London West End Ecstasy AT The Duchess Theatre
Ecstasy is currently performing at the Duchess Theatre in London. It is a 1979 play by British playwright Mike Leigh with a six-character cast. It covers the life of four blue-collar friends living in a ratty area of London near Kilburn High Road and the drunken frustration in their lives, particularly that of the lead character Jean.
Jean can be a suicidal garage attendant who sleeps with unsuitable men, like Roy, drinks heavily and has abortions. Her friend from Birmingham, Dawn, who has had 3 young children, brings back her husband Mick, an Irish labourer, and his quiet friend, Len, to Jean's bleak Kilburn bedsitter, - 'their second act ensemble trumpets the dark night of the soul, in what is at once one of the best and gloomiest party scenes in contemporary drama.'
The play opened at the Hampstead Theatre on 26th September 1979. The production was designed by Alison Chitty, as well as the cast comprised Sheila Kelley as Jean, Ron Cook as Roy, Rachel Davies as Val, Julie Walters as Dawn, Stephen Rea as Mick, and Jim Broadbent as Len. For both Broadbent and Rea, this was the 1st of several collaborations with Leigh. A brand new production directed by Leigh, opened on 10 March 2011 at the Hampstead Theatre, and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in Covent Garden on 12 April 2011.
A brief history of the Duchess Theatre: The Duchess theatre opened on 25th November, 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. The circle, which is narrower than the stalls, is unusual for the time. Notable productions incorporate, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit in 1942 (which transferred from the Piccadilly Theatre to the St James Theatre just before moving to the Duchess Theatre where it completed a run of 1,997 performances.
The 1970's brought somewhat 'raunchy' entertainment inside the form of The Dirtiest Show in Town which run for just under 800 performances. In December 1974 the controversial production of Oh, Calcutta! transferred here from the Royalty Theatre and remained here until 1980. Between 1987 and 1990 The Players Theatre business presented their Late Joys Victorian Music Hall programme. The mid-90's had been taken up with a effective run of Marc Camoletti's Do not Dress For Dinner which transferred here from the Apollo Theatre in October 1992 and stayed until 1st March, 1997. An additional profitable production here was the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan which ran for six months from April to October 1997.
Jean can be a suicidal garage attendant who sleeps with unsuitable men, like Roy, drinks heavily and has abortions. Her friend from Birmingham, Dawn, who has had 3 young children, brings back her husband Mick, an Irish labourer, and his quiet friend, Len, to Jean's bleak Kilburn bedsitter, - 'their second act ensemble trumpets the dark night of the soul, in what is at once one of the best and gloomiest party scenes in contemporary drama.'
The play opened at the Hampstead Theatre on 26th September 1979. The production was designed by Alison Chitty, as well as the cast comprised Sheila Kelley as Jean, Ron Cook as Roy, Rachel Davies as Val, Julie Walters as Dawn, Stephen Rea as Mick, and Jim Broadbent as Len. For both Broadbent and Rea, this was the 1st of several collaborations with Leigh. A brand new production directed by Leigh, opened on 10 March 2011 at the Hampstead Theatre, and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in Covent Garden on 12 April 2011.
A brief history of the Duchess Theatre: The Duchess theatre opened on 25th November, 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. The circle, which is narrower than the stalls, is unusual for the time. Notable productions incorporate, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit in 1942 (which transferred from the Piccadilly Theatre to the St James Theatre just before moving to the Duchess Theatre where it completed a run of 1,997 performances.
The 1970's brought somewhat 'raunchy' entertainment inside the form of The Dirtiest Show in Town which run for just under 800 performances. In December 1974 the controversial production of Oh, Calcutta! transferred here from the Royalty Theatre and remained here until 1980. Between 1987 and 1990 The Players Theatre business presented their Late Joys Victorian Music Hall programme. The mid-90's had been taken up with a effective run of Marc Camoletti's Do not Dress For Dinner which transferred here from the Apollo Theatre in October 1992 and stayed until 1st March, 1997. An additional profitable production here was the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan which ran for six months from April to October 1997.
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