Cast announced for Northanger Abbey reimagining at Orange Tree Theatre and on tour
Casting has been announced for Zoe Cooper’s playful reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.
Northanger Abbey opens at the Orange Tree Theatre on 24 January and runs until 24 February, with previews from 20 January.
The production will then tour to Octagon Theatre Bolton from 1 – 23 March, Stephen Joseph Theatre from 27 March – 13 April and Theatre by the Lake from 27 April – 17 May 2024 and will be available on OT On Screen from 21 to 24 May 2024.
Tessa Walker directs Rebecca Banatvala (Cath), AK Golding (Iz) and Sam Newton (Hen).
Playwright Zoe Cooper said: “Northanger Abbey is a novel about friendship, love, romance and fantasy and how those things collide. What struck me on my first reading as a queer nineteen-year-old, was that the central romantic relationship, one filled with lust, anger and betrayal, is between the romantic heroine and her best friend, Isabella. It is that version of the book I wanted to explore in this reimagining.”
Director Tessa Walker added: “I am delighted to be working on Zoe’s vivid, funny, and inventive re-imagining of Austen’s classic with this fantastic cast. It’s a wonderful, playful tale of romance, gothic adventures, growing up, and the importance of stories and who gets to tell them.”
For more information and tickets, visit orangetreetheatre.co.uk
