First pictures behind the scenes at the Watermill’s Piaf
With the hot seats barely cold from The Autobiography of a Cad, Piaf is to open at the Watermill on April 4.
And we’ve have a sneak peek behind the scenes in the rehearsal room.
Pam Gems’ play draws you into the extraordinary world of Édith Piaf.
The French chanteuse - known as The Little Sparrow - captivated the world with her unquestionable talent.
Audrey Brisson returns to star in the title role at the Bagnor theatre after her critically acclaimed performance in Amélie,
The production, directed by Kimberley Sykes, the charts The Little Sparrow’s dramatic rise from the squalor of the streets of Paris to the glamour of international stardom.
Piaf intertwines the great loves, losses and questionable decisions of this complex and fragile star with her raw, spellbinding songs, performed live by an ensemble cast of actor-musicians.
Still revered as an icon, decades after her untimely death, you’ll be enchanted by this fascinating talent who lived a life of no regrets.
It runs to May 17.
Book online at www.watermill.org.uk or ring the box office on (01635) 46044.
Audrey Brisson’s other recent theatre credits include The Enormous Crocodile at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, The Land of Might-Have-Been as part of Buxton International Festival, Jekyll and Hyde at Reading Rep and Into the Woods at Theatre Royal, Bath.
Cast: Jon Trenchard (Mack & Mabel at Watermill Theatre, Henry V at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Twelfth Night at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will play ‘Bruno’ and will also be the onstage MD;
Sam Pay (Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre, Odd & The Frost, Giants, The Bolds, Three Billy Goats Gruff and Pinocchio at Unicorn Theatre, The Wind in the Willows at Colchester Mercury) will be both ‘Leplée’ and ‘Vaimbert’;
In the roles of ‘Marlene’ and ‘Madeleine’ is Signe Larsson (The Wizard of Oz at Watermill Theatre, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Sense and Sensibility at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Footloose and Sleeping Beauty at New Wolsey Theatre);
Hazel Monaghan (Fisherman’s Friends the Musical with ROYO, Moby Dick with Simple 8/Royal & Derngate, Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play at Derby Theatre) will play ‘Louis’;
Oliver Nazareth Aston (A Brief Encounter at Watermill Theatre, A Christmas Carol at Derby Theatre, Treasure Island at Barn Theatre) will be both ‘Raymond’ and ‘Theo’;
Playing both ‘Marcel’ and ‘Yves’ is Djavan van de Fliert (Frozen at Drury Lane, Les Misérables at Sondheim Theatre, My Fair Lady at Leicester Curve);
Marc Serratosa (The Three Musketeers at Barn Theatre, Barista the Musical at The Capitol Horsham, The Fair Maiden of the West with Royal Shakespeare Company) will play ‘Charles’ and ‘Georges’; ‘Toine’ will be played by Tzarina-Nassor and Kit Kenneth will be the Onstage Swing.
