Last chance to see
Tony and Emmy Award Winner
STOCKARD CHANNING in
Final weeks
Strictly limited season ends 18 November
“Absorbing, finely acted” “Deeply satisfying drama”
★★★★ ★★★★
The Daily Telegraph Mail on Sunday
“Intelligent, genuinely funny and human”
★★★★★
The Upcoming
Also starring
FREEMA AGYEMAN, LAURA CARMICHAEL
JOSEPH MILLSON & DESMOND BARRIT
By ALEXI KAYE CAMPBELL
Directed by JAMIE LLOYD
Trafalgar Studios until 18 November 2017
Audiences have until 18 November to see Hollywood and Broadway icon Stockard Channing star in the new critically acclaimed production of Olivier Award winner Alexi Kaye Campbell’s drama Apologia, (“sharply satirical and searching” Mail on Sunday) at Trafalgar Studios. Directed by the multi-award winning Jamie Lloyd (“with flair” The Times), Apologiahas received standing ovations throughout its run and is not to be missed.
Tony and Emmy Award winning actor Channing (“superb” Evening Standard) performs in this haunting play about family and its secrets alongside co-stars Freema Agyeman (“terrific oomph” The Times) and Laura Carmichael, (“excellent” The Guardian) who was recently nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a New Production of a Play in the BroadwayWorld UK Awards for her role. Completing the cast are Joseph Millson (“powerfully restrained”British Theatre) and Olivier Award winner Desmond Barrit (“hilarious” Mail on Sunday).
Apologia sees Channing performing in the West End for the first time in over a decade. Channing’s hugely popular film and TV credits include starring roles in The West Wing, The Good Wife, her Oscar® and Golden Globe nominated role in Six Degrees of Separation, and the iconic role of Rizzo in the film Grease. An acclaimed Broadway and West End star, Channing’s most recent performances on Broadway, It’s Only a Play and Other Desert Cities(a “peerless” performance – NY Times, for which she was nominated for her seventh Tony Award), have affirmed her position as a true theatrical legend.
Apologia is a compelling, witty, topical and passionate play about the importance of family, generations, secrets and warring perspectives. Critics have been overwhelmingly positive in their response, and Apologia has received four star reviews across The Arts Desk, City AM, The Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Metro, and The Times. London Theatre calls it “smart, powerful and poignant”, The Stage describes it as“funny, defiant and moving,” while Metro says, “Channing triumphs. Gripping.”
Kristin Miller (Channing) a firebrand liberal matriarch of a dynamic family is presiding over her birthday celebrations. An eminent art historian, Kristin’s almost evangelical dedication to her career and her political activism has resulted in her sons – Peter, a merchant banker, and Simon, a writer – harbouring deeply rooted and barely suppressed resentments towards her. The fissures in her relationship with them are brought to the fore by the recent publication of her memoir.
As the evening unfolds through barbed humour, Kristin’s family and friends, and ultimately Kristin herself, question their achievements and choices, and whether they were worth the sacrifices they made. In the increasingly fragmented political turmoil of today’s landscape these questions have never seemed more relevant and will strike a chord with audiences.
Apologia is produced by Howard Panter for Trafalgar Entertainment Group, DB Productions and Broadway’s Dodger Theatricals.
The producers of Apologia are also delighted to continue Jamie Lloyd’s pioneering commitment to ensuring that tickets to the highest quality West End dramas remain affordable and accessible, particularly to younger audience members:
· TODAYTIX £15 RUSH EXCLUSIVE: In partnership with TodayTix, a daily rush scheme sees the front row for every performance sold at £15, allowing people to access the best seats via the app.
· £25 UNDER 25 RATE: A general under 25s rate of £25 (redeemable for any standard-priced seat, subject to availability at time of booking) is also available throughout the run forevery performance Monday – Thursday. This rate is available through ATG Tickets.
Dates: Runs until Saturday 18th November
Performances: Monday – Saturday at 7:30pm, Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2:30pm
Access Performances: Wednesday 13th September and Wednesday 4th October
Box Office: www.atgtickets.com/trafalgarstudios / 0844 871 7632
Ticket Prices: From £15
Twitter: @ApologiaPlay @TrafStudios