First details of the Watermill Theatre’s Autumn season announced

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The Watermill Theatre have announced the first details of their 2021 autumn season, as it reopens its auditorium for the first time in nearly 9 months.

Powerful drama about one of Britain’s greatest female pilots, Lone Flyer, will return to the venue from 10–25 September. Hannah Edwards and Benedict Salter will reprise their original roles, with Hannah playing ‘Amy Johnson’ and Benedict supporting her playing a series of other male roles.

Sir David Suchet makes his eagerly awaited return to UK stages in Poirot and More, A Retrospective this autumn, following a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand in early 2020. Launching the tour at The Watermill from 5–7 October, David will retrace his steps as a young actor, visiting more than 20 theatres across the UK. Sir David Suchet performed at The Watermill early in his career and is a long-standing supporter and patron of the theatre.

The show looks back fondly at David’s illustrious career, sharing some of his most beloved performances in a new and intimate light. Geoffrey Wansell, journalist, broadcaster, biographer and co-author of Poirot and Me, will be joining David as interviewer in this unmistakably unique event.

A brand-new one-woman adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women, will then come to the theatre for three performances only on 8 & 9 October.

Artistic Director Paul Hart said: “It’s a symbolic moment to be able to welcome audiences back inside our beautiful auditorium after such a long hiatus and another successful outdoor summer season. Our staff have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to find inventive ways of creating work for audiences and I’m so thrilled to be reopening with the return of Lone Flyer which audiences were enjoying hugely before the run was cut short last year.  We cannot wait to welcome you back.”

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