“If you woke up tomorrow to find you weren’t married to us, you’d be in for a few big surprises.”
Three couples, highly respected pillars of the Yorkshire community, gather to celebrate their joint silver wedding anniversaries. It’s champagne toasts all round until their evening of pride and self-satisfaction is upended by an unexpected and deeply embarrassing revelation.
As scandal turns to farce, the couples are forced to confront long-buried truths, simmering resentments and the liberating possibility of starting over.
Artistic Director Tim Sheader and Executive Director Henny Finch announced the full cast for Sheader’s revival of When We Are Married by J.B. Priestley.
Joining the previously announced Siobhan Finneran (Maria Helliwell), Samantha Spiro (Clara Soppitt), Sophie Thompson (Annie Parker) and Marc Wootton (Albert Parker) are, Tori Allen-Martin (Lottie Grady), Ron Cook (Henry Ormonroyd), Janice Connolly (Mrs Northrop), John Hodgkinson (Joseph Helliwell), Jim Howick (Herbert Soppitt), Reuben Joseph (Gerald Forbes), Rowan Robinson (Nancy Holmes) and Leo Wringer (Reverend Clement Mercer).
Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LX until February 7th.
Booking and full details: www.donmarwarehouse.com
