Events
2022 Events:
Future events:
Booking forms and information about future events will be sent direct to members.
Saturday 5th February – A Day At Hampstead Theatre
The Society has decided to widen the scope of events in future. Given Rattigan’s plays are not performed with the frequency of, say, Shakespeare’s, the two titles we’re offering in February are by playwrights we believe he’d approve of and plays he would keen to see himself. From time to time future visits not connected to Rattigan himself will be similarly curated.
The first of the two plays at Hampstead: Folk concerns the story of composer Cecil Sharp – champion and, some would say, saviour of English folk song in the early years of the 20th Century. Or was he?
Following supper at nearby Bradleys – at which we might be joined by a guest from one of the days plays – we’ll see a preview on the main stage at Hampstead Theatre of Florian Zeller’s new play The Forest directed by the ever dependable Jonathan Kent.
Please find here Hampstead Theatre Flyer – 5 Feb 2022 the flyer for the Terence Rattigan Society’s first event for 2022 – a day of theatre in Swiss Cottage.
Past Events 2021
Flare Path – Saturday 4 December 2021 – 2.30pm at the Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
JOIN US for a day out to the seaside (close enough!) to see The Southend Shakespeare Company (est.1951) perform Rattigan’s moving wartime play. The Society has also scheduled a post-show Q+A – with some of the cast and the director — in the theatre. Following this we shall adjourn for supper directly opposite at welcoming Italian restaurant, Il Palazzo. The booking form is here: Flare Path – Booking Form – please book by 19 November 2021.
While the Sun Shines – 2nd December 2021 – The Orange Tree Theatre
The Society has arranged a visit to the matinée performance of While the Sun Shines at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond on Thursday 2nd December 2021 followed by an early supper. Contact: our Events Secretary, Phill Ward at phillward@me.com
AGM – 21 November 2021 at the Sun Inn, Richmond-upon-Thames
The Annual General Meeting of the Terence Rattigan Society which this year will take place at 12 noon on Sunday 21st November at the Sun Inn, Richmond-upon-Thames. It will be followed by a traditional Sunday lunch and the opportunity to attend the 2.30pm matinée performance at Richmond Theatre of Poirot and More, a Retrospective, in which our President, Sir David Suchet, is making his eagerly awaited return to the stage. Poirot and More looks back fondly at Sir David’s illustrious theatrical life, exploring some of the many characters he has portrayed on stage and screen over a career spanning five decades. Our Vice-President Geoffrey Wansell, journalist, broadcaster, biographer and co-author of Poirot and More, will be joining David as interviewer in this unique opportunity to meet the actor behind the detective.
Here is the booking form for the event: AGM 2021 – Booking form
Please return the form to Alison Du Cane by Monday 8th November at the latest. The charge of £50 covers both the cost of a ticket for the performance and a Sunday lunch main course.
The Browning Version – CANCELLATION
Sadly we have received information from the theatre that the production of The Browning Version which was due to take place at the Riverside Studios in August 2021 has had to be cancelled. The impact of cast members getting infected by Covid-19 or being asked to isolate as a result of exposure to the virus has been such that the production is no longer viable or able to be staged successfully.
Birthday Dinner at the Oxford and Cambridge Club – Thursday 23rd September 2021
The Sir Terence Rattigan Birthday Dinner was held at the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Thursday 23rd September.
Live Online Play Reading – Heart to Heart by Terence Rattigan Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 7pm via Zoom
In the absence of any normal events for the Society – for reasons we know only too well! – and by arrangement with Alan Brodie Representation the Society is presenting a live online reading of a lesser-known play by Terence Rattigan and we hope members will wish to ‘attend’ the reading. Please see here Heart to Heart flyer for further details of how to attend via Zoom.
