Conn Artists Theatre Company visits Quay Arts on Monday 4 April with a fresh and uplifting reimagining of J.M. Barrie’s Mary Rose.
The production tells the story of an old Sussex manor house that is haunted by the ghost of a young woman who once lived there.
The haunting and, at times, creepy action, is performed with an ensemble cast of five actors and uses some of Barrie’s own stage directions as interwoven pieces of narrative accompanied by original music and traditional folk songs.
J.M. Barrie is most famous for having written Peter Pan or the boy who wouldn’t grow-up which was once a regular feature of the London theatrical scene.
Barrie was a prolific novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and Edwardian period with other major plays including The Admirable Crichton, Quality Street and Dear Brutus.
Mary Rose was first staged at London’s Haymarket Theatre in 1920 and is an exploration of love, loss and hope that spans a time period of over 30 years.
Actor and producer, Ross Muir, said:
"Mary Rose doesn’t realise her life has past and that she’s frozen in time and almost as the opposite to Peter Pan.
"Barrie is not exploring the adventures of children who disappear off to Neverland so much as the loss that is felt by those of us who have been left behind after they are gone.”
This adaptation of Mary Rose will be directed by Nick Young, whose credits include working with the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside distinguished performers such as Dame Helen Mirren and Patrick Stewart.
Tickets are available from the Quay Arts box office on 822490 or via the centre's website.
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