Full casting announced for UK tour of new play TWO CIGARETTES IN THE DARK

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of Two Cigarettes in the Dark, a brand new play by Stephen Wyatt.

As previously announced, Dame Penelope Keith (The Good Life, To The Manor Born) will play Isabel, alongside Liza Goddard (Bergerac, Doctor Who) as Gwen, Michael Lumsden (The Archers) as Matt., Natasha Magigi (Don Quixote, RSC; The County Wife Chichester Festival Theatre) as Winsome, and Timothy Watson (The Archers; Beaux’ Stratagem, National Theatre) as Luke.

Completing the cast are Juliet Garricks (in her professional stage debut) and Hilary Tones (C’est La Vie….Sarah Bernhardt And Me, The Playground Theatre; A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Hull Truck). 

Bright, witty, and fiercely independent, Isabel is not ready to let go just yet. 

In a series of encounters with an old friend and her two sons, by turns funny, startling  and poignant, home truths are exchanged, and her past begins to emerge. As Isabel confronts her own hidden regrets and family secrets, we learn what hides below the  surface of this proud mother, wife, and friend. Finally, Isabel is able to make peace with  her life and say goodbye.  

This bittersweet comedy will open next year at Chichester Festival Theatre from 17 February 2022, before visiting Cambridge, Guildford, Cardiff, Richmond, Brighton, Bath and Malvern.

Two Cigarettes in the Dark is directed by Alan Strachan and designed by Simon Higlett, with lighting by Jason Taylor and sound by  Gregory Clarke.

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