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Performance Dates
Tuesday 16 December 2014 - Saturday 23 May 2015. Monday to Saturday 7.30pm, Wednesday & Saturday 2.30pm
Run time: 2 hours 30 minutes including one interval
Includes interval
Olivier-Award winner Tamsin Greig (Episodes, Green Wing, Jumpy, God of Carnage) makes her musical theatre debut, with Olivier and Tony Award nominee Haydn Gwynne (The Audience, Billy Elliot, Silent Witness, Death in Paradise), in the UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s new musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-nominated film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Playhouse Theatre.
On the streets of Madrid, a city pulsing with art, industry, and passion, Pepa’s world is unravelling. Her lover leaves her. And then she meets his wife. And his son. And his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Pepa’s best friend is tangled up in her own romantic crisis with a suspected criminal, leaving Pepa with only the taxi driver to help navigate the Gran Vía ahead.
★★★★ "It’s no wonder that Almodovar has given this exhilarating version his blessing" The Independent
★★★★ "A stylish hoot. Brilliant. Magnifico!" Daily Mail
★★★★ "Almodóvar’s edgy women will lift you up and melt your heart" The Times
★★★★ "A joyous evening: an affectionate, poignant and defiant tribute to female resilience" Financial Times
★★★★ "An absolute joy of an evening, built on heartbreak, jealousy and tongue-in-cheek verve" Daily Telegraph
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Almodovar's first international hit, which he based on Jean Cocteau's The Human Voice. The eclectic Spanish director, whose other films include Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! with Antonio Banderas and Volver with Penelope Cruz, has been involved in the forthcoming musical production of his film.
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Fast jeder kennt die Komödie- und Tragödienmasken, die wir als Symbol für Theater verwenden.
Ich habe kürzlich einen meiner Freunde gefragt, ob er mit mir zu einer Vorstellung kommen möchte, und er sagte, er mag nur die fröhlichen. Das brachte mich zum Nachdenken, welche Stücke wir als Komödien und welche als Tragödien einstufen würden. Natürlich gibt es einige Serien, die beides abdecken.
27 Jan, 2015 | By London Theatre Direct

Einen Abend damit zu verbringen, fünf Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown zu schauen, scheint vielleicht nicht jedermanns Vorstellung von Spaß zu sein (besonders wenn man keine Frau ist, nehme ich an). Auch wenn eine der Frauen die TV-Liebling Tamsin Greig ist. Aber nachdem ich die Show gestern Abend gesehen habe, habe ich nur ein Wort – unglaublich!
15 Jan, 2015 | By London Theatre Direct

2015 steht vor der Tür und es sieht nach einem sehr aufregenden Jahr aus! Wichtige Premieren im Januar sind Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Playhouse Theatre), Taken At Midnight (Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios), My Night With Reg (Apollo Theatre) und Di And Viv And Rose (Vaudeville Theatre).
31 Dec, 2014 | By Andrew Tomlins