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A Matter of Life and Death

based on the film by Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger
adapted by Tom Morris and Emma Rice

E-trailer features Tristan Sturrock and Lyndsey Marshal, with music by Stu Barker.

'Phenomenal... Floods the stage with a dream.' Observer
Read the rest of the Observer review here

An epic love story in the midst of war. With live music, dance - and lots of bicycles.

Here in this tear, are love and truth and friendship, those qualities alone can build a new world today and must build a better one tomorrow.

It is 1945. A young airman jumps to certain death from his burning aircraft. His last words are to a girl he has never met:

I love you June. You are life and I am leaving you.

Following an angelic blunder, caused by a classic English pea-souper, Peter Carter miraculously survives and finds June in the flesh. But things are not so simple. To stay alive, Peter is forced to take himself, and the heavenly authorities, to the Universal Court of Appeal.

With its characteristic blend of theatrical invention, movement and music, this wildly romantic tale, inspired by Powell and Pressburger's 1946 film, will recall Kneehigh's visit to the Cottesloe in 2005 with Tristan & Yseult.

'Rice's production is a vigorous human celebration of the triumph of mind over matter, love over war and life over death. A joyfully theatrical night.' Daily Mail


In association with Kneehigh Theatre.
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3 May to 21 June

Cast credits:

: Dorothy Atkinson

: Stu Barker

: Jamie Bradley

: Dan Canham

: Fiona Chivers

: Meryl Fernandes

: Gisli Örn Gardarsson

: Thomas Goodridge

: Tamzin Griffin

: Douglas Hodge

: Craig Johnson

: Pete Judge

: Debbie Korley

: Pieter Lawman

: Dominic Lawton

: Róbert Luckay

: Lyndsey Marshal

: Stuart McLoughlin

: Chiké Okonkwo

: Mike Shepherd

: Lorraine Stewart

: Tristan Sturrock

: Alex Vann

: Michael Vince

: Andy Williams

: Lizzie Winkler

: Kirsty Woodward

Production credits:

Director: Emma Rice

Set Designer: Bill Mitchell

Costume Designer: Vicki Mortimer

Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson

Choreographer: Debra Batton

Music: Stu Barker

Sound Designer: Gareth Fry

Projection Designers: Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington

A Matter of Life and Death finished on: 21 June 2007