THE MOTHER Extends Run at Tricycle Theatre

With her production of Red Velvet currently running in the West End, Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre Indhu Rubasingham today announces the extension of the highly critically acclaimed UK première of Florian Zeller's The Mother, in a new translation by Christopher Hampton, now completing its run on 12 March. Laurence Boswell directs Gina McKee, Richard Clothier, Frances McNamee and William Postlethwaite in the production which opened to rave reviews at the venue earlier this week.

Anne loved that time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children, Sara and Nicholas. Now her children have grown up and have lives and loves of their own. Spending hours alone, Anne's world begins to twist around her. Has her favoured son Nicholas really returned to her? And what of the suspicious actions of her husband?

The Mother is a compelling and moving production that will leave you questioning the very nature of reality.

Molière Award-winning playwright Florian Zeller returns to the Tricycle following 2015's critically-acclaimed sell-out run of The Father, for which Kenneth Cranham won the Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor. The Father recently completed a run at the Wyndham's Theatre and returns to the West End shortly for a limited run at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Florian Zeller is a French novelist and playwright. His work has been translated into several languages, including English. He won the prestigious Prix Interallié in 2004 for his novel Fascination of Evil (La Fascination du Pire) and several Molière Awards for his plays. The Molières are considered France's highest theatrical honour. Florian Zeller wrote his first novel Artificial Snow when he was twenty-two years old. His second novel, Lovers or Something Like It was well received but it was his third novel, Fascination of Evil (the 2004 Prix Interallié winner) which made him a household name in France. The book was selected for the Prix Goncourt. Theatre credits include L'Autre, Le Manège, Si tu mourais (Prix Jeune Théâtre of the Académie Française), Elle t'attend, La Mère, La Vérité, Le Père, Une Heure de tranquillité and Le Mensonge. His novels include (and UK/US translations) Neiges artificielles (Artificial Snow); Les Amants du n'importe quoi (Lovers or Something Like It); La Fascination du pire (The Fascination of Evil); Julien Parme (Julien Parme) and La Jouissance.

Christopher Hampton has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art and Life x 3). He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the adaptation of his own play, Dangerous Liaisons. He was nominated again in 2007 for adapting Ian McEwan's novel Atonement. His television work includes adaptations of The History Man and Hotel du Lac.

Laurence Boswell was appointed as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath in 2011. Laurence has directed the following plays for the Ustinov Studio: Exit the King, Intimate Apparel, Punishment Without Revenge, A Lady of Little Sense, Fifty Words, The Double, In the Next Room, The Surprise of Love, Iphigenia, and The Phoenix of Madrid. Laurence is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. For Gate Theatre, London, Laurence directed a number of productions including the Spanish Golden Age Season, which won the 1992 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement. Other theatre credits include Popcorn (Apollo), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Comedy), This Is Our Youth and Treats (Garrick) and Up for Grabs (Wyndham's). For the RSC his credits include Beauty and the Beast (RSC) and Women Beware Women, The Dog in the Manger and Bartholomew Fair (the Swan).