English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse present:
The Misanthrope, Exeter Northcott, Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 April 7:30pm
Sat Matinee 2:30pm
Following the huge successes of their collaboration on Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac, English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse complete a trilogy of Roger McGough adaptations of classic Molière comedies with The Misanthrope, which comes to the Exeter Northcott Theatre on Tuesday 23 April.
The ‘McGoughière’ team will reunite McGough with Everyman and Playhouse Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz, who will direct this co-production with ETT.
Master wordsmith Roger McGough dips his quill into what many consider to be Molière’s best work in this mockery of manners and morals set amid 17th century French aristocracy.
Poet Alceste is disgusted with French society. Powdered fops gossip in code and be-jewelled coquettes whisper behind fans wherever he looks. In pursuit of honesty, he embarks on a one-man crusade against forked-tongues, frippery and fakery.
But could the woman he has fallen in love with be the worst culprit of all? As Alceste dreams of a pas de deux, are the only deux of Célimène her faces? And in this rarefied world will his revolution prove just revolting?
“A whimsical delight… a blast of baroque splendour… glittering”
The Guardian
“Stuffed with jaunty couplets and cheeky rhymes…Darkly delicious”
The Times
The Misanthrope is an absolute display of theatre excellence and is laugh out loud funny from start to finish.
Liverpool Sound and Vision
Tickets: A £20.50 B £17.50 C £15 D £12.50
Saturday Matinee: £12.50
Concs: £2 off
Schools: £7.50 for groups 10+
Student Standby: £8.00 on the day, up to one hour before the show. Subject to availability.
Age: 14yrs+
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
Post-Show talk: Wed 24 April
Captioned performance: Weds 24 April
Audio described performance: Sat matinee with a touch tour at 1pm
Book Online: www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
Box Office: 01392 493 493