B Sharp: Strange Interlude

Three decades before he wrote Long Day’s Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill wrote a sprawling and adventurous masterpiece the likes of which Broadway had never seen. Almost a century later, there is still no other play like Strange Interlude.

Twenty-year-old Nina Leeds has lost the love of her life in the war. Overcome with grief, she quits university, falls out with her father and moves away from home. What follows is a breathtaking journey through 25 years in Nina’s life, as she pursues a series of sexual flings to console herself, eventually settles down in a comfortable but unexciting marriage with Sam Evans, then begins a 15-year affair with his best friend Ned Darrell. One of the few modern plays to interweave soliloquy and dialogue, Strange Interlude offers a touching insight into the minutiae of our daily worries, joys and hopes, set against the vast backdrop of life’s irreversible decisions.

Emily Barclay (The Seagull, That Face, Gethsemane) takes on one of the great female roles of twentieth-century drama. In the vein of his 2011 rewrite of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, wunderkind Simon Stone creates a contemporary version of this truly amazing Pulitzer Prize winner.

Running time: approx. 2 hours (plus interval).

Please note: Strange Interlude contains some nudity and low-level coarse language.

Article on the life and times of EUGENE O'NEILL here.

Set Designer
Robert Cousins

Costume Designer
Mel Page

Lighting Designer
Damien Cooper

Composer & Sound Designer
Stefan Gregory

Composition & Sound Design Secondment
Marty Jamieson

Stage Manager
Eva Tandy

Assistant Stage Manager
Rebecca Poulter

Stage Management Secondment
Khym Scott

Previews / 30-Down
8pm Saturday 5 May
5pm Sunday 6 May

Opening Night
8pm Wednesday 9 May

Sunday Forum
3pm Sunday 10 June

Unwaged Performance
2pm Thursday 14 June

Wednesday Matinee
2pm Wednesday 16 May

Performance Times
6.30pm Tuesday
8pm Wednesday - Friday
2pm & 8pm Saturday
5pm Sunday

Ticket Prices
Full price $62
Seniors (excluding Fri/Sat evenings) $52
Industry or Groups of 10+ $52
Concession $42
Previews $42
Student Rush $29

For media enquiries contact
Elly Michelle Clough
elly@belvoir.com.au
02 8396 6242

 

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