Stevenson and Goodman to Star in West End Transfer of DUET FOR ONE

The Almeida Theatre's sell-out production of Tom Kempinski's two-hander Duet for One will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre for a 12 week limited run, performances from 7 May with press night on 12 May. Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman play Stephanie Abrahams and Dr Feldmann, re-creating their critically acclaimed performances seen at the Almeida in Matthew Lloyd's production which completes its run this weekend. Design is by Lez Brotherston with lighting by Jason Taylor and sound by John Leonard. Duet for One is produced in the West End by Lee Dean and Jenny Topper.

In this powerful and deeply moving play, Stephanie Abrahams, a brilliant concert violinist who seemingly has it all, is forced to re-evaluate her life when struck down by an unforeseen tragedy. Faced with a truth too difficult to comprehend, Stephanie consults psychiatrist Dr Feldmann, and through a series of highly-charged dramatic encounters is led to examine her deepest feelings and darkest emotions and finally to consider the possibility of a future without music.

Multi award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson made her Almeida debut as Stephanie Abrahams. Previous theatre credits include Arkadina in The Seagull at The National Theatre, Alice Trilogy and The Country for the Royal Court, We Happy Few at the Gielgud, Private Lives for The National Theatre and Beckett Shorts for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stevenson played Paulina in Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden for which she won the Laurence Olivier Best Actress Award and Anna in the UK premiere of Langford Wilson's Burn This opposite John Malkovich. On film she played opposite Alan Rickman, directed by Anthony Minghella, in Truly, Madly, Deeply for which she won the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress. Her other film credits include Breaking and Entering, Being Julia, Mona Lisa Smile, Bend it Like Beckham and Drowning by Numbers. On television her credits include The Politician's Wife, Hear the Silence, Stanley, and most recently A Place of Execution.

Henry Goodman, playing Dr Feldmann, was last seen at the Almeida as Argan in Lindsay Posner's production of The Hypochondriac. His other recent theatre credits include Teyve in Fiddler on the Roof for Sheffield Theatres and the Savoy Theatre, Performances for Wilton's Music Hall, The Exonerated for Riverside Studios, The Birthday Party at the Duchess and the title role in Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company. For The National Theatre he played Shylock in Trevor Nunn's production of The Merchant of Venice, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Roy Cohn in Angels in America and Philip Gellburg in Broken Glass. For the Royal Shakespeare Company his work includes Volpone, The Comedy of Errors and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? In the West End his roles include Billy Flynn in Chicago, Freud in Hysteria and Eddie in Feelgood and on Broadway his work includes The Producers and Art. His television and film work includes Damned United, Churchill, Colour Me Kubrick, Notting Hill, Mary Reilly, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Foyle's War and Cold Lazarus.

In addition to Duet for One, playwright, Tom Kempinski's work includes Sell Out, Flashpoint, Separation, The Beautiful Part of Myself, Dreyfuss, Mayakowksi and Addicted to Love.

Matthew Lloyd is Artistic Director of The Actors Centre. Previously he was Artistic Director at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre where his productions included the award-winning An Experiment with an Air-Pump and Waiting for Godot with Richard Wilson. Lloyd was Associate Director at Hampstead Theatre where his work included The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Slavs! and the award-wining The Lucky Ones. He has directed over twenty premieres of new plays for the Bush Theatre, the Almeida, the Theatre Upstairs and in the West End, as well as productions for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman and the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.

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