The final production in the Ralph Fiennes / Theatre Royal Bath Season is this powerful new drama by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
In SMALL HOTEL, Ralph Fiennes plays Larry, an acclaimed TV celebrity whose life and career are rapidly unravelling. As he is forced to unpick his past and confront his future, the audience are introduced to a collection of unforgettable characters, including his troubled twin brother Richard, his unpredictable former lover Marianne, and his domineering mother Athena played by Francesca Annis.
Since her first major film role alongside Elizabeth Taylor in the epic Cleopatra, Francesca Annis established herself as one of our most acclaimed actresses. A stellar stage career with the RSC and National Theatre encompassed many iconic roles including Juliet opposite Ian McKellen’s Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. A six-time BAFTA TV award nominee, winning for the ITV series Lillie, other notable screen roles range from an acclaimed Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski’s Macbeth, to co-starring with Michael Gambon and Judi Dench in the BBC series Cranford.
Rosalind Eleazar has recently starred in Slow Horses, alongside Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden, and theatre credits include the National Theatre’s The House of Bernada Alba, and Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Olivier Award nominee Rachel Tucker’s numerous West End credits include Wicked, Come From Away, Sunset Boulevard, Hadestown and We Will Rock You.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz is an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter whose work has been performed all over the world. With Her Naked Skin in 2008, Rebecca became the first living female playwright to have an original play performed on the National Theatre’s Olivier stage.
Other original plays include: The Night Season, Winner of Critics Circle Most Promising Playwright Award 2004 and nominated for an Evening Standard and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre); Shoreditch Madonna (Soho Theatre); The Painter (Arcola Theatre).
Films include: Ida, written with Pawel Pawlikowksi, winner of an Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Foreign Film (Opus Films, Phoenix Films & Portobello Pictures); Disobedience (Braven Films, Film 4 & Element Films); Colette (Number 9 Films, Killer Films & Bold Films), She Said, feature adaptation of the book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, winner of the Writers Guild Award (Universal/Plan B).
Holly Race Roughan is the Artistic Director of award-winning touring theatre company Headlong.
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Age guidance: 14+
Friday 3 - Saturday 18 October
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinees Thurs & Sat 2.30pm
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes - no interval
Press Night Thurs 9 Oct 7pm
Audio Described: Sat 18 Oct, 2.30pm
Captioned: Tue 14 Oct, 7:30pm
Tickets from £39.50
A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies
Ralph Fiennes, Francesca Annis, Rosalind Eleazar and Rachel Tucker in
SMALL HOTEL
by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Director Holly Race Roughan Set Designer Bob Crowley Costume Designer Loren Elstein Lighting Designer Sally Ferguson Composer & Sound Designer Max Pappenheim Movement Director Sarah Fahie Video Designer Luke Halls Hair & Makeup Designer Susanna Peretz Casting Director Amy Ball CDG Associate Director Emily Ling Williams Associate Set Designer Rosalind Coombes Intimacy Director Haruka Kuroda Song Coach Joseph Atkins Voice & Dialect Coach Aundrea Fudge
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