Blithe Spirit
Live at
Harold Pinter TheatreClosed
Why go and see it?
With a distinguished creative team who have won a plethora of awards between them, this is a Blithe Spirit full of sparkling and spirit-lifting hijinks.
Thu 16 Sep - Sat 6 Nov 2021
Harold Pinter Theatre
Thu 16 Sep - Sat 6 Nov 2021
Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN, UK
2 hours 30 minutes incl. interval
Mon - Sat at 19:30
Thu and Sat at 14:30
Tue 21 Sep at 19:00
Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife Ruth are literally haunted by a past relationship when an eccentric medium - Madame Arcati - inadvertently conjures up the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, at a séance. When she appears, visible only to Charles, and determined to sabotage his current marriage, life - and the afterlife - get complicated.
Jennifer Saunders is one of the UK’s most popular comic actresses. Her gleefully funny performance as the eccentric clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, delighted both critics and audiences alike when the production opened in Theatre Royal Bath’s 2019 Summer Season. Saunders is much loved for the sketch show French and Saunders, for which she and Dawn French received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009, and for the hit comedy series and subsequent film, Absolutely Fabulous, which she both starred in and wrote.
Jennifer Saunders gives a brilliantly physical display of comic clowning- Sunday Times
Coward’s sublimely crafted dialogue. Jennifer Saunders…a splendid Madame Arcati- Mail on Sunday
Lisa Dillon (Ruth) is best known for her role as Mary Smith in BBC 1’s Cranford. Geoffrey Streatfeild’s credits include Spooks, The Thick of It, Traitors and the Histories Cycle at the RSC. Madeleine Mantock (Elvira) recently played Macy Vaughn in CBS studios series Charmed and Miss Clara in the BBC’s The Long Song.
Richard Eyre, director of the National Theatre for ten years, is the winner of five Olivier Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. Designer Anthony Ward’s numerous productions include Tony Award winning Mary Stuart and Olivier Award winning Oklahoma!
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Absolutely fabulous… comic gold. Jennifer Saunders is a delight- Sunday Express
Jennifer Saunders… brilliantly funny. Enormous life affirming fun- Times
Jennifer Saunders… a revelation. A fabulous Coward revival. Richard Eyre has cast to perfection across the board- Daily Telegraph
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN, UK
Piccadilly Circus
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing. See 'What's On' section for performance times
Sales for future shows end 60 minutes before each performance; from 60 minutes prior until curtain time only sales for the upcoming performance can be made. Please note this venue is card only.
Bar - Pre-show & interval drinks and snack
Ambassador Lounge - Pre-show & interval table service (Charge applies)
Cloakroom - Suitcases, bulky items and folded bikes only. Limited space available.
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The Harold Pinter Theatre opened in 1881 as the Royal Comedy Theatre and staged hugely successful shows, such as The Rocky Horror Show’s West End debut. The name changed in 2011 to The Harold Pinter Theatre in honour of Pinter’s work for the Comedy Theatre.
The theatre recently produced Pinter at the Pinter, a series of one-act plays in celebration of Pinter himself.
Harold Pinter Theatre
Thu 16 Sep - Sat 6 Nov 2021
Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN, UK
2 hours 30 minutes incl. interval
Mon - Sat at 19:30
Thu and Sat at 14:30
Tue 21 Sep at 19:00
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