Filumena

by Eduardo De Filippo, a new English version by Tanya Ronder

Almeida Theatre

Thu 15 Mar - Sat 12 May 2012

£8 - £32 (students £16)

In the balmy heat of late ’40s Naples, Filumena Marturano lies on her deathbed waiting to marry Domenico Soriano, the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years.

But no sooner has the priest completed the ceremony, than Filumena makes a miraculous recovery. As he reels in shock, Domenico discovers that this brilliant, iron-willed woman has a few more surprises for him.

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Filumena, Almeida, Eduardo De Filippo, Tanya Ronder

Eduardo De Fillipo’s joyous story is brought to life in a production that embodies the very scent of its Neopolitan setting.

Olivier Award-winning actress Samantha Spiro leads the cast as Filumena. Her theatre credits include Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court) Twelfth Night (Donmar West End) and Much Ado About Nothing (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); on television she recently appeared in Simon Amstell’s BBC2 comedy Grandma’s House.

Eduardo De Filippo is one of Italy’s most prolific and respected playwrights of the 20th Century, so highly regarded in his native land that shortly before his death in the 1980s he was made a life senator of the Italian Republic. Writer Tanya Ronder’s last adaptation for the Almeida was 2005’s production of Blood Wedding, more recently she created an acclaimed stage play of DBC Pierre’s Vernon God Little.

Photo Hugh Palmer, www.hughpalmer.com, courtesy Thames & Hudson Ltd., London

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Dates

Previews Thu 15 - Wed 21 March

Press Night Thu 22 March (7pm)

Evening performances 7.30pm
Saturday matinees 2.30pm from 24 March
Wednesday matinees 2.30pm on 18 April & 2 May

SPECIAL EVENTS
Happy Mondays 19 March
Talkback Mon 30 April (post performance)

ASSISTED PERFORMANCES
Captioned Wed 18 April, 7.30pm
Audio-described Sat 28 April, 2.30pm (Touch Tour at 1pm)

Tickets

£8, £16, £24, £32 (See seating plan for further details)

Previews - £8, £16, £22, £26

Concessions (Jobseekers Allowance, Full-Time Students, Over 60s)
Mon – Thu evenings £16 (normal price £22 / £24)
Wed & Sat matinees £16 (any seat in the house)

Deaf and disabled patrons
All performances £16 (any seat in the house)

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