Packed with laughs, Private Lives delights audiences in Farnworth

A comedy in three acts, Noel Coward’s classic comedy Private Lives will show at Farnworth Little Theatre 18 - 25 January, 2025.

Farnworth Little Theatre are shaking off the January blues with rip roaring comedy Private Lives. Packed with art-deco glamour, ferocious wit and sardonic humour - this night out is guaranteed to fill your first days of January with joy.

Ex-lovers Amanda Prynne and Elyot Chase find themselves, to their horror, honeymooning with their new spouses at the same hotel in France. Old resentments quickly fan the fires of an old flame where they decide to elope to Amanda’s flat in Paris, only to resume the vicious quarelling that drove them apart in the first place. 

Rehearsal photography by Adrian Mottram

Directing and starring in the play is Phil Harrison, a PHD candidate in the works of Noel Coward, who studies at the University of Birmingham.

Phil Harrison commented: “Whilst the play was written in 1929, the themes of love, passion, domestic violence, marriage, and adultery are just as relevant now as when they were first penned.”

“The protagonists lampoon the hypocrisies and pretensions of modern manners and social conventions however, their inner passions and jealousies (their “private lives”) consume them, leaving them trapped in an inescapable cycle of love and hate. Coward treats these weighty themes with his signature light comedic touch, and packs the play with classic Cowardian witticisms which have made it a popular modern classic.”

The cast of Private Lives in rehearsals at Farnworth Little Theatre.

The cast includes Emma Morris as Cybil Chase, Dan Clynes as Elyot Chase, Phil Harrison as Victor Prynne, Joy Plowes as Amanda Prynne, and Jennifer Lee as Louise.

Farnworth Little Theatre is an amateur theatre group based in Farnworth that has been running for 75 years. 

On Sunday 16 February at 7.30pm the theatre will host their annual season launch event. At the launch, next season’s plays will be unveiled and those who are interested can hear from the directors to find out about upcoming acting and volunteering opportunities.

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For more information please contact:

Rachael Norris, publicity@farnworthlittletheatre.co.uk

Farnworth Little Theatre

Established in 1948, Farnworth Little Theatre is an amateur theatre group situated just outside Bolton. Our first full length play 'Night Must Fall', was presented in 1949, and since then we have offered a continuous programme of up to five full length productions a year.

Farnworth Little Theatre is totally self-sufficient financing the running and upkeep of the theatre through box office takings, membership fees, charitable donations and regular fund-raising events. The theatre is run by volunteers and supported by the people of Bolton. The theatre offers many opportunities for people of all ages to get involved in a range of activities, from acting to wardrobe, lighting and sound to publicity and set-building.