SHE was the star of one of the most famous French plays of all time, and now she’s preparing to star in an astonishing new take on a classic tale.
Audrey Brisson, who was nominated for an Oliver and a Grammy award, will star in the world premiere of Jekyll & Hyde, the latest production from Reading Rep Theatre.
She was the star of the stage play Amelie, based on the 2001 film of the same name, about an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
She can currently be seen as Cinderella in the much-anticipated revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath
Now she’s discovering the beast within thanks to the Kings Road based theatre.
The show starts on October 10, and runs through to Saturday, October 29, from its base next to Reading College.
Adapted by Gary McNair from Robert Louis Stephenson’s Victorian novella, it aims to be a captivating and comic adaptation that turns the classic story on its head, revealing the depths of one person’s psyche and the lengths people will go to hide their deepest secrets.
This isn’t the first time that Audrey has worked with director Michael Fentiman – he directed her Olivier and Grammy award-nominated performance in Amélie in the West End’s Criterion Theatre, The Other Palace, UK Tour & Watermill Theatre.
He has also directed a West End version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
The show will launch Reading Rep’s 10th anniversary season, and all seats will be £20.
There are some special offers too: a tenth of all tickets to Jekyll & Hyde will be free for those who can’t afford them, and 30 tickets priced at £5 will be available to people aged 30 or under for each performance during the first week of the production’s run.
Reading Rep’s anniversary season will include five plays that aim to honour the company’s roots in collaborations with ongoing creative partners, while also championing a new frontier of creatives.
Reading Rep: 10 features a mixture of bold new work, reimagined classics and family favourites and as part of the season.
Tickets are on sale at www.readingrep.com.
