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Jennifer Saunders reprises her role in Blithe Spirit, coming to the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2021

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Performance dates

16 September 2021 - 6 November 2021

Run time 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)

Includes interval

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Blithe Spirit play tickets now booking for Harold Pinter Theatre 2021 run

Following a groundbreaking run at the Theatre Royal Bath in summer 2019, the critically-acclaimed revival of Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward transferred to London’s West End for a strictly limited run. The show had just opened in London before closing due to Lockdown, but the show is set to return this Autumn 2021. Sketch show French and Saunders actress Jennifer Saunders, who played Madame Arcati in the Blithe Spirit Bath cast previously, has been confirmed to be reprising her role for the highly-anticipated, seven-week run at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre in spring 2020. Tickets for the West End transfer of this Noel Coward revival are now booking!

Blithe Spirit synopsis

Novelist Charles Condomine is researching material for a new mystery book he’s writing. He invites an eccentric medium known as Madame Arcati over to his home to perform a séance. It’s not long before the ghost whisperer conjures up the spirit of Charles’ first wife, Elvira. Soon Charles and his second wife Ruth are haunted by his past, literally, as the poltergeist, who is only visible to Charles, is hell-bent on sabotaging his marriage with Ruth. Soon both life and the afterlife get a whole lot more complicated. Will the Condomines’ relationship be torn to pieces by the ghost of an ex-wife?

Who is starring in the West End cast of Blithe Spirit?

The Blithe Spirit cast list for the West End run is headlined by Jennifer Saunders, who returns to the role of the kooky Madame Arcati. Saunders is joined by Geoffrey Streatfeild as Charles and Lisa Dillon as Ruth Condomine.

Jennifer Saunders is best known for appearing in French and Saunders alongside Dawn French, both of whom won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 2009. Saunders’ other most notable credits include the popular comedy series and subsequent film spin-off, Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2012), for which she both wrote and starred in, a minor role as Andrea Waltham on two episodes of Friends, Edina Monsoon (a crossover from Absolutely Fabulous) on Roseanne (1996), and Mrs. Bluveridge in Muppet Treasure Island (1996). The award-winning actress has also lent her voice for a number of memorable roles in both television and film, including The Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 (2004), Miss Spink in Coraline (2009), Queen Elizabeth II in Minions (2015), and Phoebe on a 2017 episode of The Simpsons.

Geoffrey Streatfield’s (Charles) credits include The Thick of It (TV), Spooks: The Greater Good (film), Traitors, Histories Cycle for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language at the Royal Court Theatre, and the film Match Point.

Lisa Dillon’s (Ruth) prior credits include the role of Mary Smith at Cranford on BBC1, Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Hamlet at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Othello with the RSC at Trafalgar Studios, Tennessee Williams’ Period of Adjustment, and The Taming of the Shrew for the RSC. Dillon won an Ian Charleson Award in 2003 for her performance as Hilda Wangel in Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder, a role which also earned her an Evening Standard Award nomination for Outstanding Newcomer of the Year.

The West End Blithe Spirit creative team

Blithe Spirit is directed by five-time Olivier Award winner and Director of the National Theatre Richard Eyre and features illusions by Paul Kieve, lighting by Howard Harrison, sound by John Leonard, and design by Anthony Ward, whose work includes the Olivier Award-winning Oklahoma! and the Tony Award-winning production of Mary Stuart, which saw the two main actresses swap roles before a performance at the flip of a coin.

Richard Eyre is a highly-prolific director both on stage and for the big and small screens. Recent stage work of his include an adaptation of Noël Coward's Private Lives on Broadway starring Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall and Due South actor Paul Gross, The Pajama Game at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and The Light Sky and The Dark Earth at the Almeida Theatre. Other notable stage credits include directing Mary Poppins The Musical both on Broadway and in the West End, Tennessee Iguana’s Night of the IguanaRichard III starring Ian McKellenGuys and DollsHamlet, and the operas La traviataBizet’s Carmen, and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Eyre’s screen credits include Iris starring Judi DenchJim Broadbent and Kate WinsletHenry IV, Parts I and II, and The Hollow Crown series on BBC, and The Children Act.

West End theatre tickets for Blithe Spirit 2021 starring Jennifer Saunders available now!

London theatre tickets for Blithe Spirit are in high demand. Be sure to book your Blithe Spirit tickets for the seven-week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London whilst they're still available!

Special notes

IMPORTANT: What to bring with you to the theatre We hope you enjoy your trip to the theatre, but need to make sure you, our staff and the rest of the audience are safe. Upon arrival, as well as your eTickets, all members of your party over the age of 18 must demonstrate their Covid-19 status to gain entry in ONE of the following ways: · ** Full vaccination** (first and second dose), and with the second dose administered at least 14 days before your visit; or · A negative lateral flow test taken within 48 hours of your visit; or · Proof of natural immunity (positive PCR test within the last six months, after self-isolation has ended and up to 180 days after taking the test).

Recent Reviews

4.2
20 reviews
Lee Miller

Brilliant

Steven

A bit too long. The play as originally written and produced was designed for one hour and 36 minutes. Good fun nevertheless.

Kev

Entertaining night out. Jennifer Saunders and the maid, excellent and hilarious as were their supporting actors. Loved the old theatre added to the atmosphere.

David Thomson

Enjoyable show

Mrs Gabriella Firth

The production was good, but too many of the actors did not enunciate or project their voices properly, so we found it difficult to hear some of the text (and from comments we exchanged with other visitors, we weren't the only ones with this problem).

Mr Daniell

Not brilliant theatre. Some of the acting was rather 'Hammy" Seating was very cramped, for an average height guy.

Adrian Matthews

Delightful production. Great cast. Nice venue. Couldn't fault the experience.

Samantha Cox

Very Good play, and very funny in places, Jennifer was priceless!

Alison and Holly

A very stylish production and very funny.

David Totterdell

It was a pretty good show but considering I'd paid nearly £200 for 2 tickets there were large people sat in front of us restricting our view to such an extent my partner just shut her eyes and listened ! Quite disappointed really !!

Seema Khan

I wanted to cancel cause of the virus epidemic and was not allowed to. So i did not enjoy the play. Had a stressful time

Lisa Boutchinski

Great stage decorations, wonderful costumes, funny story, but the acting was not convincing :(

Latest Blithe Spirit News

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Blithe Spirit starring Jennifer Saunders to run in the West End's Duke of York's Theatre in 2020

The smash-hit Off-West End revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is set to transfer from its highly successful run at the Theatre Royal Bath to the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End next year. The play, which will see Jennifer Saunders reprise her role from the Bath run, is directed by highly prolific stage director Richard Eyre.

23 Sep, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

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ALISON STEADMAN TO STAR IN BLITHE SPIRIT

Alison Steadman to star in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit in the West End next year.

30 Jun, 2010 | By London Theatre Direct

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