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Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

By: Jan. 12, 2015
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, opening tonight, January 12 at London's Playhouse Theatre after beginning previews last month, stars Tamsin Greig,Haydn Gwynne, Jérôme Pradon, Anna Skellern, Ricardo Afonso, Haydn Oakley,Willemijn Verkaik and Seline Hizli. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action!

Additional cast includes Marianne Benedict, Holly James,Michael Matus,Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair Natkiel, Nuno Queimado and Dale Rapley.

On the streets of Madrid, a city pulsing with art, industry and passion, Pepa's world is unravelling. Her lover leaves her. And then she meets his wife. And his son. And his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Pepa's best friend is tangled up in her own romantic crisis with a suspected criminal, leaving Pepa with only the taxi driver to help navigate the Gran Vía ahead.

Originally based by Almodóvar on Jean Cocteau's The Human Voice, Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was his first international hit. It captured a liberated Spain, placing women at the centre of their own experience. Pepa (Tamsin Greig), Candela (Anna Skellern) and Lucia (Haydn Gwynne) became iconic, showing women struggling for power over their own lives, and with enormous humour and style. It also marked the breakout of one of our most important and unique international film directors.

Photo Credit: Alastair Muir

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Tamsin Greig

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Tamsin Greig

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Haydn Gwynne and Tamsin Greig

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Cast of WOMEN ON TH EVERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Haydn Gwynne

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Haydn Gwynne and Tamsin Greig

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Tamsin Greig

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Tamsin Greig

Photo Flash: First Look at West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  Image
Cast of WOMEN ON TH EVERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN




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