

Private Lives
An Octagon Theatre Bolton, Mercury Theatre & Rose theatre co-production in association with northern stage, supported by a grant from the royal theatrical support trust By Noël CowardDirected By 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-Winner Tanuja Amarasuriya –
Private Lives
–About Private Lives
LOVE AND CHAOS COLLIDE IN NOËL COWARD’S TIMELESS COMEDY
Amanda and Elyot are charming, rich, utterly reckless - and divorced. When they meet unexpectedly on the first night of their honeymoons with new partners, in the balmy moonlight of the French Riviera, old flames re-ignite, and impulsive love takes hold. But they divorced for a reason, and their fiery romance soon spirals into a chaotic riot of passionate desire, slanging matches and outrageous battles.
Set against a backdrop of 1930s glamour, Noël Coward’s Private Lives is a sparkling comedy of manners - hilarious, shocking, and a rollercoaster of emotions, filled with razor-sharp wit, sizzling chemistry, and timeless sophistication.
Cast
Jodie Cuaresma
Louise
Ashley Gerlach
Victor
Chirag Benedict Lobo
Elyot
Pepter Lunkuse
Amanda
Sade Malone
Sibyl
Imogen Khan
Understudy
Peter Stone
Understudy
Credits
Noël Coward
Writer
Tanuja Amarasuriya
Director
Amy Jane Cook
Set & Costumer Designer
Jennifer Kay
Movement Director
Timothy X Atack
Composer/Sound Designer
Haruka Kuroda
Fight & Intimacy Director
Chris Davey
Lighting Designer
Polly Jerrold
Casting Director