Details

Angelique makes beautiful chocolates, carefully infused with all the emotion that seems to overwhelm her in daily life. Jean-Rene runs a chocolate factory that is running out of steam, rather like his own existence. Both seek help from the usual sources: Jean-Rene favours self-help tapes and Angelique joins a support group, Les Emotifs Anonymes. Romantics Anonymous is an unusual and tender love story in which the obstacles to happiness are not the usual external barriers, but those sneaky little ones we know all too intimately: the ones within.

Cast/Performers

Carly Bawden (Angelique), Marc Antolin (Ludo), Brett Brown (Salesman / Fred), Me'sha Bryan (Suzanne / Mimi), Harry Hepple (Ludo / Remi), Laura Jane Matthewson (Young Woman), Sandra Marvin (Magda / Brigitte / Dr Maxim), Craig Pinder (Father / Pierre / Receptionist), Gareth Snook (Mercier / Mumbler / Marini).

Creatives/Company

Book by: Emma Rice
Adapted by: Emma Rice (from the French-Belgian film Les Emotifs Anonymes
Lyrics(s): Christopher Dimond, Michael Kooman, Michael Kooman
Music(s): Christopher Dimond, Michael Kooman, Nigel Lilley (music supervisor)
Producer: Wise Children
Director: Emma Rice
Design: Lez Brotherston
Choreographer: Etta Murfitt
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Sound: Simon Baker