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24 Feb 2018 - 07 Apr 2018

Summer and Smoke

By Tennessee Williams

Directed By Rebecca Frecknall

Tickets £10 - £39.50

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'The girl who said 'no' — she doesn't exist anymore, she died last summer — suffocated in smoke from something on fire inside her.'

In the heat of summer – under the wings of an angel – Alma meets John.

Trapped between desire and fear in a life of obligation, her world turns upside down in the search for salvation.

Featuring an ensemble cast, Rebecca Frecknall directs Summer and Smoke, Tennessee Williams’ intoxicating classic about love, loneliness and self-destruction.

Dates & Tickets

Priority Booking is now open to Members of the Designers', Actors' and Directors' Circle.
Priority Booking opens to Almeida Friends 10am Friday 21 July
Public Booking opens 10am Thursday 27 July

Previews Tue 24 Feb - Fri 2 Mar
Press Night 7pm Wed 7 Mar

Evenings 7.30pm
Wed matinees 2.30pm from 14 Mar
Sat matinees 2.30pm from 3 Mar

Talkback
Mon 26 Mar
Post-show discussion with members of the Summer and Smoke company. With live subtitles by Stagetext. Free to same-day ticket holders.

Supporters' Evening
Tue 20 Mar

Captioned performance
Mon 26 Mar 7.30pm

£5 Captioned tickets for those aged 25 and under will go on sale on Mon 5 Feb.

Audio Described performance
by Vocal Eyes
Sat 24 Mar 2.30pm
(Touch Tour 12.45pm)

£5 Audio Described tickets for those aged 25 and under will go on sale on Mon 5 Feb.

Islington First
Sat 24 Feb - Tues 8 Mar
If you live or work in the Islington area you can book best available seats for £25 for the opening performances, subject to availability. Enter the promo code ISFIRST when booking. For applicable postcodes see here.

Concessions
Customers claiming Jobseekers Allowance and students can book second-price-band tickets* for £25 on Monday - Thursday evenings & Wed & Sat matinees. For more information click here.

Over 65s
Customers who are 65 and over can book second-price-band tickets* for £25 on Monday - Thursday evenings & Wed & Sat matinees. For more information click here.

Under 30s
Customers aged 30 or under can book second-price-band tickets for £15 on Monday - Thursday evenings & Wednesday & Saturday matinees*.

25 and under
Mon 26 Feb, Mon 5 Mar, Mon 12 Mar, Mon 19 Mar
£5 tickets available exclusively to those aged 25 and under on select Mondays and Access Performances. Enter the promo code UNDER25 to book. Proof of age ID will be required on collecting the tickets. Tickets are limited to two per person and subject to availability. On sale from Mon 5 Feb.

*Subject to availability. Not available in the final week of performances.

Rebecca Frecknall

Direction

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As Director:

Theatre includes: From Morning to Midnight (Bridewell Theatre); Educating Rita (Durham Gala); Julie; What Are They Like?; Idomeneus (Northern Stage); You, Me, and Everything Else (Soho Theatre/UK Tour); Aftermath (Royal & Derngate); A Streetcar Named Desire - Parallel Production (Young Vic); Something Cloudy, Something Clear (Greenwich Theatre); Summer and Smoke (Southwark Playhouse); Bassett (New Diorama).

As Resident/Assistant Director:

For the Almeida: Ink.

Theatre includes: James and the Giant Peach; The wonderful Wizard of Oz; Here is the News from Over There; Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Stage); The Taming of The Shrew (RSC); From Morning to Midnight; Liola (National Theatre); The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (ThreeSixty Productions); After Miss Julie (Young Vic); Dream Story (The Gate).

Rebecca trained at Goldsmiths, LAMDA, and on the National Theatre Studio’s Directors Course. Upon graduating she received a Jerwood Assistant Director Bursary to train at the Young Vic and in 2015 she won the acclaimed Regional Theatres Young Directors Scheme Bursary at Northern Stage. She was one of the first winners of the Michael Grandage Company Futures Bursary in 2016, was Runner-Up for the Royal Theatrical Support Trust Director Award 2016 and a 2017 finalist, and was a finalist for the 2014 & 2017 Genesis Future Directors Award at the Young Vic.

Rebecca is supported at the Almeida Theatre by the Eranda Rothschild Resident Director scheme.

Patsy Ferran

Alma

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Theatre includes: Speech and Debate (Trafalgar Studios); As You Like It; Treasure Island (National Theatre); The Merchant Of Venice (RSC); The Angry Brigade (Paines Plough); Blithe Spirit (Gielgud Theatre).

Television includes: Guerrilla; Jamestown (series regular).

Film includes: Darkest Hour; God’s Own Country; Tulip Fever; The National Phobia Association’s Day Out.

Patsy won a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2014, and was nominated for a Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2015.

Patsy trained at RADA.

Cast & Creatives

Cast includes
Patsy Ferran

Writer Tennessee Williams
Director Rebecca Frecknall
Design Tom Scutt

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