ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE JUNE 9 TO OCTOBER 31 TONIGHTAT 8:30 PLAY,ORCHESTRA, PLAY RED PEPPERS, FUMED OAK, SHADOW PLAY NOEL COWARD CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Director

In Red Peppers, the backstage lives of a down-at-heel singing and dancing comedy act are almost as entertaining as their onstage routines. In Fumed Oak, Henry Gow has simply had enough – of his job, his family and his life – and tonight he’s finally going to make his move. In Shadow Play, music and fantasy combine in a story about a couple falling in and out of love – or are they? As one character opines, it would be so much easier, wouldn’t it, if we had music when things go wrong? It certainly is in the tuneful delights of Play, Orchestra, Play containing some of Noel Coward’s most celebrated songs.

“Music plays a hugely important part in so much of Coward’s work, and while you will be aware of it in many of the pieces in Tonight at 8:30, this particular trio begins and ends with two of his most delightful true-blue musicals – a perfect fit for the Royal George.” Jackie Maxwell