Details of the 2016 tour and cast for William Nicholson’s Shadowlands, about the love story between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman have been announced today.
Directed by Alastair Whatley, the production will open at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on the 18th February 2016.
The tour will then visit Salisbury, Eastbourne, Ipswich, Windsor, Croydon, Malvern, Worthing, Doncaster, Chesterfield, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Exeter and Richmond, with further dates to be announced.
Shadowlands tells of the love story between author C.S.Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman. What started as a formal meeting of two different minds soon becomes a deeper feeling of connection and love. While each provide the other with different ways of viewing the world, Lewis’s Christian faith is tested when Joy is diagnosed with cancer.
Shadowlands won the Evening Standard Drama Award for Best Play in 1990 and Nicholson was nominated for a Tony Award when it transferred to Broadway.
It was then made into a film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger and won Best British Film at the 1994 BAFTA awards and Nicholson was nominated for Best Screenplay.
This latest revival production is produced by Birdsong productions, whose recent productions include Birdsong and Flare Path. It will feature lighting design by Alex Wardle and sound design by Dominic Bilkey.
The 2016 schedule for the tour is:
8 – 27 February Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford 01483 44 00 00
www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk on sale 11 December
29 February – 5 March Salisbury Playhouse 01722 320 333
7 – 12 March Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne 01323 412 000
14 – 19 March New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich 01473 295900
29 March – 2 April Theatre Royal Windsor 01753 853 888
4 – 9 April Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon 020 8688 9291
11 – 16 April Festival Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277
19 – 23 April Connaught Theatre, Worthing 01903 206 206
26 April – 30 April CAST Theatre, Doncaster 01302 303 959
16 – 21 May Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield 01246 345 222
31 May – 4 June Birmingham Repertory Theatre 0121 236 4455
13 – 18 June New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth 023 9264 9000
21 – 25 June New Theatre, Cardiff 029 2087 8889
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk on sale 11 January
28 June – 2 July Exeter Northcott Theatre 01392 726363
25 July – 30 July Richmond Theatre 0844 871 7651
www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre on sale 16 December
For more information on the play Shadowlands visit: http://www.shadowlandstour.com/ .