Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	22nd June 2018
Opened	3rd July 2018
To	4th August 2018
When	19:30. Jul 3 at 19:00. Jun 30, Jul 11, 13, 18, 25, 28, Aug 1, 4 Mats 13:30
Swan Theatre (V136)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

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Date of change: 13 Apr 18 - T1197351168
Date of change: 23 Jan 18 - T1197351168
Date of change: 12 Sep 17 - T1197351168

Miss Littlewood

Work:: Miss Littlewood (S01918506149)

Joan Littlewood was the anarchic revolutionary of 20th century theatre. Born into poverty, she raged her way to have a lasting influence on British culture. Anti-establishment, communist, visionary, rude and glorious, Joan fired the imagination of a generation. Her unique Theatre Workshop was responsible for a raft of successes including Oh What A Lovely War!, and breathed new life into the Theatre Royal Stratford East. This new musical of Joan's life story, told with her own uncompromising candour, reveals a mighty love story at its heart.

Book by	Sam Kenyon
Music	Sam Kenyon
Lyrics	Sam Kenyon

Production:: (T1197351168)

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Erica Whyman
Design	Tom Piper
Lighting	Charles Balfour
Sound	Jonathan Ruddick
Director	Lucy Hind (movement director)
Design	Nina Dunn (video)
Performer	Clare Burt (Joan Littlewood)
Performer	Aretha Ayeh (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Sandy Foster (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Amanda Hadingue (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Dawn Hope (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Emily Johnstone (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Sophia Nomvete (Joan at a different stage in her life)
Performer	Daisy Badger (Rosalie)
Performer	Greg Barnett (Jimmie Miller / Cedric Price)
Performer	Laura Elsworthy (Shelagh Delaney)
Performer	Solomon Israel (Gerry Raffles)
Performer	Natasha Lewis
Performer	Tam Williams (Murray Melvin)

Listing:: L01156646142

Reviews

Pete: 29Jun18:
Many good individual performances but the play didn’t come alive for me. It felt like a “luvvie fest” with too many PC and left wing cliches combined with typical RSC approach to casting. I left without really knowing anything of any depth about Mrs Littlewood. However I was probably in a minority as many in the audience appeared to be in raptures!!!

User Reviews

Pete (29Jun18): Many good individual performances but the play didn’t come alive for me. It felt like a “luvvie fest” with too many PC and left wing cliches combined with typical RSC approach to casting. I left without really knowing anything of any depth about Mrs Littlewood. However I was probably in a minority as many in the audience appeared to be in raptures!!!

Special Performances

19 Jul 18 Audio Described
24 Jul 18 Sign Interpreted
30 Jul 18 Captioned
1 Aug 18 Audio Described

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