Private Lives
"Shall we get roaring screaming drunk?"
By Noel Coward
Directed by Janet Noble
5 - 15 February, 2024
The Play
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.
The Cast
Sibyl Chase - Laura Gardner
Elyot Chase - Dan Harwood Jones
Amanda Prynne - Lydia Verschaffelt
Victor Prynne - Tom Kereama
Louise - Margot Allais
The Crew
Director - Janet Noble
Production managers - Meredith Dooley and James Kiesel
Stage manager - Liz Gibson
ASM - Margot Allais
Set design – Tanya Piejus
Lighting design - Emma Bell
Lighting operator - Lucas Zaner, Emma Bell
Sound design - Tim Price-Walker
Sound operator - Lucas Zaner
Costume Assistant / upholsterer - Jess Brownell
Prompt - Alex Davey
Set build - Simon Boyes
Properties designer - Ruth Corkill
Publicity - Lydia Verschaffelt, Margot Allais
Intimacy coach - Angela Pelham
Auditions manager - Corinna Bennett
Hair and make up for photoshoot - Aimee Sullivan
Publicity photography - Alex Rabina
Poster design - Scenario
