resonate with anyone who has ever loved and lost. The play’s author, Kay Mellor OBE, writer of such TV hits as Fat Friends, Playing the Field and Band of Gold plays the title role alongside Stuart Manning (Hollyoaks) and Anthony Lewis (Emmerdale).
Reviews:
"This funny yet poignant piece will strike a chord with anyone who has loved and lost"
- Manchester Evening News
"A production where everything from Mellor’s writing, the performances to the set design work in harmony to provide a piece of theatre full of emotion and humour."
- The Public Reviews
"A poignant take on mid-life loss and reflection."
- Go See This
"Gareth Tudor Price's production of Kay Mellor's play A Passionate Woman is funny, well acted and has a marvellous set designed by Foxton."
- Clitheroe Advertiser
"A crowd-pleasing, entertaining night out."
- Oldham Chronicle
"Oldham Coliseum‘s season has been warming up nicely but this superb piece if genius is going to be hard to better."
- Manchester Matters
“...entertaining and technically amazing...”
- East Anglian Daily Times
“A Passionate Woman really is a must see production, it will make you laugh, it may make you cry but you will leave the theatre with a warm fuzzy feeling having enjoyed a great night out.”
- Ipswich 24
“Tudor Price’s direction makes full use of Foxton’s spectacular designs, springing visual surprise after visual surprise.”
- Theatre Blog
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Production Team
| Director | Gareth Tudor Price |
| Designer | Foxton |
| Choreographer | Beverly Edmunds |
| Lighting Designer | Graham Kirk |
| Sound Designer | Lorna Munden |
| Stage Managers | Hazel Doherty and Jane Newbury-Jones |
| On the Book | Denise Body and Jonathan Ennis |
Cast Members
| Betty | Kay Mellor |
| Mark | Anthony Lewis |
| Craze | Stuart Manning |
| Donald | James Hornsby |
| Jo | Amy Olive |
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