Chichester Festival Theatre hosts world stage premiere of ATONEMENT
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Ian McEwan’s Atonement, adapted for the stage by Christopher Hampton, will receive its world premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre from 29 May – 20 June, directed by Adam Penford, it has been announced.
On an English country estate during the blazing summer of 1935, 13 year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a passionate scene between her elder sister Cecilia and the son of their housekeeper, Robbie. In a disastrous desire for drama but only a dim understanding of its impact, Briony makes an accusation which will fatally alter Cecilia and Robbie’s lives and many others too – for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
Stretching from the 1930s through the Second World War to the present day, Ian McEwan’s dazzling masterpiece was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and voted by Time Magazine and the Guardian as one of the 100 greatest novels of the past century.
Also on the creative team are designer Anthony Ward, composer and sound designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite; movement and intimacy director Ben Wright, and casting director Helena Palmer CDG.