Brief Encounter
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 2023
Respectable housewife Laura and idealistic doctor Alec meet by chance at a railway station. Although they are both already married, they continue to meet every Thursday in the station café. Their friendship soon develops into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
As they come to realise that their love is impossible, they must deal with the torment that comes from a love doomed never to find fulfilment.
Get ready to be transported to another time, another place by this delightful and joyful adaptation of a true classic romance.
Matthew Churcher
Joseph Tweedale
Keith Macpherson
Kirsty Stuart
Kristin Weichen Wong
Matthew Trevannion
Rachael McAllister
Adapted by Emma Rice from the screenplay
'Brief Encounter' based on the original stage play 'Still Life' by Noël Coward.
Original Music composed by Stu Barker
Director: Elizabeth Newmam
Set Designer: Jen McGinley
Lighting Designer: Jeanine Byrne
Costume Designer: Julie Carlin
Musical Director: Richard Reeday
Sound Designer: Toby McFarlane
Movement Director: Lesley Hutchison
Stage Manager: Katy Nicolson
DSM: Chariya Glasse-Davies
ASM: Nele Haehnsen
Sound No.1: Hugh Barbour
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Reviews
★★★★
"Newman's beautifully turned out production taps into a world where loyalty and fidelity trumps a last gasp stand at passion."
THE HERALD
★★★★
"Expands on the intimacy of the film"
THE STAGE
★★★★
THE SCOTSMAN
★★★★
BROADWAY BABY
★★★★
"Newman captures the subtlety and purity of Rice's adaptation."
CORR BLIMEY