Marc Antolin and Carly Bawden will reprise their performances in the starring roles in a revival of Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Romantics Anonymous at the Bristol Old Vic in January 2020 ahead of a US tour.
Co-produced by Rice’s Bristol-based company Wise Children with Plush Theatricals, the new production of the show which debuted in London in October 2017 will begin previewing at the Bristol venue from 18 January 2020. The production will open on 23 January and run until 1 February.
Announcing the production, Wise Children’s award-winning artistic director Rice said: “Rarely have I made a show as beloved as Romantics Anonymous. It worked a gentle magic on all who created and saw it. Like Angélique creating her exquisite chocolates, fairy dust seems to float around this precious production and I, for one, cannot wait to bring it back.
“There is palpable excitement in the team and Bristol Old Vic is the perfect place to launch this new production. Beautiful, intimate and true, Romantics Anonymous will fill Bristol’s cold winter nights with soul soaring music, heart-warming humanity and heavenly chocolate. Just right!”
Adapted and directed by Rice, the world premiere of the show was originally produced by Shakespeare’s Globe for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by special arrangement with Radio Mouse Entertainment.
Based on the film Les Émotifs Anonymes written by Jean-Pierre Améris and Phillippe Blasband, Romantics Anonymous features a book by Rice with lyrics by Christopher Dimond and music by Michael Kooman.
Bawden (Evita UK tour, Wonder.Land, National Theatre) will return to the central role of Angélique, the shy chocolatier who falls in love with Jean-René the boss of a failing chocolate factory played by Antolin (Little Shop of Horrors, Into The Woods, Regent Park’s Open Air Theatre).
The creative team for the production includes designer Lez Brotherston, musical supervisor Nigel Lilley, choreographer Etta Murfitt, orchestrator Simon Hale lighting designer Malcolm Rippeth and sound designer Simon Baker.
Angela Thomas
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