Emily Bruni (Harriet), Lucy Cohu (Sylvia Gellburg), Nigel Lindsay (Dr Harry Hyman), Madeleine Potter (Margaret Hyman) and Brian Protheroe (Stanton Case) join previously announced Antony Sher (Philip Gellburg) in Arthur Miller's Laurence Olivier Award winning play Broken Glass, directed at the Tricycle Theatre by Iqbal Khan. Broken Glass, designed by Mike Britton with lighting by Matthew Eagland, sound by Tom Lishman and music by Grant Olding runs from 30 September - 27 November, with press night on 6 October 2010.
Philip and Sylvia Gellburg, a Jewish Couple, are living in Brooklyn in 1938. Philip, obsessed with work and his own desire to assimilate ,has little time for his wife, but when Sylvia suddenly becomes paralysed after reading newspaper reports of Kristallnacht in Germany, Dr Harry Hyman is called in. As he gets closer to the source of Sylvia's peculiar affliction, a relationship develops that could have devastating consequences on the family, and themes of guilt, personal tragedy and love start to unfold.Emily Bruni's stage credits include Ring Around The Moon at The Playhouse Theatre, The Rubenstein Kiss at Hampstead Theatre and The Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, Camino Real and The Spanish Tragedy all for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television credits include Gail in Peep Show 6, Rachel in Personal Affairs, Catherine in Catherine The Great, Helene Dufosse in Miss Marple, Dr Awkward in Believe Nothing and Sarah in Auf Wiedersehen Pet.Madeleine Potter's stage credits include Southwark Fair and All My Sons for the National Theatre, After Mrs Rochester at the Lyric Hammersmith, Madame Melville at the Vaudeville Theatre, 4:48 Psychosis at The Royal Court Theatre and The Maiden's Prayer at the Bush Theatre. Her film credits include The White Countess, Slaves of New York and The Bostonians all for Merchant Ivory and on television Midsomer Murders and The Whistleblower.
Brian Protheroe's stage credits include Noises Off at Birmingham Rep, The Convict's Opera for Out of Joint Theatre Company, The Lord of the Rings for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Losing Louis for Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, The Sisters Rosensweig at the Old Vic and The Ice Man Cometh, Long Voyage Home, Larkrise to Candleford and Dispatches all for the National Theatre. His screen work includes the role of Samuel Walker in the last series of Spooks, Love Soup, My Family and Midsomer Murders.
L I S T I N G S I N F O R M A T I O N
ADDRESS Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
BOX OFFICE
Phone 020 7328 1000
In person 10am - 9pm Monday - Saturday, 2 - 9pm on Sundays
On-line www.tricycle.co.uk
Tickets Broken Glass:
Mon 8pm + mid week mats - £12The Tricycle Café serving food is open from 12noon to 8pm Mondays to Fridays and 10am - 8pm on Saturdays. The Tricycle Bar serving drinks and snacks is open from 12noon Mondays to Fridays & from 10.30am Saturdays & closes at 11pm Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays the Bar is open 3pm - 8pm.
TRANSPORT
Tube: Kilburn (Jubilee Line)
Bus: 16, 31, 32, 98, 189, 206, 316, 328
Train: Brondesbury (London overground)
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