Women on the Verge
Green Wing star Tamsin Greig plays the lead in a musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown this winter at the Playhouse Theatre London. David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane have adapted the production from the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s Oscar-nominated 1988 film, and it proves to be just as quirky. The story focuses on Pepa, a voice actress living in Madrid in the late 1980s. She receives a confusing answer phone message in the middle of the night from her boyfriend Ivan, and she becomes concerned for his safety. Ivan is nowhere to be found and it's soon clear that he has left her for another woman. Pepa desperately tries to find him before he leaves the country, but the plot becomes ever more twisted as ex-wives, best friends and even taxi drivers try to help. But it turns out that Pepa isn’t the only one whose life is falling apart. This hilarious dark comedy previews on 20th December and officially opens on 12th January.
Show Times
- Opened
- 20 December 2014
- Closed
- 23 May 2015