‘When two brilliant egoists marry… there is bound to be trouble.’
In fashionable 1920s Belgravia, Sheila, a talented novelist, and Keld, an aspiring playwright, embark on married life. Both are fiercely ambitious, but when Keld’s career takes off and Sheila’s doesn’t, professional jealousy and an affair have a devastating effect on their marriage.
Startlingly moving, but full of customary sparkling wit and dark humour, Noël Coward’s first play is given a stylish period revival for its centenary year. The Rat Trap is lovingly revised by Bill Rosenfield and presented by Troupe, who return to Park Theatre after its critically acclaimed production of The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 and 2.
Praise for Troupe's The Forsyte Saga Part 1 & 2 at Park Theatre
★★★★★ ‘Sumptuous, panoramic, intense, amusing… a masterpiece’
The Times
★★★★★ ‘The most enthralling, intense five hours I have spent in a theatre this year’
Daily Mail
★★★★ ‘A first-rate production’
The Observer
★★★★ ‘A superbly acted adaptation… dramatic storytelling of the highest order’
Daily Express
★★★★ ‘The Forsyte Saga is a triumph… the stage equivalent of a box-set binge’
Financial Times
★★★★ ‘A gripping theatrical event… an epic in miniature’
WhatsOnStage
Creative Team
PLAYWRIGHT | NOËL COWARD
REVISER | BILL ROSENFIELD
PRODUCER | ASHLEY COOK
Ashley Cook for Troupe in association with Park Theatre presents
The Rat Trap
By Noël Coward, Reimagined by Bill Rosenfield