A Little Night Music Returns to Leeds with Josephine Barstow
Dame Josephine Barstow returns to the role of Madam Armfeldt in the Leeds Playhouse co-production with Opera North in July.
From the Leeds Playhouse:
"A chance meeting between ex-lovers sparks a game of romantic musical chairs over a weekend in the country, as hopelessly mismatched couples find themselves confronted by their own vanities and deceptions.
"Glistening with wit and romance, Sondheim’s tantalising tale flirts with musical theatre and opera, and includes the classic song "Send in the Clowns".
"Featuring members of the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, and directed by the Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining, expect a glorious evening that is heart-warming and heart-breaking in equal measure."
Photography by Sharron Wallace
Desiree Armfeldt: Sandra Piques Eddy
Fredrik Egerman: Quirijn de Lang
Anne Egerman: Corinne Cowling
Henrik Egerman: Sam Marston
Madam Armfeldt: Dame Josephine Barstow*
Petra: Amy J Payne
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm: Christopher Nairne
Countess Charlotte Malcom: Helen Évora
Frederika Armfeldt: Agatha Meehan
Frederika Armfeldt: Lucy Sherman
Mrs Nordstrom: Gillene Butterfield
Mrs Segstrom: Amy Freston
Mrs Anderssen: Claire Pascoe
Mr Lindquist: Dean Robinson
Mr Erlanson: Tim Ochala-Greenough
Frid: Ivan Sharpe
Bertrand: Warren Gillespie
Madam Armfeldt (9 July evening, 13 July): Fiona Kimm
*Ms Barstow will not be performing at 7.30pm on Saturday 9 July and on Wednesday 13 July.
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Soundheim
Book: Hugh Wheeler
Director: James Brining
Associate Director: Anna Pool
Set & Costume Designer: Madeleine Boyd
Lighting Designer: Chris Davey
Choreographer: Lucy Hind
Associate Choreographer: Xolani Crabtree
Sound Designer: Sebastian Frost
Conductors: James Holmes and Oliver Rundell
Original orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman | Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
“Top-quality musical standards”
- The Stage
“A true gem... Exceptional”
- The Telegraph
“Piercingly well done... An exquisite pleasure that, for all its rapturous romance, never loses its serrated edge”
- The Times
