As previously announced in Scene, the long-awaited new version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific kicks off in July, running till September .
The rest of the season, spread between the main Festival Theatre and the smaller Minerva is:
The Flock, by Zoe Cooper. ( 6- 28 August ) A church congregation are putting on a production of Noah’s Ark , but there are stormy waters awaiting. Vicar Rory is keeping his head down: his partner Simon is happy to provide musical accompaniment for the show. And then there are the other intertwined lives of the village to contend with. Compassionate and funny, it depicts the bumpy road to inclusion and asks: “ how do we remain together, when we are far apart?”
The Long Song adapted by Suhayla El-Bushra ( 1 – 23 October). Based on Andrea Levy’s novel the setting is Jamaica in th final days of slavery and the first days of freedom.
Home by David Storey ( 8 October – 6 November ). This classic play of the 1970’s is set in a neglected garden where there’s talk of friends, family, neighbours and the weather. But the quintet of characters are not what they seem to be and nor is their home.
