Hay Fever - The Mill At Sonning (With Friends)
When: 16th March - 13th May
The Friends of Noël Coward will be officially attending the 13th of May matinee performance. If you would like to attend as part of this group, simply mention the Noël Coward Society when booking. You will all be sat with each other for lunch prior to the performance, included in the price of the ticket.
About the Production
ALL TICKETS INCLUDE A DELICIOUS TWO-COURSE MEAL IN THE RESTAURANT BEFORE THE SHOW.
FOR MATINEE PERFORMANCES:
Restaurant open and serving lunch from 12.15pm – 2pm
Performance starts 2.15pm
FOR EVENING PERFORMANCES
Restaurant open and serving dinner from 6.15pm – 8pm
Performance starts 8.15pm
DIRECTED BY TAM WILLIAMS
“One of the most perfectly-engineered comedies of the century” – The Times
Noël Coward’s effervescent comedy of bad manners – written in three days when he was 24 – is set in a country house in Berkshire.
Judith Bliss is a famous West End actress, technically retired. Husband David churns out romantic novels. Their grown-up children – Simon and Sorel – resolutely refuse to grow up.
The pathologically self-absorbed Blisses invite a quartet of hapless guests for the week-end : a career diplomat, a predatory society girl, a conventional sporty chap and a sweet-natured flapper. The guests turn out to be cannon fodder in the family’s ongoing solipsistic fantasies. The sociopathic hosts are briefly in-credulous when their guests creep away after breakfast.
Hay Fever has something for everyone. The rude bohemians in the audience love watching themselves in action. More conventional theatre-goers relish the enactment of their worst social nightmares. A delirious roller-coaster of a play, encased in wit, comic brio and emotional truth.
TALKING OF NOEL
If you love Noël Coward why not book to see the show on 19 April and enjoy a pre-dinner effervescent conversation between playwright Marcy Kahan [author of BBC Radio 4’s Noël Coward Quintet] and director Tam Williams about the extraordinary life and work of Noël Coward. From Hay Fever to The Italian Job via Private Lives and Brief Encounter. 5:30pm in the auditorium.
