Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre opened its doors in 1965, in honour of the French actress who made her home in Effingham common. Audiences were delighted from the opening production 'A Month In The Country' with Ingrid Bergman, 'The Sacred Flame', 'Time Out Of Mind' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
Sicne 1991, the Yvvone Armaud Theatre has produced 119 productions, 60 of those being new plays, which went on to tour 80 different cities in the UK. Previous productions shown at the venue include: ' The Importance Of Being Oscar', 'Sleeping Beauty' , 'West Side Story' and 'The Wind In The Willows'.
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Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house’s sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman dressed all in black at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold. This feeling is deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.
On an idyllic summer afternoon in wartime, seven children play, tease and fight their day away. Willie is pretending to be a Spitfire, Raymond is dressed as a cowboy and Angela doesn’t want to share her china doll with Audrey. And while John and Peter are vying to be leader of the gang who is that little boy left alone in the barn…? Amidst their hilarious games and complex friendships the merriment turns sour when they stumble into a sudden and unexpected tragedy that will change their lives forever.
Your father is a control freak. The family business is a millstone round your neck Home feels like a prison And yet you have dreams...
This powerful drama is an unflinching portrayal of an Edwardian family on the brink of collapse. John Rutherford is a tyrannical patriarch, blind to the hopes and feelings of his family. The success of the family firm takes precedence over everything… even happiness.
