TRAVESTIES Press Night Tonight

Tom Stoppard’s dazzling comedy of art, love and revolution opens tonight at the Menier Chocolate Factory.  Featuring James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin as remembered – and misremembered – by Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in Zurich 1917.  When Gwendolen and Cecily wander in from The Importance of Being Earnest, Henry’s mind wanders too.  He knows he was Algernon in a production in Zurich.  But who was the other one?

The original production of TRAVESTIES won the Evening Standard award for Best Comedy and the Tony award for Best Play.  This first London revival in over 20 years stars United Agents’ Tom Hollander with Amy Morgan as Gwendolen.  Adam Cork designs Sound and Composition and Neil Austin is the Lighting Designer.