Abigail Lawrie Makes Stage Debut in WHEN WE WERE WOMEN, Beginning Tonight

Abigail Lawrie, breakout star of BBC's TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling's THE CASUAL VACANCY, hits the stage this autumn at the Orange Tree Theatre.

She will appear in Orange Tree and Snapdragon Productions' revival of Sharman Macdonald's WHEN WE WERE WOMEN, running tonight, September 3, through October 3, 2015.

According to press notes, WHEN WE WERE WOMEN is set in 1943 Glasgow, described as "a city of falling bombs, dark corners and whispered secrets. In the blitzed blacked-out streets, a naval officer walks into Isla's life and sweeps her off her feet. But by 1944, Isla is fighting a war of her own -- with her tempestuous mother, Maggie. As lives become inexorably entwined, the officer's past is in real danger of destroying the family's future. The first major revival of a poignant, poetic drama, Sharman Macdonald's play is an evocative portrayal of family life in Second World War Glasgow, first seen at the National Theatre nearly thirty years ago."

Eleanor Rhode will direct the production, which features designs by James Turner, lighting by Mike Robertson, sound by David Gregory, and costume supervisor Holly Rose Henshaw.

Among playwright Macdonald's other works are WHEN I WAS A GIRL I USED TO SCREAM AND SHOUT and THE WINTER GUEST, which was adapted for the big screen, helmed by Alan Rickman.

For more about the play, visit www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/when-we-were-women.