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Conjugal Rites To Get 5-Week London Season, Opens 5/31

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Conjugal Rites, by Roger Hall, the marital comedy that inspired the hit ITV comedy series, is to get a 5-week London season at the Courtyard Theatre from Tuesday 31st May - Sunday 3rd July.

Press night is Thursday June 2 at 7.30pm

What happens after 21 years of marriage? Will He ever learn to put the toilet seat down? Will She ever give-up asking?

Barry, a dentist and his wife Gen, a recently qualified family lawyer, awake on their 21st wedding anniversary to the reality of their lives: aging parents, teenage children, sagging bodies, job disillusionment and the secrets and temptations that come from tying the knot.

Set entirely in their bedroom throughout the play, Conjugal Rites is a hilarious and sometimes bittersweet comedy.

Cast: Alexandra Boyd (Coronation Street, Mr Holland's Opus, From Paris With Love) and Gary Heron (The Duck Variations, Black Chiffon, Shepperton Road)

Director:?Andrew Keates (Bent, Just So), Lighting Designer:?Howard Hudson received the 2011 Off West End Award for Best Lighting Design for Tomorrow Morning at the Landor and Me and Juliet at the Finborough. He was also nominated for The Drowsy Chaperone at Upstairs at the Gatehouse and Bent at the Landor. Designer:?Merlin Daly. Costume Designer:?Freya Groves.

LISTINGS?INFO

Andersson Productions presents

Conjugal Rites

by Roger Hall

Director Andrew Keates
Designer Merlin Daly
Lighting Designer Howard Hudson
Costume Designer Freya Groves

Tuesday 31st May - Sunday 3rd July

Courtyard Theatre
Bowling Green Walk
40 Pitfield Street
London
N1 6EU

Box Office
0844 477 1000
(Ticket Web)

Online Bookings
www.thecourtyard.co.uk

Tuesday - Sunday
at 7.30pm

Press night Thursday 2nd June at 7.30pm

Tickets: £15.00
(£12.00 concessions)

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