Constellations at The Barn Theatre
Friday 29 March - Saturday 18 May 2024
Faye Brookes (Coronation Street, Strictly Ballroom) and Tom Lorcan (Coronation Street, A Monster Calls) will star in the Barn Theatre’s upcoming revival production of Nick Payne’s multi-award-winning play Constellations, running at the Cotswold venue from 29 March – 18 May, with a press performance on 2 April.
Constellations will also see the return of Jessica Daniels to direct the production, having previously directed the theatre’s acclaimed Built by Barn productions of The Butterfly Lion and The Mozart Question, for which Daniels received a UK Theatre Awards nomination for Best Direction.
The multi award-winning smash hit brings together the unlikeliest of couples in Roland, a beekeeper and Marianne, a physicist. Nick Payne’s dazzling play explores how even the smallest change in our lives can dramatically alter the course we take. It is a spellbinding exploration of love, science, romance and friendship that allows the audience to share in the comedy and heartbreak - a Sliding Doors to the power of 100; playful and profound, comic and mournful with a plot that ingeniously keeps us guessing until the very end.
Constellations first premiered in the UK in 2012, winning the best play category at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, making the 29-year-old Payne the youngest winner of the award. It also received several nominations at the 2013 Olivier Awards before debuting on Broadway in 2015 to great acclaim. 2021, it was back in the West End, winning an Olivier in 2022 for Best Revival.
