Hay Fever
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What's it all about?

"One of the most perfectly engineered comedies of the century" – that’s how The Times described Noël Coward’s sublime comedy of manners in 1960, and it has only got better with age.

Now, for the first time since their multi-Olivier Award-winning 2001 production of another Coward classic, Private Lives, acclaimed actress Lindsay Duncan and director Howard Davies are reunited.

With Davies’s reputation for fantastic revivals – think David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker in All My Sons, or Wanamaker again in The Cherry Orchard at the National Theatre – this show promises visual as well as verbal fireworks.

Who's in it?

The title may be Hay Fever, but the star quality on display here certainly isn’t to be sneezed at.

Not only does Lindsay Duncan dazzle as another extraordinary mother figure, following her role in the acclaimed That Face at the Royal Court, but she is also joined by fellow Olivier-winner Jeremy Northam, who gave a scene-stealing performance as Ivor Novello in Gosford Park.

The talent doesn’t stop there, with a cast that also includes Kevin McNally, following up his much talked about turn as Claudius to Jude Law’s Hamlet, not to mention bright young thing Freddie Fox, soon to be seen in the BBC’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Suitable for

If you were lucky enough to see Lindsay Duncan sparring with Alan Rickman in the 2001 production of Private Lives, this is another must-see.

But you don’t have to be a Coward devotee to enjoy this – even the most dysfunctional family will find this light-hearted look at the Bliss brood a guaranteed good night out.