Evenings 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm
Press Night Wednesday 28 October 7pm
Audio Described Performance: Monday 2 November, 7.30pm
Caption Performance: Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm
Thu 22 Oct — Sat 07 Nov
Main House
Jennifer Saunders
The Sea
by Edward Bond- 22 October - 7 November
Event Information
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm
Press Night Wednesday 28 October 7pm
Audio Described Performance: Monday 2 November, 7.30pm
Caption Performance: Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm
Thu 22 Oct — Sat 07 Nov
JENNIFER SAUNDERS stars as Mrs Rafi, one of the greatest comic roles in British theatre, in the first major revival of Edward Bond’s intoxicating The Sea for almost two decades.
It is 1907, the height of the Edwardian era. A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village to its core. Amidst the confusion, all attention is focussed on the activities of the village’s self-appointed ‘First Lady’ Mrs. Rafi, who is preparing her ladies for an amateur dramatic performance of Orpheus and Eurydice...
The Sea is a dazzling blend of wild farce, high comedy, and brilliant social satire.
National treasure Jennifer Saunders returns to Bath following her previous appearance as the iconic Madame Arcati in the record-breaking West End production of Blithe Spirit. Jennifer Saunders is much loved for the sketch show French and Saunders, for which she and Dawn French received a BAFTA Fellowship, and hit comedy series and movie, Absolutely Fabulous.
The cast also includes Sean Delaney, Lloyd Hutchinson, Daniel Rainford, David Tarkenter, Joe Shire, Holly Godliman, Lucy Briers, Nia Gwynne, Meg Basham and Camilla Anvar.
Jonathan Munby is a British theatre director whose career spans classical and contemporary work across the UK and internationally, including major productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Playwright and poet Edward Bond’s play The Sea, originally premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in May 1973.
Thursday 22 October - Saturday 7 November
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm
Audio Described Performance: Monday 2 November, 7.30pm
Caption Performance: Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm
Tickets from £49
Theatre Royal Bath Productions present
JENNIFER SAUNDERS in
THE SEA
by Edward Bond
Directed by Jonathan Munby
Jennifer Saunders LOUISE RAFI
Sean Delaney WILLY CARSON
Lloyd Hutchinson EVENS
Daniel Rainford HOLLARCUT
Robert Mountford VICAR
David Tarkenter CARTER & U/S EVENS
Joe Shire THOMPSON
Holly Godliman ROSE JONES
Lucy Briers JESSICA TILEHOUSE
Nia Gwynne MAFANWY PRICE
Meg Basham JILLY
Camilla Anvar RACHEL
Connie Walker DAVIS
Elliot Goodhill COLIN
John Vernon ENSEMBLE
Sydney Spencer ENSEMBLE
Lincoln James ENSEMBLE
Theo Birakos ENSEMBLE
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Director: Jonathan Munby
Set & Costume Designer: Paul Wills
Lighting Designer: Richard Howell
Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim
Composer: Grant Olding
Movement Director: EJ Boyle
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