Cast announced for Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man at Orange Tree Theatre
Casting has been announced for Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man at Orange Tree Theatre
Directed by Paul Miller, the production opens on 23 November 2022, with previews from 19 November, and runs until 14 January 2023. It will also be available to watch via OT On Screen between 17 – 20 January.
Marking Miller’s final production as Artistic Director, the cast will feature Kemi Awoderu, Alex Bhat, Rebecca Collingwood, Miranda Foster, Jonah Russell, Jonathan Tafler and Alex Waldmann.
In the midst of a bloody central European war, a chance moonlit encounter throws together an idealistic young woman and a Swiss mercenary with an unexpectedly realistic attitude to soldiering.
Rainas youthful love for Sergius, the swashbuckling fighting hero of the Bulgarian army, is challenged when she learns more of the realities of war. Bluntschli’s coolly ironic good sense starts to seem more like the future.
When Louka, the servant of the family with a spirit and ambition all of her own, sets her sights on Sergius, the stage is set for an epic moral battle. Shaw’s delightful romantic comedy was one of his first commercial successes and remains enduringly relevant.
The production has design by Simon Daw, lighting design by Mark Doubleday, sound design & composition by Elizabeth Purnell, intimacy direction by Yarit Dor, casting by Christopher Worrall. The deputy stage manager is Julia Crammer and assistant stage manager Jamie Craker.
For more information and tickets, visit orangetreetheatre.co.uk
