Thursday 3rd – Saturday 12th July (excluding Monday 7th July)

Private Lives
by Noël Coward

Originally produced in 1930 with Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in the lead roles, it was an immediate and
enduring success. The words ‘famous’, ‘success’ and ‘Private Lives’ seem to have gone together ever since.

The play, which Coward sub-titled An Intimate Comedy, is in essence a comic double battle of the sexes that
at times achieves the status of a pitched battle of farcical intensity. As a result its audience is left exhausted
as much by the physical exchanges of the characters as the humour of their verbal ones.

“Noel Coward is the playboy of the West End stage.
He has raised flippancy to the plane of genius….”

The London Post reviewing the first night performance in 1930

 

Thursday 7th – Saturday 16th August (excluding Monday 11th August)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare

No anniversary season would be the same without this all-time favourite and the star in the Kent Rep crown.
‘Magical’, ‘hilarious’ and ‘brilliant’ are the three adjectives most associated with their past productions of this Shakespearian extravaganza. This new production vows to make them no less so in this spectacular climax to Kent Rep’s Lakeside adventure!

“A dream of a production. Kent Rep are a little gem of a theatre company!”