FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF OUT OF SEASON
Posted on 15 January 2024.
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Out of Season, a razor-sharp comedy and world premiere by Neil D’Souza, opens at Hampstead Theatre on 16 February 2024. Directed by Hampstead Theatre Associate Director, Alice Hamilton, Out of Season explores the gap between past dreams and present realities.
The cast features Catrin Aaron (Romeo and Julie, National Theatre; Isla, Royal Court), Peter Bramhill (The Tempest, Jermyn Street Theatre; Traces, BBC ), Kerry Bennett (The Starry Messenger, Wyndham’s; Invincible, Original Theatre), James Hillier (The Height of the Storm, Wyndham’s; Stephen, ITV) and also the author himself, Neil D’Souza (Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre; Khandan, Royal Court).
“So, here’s the plan: hit the beach, lunch alfresco, back by the afternoon, cocktails by the pool, dinner in the restaurant – which is excellent by the way – drugs, girls, half an hour’s kip, flight home.”
Yes - the band is back in town! Michael, Chris and Dev are returning to Ibiza and the hotel where it all began thirty years ago. But Michael’s stuck in London, Dev’s got a bad back and Chris…well, he’s just Chris. And it turns out that none of them are in their twenties anymore! As this middle-aged trip down memory lane is about to hurtle off the tracks, Holly and Amy arrive, so down-to-earth they might just save our feckless heroes from really humiliating themselves.
Neil D’Souza’s razor-sharp comedy picks over the gulf between past aspirations and present realities - how we can come to terms with the past and find a way to face the future. D’Souza’s other plays include Small Miracle (Colchester) and Coming Up (Watford).
Alice Hamilton is Hampstead Theatre’s Associate Director. Her credits include the Downstairs productions of Nineteen Gardens, Every Day I Make Greatness Happen and Paradise, and The Dumb Waiter and The Memory of Water on Hampstead’s Main Stage.
The creative team is completed by designer, Janet Bird; lighting designer, Matt Haskins; sound designer, Harry Blake; intimacy and movement director, Sarah Walton and fight director, Kevin McCurdy.
Out of Season is a T. S. Eliot Foundation commission.
Out Of Season plays Downstairs until 23 March
