A new British musical that tackles the subjects of sex, relationships and contraception will play seven showcase performances at The Landor from Monday 14 to Friday 18 May 2018.
With a cast that includes award-winning actor Fra Fee (The Ferryman) as a ground-breaking scientist, The Rhythm Method will offer a unique mixture of performance, expert input and audience involvement in the creative process.
Directed by Titania Krimpas and described as a ‘small and perfectly formed chamber musical’, the musical is the work of the writing partnership of singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Gwyneth Herbert and playwright Diane Samuels.
Produced by The Stable with development support from The Wellcome Trust, the seven performances followed by audience discussions will take place at the Clapham venue.
Set in a tea house where the first Marie Stopes’ Mothers’ Clinic was founded in 1921, the contemporary tale will feature Melanie Marshall (Guys and Dolls) as the tea-shop’s owner Lady Pearl Grey and Jennifer Caldwell (Shrek The Musical) as her granddaughter Flick. The cast also includes Emile Ruddock (Five Guys Named Moe) and Annie Wensak (Half a Sixpence).
Fertility experts joining The Rhythm Method discussions include: Lesley Hall (retired curator at the Wellcome Trust, specialist in Family Planning history); Alana Harris (Catholic academic specialising in religion and contraception); Ann Eady (pioneering family planning nurse, coil specialist) and John Guillebaud (academic in reproductive medicine / population activist).
Angela Thomas
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