CANVAS opens at Chichester

Michael Wynne's new play CANVAS opens tonight at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. 

Directed by Angus Jackson, the production features Elliot Levey as Rory and Lucy Montgomery as Justine. 

Justine and Alan need to get away from it all. And what could be better than being at one with nature, camping, on a farm in the middle of the Welsh countryside? So long as that’s camping with all the luxuries, of course - real beds, wood burning stoves, an espresso machine, even a kitchen sink.

But what do they need to get away from? And how about seasoned campers Bridget and Rory? And upwardly mobile Amanda and Alistair? Why do they also need to get back to basics?

The three couples find themselves in adjacent tents. But when the canvas walls let out all their secrets and when it’s only their children who see eye-to-eye, perhaps the rural idyll isn’t so
perfect after all.