Details

Twenty year old French auto mechanic Guy Fouchier has fallen in love with 17-year-old Genevieve Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Genevieve vow to remain lovers. After discovering she is carrying Guy's child she and must choose between waiting for his return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg website.

Cast/Performers

Joanna Riding (Madame Emery), Meow Meow (Lola), Carly Bawden (Genevieve), Gareth Charlton (Sailor), Andrew Durand (Guy), Cynthia Erivo (Madelaine), Dominic Marsh (Cassard), Aki Omoshaybi (Sailor), Laura Brydon (Ensemble), Matt Wilman (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Michael Legrand (based on the film by Jacques Demy), Nigel Lilley (musical supervision)
Producer(s): Daniel Sparrow, Mike Walsh Productions, Curve Leicester (in association with City Lights Productions)
Company: Kneehigh Theatre
Adapted by: Emma Rice
Translation: Sheldon Harnick (lyrics)
Director: Emma Rice
Design: Lez Brotherston
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Sound: Simon Baker