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Wild with longings she can't explain, Frankie acts crazy when her brother gets married. 'Two's company and three is a crowd. That's the main thing about a wedding.' Berenice says to Frankie. Set in 1945 in the American South, this is t he story of the bond between Frankie, the adolescent dreamer, and Sadie Berenice Brown, the cook who mothers the motherless girl. It has as its backdrop the end of an era, before civil rights. In these three months of Summer into Fall, Frankie is growing up, but the world is also changing for Berenice. Age 12 and over Run time 150 mins. The Member of the Wedding is supported by Thomson and The Genesis Foundation

Cast/Performers

Portia (Berenice), Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Frankie), Katie Angelou, Cian Barry, Richard Brake, Ethan Brooke, Sarah Goldberg, Daniele Lydon, John Macmillan, Henry McMorrow, Alibe Parsons, Theo Stevenson, Anthony Warren, Kate Louise Williams, James Wilson

Creatives/Company

Author: Carson McCullers
Corporate Sponsor: Thomson
Producer(s): Young Vic, Direct Action
Director: Matthew Dunster
Design: Robert Innes Hopkins
Lighting: Philip Gladwell
Sound: Paul Arditti
Music: Oly Fox