West End's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Extends into August

The West End hit musical Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown announces that it will extend its run to Saturday 22 August 2015. Olivier Award-nominees Tamsin Greig (Best Actress in a Musical) and Haydn Gwynne (Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical), continue to lead the international cast that includes Ricardo Afonso, Marianne Benedict, Seline Hizli, Holly James, Michael Matus, Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair Natkiel, Haydn Oakley, Jérôme Pradon, Nuno Queimado, Dale Rapley, Anna Skellern, and Willemijn Verkaik. The production is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher.

The UK première of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane's musical comedy adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-nominated film Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown opened at The Playhouse Theatre on 12 January 2015 to critical acclaim.

Producer, Howard Panter said: 'We are thrilled that Women on the Verge starring the magnificent Tamsin Greig is delighting audiences at the Playhouse, otherwise known as Madrid-on-Thames. It has been a great joy to bring this fantastic and funny musical to London, with audiences being swept up in the comedy action and gorgeous Latin rhythms of our onstage band. Our audiences have really embraced this breath of fresh air musical comedy, and the demand for tickets to Women on the Verge marks an exciting moment in the West End.

On the streets of Madrid, a city pulsing with art, industry and passion, Pepa's world is unravelling. Her lover leaves her. And then she meets his wife. And his son. And his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Pepa's best friend is tangled up in her own romantic crisis with a suspected criminal, leaving Pepa with only the taxi driver to help navigate the laughter and tears of the road ahead.

Inspired by the comedy of Billy Wilder and Feydeau, Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Almodóvar's first international hit. Bursting with colour and comedy, it captures a liberated Spain, placing women at the centre of the story. Pepa (Tamsin Greig), Lucia (Haydn Gwynne), and Candela (Anna Skellern) became iconic, showing women struggling for power over their own lives, and was filled with enormous humour and style.

Pedro Almodóvar is a multi-award winning director and screenwriter best known for films including All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), The Skin I Live In (2011) and Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1998). Almodóvar has famously worked with actors Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz, making them international household names. His film Live Flesh (1998) won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, sparking continued success and multiple awards including a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Talk to Her (2002), a BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language with All About My Mother (1999), as well as a Cannes Film Festival Award for best screenplay with Volver (2006). Oscar nominated film Wild Tales is released in the UK this month.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is produced in the West End by Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group.