Photo Flash: SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE Celebrates Opening at St. James Theatre - Trevor Nunn and More!

Trevor Nunn's production of Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage, adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith, officially opened at the St. James Theatre last night, Tuesday 24 September 2013 and will run until 9 November. BroadwayWorld has photos of the company's opening night festivities below!

Scenes from a Marriage is produced by St. James Productions. Original designs were by Rob Jones, and these have been adapted for the St. James Theatre production by Al Turner; original lighting was by Paul Pyant, adapted by Derek Anderson and fight direction is by Terry King.

The cast comprises Shane Attwooll (Peter/Arne), Mark Bazeley (Johan), Melanie Jessop (Mrs. Palm/Mrs Jacobi), Aislinn Sands (Katrina/Eva) andOlivia Williams (Marianne).

A portrait of extraordinary intimacy and a searchingly honest and moving love story. We follow Johan and Marianne from their seemingly perfect happy marriage through betrayal and loss to warring contenders in divorce and beyond.

Sir Trevor Nunn has been has been the artistic director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, most recently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has worked extensively in the West End and on Broadway and his productions include Cats, Starlight Express, Les Miserables (all West End), Macbeth, Othello (RSC), King Lear, The Seagull (both RSC, world tour and West End), Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate (both Old Vic), Birdsong(Comedy Theatre), Flare Path, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Tempest, The Lion In Winter (all Theatre Royal, Haymarket), A Chorus of Disapproval (Harold Pinter Theatre), All That Fall (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Relative Values (Theatre Royal Bath).

Olivia Williams has previously worked with Sir Trevor Nunn in his farewell production as artistic director of The National Theatre, Love's Labour's Lost.Her further theatre credits include Hotel in Amsterdam ( Donmar Warehouse), The Changeling (Barbican), Happy Now? (National Theatre) and In a Forest Dark and Deep (Vaudeville Theatre). On film, Williams has appeared in The Sixth Sense; An Education; Kevin Costner's The Postman; Wes Anderson's Rushmore; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, for which she won 'Best Supporting Actress' from the National Society of Film Critics, 'British Supporting Actress of the Year' at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards and 'Best Supporting Actress' at the Los Angeles Film Critics' Awards and The Heart of Me, for which she was named 'Best Actress' at the 2003 British Independent Film Awards. Williams' television credits include nineteen episodes of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and Miss Austen Regrets.

Shane Attwooll's first professional stage appearance was in Trevor Nunn's Porgy and Bess (The Royal Opera House). Attwooll's work includes Playing with Grown-Ups (Theatre 503), The Man on Her Mind (Charing Cross Theatre), Enron (Noel Coward Theatre), Shawshank Redemption (Wyndham's Theatre), The Buddy Holly Story (Victoria Palace) and I was looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky (Southwark Playhouse). Attwooll's television credits include Dark Matters, Titanic, Foyles War, The Ghost Squad and Spooks and his film credits consist of Trevor Nunn's adaptation of Porgy and Bess and The Man on her Mind, Kingdom of Heaven and The Station Master.

Mark Bazeley's theatre credits include Our New Girl (Bush Theatre), The Seagull (National Theatre), Death of a Salesman (Lyric Theatre, West End),Macbeth (Albery Theatre), Homebody/Kabul (Young Vic), Antarctica (Savoy Theatre), The Real Thing (Donmar), Richard III, Julius Caesar, The Devil is an Ass (all RSC) and Measure for Measure (Cheek by Jowl). Bazeley's television credits include Death in Paradise, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Endeavour, The Body Farm, The Accused, Mistresses, Hustle, The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, Stacked, New Tricks, Foyles War, Spooks and Prime Suspect. Bazeley's film credits include The Queen, The Damned United and The Special Relationship.

Melanie Jessop's theatre work includes The Illusion (Southwark Playhouse), The Prophet (Gate Theatre), Single Spies (Watermill), Taking Sides(CFT/West End), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lincoln Centre, New York/RFH), King Lear and The Seagull (RSC Stratford, World Tour and West End),Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's Globe), Scenes from an Execution (Hackney Empire) and David Copperfield (Greenwich/Sheffield Crucible). Jessops is an associate of The Wrestling School and her work for the company includes: Victory, Ego in Arcadia, Judith, Und and Blok/Eko. Jessops film credits include King Lear and her television credits include Dracula, A Touch of Frost, My Dad's the Prime Minister, Poirot and Absolutely Fabulous.

Aislinn Sands has formerly worked with Trevor Nunn at The National Theatre in Troilus and Cressida and Summerfolk. Her additional work includesProof (Birmingham Old Rep) and The Suppliants (The Gate Theatre). Sands' recent television credits include New Tricks (BBC1 TV series), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (BBC), Afterlife (ITV1) and Murder Prevention (Channel 5).

Eight critically acclaimed productions were staged at the St. James Theatre during its first year. Playwrights have included Sandi Toksvig, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Richard Greenberg; with directors including John Caird, Sally Cookson, Max Stafford Clark, James Dacre, Sir Jonathan Miller andDavid Grindley and with actors including Anthony Andrews, Barrie Rutter and Diana Quick.

The St. James Theatre is located at 12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA. The show runs now through 09 November 2013, with performances: Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm; Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Ticket Prices: £20/£27.50/£30 during previews; £30/£3/£40 from 17 September onwards; Premium seats £50. Box Office: 0844 264 2140. Website: www.stjamestheatre.co.uk. (Note: No additional fees are charged when booking tickets at the St. James Theatre box office or online.)

Photo Credit: David Jensen

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