Heroes (November 2019)

I do hope that you, the audience, enjoy this trio of actors and of course, the play.

This is the second time we have performed this play, the first being in Plumley in April 2016.

Once again it has been a short rehearsal period, the characters of the actors however have grown larger than life and getting larger.

I hope you think the "veterans" make it worth your journey worthwhile.

Sophia Kennedy - Director

Synopsis

Heroes is set in August 1959 in a home somewhere in France for retired military men. The play takes place outside on a terrace in the garden of a convent hospital where Philippe, Gustave and Henri, all war heroes, are hatching a plan to escape. They've had enough of the tortures of their confinement: dictatorial captors, untrustworthy fellow prisoners and far too many birthday parties. Indeed, life in a retired soldiers' home is almost unbearable! So, while keeping each other company on the back patio, they hatch a plan to escape to Indochina, or at least a picnic under the poplars on a nearby hill.

Winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Tom Stoppard's adaptation of this French play is playful, bawdy and heartbreakingly funny.

The Cast

Production Team