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Sunday Readings in the Park

Breathing Corpses

by Laura Wade

Directed by Charlotte Donachie

Did you ever find a dead body? Would you wonder at the journey that brought you both to the same spot? As Amy, a chambermaid who has the luck of always finding the recently deceased, wonders about the life of a dead occupant of the hotel room she was about to clean, we are invited discover the circumstances that led up to the event in this cleverly constructed drama.

So, as you may know, our season of six plays for Sunday Readings in The Park, all totally different in style, are going to be performed in Rep with the same 12 actors. You will be hard pressed to find another example of an actor being able to illustrate their craft so perfectly. We really are so lucky to be able to announce that: Imogen Smith, Lesley Harcourt, Miram Haque, Toni Kanal, Anthony Zaki, Edward Halstead, Edwin Flay, Eirik Barr, Hari Sajan, Luke Barton, Jay Alwyn and Paul Foulds make up the ensemble.


The new season Rediscovering Rep runs on selected Sundays between 22 May – 24 July 2016:

Sunday 22 May 2pm: LĂ©ocadia by Jean Anouilh (translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker)
Sunday 29 May 2pmThe Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero
Sunday 26 Jun 2pmThe Lady Is Not For Burning by Christopher Fry
Sunday 17 Jul 2pmLaburnum Grove by J.B. Priestley
Sunday 24 Jul 2pmBurnt Piano by Justin Fleming