West End transfer announced for acclaimed production of ROSE, starring Maureen Lipman

Photo credit: Mark Senior

After sell-out runs at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and The Park Theatre, London in 2022,  Maureen Lipman returns to the West End in the award-winning, critically acclaimed production of Martin Sherman’s Rose, which transfers to The Ambassador’s Theatre for only 28 performances, from 23 May. 

Rose is directed by Scott Le Crass, with design by David Shields, musical composition and sound by Julian Star, and lighting by Jane Lalljee.

Lipman reprises her award-winning performance as Rose, a woman whose tumultuous journey through anarchic times takes her from the devastation of Nazi- occupied Europe to the allure of the American dream. Through the life of one woman, Rose tells the story of a century where everything changed except the violence of the strong against the weak.  

The original production of Rose was produced at The National Theatre and on Broadway in  1999. It is perhaps even more relevant today, with the plight of refugees and allegations of  antisemitism continuing to dominate the news. This powerful production is a moving reminder of the harrowing events that shaped the last century.  

Maureen Lipman said: “I am delighted to be putting Rose back on her bench for a limited  run at the Ambassadors in May. I thought I could never have the power to revisit Martin Sherman’s mystical, magical deeply philosophical and wildly funny creation, but Rose is in my blood and she has to be revived.”

Martin Sherman added: “Maureen Lipman’s performance as Rose is the greatest gift a  playwright could ever dream of. Performance is perhaps the wrong word; she totally inhabits the  role, the woman, the space, the language, the times, the events. I’m so happy that her astonishing alchemy has the opportunity to be witnessed again, for four weeks (only!) at the  Ambassadors Theatre.”

Tickets go on sale for Rose on 27 January at 12pm, with further information here.