Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 April 2018

Flare Path

By Terence Rattigan
Directed by Pat Trueman

First performed in 1942, Terence Rattigan wrote Flare Path while serving as an air gunner with the RAF during the Second World War.

Set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during the Second World War, this story of love and loyalty follows a group of RAF airmen and their wives over the course of a day, including Patricia Graham, who finds herself at the centre of a love triangle, torn between her husband Lieutenant Teddy Graham and her old flame, famous film star Peter Kyle.

Cast

Countess Skriczevinsky (Doris) – Georgina Russell
Peter Kyle – Andrew Long
Mrs Oakes – Gabrielle Woolner
Sergeant Miller (Dusty) – Rufus Cameron
Percy – Robin Lyons
Flying Officer Count Skriczevinsky – Jack Cave
Flight Lieutenant Graham (Teddy) – Ned Cooper
Patricia Warren (Mrs Graham) – Lucy Simpson
Mrs Miller (Maudie) – Eloise Power
Squadron Leader Swanson – Jordan Tweddle

Designer: Lara Booth