After the Dance
9th - 18th February 2012
Performances start at 7:30pm
It's the bright young people over again,
only they never were bright
and now they're not even young
As the world races towards catastrophe, a crowd of Mayfair socialites party their way to oblivion. At its centre is David, who idles away his sober moments researching a futile book until the beautiful Helen decides to save him, shattering his marriage and learning too late the depth of both David's indolence and his wife's undeclared love. But with finances about to crash and humanity on the brink of global conflict, the drink keeps flowing and the revellers dance on.
First staged in1939, After the Dance, now often thought to be Terence Rattigan's masterpiece, offers a subtle, witty unmasking of the hedonistic 20's generation and a devastating study of repression and the human heart.
Winner of Best Revival at the 2011 Olivier Awards
| After The Dance | Audition Date | 9th October 2011 10.30am |
| Directed by Ian Appleby | Booking opens | 22nd November 2011 |
